UBC Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Applied ScienceDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

Learn About Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Find upcoming research opportunities in MECH labs available through the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards and Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards. Open roles will be posted as they are received, so check our Research Opportunities page through the spring.
Mar 5 | MECH Research Day
Join us for Research Day 2025! UBC Mechanical Engineering and the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association are proud to present a day-long event celebrating the innovative research work by our students, staff, and faculty! Join us as an attendee to learn about how our research is changing the world, or participate and share your research with […]
UBC engineering professor appointed Seaspan chair to advance innovation in marine sector
UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science and Seaspan Shipyards are pleased to announce a new faculty chair position with a focus on marine innovation in robotics and autonomy. 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 innovations technologies for underwater environments.
Graduate Student Spotlight: MASc student Jess Tran is researching equity and social justice in informal engineering education
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies interviews Mechanical Engineering MASc student Jess Tran about choosing to pursue graduate studies, research investigating engineering pedagogies and social justice, and what the UBC graduate student experience is like.
Alumni Spotlight: Engineering – A Career Path That Powers Possibilities
This article is from UBC Engineering Student and Alumni Spotlights. “I had a real sense of pride that I was working on products that save people’s lives. That’s something that engineering instills in you: that your job is to protect the public.” Polly Zou Degree: Bachelor of Applied Science Program: Mechanical Engineering Campus: Vancouver Job: Associate, McKinsey & […]

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UBC engineering professor appointed Seaspan chair to advance innovation in marine sector

Graduate Student Spotlight: MASc student Jess Tran is researching equity and social justice in informal engineering education

Alumni Spotlight: Engineering – A Career Path That Powers Possibilities

Three Canada Research Chairs appointed at UBC Mechanical Engineering

Working to accelerate sustainable ship propulsion, Dr. Patrick Kirchen named Rosenblatt Professor in Marine Engineering

Mar 5 | MECH Research Day

Jan 16 | Climate Justice is Clean Air

Nov 14 | Mechanical Engineering Learning Spaces Tour

Oct 29 | Department Research Seminar – Dr. Lyndia Wu: Measuring and Interpreting Real-World Human Data: Insights from Brain Injury Research

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Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award – Nominations due Mar 7, 2025

Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships – Apply by Feb 1, 2025

Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s and CGS-M Competitions – Apply by Dec 1, 2024

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships – Apply By Nov 25, 2024

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