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CEME 2054
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Abelló, Juan Instructor abello@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-2937 KAIS 1132 |
Thermofluids Aerodynamics |
Rotorcraft aerodynamics, rotorcraft aeroacoustics, blade-vortex interaction (BVI) noise reduction. |
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Altintas, Yusuf Professor altintas@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-5622 KAIS 3102 |
Mechatronics and Manufacturing Manufacturing Automation |
Chatter stability of machining operations, virtual machining process modeling, simulation and optimization, trajectory generation and motion control of high speed machine tools, dynamics of high speed spindles, precision machining, and sensors and actuators for machine tool testing and monitoring. |
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Atabaki, Nima Senior Instructor natabaki@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-4065 ICICS 173 |
Thermofluids Heat and Mass Transfer |
Loop heat pipes, two-phase fluid flow and heat transfer, effective thermal conductivity of fluid saturated sintered powder metal plates, and HVAC systems. |
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Bacca, Mattia Assistant Professor mbacca@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-5076 ICICS 165 |
Design and Applied Mechanics Mechanics of Materials |
Mechanics of functional materials. Fracture mechanics, contact mechanics and continuum mechanics applied to synthetic and biological materials. Bio-inspired adhesives, active soft materials (cytoskeleton), elastomers, hydrogels, cutting and penetration of soft solids. |
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Bushe, Kendal Associate Professor wkb@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-3398 CEME 2069 |
Thermofluids Turbulent Combustion |
Numerical simulation of turbulent combustion in internal combustion engines and gas turbines, model development for turbulence/chemistry interactions, chemical kinetic mechanism development, and renewable fuels for heavy-duty transportation and stationary power applications. |
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Chiao, Mu Professor muchiao@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-4902 CEME 2067 |
Biomedical Engineering Mechatronics and Manufacturing Bio-MEMS, Nanoscience and Nanoengineering |
Micro-energy sources, protein-MEMS interaction, MEMS-based photonic devices, design, fabrication and packing of MEMS for biological applications. |
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Cripton, Peter Professor cripton@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-6629 CEME 2063 |
Design and Applied Mechanics Biomedical Engineering Biomechanics of Human Injury |
Biomechanics and prevention of spinal cord, spinal column and brain injuries and of hip fractures. Developing a helmet-mounted device to prevent cervical spine injuries in sports and transportation, helmet efficacy, and novel helmet design. |
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Croft, Elizabeth Professor (on leave) ecroft@mech.ubc.ca |
Mechatronics and Manufacturing Robotics |
Development and testing of compliant, intuitive, and stable human-robot interaction, vision guided robotic bin picking with visual servoing, visibility metrics, collision avoidance and vision guided grasp planning, and low jerk motion planning. |
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d’Entremont, Agnes Senior Instructor agnes.dentremont@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-1960 KAIS 1130 |
Biomedical Engineering Biomechanics |
Ongoing research into hip and knee biomechanics, including advanced MRI imaging of joint kinematics, loading and cartilage properties, including weight bearing MRI; 3D joint shape and range of motion analysis; and the application of shape, range of motion, and cartilage health measures to childhood joint disorders. |
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de Silva, Clarence Professor desilva@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-6291 CEME 2071 |
Mechatronics and Manufacturing Robotics |
Instrumentation (sensing, actuation, communication, etc.) and intelligent control of industrial processes, intelligent cooperative robotics for safety/security-critical urban environments, design, assessment, and operation of mechatronic systems using Mechatronic Design Quotient (MDQ) and soft computing (fuzzy logic, neural networks, and genetic algorithms), and machine health monitoring and supervisory control using intelligent multi-sensor fusion. |
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Elfring, Gwynn Associate Professor gelfring@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-1287 ICICS 181 |
Thermofluids Mathematical Modeling |
Ongoing research into the mechanics of soft matter, including cell biomechanics, mechanics of active suspensions, interfacial rheology and instabilities, and non-Newtonian flow physics. |
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Eyking, Adrianna Lecturer aeyking@mech.ubc.ca CEME 2053A |
