Article: "The Fall and Rise of the Dark Knight – the Difficulty of Batman’s Life While He Exists"
The Scientific American blog post titled “The Fall and Rise of the Dark Knight – the Difficulty of Batman’s Life While He Exists”, published July 19, 2012, discusses the science behind Batman with emphasis on improving the Bat suit to reduce injury. Dr. Peter Cripton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, provides expertise […]
Mechanical Engineering Tours
Interested in mechanical engineering? Join us for a walking tour of the department, our incredible labs, and check out some interesting demos and even find out what our student design teams are up to! Bring your friends and family along too! RSVP at studentassistant(at)mech.ubc.ca if you would like to participate. Next Tour – June 28th
$2.5M gift from UBC alumni to create student Engineering Design Centre
The Wayne and William White Engineering Design Centre officially opens today. The facility was made possible by a $2.5 million donation by UBC Mechanical Engineering alumnus William White (BASc ’67), and his twin brother, Wayne White (BASC ’67 Metallurgical Engineering). “We are very grateful to Wayne and William White for their generosity and vision,” says […]
Dr. Srikantha Phani’s research with Centre for Blood Research colleagues published in UBC reports
An article about Dr. Srikantha Phani’s recent research with colleagues from the Centre for Blood Research was featured In UBC reports. Dr. Phani works with Associate Professor Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu to develop a series of experiments to test new surface coatings for medical implants.
Oct 20 – Engineering students and alumni to compete in UBC entrepreneurship competition
Come out and see Engineering students and alumni affiliated with Aeos Biomedical, Dynamic Monitoring Technology Corporation and RentGeek compete in the UBC’s entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator Competition! They have made it to the final rounds and will be pitching to become the first recipients of investments between $25k and $100k from the entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator fund. […]
UBC innovator receives major Manning Foundation award for green engine technology
Vancouver, Canada—October 6, 2011—University of British Columbia Professor Emeritus Phil Hill has been named the 2011 recipient of the $100,000 Encana Principal Award by the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation. Hill was chosen for his discovery of a technology that enables diesel engines to run on clean-burning natural gas. The high-pressure direct injection (HPDI) technology, […]
UBC Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate Farzad Khademolhosseini Receives The Vanier CGS Graduate Scholarship
UBC Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate Farzad Khademolhosseini has received the Vanier CGS graduate scholarship – one of the most pretigious graduate scholarships in Canada. According to the Vanier CGS website, the award is given to doctoral students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the natural […]
UBC researchers invent new drug delivery device to treat diabetes-related vision loss
Vancouver, Canada—June 29, 2011—A team of engineers and scientists at the University of British Columbia has developed a device that can be implanted behind the eye for controlled and on-demand release of drugs to treat retinal damage caused by diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of vision loss among patients with diabetes. The disease […]
UBC lab welcomes a new “soft touch” mobile robot system
UBC’s Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (CARIS) — led by Mechanical Engineering Prof. Elizabeth Croft – has acquired a new human friendly robot. UBC is the first Canadian university to work with the PR2 model from Willow Garage, a U.S.-based developer of personal robot open source software and hardware. Dubbed Charlie by the […]
UBC mechanical engineering alumna Parisa Bastani receives Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship
Parisa Bastani (BASc’09, MECH) has been awarded the Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship from the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP), an international program in which member governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other Commonwealth countries. She is one of two recipients of the scholarship this year; candidates are selected from seventeen Commonwealth countries. Bastani […]