UBC brings global maritime expertise to Vancouver for international OMAE Conference on ocean, offshore and arctic engineering
The week of June 22 to 27, 2025 over 780 marine engineering industry members from all over the world gathered in Vancouver for OMAE 2025. OMAE is the leading international conference connecting marine industry and academic research expertise, sharing innovation in ocean, offshore and arctic engineering fields with global industry.
UBC engineering professor appointed Seaspan chair to advance innovation in marine sector
This article originally appeared in the Faculty of Applied Science news. As UBC’s new Seaspan Chair in Robotics for Marine Vessels, Dr. Adrien Desjardins plans to use his expertise in sensing and robotics to develop innovative technologies for underwater environments. UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science and Seaspan Shipyards are pleased to announce a new faculty chair position with a […]
Sustainable Innovations in Marine Engineering
In conversation with Applied Science’s Master of Engineering Leadership program, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Program Director Dr. Jon Mikkelsen discusses the industry’s exciting – and ambitious – efforts to decarbonize and how this is creating opportunities for marine engineering leaders to make a difference here in Vancouver and around the world.
Professor Rajeev Jaiman named 2024 SNAME Fellow
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has named UBC Mechanical Engineering Professor Rajeev Jaiman as one of their Spring 2024 SNAME Fellows. The honour recognizes SNAME members who have made outstanding contributions to the society’s disciplines or areas of interest, and are established professionals with at least a decade of work in […]
CBC: Marine workers, unions want new ferries built in B.C.
Dan McGreer, a retired architect and adjunct professor in UBC’s naval and marine engineering program, believes local shipyards, in particular Seaspan, have the knowledge and ability to build the seven new, large vessels, but worries about labour capacity and says cost could be a problem for local builders.
UBC engineers want to save whales from drowning…in noise
Originally appeared in UBC News | For more information, contact Lou Corpuz-Bosshart Photo by Swanson Chan on Unsplash. Chronic ship noise can lead to stress, hearing loss and feeding problems for marine mammals like whales, dolphins and porpoises. UBC researchers are diving in to help address the issue. According to project lead Dr. Rajeev Jaiman, an associate professor in the […]
Taking learning beyond the classroom: NAME Students visit unique facilities at Seaspan Shipyards
UBC Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering students recently visited Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards. Seaspan is an association of Canadian companies that are primarily involved in marine transportation, ship docking, ship escort, ship repair and shipbuilding services in Western North America. Employing over 2500 people within Canada, Seaspan plays a critical in our local marine transportation and […]
MEL NAME student selected as SNAME David A. O’Neil Scholar
NAME Master of Engineering Leadership student Mohammad Mostofa Sowkot Imran has been awarded the David A. O’Neil Scholarship from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). The scholarship awards him $5,000 to study Naval Architecture at UBC, and attendance at the SNAME annual conference in October 2021. SNAME is the leading international organization […]
Faculty Receive NSERC/Seaspan Industrial Research Chairs for Intelligent and Green Marine Vessels
Vancouver is a marine hub, a port for trade and shipbuilding that draws traffic from all over the world into BC’s coastal waters. These waters are also home to North America’s dwindling population of endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales, one of many marine species threatened by the underwater noise pollution ships generate. This begs the […]