MECH Student Wins Geyer Family Award in Biomedical Engineering
Julia Hudea, a fourth-year student in the UBC mechanical engineering program’s biomedical concentration, has been awarded the Geyer Family Award in Biomedical Engineering. The award recognizes biomedical engineering undergraduate students “with an entrepreneurial spirit, an interest in the local biomedical engineering industry and demonstrated leadership and communication skills.” Hudea is part of Fraxure, a student […]
Accelerating Our Transition to a Sustainable Energy Future
Globally, we remain very dependent on fossil fuels for electricity, heat production and transportation. With increasing concern regarding the wide-ranging negative impacts of the climate crisis, there’s a lot of pressure from government and the public to take action on how we as a society produce and use energy. There are many solutions within our […]
Grad Students Compete in Inaugural MECH 3MT Heat, Advance to UBC Final
On February 27th, Mechanical Engineering graduate students honed their communication rather than their technical skills by competing in the inaugural Department Three Minute Thesis heat. The Three Minute Thesis challenges them to distill their entire thesis into a three-minute presentation that communicates both what their research is and why it matters. Started by the University […]
MECH Services Move Online
To support UBC’s social distancing protocols, many Mechanical Engineering employees are working remotely. While our Administrative and Student Services Office spaces are closed, both offices are fully available online. Our Machine Shop and Electronics Shop are also providing online services. Please email us with your query! General contacts are provided below, and for more detailed […]
UBC UPDATE: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and UBC’s response
March 13, 2020 announcement: UBC is transitioning to online classes effective Monday March 16, 2020 for the remainder of the term. For classes that cannot be accommodated online, we will be issuing further information through our Faculties. This will apply to UBC Vancouver, UBC Okanagan and UBC Robson Square. UBC’s campuses will remain open and […]
NAME Students visit Engine Room Simulator
The room is dark except for a few colorful buttons on the instrument panels and the glow coming from the simulator screens. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME) students have to figure out how to power up their “ship” before they can use the overhead lighting, in one of the challenges offered by the BCIT […]
Mech 2 Rover Mission: Competition Results
January 31st saw twenty teams of second year mechanical engineering students face off to see whose rover design could overcome all obstacles to victory. The first of the term’s two design competitions was filled with many ups and downs, as students’ remote-controlled vehicles careened over hills, chasms, angled terrain, sand traps, and more. Simulating a […]