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Feng, Hsi-Yung (Steve) Professor and Dept. Head feng@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-1366 CEME 2054 |
Mechatronics and Manufacturing CAD/CAM |
Highly flexible CAD modeling, generalized CNC simulation and verification, multi-axis sculptured surface machining, scanned point cloud data processing, and geometric inspection using 3D laser scanning. |
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Fengler, Markus Lecturer mfengler@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-5655 KAIS 1190C |
Engineering design, machine shop practice, design for disability, and sustainable development. | |
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Frigaard, Ian Professor frigaard@math.ubc.ca (604) 822-1316 ICICS 177 |
Thermofluids Mathematical Modelling, Fluid Mechanics |
Ongoing research in shear instabilities, Rayleigh-Bénard flows, bubble propagation, particle sedimentation, visco-plastic lubrication, and Taylor-Couette instabilities, recent subjects in industrial mathematical modeling have included InSb crystal growth, injection molding, and waxy crude oil pipeline restarts. |
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Giang, Amanda Assistant Professor amanda.giang@ubc.ca AERL 434 |
Thermofluids Environmental Modelling, Air Pollution, Sustainability |
Modelling the transport of global toxic pollutants, developing computationally efficient air quality modelling and risk assessment tools, developing data analysis methods for effectiveness of environmental policy, given uncertainty. |
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Grecov, Dana Associate Professor dgrecov@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-6710 CEME 2060 |
Biomedical Engineering Thermofluids Biofluids, Fluid Mechanics |
Experimental and mathematical modeling of industrial processes, mathematical modeling and simulation of liquid crystalline materials, rheology of complex fluids, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, biofluid mechanics. |
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Green, Sheldon Professor green@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-0497 CEME 2057 |
Thermofluids Fluid Mechanics |
Developing a model of the fibre deposition and dewatering process in paper making, spraying of non-Newtonian fluids, minimizing electrical power consumption in paper mills by improving pulp pump efficiency, and measuring and reducing snow friction of skis (in conjunction with the Canadian Olympic Committee). |
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Hendra, Graham Lecturer ghendra@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-2412 CEME 2053A |
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Hodgson, Antony Professor and Associate Head, Teaching ahodgson@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-3240 EDC 234 |
Design and Applied Mechanics Biomedical Engineering Mechatronics and Manufacturing Medical Robots, Biomechanics |
Developing tools for computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery based on phase-processing of 3D ultrasound images to provide realtime 3D imaging information and on mini-robotic devices to enhance accuracy and shorten surgical time; designing a 3D scale model of the human eye to study sensorimotor issues; comparing surgical motor performance in simulators and the live operating room to validate simulators. |
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Jaiman, Rajeev Kumar Associate Professor rjaiman@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827 0609 CEME 2208F |
Thermofluids Design and Applied Mechanics Mechatronics and Manufacturing Aerodynamics, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control |
Variational Methods and Analysis; Fluid-Structure Interaction; Computational Fluid Mechanics; Bluff-body Flows and Vortex-Induced Vibrations; Multiphase Flows; Data-Driven Computing and Model Reduction; Flow Control and Aeroelasticity. |
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Jelovica, Jasmin Assistant Professor jjelovica@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-5071 CEME 2208E |
Design and Applied Mechanics Naval Architecture |
Lightweight structures, Marine structures, Finite element analysis, Ultimate strength, Fatigue strength, Structural optimization, Structural longevity. |
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Jin, Xiaoliang Assistant Professor xjin@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-3541 KAIS 3103 |
Mechatronics and Manufacturing Design and Applied Mechanics |
Surface integrity in manufacturing processes, machining mechanics and dynamics, material response in manufacturing, vibration assisted machining, surface texturing, precision manufacturing. |
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Kirchen, Patrick Associate Professor pkirchen@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-8256 CEME 2062 |
Thermofluids Combustion |
Thermal energy conversion, combustion, internal combustion engines, ion transport membranes. |
