Featured Labs
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is home to a successful and recognized research department, with numerous connections to international industry. There are over 200 graduate students and 30 undergraduates working in our research labs, funded by over $8 million annually in government and industry grants. We have four Canadian Research Chairs, as well as four industry-funded research chairs.
Our research spans the fields of biomedical engineering, design and applied mechanics, mechatronics and manufacturing, and thermofluids. Check out some of our featured labs here to learn more about our department’s research.
![Clean Energy Research Centre](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/09/engine-lab.jpg)
Clean Energy Research Centre
Interdisciplinary research on sustainable energy.
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Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Researching human-robot interaction.
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![Person working on biomechanics](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/09/helmet-testing.jpg)
Orthopaedic and Injury Biomechanics Group
Injury mechanics, orthopaedic problems, and much more.
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![Pulp and Paper Centre](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/09/ppc-vat.jpg)
Pulp and Paper Centre
An interdisciplinary centre focused on the current and future pulp and paper industry.
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![People working on rehab and collaborative healthcare](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/02/EditedDSC_3567.jpg)
Robotics for Rehabilitation, Exercise and Assessment in Collaborative Healthcare
Health care applications for robotics.
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![People injecting needle](https://mech2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/05/BS5964-small.jpg)
The Stoeber Lab
Physics of microflow with biomedical applications.
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