Dr. Peter Cripton teaches kids about helmets and brain health
Dr. Peter Cripton and Biomedical Engineering student (and MECH alumnus) Cameron Stuart shared important information on helmets and brain health with kids in the inaugural Brain Booster Summer Camp earlier this month. The Brain Booster camp is one of many programs offered by the West Coast Centre for Learning, a multi-disciplinary education facility that brings […]
UBC MECH researchers plumb the secrets of tissue paper
Canada’s tissue manufacturers are now much closer to producing the perfect paper, thanks to new UBC research. A team working with UBC mechanical engineering professors Sheldon Green and Srikanth Phani have created what is likely the first complete mathematical model of creping, the crinkling process that helps make tissue paper soft and resilient. “The […]