Second Place at the ASHRAE 2010 Student Design Project Competition
Second place was awarded to MECH 457 students for their entry in the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioning Engineers) 2010 Student Design Project Competition in the HVAC System Design Category. There were 14 schools that made it to the national level in the HVAC System Design category. This year’s competition included the […]
CARIS Lab in Popular Science
Two UBC robots are highlighted in this August’s issue of Popular Science. The human-interaction robots RISER and TAMER are profiled in PopSci’s feature article “Rise of the Helpful Machines” – both involving researchers from Mechanical Engineering’s Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory. Check out images #5 (TAMER – a collaboration between Computer Science and […]
The UBC ThunderBots depart for RoboCup 2010
Read more about a team autonomous robot soccer players and the team that built them.
Mechanical Engineers, Class of 1950 Reunion
60 years after their graduation from UBC’s Department of Mechanical Engineering former classmates came back to UBC.
Mechanical engineering students’ innovations help people living with ALS
Read about people in the mechanical engineering department who are making a difference in their community.
Mechanical Engineering Graduates, 2010
On June 1st over 100 Mechanical Engineers walked across the stage at the Chan center and received their degrees.
Dr. Green recognized by the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Green is a distinguished scholar and educator who has carried out pioneering research on the fluid mechanics of papermechanics, on the spraying on non-Newtonian fluids, and on the aerodynamics of wing and propeller tip vortices. The research has spanned the spectrum from fundamental to applied. Dr. Green’s excellence in teaching has been recognized through […]
Rising Stars of Research
A National Undergraduate Research Poster Competition held at UBC each summer. All undergraduate researchers are eligible to apply.
Mechanical Engineering Alumna Lauren Kulokas wins Inaugural Applied Science Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
Lauren Kulokas (B.A.Sc. UBC Mechanical Engineering, 2005) has been awarded the Applied Science Outstanding young Alumnus Award for her work as VP Operations with Energy Aware Technology. The Outstanding Young Alumnus is presented to a UBC Applied Science alumnus who since graduation has made significant positive contributions to society and whose professional achievements, community service […]
Nine UBC Mechanical Engineering students win prestigious national scholarships.
Nine UBC Mechanical Engineering students win prestigious national scholarships. UBC Mechanical Engineering students won nine scholarships in the recent 2010/2011 National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada scholarship competition with a total value of nearly $360,000. Four of our current graduate students won NSERC Doctoral scholarships. Five students: three current MECH fourth year undergraduates […]