Professor Elizabeth Croft named NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering
University of British Columbia Mechanical Engineering Professor Elizabeth Croft has been named the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Chair for Women in Science and Engineering for the British Columbia and Yukon Region. The primary focus of the Chair is to increase the participation of women in science and engineering and to provide role […]
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 […]
Fuelling the Future, by Dr. Bob Evans
This talk outlines how three primary energy sources: fossil fuels, renewable energy, and nuclear fission, are used to provide all of our energy needs, and how we can move to a much more sustainable energy system in the future.
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.
Prospective Students Tour
Get you chance to tour the department. For prospective students and their families, a tour of labs and facilities will take place on June 30th.
Mech Department Stories
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 […]