Apr 25 | NAME Student Design Celebration
Join us April 25 for our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering student design showcase! Enjoy an evening of networking and dinner with industry colleagues, our alumni, and faculty members at the University Golf Club, while our NAME Master of Engineering students present their final ship design projects to Vancouver’s maritime industry. Learn what they’ve achieved […]
Apr 18 | Distinguished Seminar: Interaction of Turbulent Boundary Layers with Compliant Surfaces
In this MECH Distinguished Seminar on April 18, we welcome guest speaker Dr. Joseph Katz from Johns Hopkins University. Join us in CEME 2202 from 12 – 1 pm to hear his talk, “Interaction of Turbulent Boundary Layers with Compliant Surfaces.”
Apr 11 | Design & Innovation Day
Come see our students showcase their final capstone projects, in this celebration of student design! Design and Innovation Day is an annual showcase in which UBC Engineering students present their projects through interactive exhibits and hands-on demonstrations. Engineering students undertake a year-long capstone, design or research project that offers innovative solutions to real-world problems. At […]
Schmidt Science Fellowships – Apply by Apr 10, 2024 (8 AM)
Schmidt Science Fellowships 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 […]
UBC Killam Research Prize awarded to Dr. Amanda Giang
In recognition of her contributions to the field of environmental modelling and policy, Assistant Professor Amanda Giang has been awarded a UBC Killam Research Prize, one of the university’s top honours for research. Dr. Giang is one of ten campus researchers to be recognized for their outstanding research and scholarship. A faculty member in the […]
Mar 28 | Dr. Gwynn Elfring – The hydrodynamics of active matter in inhomogeneous environments
Join us on March 28 for a Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship public lecture by Dr. Gwynn Elfring, on the hydrodynamics of active matter in inhomogeneous environments. Active matter is a term used to describe matter that is composed of a large number of self-propelled active ‘particles’, such as a flock of birds, or even the […]
Dr. Kendal Bushe elected Fellow of the Combustion Institute
In recognition of his contributions to the field of combustion research and technology, Associate Professor W. Kendal Bushe has been elected a Fellow of the Combustion Institute. Dr. Bushe is one of nineteen international researchers in the Institute’s 2024 class of Fellows, and is acknowledged for his work on “innovative research on the theory and […]
MECH Research awarded $3.8M support by NSERC Alliance Program
Five projects lead by UBC Mechanical Engineering researchers have been awarded over $3.8 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance 2022-23 grant program. These projects investigate issues facing Canadians such as sustainability in the energy, transportation and building sectors and innovation in industry. These are among thirty-four UBC Engineering […]
Dr. Amanda Giang named Canada Research Chair in Environmental Modelling for Policy
Assistant Professor Amanda Giang has been named the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Environmental Modelling for Policy. The Government of Canada announced the new and renewed Research Chairs on March 13, 2024, providing $191 million for 230 chairs at post-secondary institutions nationwide, alongside $9 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans […]
Defence: Behnam Karimi – Apr 12, 2024 | 10 AM | Graduate Student Centre, Rm 200
Virtual Blade Machining Candidate: Behnam Karimi Date: April 12, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Graduate Student Centre, Room 200, 6371 Crescent Road