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UBC Thunderbots Compete in RoboCup World Championship

The UBC Thunderbots have returned from competing in the RoboCup World Championship in Eindhoven, the Netherlands from June 24th to July 1st, 2013. RoboCup is a worldwide initiative dedicated to promoting and advancing research in robotics.  This year, Thunderbots sent representative from all three of their divisions to the event — Thunderbots FC competed in […]

MECH student wins award at Ohio State University

MECH student wins award at Ohio State University Mechanical engineering masters student Seth Gilchrist received the Dr. Margaret H. Hines Award for Best Poster Presentation at the 9th Annual Injury Biomechanics Symposium (IBS) which took place at Ohio State University this past May. His poster, titled “Characterizing the stiffness change of the proximal femur between […]

Siemens PLM Software – Certification updates around the globe

Siemens PLM Software – Certification updates around the globe

      “There are a number of certification program updates from around the globe. Last September we announced a long-term memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China’s Ministry of Education (MOE). We will work with the MOE to support the National Computer-Aided Technology Certification Project. This partnership should enable more than 20,000 certifications annually through more […]

2013 Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship – Matthew Pan

Hello Everyone, We are delighted to announce that the ICICS Graduate Affairs Committee has chosen Mechanical Engineering doctoral student Matthew Pan as the 2013 recipient of the Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship. Supervised by Professor Elizabeth Croft, Matthew is currently investigating unique methods of performing human–robot co-operative manipulation of objects, in the Collaborative Advanced Robotics and […]