Article: "2012 Student Achievements"
2012 Top 24 Under 24: Andrea Palmer As technical lead and team captain of the autonomous soccer-playing robot team the University of B.C. Thunderbots, third-year mechanical engineering student Andrea Palmer has quite the responsibility. Palmer oversees project management for the group that does everything from actual robot design to creating the systems that control the […]
NOV 15: MECH Lab Tours
The Mechanical Engineering Department (MECH) hosts annually a couple of guided lab tours for high school students, first year students, or anyone interested in mechanical engineering, to show them what the MECH faculty is all about and to give them an idea of what kind of research mechanical engineers do. Depending on the labs, students […]
'Re'-Telling the Story: A Conference on International Development
You are invited to the ‘Re’-Telling the Story: A Conference on International Development event. This public engagement conference will aim to focus on and explore the complexities surrounding development. Stories can illustrate power, privilege, systemic and gender inequalities, the difference between charity and social justice —they also explore the potential for genuine solidarities. When? Saturday, October […]