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 will get to see a variety of demos, presentations, cutting-edge technology and cool gadgetry. For those interested, there will be an 30-minute advising session held after the tour where students/prospective students can ask questions about the mechanical engineering department, curriculum, programs, enrollment, etc.

We are now accepting RSVPs.To RSVP for the tour, please send an email to studentassistant@mech.ubc.ca by Thursday, November 13th at 4pm.

When?

Thursday, Nov 15
9:15 AM – 11:00 AM

Where?

Guests are to meet at the lobby of the Engineering Design Studio at 9:15am.

Map and directions to the Engineering Design Studio provided in the link below:
http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=301

Labs featured on the day:

1) Aerodynamics Laboratory

The UBC Aerolab specializes in low speed wind tunnel testing for academic and commercial purposes. Our facilities house two subsonic wind tunnels, the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, and the smaller Parkinson Wind Tunnel.

Aerodynamics research at UBC was initiated in the early 1950’s by Professor Geoffrey Parkinson. The absence of a dedicated fluid mechanics research facility at UBC led Professor Parkinson to design and construct the Green Wind Tunnel in the mid 1950s, now named the Parkinson Wind Tunnel in his honour. In 1972, the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel was constructed adding the capability to test larger models. Both facilities are still in use today and offer a full range of testing capabilities.

2) Manufacturing and Automation Laboratory (MAL)

The Manufacturing Automation Laboratory (MAL) conducts research in the mechanics and dynamics of metal cutting operations, spindle design and analysis, micro-machining, virtual simulation of machining operations and CNC machine tools, design and digital control of high speed feed drives, precision machining, sensor assisted intelligent machining, chatter stability of cutting processes. Our academic articles receive the highest citation in the world in the field of manufacturing.

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