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Ma, Hongshen Associate Professor hongma@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-4703 ICICS 167 |
Biomedical Engineering Mechatronics and Manufacturing Microfluids and Biomedical Device Design |
Microfluidic cell sorting by mechanical deformability, low-cost malaria detection device, microfluidic cell sorting by dielectrophoresis, magnetic endotracheal tube sensor, electrical impedance myography. |
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McKesson, Christopher Instructor mckesson@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-0622 CEME 2208G |
Thermofluids Naval Architecture |
A long-standing interest in high-speed ships and unconventional hull forms has now evolved into the study of unconventional missions and features, such as the design of ships for minimum environmental impact, or maximum human effectiveness, or other concerns currently under-represented at the design table. |
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Mérida, Walter Professor walter.merida@ubc.ca (604) 822-4189 CHBE 297A |
Thermofluids Clean Energy Systems |
Energy systems (climate disruption), fuel cell technology (durability and reliability), and hydrogen infrastructures (refueling stations for fuel cell vehicles). |
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Mikkelsen, Jon Professor of Teaching and Director, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering mikk@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-2709 CEME 2208H |
Thermofluids Naval Architecture |
Developing a vertical axis tidal turbine for power generation, and collaborating with First Nations to develop live capture fishing technologies. |
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Mohammadpanah, Ahmad Lecturer amohammadpanah@mech.ubc.ca CEME 2053A |
Dynamics and vibration analysis of spinning disks, design and analysis of spherical parallel robots, machine learning, additive manufacturing | |
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Nagamune, Ryozo Associate Professor nagamune@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-4344 KAIS 3104 |
Mechatronics and Manufacturing Robust and Optimal Control |
Modeling and system identification; model validation and simplification, controller and estimator design, analysis and implementation, and related optimization and computational algorithms, and in control applications, hard disk drive servo, machine-tool servo, MEMS control, and robotics. |
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Noh, Minkyun Assistant Professor mnoh@mech.ubc.ca KAIS 3105 |
Development of novel mechatronic systems via synergetic integration of electromechanics, machine design, control, and instrumentation. Areas of interest: magnetic levitation, bearingless motors, precision machines and instruments, electric machines and drives, medical devices, and robotics. | |
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Ollivier-Gooch, Carl Professor cfog@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-1854 CEME 2065 |
Thermofluids Aerodynamics |
Developing high-order accurate methods for compressible, turbulent flows, with applications in aerodynamics, aerodynamic optimization, and unstructured mesh generation from CAD data. |
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Olson, James Professor and Dean olson@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-6413 KAIS 5000 |
Thermofluids Pulp and Paper |
Reducing electrical energy consumption in pulping, developing a mathematical model of fibre orientation and concentration in turbulent flow, and design of a high performance, low energy pulp screen rotor. |
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Ostafichuk, Peter Professor of Teaching ostafichuk@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-9614 CEME 2050 |
Thermofluids Aerodynamics |
Aerodynamics of sport, general aerodynamics, hydrodynamics. |
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Oxland, Tom Professor toxland@mail.ubc.ca (604) 675-8834 #5330 – 818 West 10th Ave |
Design and Applied Mechanics Biomedical Engineering Orthopaedic Research |
Revision hip replacement, fixation of the osteoporotic spine, regeneration of damaged neural tissue, behaviour of orthopaedic implants, and musculoskeletal tissues. |
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Phani, Anasavarapu Srikantha Associate Professor srikanth@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-6998 CEME 2061 |
Design and Applied Mechanics Biomedical Engineering Dynamics and vibrations; mechanics of materials |
Dynamic response of lattice materials and structures; mechanics of nanomaterials; structural vibroacoustics; lattice mechanics of stents. |
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Ponga, Mauricio Assistant Professor mponga@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-9015 ICICS 175 |
Design and Applied Mechanics | Multiscale modeling of materials; temporal and spatial coarse grained molecular dynamics; coarse grained density functional theory; large scale computer simulations. |
