UBC innovation and industry collaboration earns national accolades
UBC Mechanical Engineering professor Yusuf Altintas and industry partner Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) have won a Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in recognition of their long-standing and successful university-industry partnership, which has resulted in numerous innovations and breakthroughs over the years to benefit Canada’s […]
Spring Department Lab Tours
The Mechanical Engineering Department 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 department is all about and to give them an idea of what kind of research mechanical engineers do. Depending on the labs, students will […]
APSC 461 & 462: Global Engineering Leadership & Optional Practicum in Mexico
APSC 461: Global Engineering Leadership APSC 462: Global Engineering Leadership Practicum (Optional) Global Engineering Leadership is designed to introduce upper-year students to concepts, theory and practice of engineering leadership in an international service learning context. Appropriate implementation of engineering projects is not just about a technical solution, it also involves understanding and adapting to the […]
UBC "Entrepreneurial Powerhouse" students win at BMO Apex Business Plan Competition
Two student teams from UBC’s New Venture Design course travelled to Fredericton, New Brunswick to compete at the BMO Apex Business Plan Competition, January 23-25. They returned with first and second place prizes respectively in the undergraduate categories. The two groups also received the “Entrepreneurial Powerhouse” award for UBC for best overall performance from a university at […]
UBC teams sweep podium at 2013 Enterprize Canada Business Plan Competition
Three UBC student teams swept the podium at 2013 Enterprize Canada Business Plan Competition, a part of Enterprise Canada’s Entrepreneurship Conference, February 8th–10th at the Sheraton Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. With UBC teams Agile Monitoring Equipment placing first, Aaisth second and SoundIT third, UBC entrepreneurs dominated the competition. The teams consisted of engineering and business students from […]
Celebration of Achievements 2013
The Department of Mechanical Engineering recently held their annual Celebration of Achievement ceremony. Please take a look at the photos below! The event was held at the First Nations House of Learning. It was an opportunity to recognize the achievements of exceptional students within the Mech department. Congratulations to all recipients! 2012 Department Scholars (This honourary designation […]
Article: "Putting our heads together safely"
Dr. Cription’s research on concussions and spinal injury was recently featured in an article on the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s website. The article describes the prototype sports helmet, the Pro-Neck-Tor™, that was developed by him and his team, and the helmet is able to concussions and spinal injury. This helmet is application in preventing injuries […]
UBC and Fraunhofer Society Enter $4.9 Million Clean Energy Partnership
The University of British Columbia and Germany’s Fraunhofer Society have entered in a $4.9 million clean energy partnership. The principal investigator on the project is one of our department’s faculty members, Prof. Walter Mérida, who is the associate director at the Clean Energy Research Center. “‘This partnership will allow both institutions to accelerate solutions for sustainability challenges […]