UBC mechanical engineering alumna Parisa Bastani receives Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship
Parisa Bastani (BASc’09, MECH) has been awarded the Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship from the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP), an international program in which member governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other Commonwealth countries. She is one of two recipients of the scholarship this year; candidates are selected from seventeen Commonwealth countries. Bastani […]
PACE Conference at UBC
This week, UBC was host to the 2011 PACE Global Annual Forum, a conference with the theme Collaborative Strategies to Address Global Challenges. PACE (Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education) links “GM, Autodesk, HP, Oracle, Siemens PLM Software, and their global operations, to support strategically selected academic institutions worldwide to develop the automotive […]
Congratulations Grad Class of 2011
The Mechanical Engineering Department would like to congratulate the Mechanical Engineering Grad Class of 2011! Photos from the department’s graduation reception are shown below.
UBC Thunderbots Competing in Turkey for 2011 RoboCup Competition and Conference
The UBC Thunderbots are leaving for Istanbul, Turkey this July 1st to represent UBC and Canada in the International RoboCup Competition and Conference. The team will be competing in the Small Sized League division, where they create autonomous soccer playing robots to play robot soccer against teams from around the world. The team and their […]
UBC mechanical engineer professor Dr. Altintas receives Engineers Canada’s highest award
UBC Mechanical Engineering professor Dr. Altintas has received the Gold Medal Award from Engineers Canada—the highest recognition of its kind in engineering in Canada—bestowed for his exceptional individual achievement and distinction in the field of machining and machine tools. Dr. Altintas received an NSERC Strategic Networks grant last year, to lead the NSERC Canadian Network […]
APEGBC Post Secondary Entrance and Transfer Entrance Scholarships – $2,500 – Deadline June 27, 2011
This $2500 scholarhip is for students planning on pursuing a career in geosciences or engineering. Selection is based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities, references, financial need and your written statement outlining reasons for entering the profession. Applications must be received no later than June 27. Download applications here. You can also email Amit Plaha for […]
UBC Mechanical Engineers win Excellence in Engineering Design Award
Vancouver, Canada—May 16, 2011—UBC Mechanical Engineering students Kevin Lowe, Hengameh Hoseini, Rory Moglove and Andrea Slade have been awarded the 2011 Dr. Jim McEwen Excellence in Engineering Design Award from the ALS Society of British Columbia for their Assistive Reading Device for People Living with ALS. The students are supervised by Professors Antony Hodgson and […]
UBC Supermileage Team takes 4th Place
The UBC Supermileage Team came home from the 2011 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas late last month. They achieved 4th place with 214 mpg in their urban concept car, the Argo. This year marked the second year that the team competed with their concept car, moving towards a more practical vehicle design after retiring their competition winning […]
Dr. Frigaard awarded the 2011 CAIMS/MITACS Industrial Mathematics Prize
Mechanical Engineer Professor Dr. Ian Frigaard has been awarded the 2011 CAIMS/MITACS Industrial Mathematics Prize. This award recognizes exceptional research, conducted primarily in Canada, in any branch of industrial mathematics. Dr. Frigaard is being recognized for his distinguished contributions to the theory of the dynamics of non-Newtonian fluids, and for the industrial application of that theory in the context of the […]
Matthew Pan awarded the Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Mechanical Engineering student Matthew Pan has been selected as a recipient of the 2010/2011 UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. This recognition is given each year to a small number of graduate students who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching and learning at UBC. With over 2000 Teaching Assistants working at the university, winning […]