UBC Mech Graduate Designs Rubik’s Cube Solving Robot
Recent UBC Mech graduate, Kristopher De Asis, is featured in Metro News for designing a Rubik’s Cube solving and scrambling robot. It was used at VanCubing, a speed-solving Rubik’s Cube competition, to scramble the cubes for competitors. This is the first time an automatic scrambler has been used in this type of competition. Read more […]
Doctor Elizabeth Croft Named As One Of Canada's Most Powerful Women
Awards recognize female leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors UBC Engineering Professor Elizabeth Croft has been named a Women’s Executive Network’s (WXN) 2014 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner. The Top 100 Awards recognize Canada’s strong, fearless female leaders who have become agents of change in reshaping Canadian organizations at the […]
Help Pick the Next MECH Professor
If you’re a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student, you can help pick the next Mechanical engineering professor! The department is looking for 3-5 students to sit in at mock lectures and provide feedback afterwards to help pick the new professor for MECH. Below are the dates, times, and locations of the lectures, along with the […]
Dr Van der Loos Makes the News with Therapeutic Robots
Dr Van der Loos and his RREACH (Robotics for Rehabilitation, Exercise and Assessment in Collaborative Healthcare) team have made the news with their FEATHERS (Functional Engagement in Assisted Therapy Through Exercise Robotics) project. The article can be found at this link.
Iron Pin Ceremony
Come be part of UBC history with the Iron Pin Ceremony! More information can be found here. The schedule for the ceremonies for second year and above are as follows: Event: Iron Pin Ceremony – Founders Dates: (you may attend any of the following ceremonies) Wednesday November 12 (note: this ceremony will be in HENN 200) […]
Mech Grad Student Spoke at TEDxRenfrewCollingwood
ATA SINA: Engineer, Artist, Entrepreneur Equipped with a Master of Science degree from Linnaeus University in Sweden and seven years of experience as a piping designer engineer in the oil and gas industry in Iran, Ata is currently a master’s student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, and spends most of his […]
Free Flu Shots from UBC
UBC offers free influenza vaccinations (flu shots) to staff, faculty and students in 2014 again. There are 17 clinics to be held at convenient locations/times across campus from Nov. 4-27, just before the beginning of the flu season. MECH & Civil have jointly hosted one of the “free” clinics at our location – on Friday, […]
Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate wins Best Poster Award
Atefeh Einafshar, a Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate, won the Best Poster Award at UBC Chemical & Biological Engineering’s Research Day 2014 for her work on Multi-Satellite Failure Evasion through Colored Petri Net Reconfiguration Modeling. She was presented her award by Prof. Michael Hoffmann (Caltech), and Dr. Roger Gaudreault (Corporate Director Scientific Development of Cascades). Congratulations Atefeh!
UBC Supermileage Takes Huge Hit From Transport Accident
UBC Supermileage’s equipment and cars have been destroyed in a rollover accident while in transportation from the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas, where the team placed third. No students were injured in the accident. A statement from the team follows. “UBC Supermileage Student Team Loses Cars & Tools in Semi Rollover After International Competition June 26, 2014 […]
New Technical Electives Available for 2014W
The Mechanical Engineering Department is happy to announce that there are three new technical electives available for the 2014W school year. Please look below for the courses and their descriptions. MECH 410M: Introduction to Mechatronics (for non-mechatronics students) Course content: Introduction to mechatronics systems; sensors and actuators; signal conditioning; pneumatic and hydraulic systems; solid-state switches; […]