2021 Mechanical Engineering Capstone projects showcased online
Usually the Faculty of Applied Science’s Design and Innovation Day is a bustling all day event that fills multiple buildings on campus with students demonstrating the final design projects that are the culmination of their undergraduate studies. For the past two spring terms this celebration of student design has been transformed into an online showcase […]
MEL NAME student selected as SNAME David A. O’Neil Scholar
NAME Master of Engineering Leadership student Mohammad Mostofa Sowkot Imran has been awarded the David A. O’Neil Scholarship from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). The scholarship awards him $5,000 to study Naval Architecture at UBC, and attendance at the SNAME annual conference in October 2021. SNAME is the leading international organization […]
NAME celebrates student design with virtual industry showcase
The Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering program hosted its annual Student Design Celebration, showcasing the culmination of MEng students’ two terms of study to an online audience of industry members and alumni. As part of their final course, NAME students do a computer-aided ship design project bringing together the knowledge from all their previous courses […]
Media Mention: Do we really need to mask up outdoors? Dr. Steven Rogak comments on the need to evaluate risk.
MONTREAL GAZETTE: Despite emerging science that has changed what we know about how the coronavirus is transmitted, there’s been one constant over the past year: that outdoors is safer than indoors. But lately that message is getting murky, with Quebec recommending the wearing of masks outdoors, then rescinding the recommendation — kind of, and Ontario […]
Mech2 Head TA wins Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Mechanical Engineering Teaching Assistant Carly Jones has won a Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Award for her outstanding work in several courses, including as Head TA for the department’s second year program Mech 2. Jones is a PhD candidate with the School of Biomedical Engineering, where she is part of the Centre for Hip Health […]
UBC breaks ground on $23 million renewable energy hub
UBC NEWS: ‘Test bed’ showcases clean energy solutions – receives $5.6 million funding from Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. A new $23 million renewable energy hub will transform an entire city block at the University of British Columbia into a smart energy district, including the province’s first-ever hydrogen refuelling station for light […]