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Prodanovic, Vladan Senior Instructor and Associate Director CEEN Clean Energy Research vladan.prodanovic@ubc.ca (604) 827-4239 CHBE 241 |
Thermofluids Thermodynamics, two-phase flow and heat transfer, jet impingment boiling, HVAC |
Theoretical studies and models of the boiling phenomena and their applications in nuclear industry and metallurgy, jet impingement boiling and heat transfer modeling for improvement of cooling techniques during steel production in hot strip and hot plate mills. |
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Rawlings, Bill Lecturer brawlings@mech.ubc.ca CEME 2053A |
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Rogak, Steve Professor and Associate Head, Research and Graduate Studies rogak@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-4149 CEME 2064 |
Thermofluids Particle Systems and Energy Conservation |
Measurement of environmentally-relevant properties of soot nanoparticles. Aerosols in buildings. Control of emissions from combustion systems. |
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Rohling, Robert Professor and Director ICICS rrohling@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-2045 KAIS 3059 |
Biomedical Engineering Mechatronics and Manufacturing Medical Imaging, Biomedical Devices |
New acquisition techniques for 2D and 3D ultrasound, medical image processing, medical image guidance systems, and navigating very large medical image datasets. Applications in diagnostics, anesthesia, surgery, and radiation therapy. |
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Schajer, Gary Professor schajer@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-6004 CEME 2055 |
Design and Applied Mechanics Measurement of Residual Stresses, Wood Quality Control |
Developing methods to measure residual stresses suitable for industry use through ESPI and strain-gauge techniques, developing high-speed scanner to measure surface profile of rapidly moving lumber to enhance cut accuracy, and identifying lumber properties using microwave techniques. |
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Stoeber, Boris Professor stoeber@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-5907 KAIS 3112 |
Biomedical Engineering Mechatronics and Manufacturing Thermofluids MEMS, Microfluids |
Flow control in microfluidic devices, complex microflows, microflow characterization methods, micro-optical devices, biomedical microdevices, and sensor technology. |
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Szeri, Andrew Professor, Provost, and VP Academic |
Fluid dynamics, nonlinear dynamics, computational neuroscience | |
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Teslenko, Tatiana Professor of Teaching teslenko@apsc.ubc.ca (604) 822-8190 KAIS 1134 |
Engineering communication, intercultural communication, rhetoric and composition. | |
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Van der Loos, Machiel Associate Professor and Associate Head, External and Industry Relations vdl@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-4479 EDC 231 |
Biomedical Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics Medical Robotics |
Development of mechatronic exercise systems for movement therapy and diagnostic technologies for improved sleep quality; research into human-robot interaction, the neurophysiology of standing balance and the field of roboethics. |
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Wu, Lyndia Assistant Professor lwu@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-2354 CEME 2059 |
Biomedical Engineering | Injury biomechanics, soft tissue biomechanics, traumatic brain injury, sleep biomechanics, sensors and instrumentation, data mining and machine learning |
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Zimmerman, Naomi Assistant Professor nzimmerman@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-9433 CEME 2066 |
Thermofluids Air Pollution, Urban Sustainability, Climate Change |
Air pollution and climate impacts of policy interventions, renewable energy technology, low-cost sensing, traffic-related air pollution, aerosols. |
| Name | Contact Info | Office | |
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| Bury, Karl Professor Emeritus |
kbury@mech.ubc.ca | ||
| Calisal, Sander M. Professor Emeritus |
sander.calisal@gmail.com (604) 822-3770 |
CEME 2203B | |
| Cramond, Patrick Sr. Instructor Emeritus |
pcramond@mech.ubc.ca | ||
| Dunwoody, Bruce Associate Professor Emeritus |
dunwoody@mech.ubc.ca | ||
| Evans, Robert L. Professor Emeritus |
evans@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-3484 |
CEME 2203F | |
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Gadala, Mohamed S. Professor Emeritus |
gadala@mech.ubc.ca | |
| Hauptmann, Edward G. Professor Emeritus |
(604) 822-2781 | ||
| Homsy, Bud Professor Emeritus |
bud@math.ubc.ca (604) 822-3783 |
Math Annex 1215 | |
| Hutton, Stanley G. Professor Emeritus |
huttonstan@gmail.com (604) 822-3904 |
CEME 2203D | |
| Iqbal, Muhammad Professor Emeritus |
iqbal@mail.ubc.ca | ||
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Romilly, Douglas Professor Emeritus |
