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Information Sessions: Schmidt Science Fellowships – April 25 + 26, 2022

The Schmidt Science Fellows program provides the world’s best emerging scientists with new skills and perspectives to develop novel solutions to society’s challenges, become scientific and societal thought leaders, and accelerate ground-breaking discoveries.  The program is looking for the brightest minds in the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computing who are interested in broadening their […]

Department mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Stanley Hutton

Department mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Stanley Hutton

The Department of Mechanical Engineering mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Stanley Hutton on March 13, 2022. After completing his doctoral degree at UBC, and teaching at the University of Adelaide, Australia, he returned to UBC in 1978 to join the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a faculty member. He was an instructor and researcher […]

Dr. Gwynn Elfring receives UBC Faculty Research Award

Dr. Gwynn Elfring receives UBC Faculty Research Award

Associate Professor Gwynn Elfring has been awarded one of six UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships, as part of UBC’s 2021 Faculty Research Awards. The awards celebrate research excellence from across the university’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. The Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships specifically support “early-career researchers ready to launch the next stage of their careers.” Dr. […]

Phoebe Cheung awarded Premier Undergraduate and Wesbrook Scholarships

Phoebe Cheung awarded Premier Undergraduate and Wesbrook Scholarships

Congratulations to undergraduate student Phoebe Cheung on being awarded one of twenty UBC Wesbrook Scholarships as well as a Premier Undergraduate HSBC Emerging Leader Scholarship. To receive one of these prestigious scholarships, awardees must be within the top ten percent of their academic year and faculty, as well as “demonstrate strong leadership, teamwork skills, and […]

Why protecting air quality in BC matters to your health — not just during wildfire season

Why protecting air quality in BC matters to your health — not just during wildfire season

Dr. Steven Rogak talks to UBC’s Beyond about ventilating indoor spaces to account for the effects of climate change and respiratory infections like COVID-19, as well as the need to protect our air quality as a community.

Call to Applications: Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship – Deadline: April 1, 2022

The Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowships are available to Canadian citizens engaged in or about to start doctoral studies in Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science at UBC.  The award is valued at $8,000 for one year, but may be extended for a second year. Note that eligible applicants must “hold a degree from a […]

High-tech mouthguard tracks head impacts during varsity hockey playoffs

High-tech mouthguard tracks head impacts during varsity hockey playoffs

UBC concussion study could pave the way for safer hockey A high-tech mouthguard worn by UBC Thunderbird hockey players will record every big hit of the upcoming playoffs to capture data for UBC researchers who study concussions. The study is led by Dr. Lyndia Wu, an expert in brain injury biomechanics at UBC’s Faculty of […]

Call for Applications: Bursary from the EGIRS Division of EGBC – Deadline: May 10, 2022

The Engineers and Geoscientists in the Resource Sector (EGIRS) Division of Engineers and Geoscientists BC is pleased to offer two $2,000 bursaries in 2022 aimed at advancing the practice and education of engineering and geoscience in British Columbia. The bursary is intended to provide financial assistance to students in an accredited BC post-secondary or post-graduate […]

New Publication: Lubricated Rolling Over a Pool

New Publication: Lubricated Rolling Over a Pool

What happens when the wheels of trains interact with viscous liquids deposited on the track? The answer to this question can help us understand how such industrial liquids can prevent track wear and noise. Doctoral student, Hatef Rahmani, under the guidance of Dr. Sheldon Green, Dr. Boris Stoeber, and  Dr. Neil J. Balmforth (UBC Math), recently published their findings of […]