New publication uses deep learning to predict underwater noise
Recent master’s graduate Rachit Gupta and supervisor Associate Professor Rajeev Jaiman have created a three-dimensional deep learning-based computer model to predict unsteady fluid flow, in order to help scientists better understand fluid-structure interaction and ship radiated underwater noise. Underwater noise interferes with the ability of marine animals to do essential activities like communicating, finding a […]
What exactly is air quality, and what affects it in BC?
UBC Beyond talks to several members of the Rapid Air Improvement Network, an interdisciplinary UBC research project co-led by Dr. Steven Rogak and Dr. Naomi Zimmerman.
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
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
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
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Two UBC Engineering students named 2022 Cansbridge Fellows
The Cansbridge Fellowship program has named Coralie Tcheune, a fourth-year UBC biomedical engineering student, and Callum Woznow, a fourth-year UBC mechanical engineering student, as two of its newest fellows.
MEL Spotlight: Decarbonizing the Marine Sector
When you compare the transport efficiency of moving an equivalent weight of goods by truck, train, airplane or ship, the shipping industry is the most efficient. And yet the global marine shipping industry is responsible for producing two to three per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions.