Dr. Agnes d’Entremont receives BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education
Dr. Agnes d’Entremont has been awarded BCcampus‘ September award for Excellence in Open Education, due to her many contributions to developing open educational resources (OER), and dedication to financially accessible learning. One of her notable contributions has been coordinating the creation of over 1500 mechanics questions for open homework platform WeBWork, providing students with […]
Call for Applications: NASA International Internship – Deadline: Oct 13, 2021
NASA International Internship The NASA International Internship is a NASA initiative that seeks to better prepare students (U.S. and international) for future missions that require innovative thinking and cooperation with international collaborators. Interns take part in seminars on a wide variety of topics from both internal and external experts, informal discussions, supervised research, group projects, […]
Master of Engineering Clean Energy Engineering Student Experience – Shannon Goulden
As a Sustainability Research Scholar, Shannon Goulden gained meaningful work experience in a new industry and grew her professional network – all while helping Metro Vancouver advance its sustainability initiatives. “When I learned about the Sustainability Scholars Program a few months before starting the MEL in Clean Energy Engineering, I knew right away that I wanted to apply. The […]
Researcher receives MSFHR Trainee Award to investigate the mechanics of cancer spread
Mechanical Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Daniele Agostinelli has received a 2021 Research Trainee award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR). The MSFHR Research Trainee Program provides support to post-doctoral researchers or health professionals, helping them to develop their research careers in their field of medicine and health. Providing recipients with $45,000 per […]
Researchers awarded BC Knowledge Development funding
Two projects lead by faculty from the Department of Mechanical Engineering have been awarded funding from the BC Knowledge Development Fund. The main investment in research infrastructure offered by the Province, “the BCKDF is pivotal to the development of vital research infrastructure, allowing institutions to attract a critical mass of researchers, skilled technicians, and research […]
High-speed bearingless motors research receives Canada Foundation for Innovation infrastructure funding
Dr. Minkyun Noh has received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund for his project Control and Instrumentation Infrastructure for High-speed Bearingless Motors Research.
Capstone design wins 2021 ASHRAE competition
A UBC Mechanical Engineering Capstone design team has won first place in the HVAC Design Calculations category of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 2021 design competition. Usually, Capstone students are paired with an industry-sponsored project for the final design work of their undergraduate degree. Instead, Brandon Jung, Arin Lee, Lukengo […]
UBC Thunderbots take top spot at international robot soccer competition
The UBC Thunderbots have placed first in their division at the RoboCup, an annual robot soccer competition for university students around the world. It is the UBC design team’s second RoboCup victory in a row, having topped the same event category — the Lower Tournament of RoboCup’s Small Size League — in 2019. (The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 […]
Doctoral Student wins Prestigious Vanier Scholarship
Mechanical Engineering PhD student Rivkah Gardner-Frolick has won one of Canada’s top scholarships, the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. This scholarship awards selected students across the country $50,000 per year for three years of doctoral studies, and is based off the students’ academic excellence, research potential and leadership. The award was created to “attract and retain […]
Media Mention: Dr. Naomi Zimmerman on the poor air quality of wildfire season and how to stay safe
CBC: As more than 200 wildfires continue to burn in British Columbia, experts are advising residents to start preparing for wildfire smoke and poor air quality. Air quality warnings are already in place for most of B.C.’s southern Interior, and fire risk in the province is very high. The warnings come after a record-breaking heat wave […]