Student group funding application package now available. Applications are due October 9 at noon!
It’s that time of year again! Student groups requesting funding and other support from the MECH Department should complete our application package and submit it to the MECH Student Services Office no later than October 9th at 12noon. Late applications will not be accepted. Groups/teams are required to submit both an electronic copy and a […]
UBC students win PACE competition with expandable vehicle
UBC MECH students have contributed to the design of an expandable vehicle that won the PACE Reconfigurable Shared Use Mobility System (RSMS) global competition. The futuristic vehicle, which is designed for use in ride-sharing services like Zipcar, took top prizes for market/client needs, interior design, product engineering, and manufacturability. These top awards led to the […]
Dr. Peter Cripton wins Dean’s Excellence in Service Award
Congratulations Dr. Peter Cripton on winning the Dean’s Excellence in Service Award! The award recognizes outstanding service and contributions to the Faculty of Applied Science in each of the following categories: Faculty, Management & Professional Staff, Secretarial & Clerical Staff, and Technical Staff. One of three faculty recipients this year, Dr. Cripton was presented with […]
UBC Supermileage Places 2nd at Shell Eco-Marathon
Congratulations to UBC Supermileage who won silver in the Urban Vehicle category with a rating of 325 miles/US gallon. The Urban Concept class requires vehicles that can be used as future commuter cars. The vehicles must include items such as windshield wipers, trunk space, etc. The Prototype vehicle ended up with an unofficial rating of […]
Mechanical Engineering Student Wins GIC
Mechanical Engineering student Andrea Palmer has won the Global Impact Competition (GIC) with “Reveal,” a wearable device to track anxiety in real-time for children with autism. Co-founded with other UBC students Kristoffer Vik Hansen (Integrated Engineering), Paul Fijal (Mechanical Engineering), Diou Cao (Finance and Accounting), Maricel Saenz (Finance) and Logan Graham (Economics), Reveal picks up on […]
ASME UBC Student Section Visits Boeing and Mobile Tool Management
On Saturday, February 28, a group of 33 students from Mechanical Engineering participated in a one day trip organized by the ASME Student Section at UBC. First stop, Mobile Tool Management Inc. in Mukilteo, Washington, students had the pleasure of meeting a recent MECH graduate, Eric Pospisil. Eric gave our group a fascinating tour of […]
Dr. Ostafichuk awarded 3M Teaching Fellowship
Mech professor, Dr. Peter Ostafichuk, has recently been named a 3M Teaching Fellow by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. He is recognised as being “a catalyst for change in engineering education” for his innovative teaching approaches. Peter Ostafichuk is a catalyst for change in engineering education. His students’ projects compel them […]
Srikantha Phani, a UBC Face of Research
Dr. Srikantha Phani, a Mechanical Engineering Tier II Canadian Research Chair (CRC), is featured in this UBC Story. Dr. Phani, an exceptional emerging mind, holds a five-year, renewable once, $100,000 per annum grant for his work on the Dynamics of Lattice Material and Devices. UBC Mechanical Engineering has four professors who hold CRC Research Chairs. […]
Mech MASc. Candidate, Alicia Figueira, placed 3rd at AUTO21 TestDRIVE Competition
It is exciting to announce that UBC Mechanical Engineering MASc candidate, Alicia Figueira, was awarded third place at the AUTO21 TestDRIVE competition on December 2, 2014 receiving a $2,500 prize for presentation of her current AUTO21 sponsored research work directed towards mitigating whiplash injuries in low-speed, rear-end collisions. Alicia is currently an AUTO21 registered HQP […]
Robot cars sniff out ‘bombs’ in Mech 2 Design Competition
UBC students will showcase their engineering design talents in a robotic vehicle competition on Wednesday, January 28. Driverless, remotely controlled vehicles not much larger than a cereal box will navigate the playfield in search of magnetic devices representing buried unexploded bombs and land mines. The competition will take place over five rounds on increasingly challenging […]