Thinking of changing the world? Start here – UBC Fall Preview Day, Saturday, December 1st..
From the everyday to the extraordinary, see how Engineers are improving our world. Check out UBC Engineering. Meet our professors, students and staff who will take the time to introduce you to the wonderful and diverse world of Engineering through one-on-one conversations, presentations, hands-on demonstrations and lab tours. See how engineers are creating novel solutions to some of the most challenging problems of today. Check out our lab tours (schedule below), presentations, project displays. Bring your friends and family to explore.
Date: Dec. 1, 2012
Time: 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM (come anytime, but check back here the week before the event to see for the tours and presentations schedule so you don’t miss anything)
Place: 2360 East Mall, Chemical & Biological Engineering Building (CHBE) Lobby (Google Maps | UBC Directions and Map)
Parking: 2250 Health Science Mall , Health Sciences Parkade (Google Maps | UBC Directions and Map)
Keep an eye out for more information on the UBC Engineering Fall Preview Day page.
Lab Tour Times
Note: There will be more labs added to this list in the next couple of days, so please check regularly.
Sign up outside CHBE – Directions and Map
1) Industrial Automation Lab – 9:30 AM, 10:00 AM
2) Fibre Lab – 9:30 AM, 10:00 AM
3) Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CARIS) Lab – 10:30 AM,11:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 12:00 PM
4) Applied Fluid Mechanics Lab – 10:30 AM, 11:00 AM
5) Control Engineering Lab – 11:30 AM, 12:00 PM
6) Dynamics and Applied Mechanics Lab – 1:00 PM, 1:30 PM
7) Precision Mechatronics Lab – 1:00 PM, 1:30 PM
About the Labs
Industrial Automation Lab
The Industrial Automation Lab focuses on the design, development and application of advanced technologies for industrial automation, with emphasis on mechatronics, robotics, machine vision, intelligent control, and instrumentation including sensing and actuation.
Fibre Lab
The Fibre Lab deals with enhancing the strength and other properties of fibres to enable them to be used in a wide range of new, innovative fibre-based products. Further, we have developed an innovative fibre design studio that brings together artists, architects, designers with material scientists and engineers to develop entirely new fibre based products.
Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CARIS) Lab
The CARIS Lab’s research focus explores cooperative robotics in both industrial applications and assistive applications in workplace, home and healthcare environments. Our vision is for research that brings safe, friendly and helpful robotic assistance into our daily lives. CARIS research activities range from smooth trajectory planning and industrial robot controls research to developing novel methods for human-robot interaction utilizing new approaches to sensing, control, motion and task planning.
Applied Fluid Mechanics Lab
The Applied Fluid Mechanics Lab works with the application of fluid mechanics principles to solve important industrial and biological problems. Lab equipment include high speed computers, a particle image velocimetry system, highspeed video cameras, flowloops, and a windtunnel.
Control Engineering Lab
The people at the Control Engineering Lab conduct research in control theory and its applications to engineering and science. Current research areas include control-oriented modeling and system identification, robust and optimal control system design, control software development, and hard disk drive servo control.
Dynamics and Applied Mechanics Lab
The Dynamics and Applied Mechanics Lab focuses on novel materials, structures and devices, with applications in aerospace, micro-electro-mechanical systems and nano systems, and biomedical industries.
Precision Mechatronics Lab
The areas of research conducted by the Precision Mechatronics Lab include electromechanics, precision machine design, metrology, structural dynamics, electronics, real-time computer design, signal processing, estimation, and advanced control algorithms. We like to develop new theories, and design novel actuators and sensors.