APSC Rising Star Matthew Primeau: Engiprenuership: when engineering meets entrepreneurship
“So often we are scared to start pursuing our dreams and make a difference in the world – in fear that we may not be 100% ready to do so yet… However, what I’ve learned is that we may never be ‘ready’, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start anyways.” Matthew Primeau Degree: Master of […]
Researchers create new ultra-strong alloy
The Modelling and Simulation Research Group and collaborators have recently published a paper investigating a new high-entropy alloy (HEA). The team, led by Assistant Professor Mauricio Ponga, designed the material’s composition using atomic-level computer simulations to find an optimal mixture of elements. This novel material combines cobalt, chromium, iron, molybdenum, and niobium atoms. It was […]
APSC Rising Star Rachit Gupta: Nothing ventured, nothing gained: from structural engineering to multi-disciplinary engineering
“A calm mind is an ultimate weapon against your hurdles. And when you are calm, you have won half the battle.” Rachit Gupta Degree: Master of Applied Science Grad year: 2021 Program: Mechanical Engineering Campus: Vancouver I graduated from Delhi College of Engineering with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Mechanical […]
Media Mention: COP 26 delegate Dr. Walter Mérida on why B.C. should be paying attention to climate summit
Global News: After experiencing an historic deadly heat dome and another record wildfire season, this past year has been real wakeup call in B.C. when it comes to climate change. COP26 delegates from UBC explain why this UN Climate Change conference is the most crucial and why B.C. should be paying attention.
Renowned yacht designer Ron Holland visits NAME design class
World-renowned yacht designer Ron Holland visited the NAME Ship Design class to give a talk about the soft skills that have contributed to his success. With an international career spanning New Zealand, the USA, and Ireland, Ron Holland now runs his naval architecture firm from Vancouver, BC. He is the designer of the largest single-masted sailing yacht […]
Open educational resources in STEM – CTLT’s Edubytes features guest editor Dr. Agnes d’Entremont
Open educational resources (OERs) are teaching and learning materials that have been openly licensed or are in the public domain. The benefits of using OERs over commercial or paid resources include no-cost access for students, and the ability for instructors to adapt, add to, and redistribute the materials. While OERs are used across many disciplines, STEM […]
UBC clean hydrogen technology deployed to Alberta in a $7 million collaboration
New hydrogen technology developed at UBC could soon be providing clean energy in Alberta, thanks to a $7 million project between UBC, the government of Alberta and Alberta utility company ATCO. The technology developed by the UBC researchers — methane thermal cracking — can produce up to 200 kilograms of hydrogen a day using natural gas, without […]
Media Mention: ‘This is the sort of data we need’ Dr. Amanda Giang on a study measuring contaminants in BC homes near fracking wells
THE NARWHAL: Study suggests higher contaminants in B.C. homes near fracking wells but more research is needed. | People living near fracking sites in B.C. are lacking information about contamination they need to make ‘informed decisions,’ lead author Élyse Caron-Beaudoin says. A scientist who published a new study about air and water pollution levels affecting […]
Jagdeep Singh Bakshi Scholarship awarded to MEng student Alice Brais
The Jagdeep Singh Bakshi Scholarship in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering has been awarded to Master of Engineering student Alice Brais. This scholarship provides $1000 to a student in the UBC’s Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering MEng program who demonstrates both academic excellence and leadership. Joining the UBC NAME program after an undergraduate degree in […]
Alumni Profile – Zack Eberwein: Bracing for the future; alumni reinvent sports therapeutics
One summer evening in 2016, two friends were relaxing in the basement, playing a game of ping-pong. Sore, exhausted, Zack Eberwein had just competed in a charity climb called the Multi Grouse Grind Challenge, a repetitive scramble up Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain which had reduced him, after several ascents, to a literal “crawl.” Having had two […]