MECH students win first place at sustainable design competition

MECH students win first place at sustainable design competition

Mechanical engineering students Jayson Bursill, Natasha Palmer, Angela Walton and Gavin Wong have won first place in their category at the 2013 ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) Design Competition. The team was skillfully mentored by UBC professors Steve Rogak and Nima Atabaki, as well as their industrial advisor Geoff McDonell […]

"Knowing that I'm learning new things on a regular basis actually keeps me extremely motivated... it's one of the things I love most about engineering."

UBC engineering student one of Canada’s Top 20 Under 20

      UBC engineering student Armin Rezaiean-Asel has been recognized by Youth in Motion as one of Canada’s Top 20 Under 20, an award that celebrates and honours Canadians under the age of 20 who have demonstrated a significant level innovation, leadership and achievement. After graduating secondary school with an impressive 100% average, Rezaiean-Asel […]

UBC Thunderbots Compete in RoboCup World Championship

The UBC Thunderbots have returned from competing in the RoboCup World Championship in Eindhoven, the Netherlands from June 24th to July 1st, 2013. RoboCup is a worldwide initiative dedicated to promoting and advancing research in robotics.  This year, Thunderbots sent representative from all three of their divisions to the event — Thunderbots FC competed in […]

MECH student wins award at Ohio State University

MECH student wins award at Ohio State University Mechanical engineering masters student Seth Gilchrist received the Dr. Margaret H. Hines Award for Best Poster Presentation at the 9th Annual Injury Biomechanics Symposium (IBS) which took place at Ohio State University this past May. His poster, titled “Characterizing the stiffness change of the proximal femur between […]

Siemens PLM Software – Certification updates around the globe

Siemens PLM Software – Certification updates around the globe

      “There are a number of certification program updates from around the globe. Last September we announced a long-term memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China’s Ministry of Education (MOE). We will work with the MOE to support the National Computer-Aided Technology Certification Project. This partnership should enable more than 20,000 certifications annually through more […]

2013 Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship – Matthew Pan

Hello Everyone, We are delighted to announce that the ICICS Graduate Affairs Committee has chosen Mechanical Engineering doctoral student Matthew Pan as the 2013 recipient of the Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship. Supervised by Professor Elizabeth Croft, Matthew is currently investigating unique methods of performing human–robot co-operative manipulation of objects, in the Collaborative Advanced Robotics and […]

Giant Spiders and Walking Machines

Large-scale mechanical art is hard to ignore. Artist engineers are creating some head-turning pieces to provoke dialogue on human energy use. By Rachel Poliquin, BFA’97, PhD’05 ________________________________________________________________________________ Read the full article, including videos and photo slideshows, online at Trek Magazine, a publication of alumni UBC. Jonathan Tippet and Charlie Brinson, as well as other members […]

As Captain of the UBC Supermileage Team,
Connor Schellenberg-Beaver has gained
invaluable leadership and managerial skills.

Applied Science Rising Star: Connor Schellenberg-Beaver, UBC Mechanical Engineering ’13

“There is a way to overcome almost any challenge, but not necessarily by oneself.” -Connor Schellenberg-Beaver, Class of 2013         The stars of UBC Applied Science are people passionate about their chosen field–architecture, landscape architecture, community and regional planning, engineering and nursing—and those that inspire others by making meaningful contributions to the […]