Oct 8 | Department Research Seminar – Dr. Christoph Sielmann: Multi-campus Education and Engineering Macroethics
Dr. Christoph Sielmann will explore two topics in engineering education: the challenges inherent to delivering synchronous course materials across multiple campuses; and pedagogical techniques for engaging students in considering the ethical implications of engineering technologies in the real world.
Oct 8 | Department Research Seminar – Dr. Amanda Giang: Identifying strategies to achieve multiple sustainability goals
Towards improved air quality, climate action, and environmental justice | As communities worldwide face sustainability challenges, responses are often created in isolation, creating unintended tradeoffs and missed opportunities. This talk shares examples of how engineering expertise can be combined with other disciplines to inform action on air quality, climate change, and environmental justice.
Oct 3 | Distinguished Seminar – Dr. Petia Vlahovska: Harnessing active matter for biomimetic micro-robotic systems
In our first fall 2024 Distinguished Seminar, Dr. Petia Vlahovska (Northwestern University) explores how mimicking the movement and navigation strategies of active particles like bacteria could used to advance micro-robotic systems.
Sep 5 | Early Career Research Symposium on Sustainable Materials and Chemistry
Join this engaging half-day event where our early career professors will showcase their research in sustainable materials and chemistry, including Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Alexandra Tavasoli. This symposium is open to undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members, providing an opportunity to network and spark impactful research partnerships. Don’t miss this chance to connect […]
Aug 2 | Distinguished Seminar – Dr. K. Jimmy Hsia: Geometry-mediated Collective Cell Migration & Wound Healing
Geometry-mediated Collective Cell Migration & Wound Healing Speaker: Dr. K. Jimmy Hsia President’s Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU); School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology When: August 2, 2024 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Location: Fred Kaiser Building (KAIS), room 2020 (2332 Main Mall, Vancouver)
Jun 14 | Seminar – Dr. Wouter Bam: Leveraging data to guide the sustainability transition
Leveraging data to guide the sustainability transition; the role of economic complexity-related methods Speaker: Dr. Wouter Bam Assistant Professor, UBC Manufacturing Engineering at the UBCO School of Engineering When: June 14, 2024 | 11 AM – 12 PM Location: CEME room 2022 (6250 Applied Science Lane, Vancouver)
Apr 25 | NAME Student Design Celebration
Join us April 25 for our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering student design showcase! Enjoy an evening of networking and dinner with industry colleagues, our alumni, and faculty members at the University Golf Club, while our NAME Master of Engineering students present their final ship design projects to Vancouver’s maritime industry. Learn what they’ve achieved […]
Apr 18 | Distinguished Seminar: Interaction of Turbulent Boundary Layers with Compliant Surfaces
In this MECH Distinguished Seminar on April 18, we welcome guest speaker Dr. Joseph Katz from Johns Hopkins University. Join us in CEME 2202 from 12 – 1 pm to hear his talk, “Interaction of Turbulent Boundary Layers with Compliant Surfaces.”
Apr 11 | Design & Innovation Day
Come see our students showcase their final capstone projects, in this celebration of student design! Design and Innovation Day is an annual showcase in which UBC Engineering students present their projects through interactive exhibits and hands-on demonstrations. Engineering students undertake a year-long capstone, design or research project that offers innovative solutions to real-world problems. At […]
Mar 28 | Dr. Gwynn Elfring – The hydrodynamics of active matter in inhomogeneous environments
Join us on March 28 for a Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship public lecture by Dr. Gwynn Elfring, on the hydrodynamics of active matter in inhomogeneous environments. Active matter is a term used to describe matter that is composed of a large number of self-propelled active ‘particles’, such as a flock of birds, or even the […]