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Indigenous Graduate Fellowships competition – Apply by: Feb 16, 2024

Indigenous Graduate Fellowships competition Each fellowship provides a stipend of $18,200 per year for Doctoral students or a stipend of $16,175 per year for Master’s students. Additionally, IGF recipients are eligible to receive tuition funding. Tuition funding will not exceed the current value of the standard Doctoral or Master’s degree tuition fees. In all cases, continued fellowship support is conditional on […]

UBC Mechanical Engineering graduate Phoebe Cheung is one of 11 Canadians awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for 2024.

UBC mechanical engineering graduate named 2024 Rhodes Scholar

This article originally appeared on Applied Science News. Phoebe Cheung, a mechanical engineering graduate from the University of British Columbia, has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for this year Phoebe Cheung, a mechanical engineering graduate from the University of British Columbia, has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for this year. One of eleven […]

The Financial Post spoke to automation and manufacturing expert Professor Yusuf Altintas about the use of AI in factories.

Financial Post speaks to Dr. Yusuf Altintas on AI in Manufacturing

FINANCIAL POST: Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Yusuf Altintas says that AI and automation can improve the lives of engineers if used correctly. | Robots and AI are taking over factory floors, but manufacturing still needs the human touch (subscription required to view).