James Olson inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering
Nominated and elected by peers, MECH professor and interim dean James Olson, PEng, was inducted as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) in recognition of his “distinguished achievement and career-long service to the engineering profession.” Olson joined 49 other new fellows and two new international fellows who were welcomed by the CAE on […]
Antony Hodgson presented with the Award for Excellence in Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery at CAOS 2017
Dr. Antony Hodgson, Director of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program and Professor in Mechanical Engineering, was awarded the highly reputable “Medacta ME Muller Award for Excellence in Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery 2016-2017” at the CAOS 2017 conference. The conference ran from June 14-17, 2017 in Aachen, Germany. The award recognizes a career long contribution to Computer […]
APSC Rising Stars 2017: Rebecca McCreedy, BASc ’17, MECH Alumna
Applied Science Class of 2017 “Engineering is a team sport. It’s daunting and tough on your own, but when you have a group of people to tackle it with it gets a bit easier.” My name is Rebecca McCreedy, I’m a graduating student from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. I was a fairly involved […]
Dr. Anasavarapu Srikantha Phani wins 2016/2017 Killam Teaching Prize
On May 31, 2017, Associate Professor Dr. Anasavarapu Srikantha Phani was announced as a recipient of the 2016-2017 UBC Killam Teaching Prize for the Faculty of Applied Science (Vancouver), which is the university’s highest award for teaching. Presented at the May 2017 convocation by Hugh Brock, Associate Provost, Brock had the following to say about […]
MEGA Appreciation Tea
Thank you to all of the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association (MEGA) Executive members who joined us at the MEGA Appreciation Tea! We appreciate all the hard work you do to support our graduate students. For more information about MEGA, please visit their website here: http://mega.mech.ubc.ca/
Congratulations May 2017 Grads!
Please join us in congratulating our most recent graduating class, who crossed the stage on May 31, 2017! A special congratulations also goes out to all of our award winners, who have made outstanding academic and/or leadership achievements during the course of their program. See below for this year’s winners. Letson Prizes Awarded to the Head of […]