PhD Student Pranav Shrestha becomes UBC Public Scholar, seeks to develop low cost microscope for sickle cell disease screening
As a new UBC Public Scholar, Mechanical Engineering PhD student Pranav Shrestha is working toward developing an inexpensive microscope capable of detecting sickle cell disease, increasing access to screening in rural communities. “In this project, we plan to explore the feasibility of inexpensive and portable alternatives to conventional screening techniques. We plan to develop an inexpensive […]
Infrastructure Resilience Under Climate Uncertainty – Nov 17, 2020 – Dr. Costa Samaras
WEBINAR: Infrastructure Resilience Under Climate Uncertainty Speaker: Dr. Costa Samaras, Carnegie Mellon When: Tuesday, 17 November 2020 | 12:30 – 1:30 PM Registration: Free, please register here Presented as part of Sustainable, Resilient and Equitable Re-Start, an online, bi-weekly seminar series focused on how we can work towards more sustainable, resilient, and equitable restart following […]
Struggle & Resistance in the Fight Against Environmental Racism in Canada – Nov 3, 2020 – Dr. Ingrid Waldron
WEBINAR: Legacies of Struggle & Resistance in the Fight Against Environmental Racism in Canada Speaker: Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Dalhousie When: Tuesday, 3 November 2020 | 12:30 – 1:30 PM Registration: Free, please register here Presented as part of Sustainable, Resilient and Equitable Re-Start, an online, bi-weekly seminar series focused on how we can work towards more […]
Call for Applications: Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M) – Deadline: December 1, 2020
Call for Applications: Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M) Applicants for Tri-Agency CGS-M competition must be domestic students (Canadian citizen or PR) who are applying for or enrolled in graduate studies anywhere in Canada. Each applicant can select up to 3 universities with the same application. To be considered for a CGS-M at UBC, they must […]
Call for Applications: UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s – Deadline: December 1, 2020
Call for Applications: UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s The UBC Affiliated Fellowships Master’s competition runs in concert with the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M; see below) competition. Approximately 50 fellowship with values ranging from $175 to $16,000 are offered through this competition. Current and prospective full-time UBC-Vancouver graduate students can apply regardless of citizenship or visa status. Students who are eligible […]
Quantifying the bond between SARS-CoV-2 and human cell receptors
At its heart, mechanical engineering is the understanding of energy transfer and forces, physics concepts not usually associated with medicine. However, even at the scale of a human cell, those concepts are at play, and understanding them could be the key to designing effective treatments. SARS-CoV-2 is a tiny particle that has stopped the world, […]
Dr. Ostafichuk wins EGBC Teaching Award of Excellence
Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC) has awarded Dr. Peter Ostafichuk with the EGBC 2020 Teaching Award of Excellence. Now in its hundredth year, EGBC regulates the engineering profession in BC, maintaining standards of professional and academic practice and providing licensing for its 37,000+ members. This award is a testament to his impact on engineering […]
Doctoral Student wins First Place in International Student Paper Competition
UBC Mechanical Engineering doctoral student Juuso Heikkinen has won first place in the prestigious Michael Sutton International Student Paper Competition for his work on “Remote Surface Motion Measurements using Multi-Wavelength Defocused Speckle Imaging”. The competition is run by the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) at its Annual Conference and Exposition, which was held virtually this […]
New book “Microneedling in Clinical Practice” edited by Dr Boris Stoeber
Mechanical Engineering faculty member Dr. Boris Stoeber has edited a new book on microneedle technology – the use of needles smaller than a milimetre long as a minimally invasive way to deliver drugs and monitor compounds in the body – alongside co-editors Dr. Raja K. Sivamani (UC Davis Health) and Dr. Howard I Maibach (UC […]