Article: Thunderbots – Latest Scoop
The UBC Thunderbots — the autonomous soccer-playing robot design team — hosted Canada’s first RoboCup competition at UBC this past summer. Rivalling teams from China and Germany arrive to compete their robots in a soccer tournament against the defending North American champion (the home team). The success of the tournament and peripheral events allowed teams […]
Video: The Omnimotion XY
The Omnimotion XY is a mechatronic device from Dr. Lu’s research group at the Precision Mechatronics Laboratory. From the video description, the “Omnimotion-XY shown here is a magnetically-levitated planar motion stage. All 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) motion are achieved by one motor, which is free of force ripples or cogging. There is no need […]
Article: “Selling science to students”
The Global and Mail editorial post titled “Selling science to students”, published 20 August 2012, discusses the reasons and ramifications of students graduating from high school not choosing careers in math, science, technology and engineering. While students understand the value of this education and its importance in finding a future career, they often still choose other career […]
International Opportunities
Looking for international opportunities? Hopefully you have checked out UBC’s own Go Global (http://students.ubc.ca/global), but an interesting external opportunity is coming up. A different organization with an identical name will be at the Creekside Community Recreation Centre on Sunday, September 6 from 11 am – 5 pm, with over 40 exhibitors of international opportunities. www.letsgoglobal.ca
Article: Dr. Croft featured in Metro Vancouver article "Women Physicists Wade into a Man’s World"
“Girls are looking for opportunities to make a difference. What we don’t communicate well about fields like physics and engineering, is that these are careers where you can have a great impact… In high school we say, ‘Solve equations!’, ‘Do this study on the Milikan experiment!’ or ‘Document the number of electrons!’ Well, how exciting […]
Article: "The Fall and Rise of the Dark Knight – the Difficulty of Batman’s Life While He Exists"
The Scientific American blog post titled “The Fall and Rise of the Dark Knight – the Difficulty of Batman’s Life While He Exists”, published July 19, 2012, discusses the science behind Batman with emphasis on improving the Bat suit to reduce injury. Dr. Peter Cripton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, provides expertise […]
Congratulations: Two Mechanical Engineering Faculty Members Win Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service
Glenn Jolly, Engineering Technician, and Jennifer Pelletier, Manager of Undergraduate Affairs and Special Projects, were among three recipients of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service. This award recognizes the positive impact they have on the faculty and its employees. Each received a personalized plaque and a $1,000 cheque presented by Dean Eric Hall during […]
Graduation Reception 2012
The Department of Mechanical Engineering recently held their annual Graduation Reception ceremony. The event was held in the CHBE atrium. It was an opportunity to recognize the achievements of exceptional students graduating from the Mech department. Congratulations to all recipients! Letson Prizes (The Letson Prizes are given to the Head of the Graduating Class for each […]
Mechanical Engineering Tours
Interested in mechanical engineering? Join us for a walking tour of the department, our incredible labs, and check out some interesting demos and even find out what our student design teams are up to! Bring your friends and family along too! RSVP at studentassistant(at)mech.ubc.ca if you would like to participate. Next Tour – June 28th
Congratulations: Mechanical Engineering Professor Douglas Romily Leads Students to Winning National AUTO21 Contest
A team of UBC engineering students led by Dr. Douglas Romily tied for first place with the University of Toronto in the AUTO21 HQP Poster Competition, among 60 national student teams. Their poster entitled “Injury Prevention Through Adaptive Seat Design” was what won them the $4,000 top prize. Their team included Nima Ziraknejad, an ECE […]