UBC Human Powered Vehicle Team Selects New Leadership
On April 2nd, the incumbent executive team of UBC’s Human Powered Vehicle Team (HPVT) met to select the new group that will lead the team for 2013/2014 academic session. It’s exciting how far the team has come in such a short time. The future looks bright for those who will be involved with HPVT for […]
Engineering students demo ultra fuel-efficient cars
Event: The UBC Supermileage Team will demonstrate two cars in advance of the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas competition for ultra energy-efficient vehicles Date/Time: Tuesday, March 19, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Location: University Hill Secondary School parking lot, south-side 3228 Ross Drive, Vancouver BC Map: www.maps.ubc.ca/?590 Editors/reporters: Please confirm attendance at media demonstration. Contact Connor Schellenberg-Beaver at […]
UBC innovation and industry collaboration earns national accolades
UBC Mechanical Engineering professor Yusuf Altintas and industry partner Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) have won a Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in recognition of their long-standing and successful university-industry partnership, which has resulted in numerous innovations and breakthroughs over the years to benefit Canada’s […]
UBC "Entrepreneurial Powerhouse" students win at BMO Apex Business Plan Competition
Two student teams from UBC’s New Venture Design course travelled to Fredericton, New Brunswick to compete at the BMO Apex Business Plan Competition, January 23-25. They returned with first and second place prizes respectively in the undergraduate categories. The two groups also received the “Entrepreneurial Powerhouse” award for UBC for best overall performance from a university at […]
UBC teams sweep podium at 2013 Enterprize Canada Business Plan Competition
Three UBC student teams swept the podium at 2013 Enterprize Canada Business Plan Competition, a part of Enterprise Canada’s Entrepreneurship Conference, February 8th–10th at the Sheraton Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. With UBC teams Agile Monitoring Equipment placing first, Aaisth second and SoundIT third, UBC entrepreneurs dominated the competition. The teams consisted of engineering and business students from […]
Celebration of Achievements 2013
The Department of Mechanical Engineering recently held their annual Celebration of Achievement ceremony. Please take a look at the photos below! The event was held at the First Nations House of Learning. It was an opportunity to recognize the achievements of exceptional students within the Mech department. Congratulations to all recipients! 2012 Department Scholars (This honourary designation […]
Article: "Putting our heads together safely"
Dr. Cription’s research on concussions and spinal injury was recently featured in an article on the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s website. The article describes the prototype sports helmet, the Pro-Neck-Tor™, that was developed by him and his team, and the helmet is able to concussions and spinal injury. This helmet is application in preventing injuries […]
UBC and Fraunhofer Society Enter $4.9 Million Clean Energy Partnership
The University of British Columbia and Germany’s Fraunhofer Society have entered in a $4.9 million clean energy partnership. The principal investigator on the project is one of our department’s faculty members, Prof. Walter Mérida, who is the associate director at the Clean Energy Research Center. “‘This partnership will allow both institutions to accelerate solutions for sustainability challenges […]
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 […]