romilly@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-5604 |
CEME 2203A |
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Sassani, Farrokh Professor Emeritus |
sassani@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-6671 |
CEME 2203F |
| Yellowley, Ian Professor Emeritus |
yellowley@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-3528 |
CEME 2203C |
| Name | Position | Location / Office | |
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| Cojocaru, Serban | Adjunct Professor | serban.cojocaru@mech.ubc.ca | CEME 2208 |
| Dalpke, Barbara | Sessional Lecturer | Dalpke@mech.ubc.ca | CEME 2208 |
| Koenig, Philip Crowell | Adjunct Professor | pckoenig@mit.edu | CEME 2208 |
| Sielmann, Christoph | Adjunct Professor | sielmann@mail.ubc.ca | CEME 2208 |
| Stana, Vitorio | Adjunct Professor | vstana@mech.ubc.ca | CEME 2208 |
| Vakil, Ali | Adjunct Professor | alivakil@mech.ubc.ca | CEME 2208 |
| Wang, Sheng-Hui | Adjunct Professor | sheng-hui.wang@mech.ubc.ca | CEME 2208 |
| Winkelman, Paul | Sessional Instructor | pwinkel@mech.ubc.ca | CEME 2208 |
| Name | Position | Phone | Location / Office | |
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| Blouin, Jean – Sebastien | Associate Professor | |||
| MacLean, Karon | Professor | maclean@cs.ubc.ca | 604-822-8169 | CS |
| Martinez, D. Mark | Professor | martinez@chbe.ubc.ca | 604-822-2693 | CHBE |
| Rysanek, Adam | Assistant Professor | arysanek@sala.ubc.ca | 604-827-5343 | CIRS 3157 |
| Wilson, David | Professor | david.wilson@ubc.ubc.ca | 604-675-2584 | ORTHO |
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Austin, Josy Program and Advising Coordinator, Student Services |
josy@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-4784 |
CEME 2205A |
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Choi, Rico Operations and HR Manager |
rico@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-6367 |
CEME 2054B |
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Clarkson, Monica Facilities & Safety Coordinator |
monica@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-3738 |
CEME 2054 |
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Clayton, Sarah Assistant Manager, Student Services |
sarah@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-4350 |
CEME 2205B |
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Gerrits, Heather Manager, Student Services |
heather@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-3357 |
CEME 2205C |
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Gotay, Rinna Finance Manager |
rinna.gotay@ubc.ca (604) 822-4163 |
CEME 2054 |
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Chloe Kerr Program Assistant, Student Services |
chloe@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-6584 |
CEME 2205D |
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Kwong, Dennis Faculty Affairs and Executive Assistant |
exec.asst@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-0399 |
CEME 2054E |
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Leong, Athena Graduate Admissions and MEng Coordinator, Student Services |
athena@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-9861 |
CEME 2205D |
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Mulligan, Heather Administrative Assistant |
reception@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-2781 |
CEME 2054 |
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Na, Mark Finance Assistant |
finance@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-8290 |
CEME 2054 |
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Pelletier, Jennifer Manager, Facilities & Special Projects |
jen@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-4090 |
CEME 2054 |
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Pitt-Brooke, Amelia Communications & Community Engagement Officer, Student Services |
amelia@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-1743 |
CEME 2205E |
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Zhou, Sisi Human Resources Assistant |
mech-hr@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-2023 |
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Buxton, Sean Program Support Electrical Engineer |
sbuxton@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-3477 |
KAIS 1220 |
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Genschorek, Roland Machinist and Engineering Technician |
roland@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-5658 |
KAIS 1190 |
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Hold, Angela Machinist and Engineering Technician |
angela@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-5658 |
KAIS 1190 |
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Jolly, Glenn Technician |
gjolly@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-4530 |
KAIS 1220 |
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Nimmervoll, Bernhard Machinist and Engineering Technician |
bnimmer@mech.ubc.ca (604) 822-8392 |
KAIS 1210 |
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Wilson, Erik Undergraduate Lab Technician |
erikw@mech.ubc.ca (604) 827-5658 |
KAIS 1190 |