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UBC engineers win Shell International Engineering Competition

UBC engineers win Shell International Engineering Competition

A team of four UBC Engineering students won first place in the inaugural Shell International Engineering Competition (IEC), Consulting category, on Friday, September 13 in Calgary, Alberta. Andrea Palmer, Tagg Jefferson, Kevin Sipila and Jesse Neufeld brought home the gold for UBC. Tagg Jefferson, Kevin Sipila, Andrea Palmer, Jesse Neufeld, receive first-place medals in IEC’s […]

UBC Marine engineers win international ferry design competition, record "Triple-Crown" year

UBC Marine engineers win international ferry design competition, record "Triple-Crown" year

A team of UBC Engineering students has won the World Ferry Safety Association international student competition for their Safe Affordable Ferry design. Mechanical Engineering students Brenden Oke, Matthew Allan, Daniel Greig, Byron Roehrl and Hadrian D’Souza, and Integrated Engineering students Kristoffer Vik Hansen and Chandandeep Deol will receive a $5000 prize for their winning concept. […]

Pulp industry energy research gets $2.7M in funding

Pulp industry energy research gets $2.7M in funding

The University of British Columbia’s Pulp and Paper Centre (PPC) has received $2.7 million to reduce energy and greenhouse gas emissions of one of B.C.’s largest industries by 50 per cent before 2020. James Olson of UBC’s Pulp and Paper Centre, which received a $2.7 million grant. Photo: Don Erhardt The grant, funded by the […]

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 […]