Dr. Peter Cripton tests helmet on Global News, provides tips for cyclists
UBC Mechanical Engineering professor Dr. Peter Cripton was featured on Global’s News Hour last night, and on Global’s Morning News this morning. Dr. Cripton, a specialist in injury biomechanics, was asked to test the safety of a discount carbon fibre helmet that was being advertised online without any safety certification or branding. News Hour shows Dr. […]
UBC’s Clean Energy Research Centre to collaborate on research and education initiatives at Squamish’s Oceanfront development
The creation of a Squamish-based educational campus focused on the energy economy of the future is a step closer today with the announcement of a Statement of Cooperation, signed by the University of British Columbia’s Clean Energy Research Centre (UBC), the District of Squamish (DOS), Squamish Nation, Carbon Engineering, and Newport Beach Developments Limited Partnership (NBD). […]
UBC Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering programs to receive $2M from Seaspan Shipyards
The University of British Columbia announced today that it will receive a $2 million investment from Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) over the next seven years to support innovative teaching and research in the naval architecture and marine engineering programs within UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science. As a result, two new UBC chair positions will be […]
Florin Gheorghe, MECH alumnus and CEO of Arbutus Medical, accepted into Sauder’s Innovation Hub
Former Mechanical Engineering student Florin Gheorghe and his team at Arbutus Medical have been accepted into Sauder’s Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub, a prestigious one-year program that helps promising entrepreneurs turn great ideas into successful businesses. Arbutus Medical was started by Gheorghe (now the company’s CEO) and a group of other students from UBC’s Engineers in […]
Undergraduate Student Research (USRA) positions available now!
Interested in research? The NSERC USRA program is an excellent way for undergraduate students to gain exposure to university research. It can also help students decide if they want to pursue research in the future, whether through graduate studies or industrial research positions. We will be posting USRA positions on our website as they come […]
MECH alumna Andrea Palmer joins Innovation Hub, makes headlines
An autism monitor developed by UBC Mechanical Engineering alumna Andrea Palmer has earned her start-up company, Awake Labs, a place in the Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub. Awake Labs is one of only six companies to be accepted into the year-long program, which is run by the Sauder School of Business and provides accepted start-ups with […]
“My Robocup Experience”: UBC Thunderbots on their trip to Hefei, China
In July 2015, the UBC Thunderbots–a Mechanical Engineering student design team–traveled to Hefei, China to compete in the Robocup International Competition. The team is comprised of members from various disciplines and year levels, who work together to design and build autonomous soccer-playing robots. Mechanical Engineering student and Thunderbots team member Tiffany Tsu provides an account […]
Dr. Chris McKesson elected SNAME Fellow
UBC NAME professor Dr. Chris McKesson has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). According to the Society, the grade of Fellow is accorded exclusively to “individuals who have made outstanding personal contributions to naval architecture, marine or ocean engineering, or allied disciplines through significant achievements in design, […]
Dr. Mu Chiao and Dr. Carl Ollivier-Gooch elected ASME Fellows
Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering professors Dr. Mu Chiao and Dr. Carl Ollivier-Gooch, who were both elected Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for their outstanding engineering accomplishments. Nominated by ASME Members and Fellows, an ASME Member must have ten or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active […]
PhD student Emily Park wins CHEMINAS Poster Award at MicroTAS 2015
Mechanical Engineering PhD student Emily Park took home the CHEMINAS Young Researcher Poster Award at the International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS)—the premier international conference in the field of microfluidics. This is a prestigious award sponsored by The Society for Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems (CHEMINAS) to recognize excellence among participants. […]