tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16263303723690180002010-04-21T10:17:41.681-07:00UBC Engineering NewsEvents & News from UBC Engineering at the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British ColumbiaUBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-71935594573568117642010-04-20T10:16:00.000-07:002010-04-21T10:17:41.693-07:00UBC Engineering students win Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation 2010 scholarshipsVancouver, Canada—April 20, 2010—UBC Engineering students Lindsey Curtis, Elizabeth Hughes and Hengameh Hoseini have been announced as 2010 scholarship recipients by the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation.
Curtis and Hughes will receive two of this year’s three Vale Inco $10,000 Undergraduate scholarships. Hoseini has been named one of the nation’s top-five undergraduate engineering UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-58519981323073104642010-04-19T15:16:00.001-07:002010-04-19T15:24:51.555-07:00UBC Engineering students’ talent extends to filmmakingVancouver, Canada—April 19, 2010—UBC Engineering is pleased to announce the winners of the UBC Engineering Video Contest. The contest, introduced this year by Dean Tyseer Aboulnasr, challenged Engineering students to share their sense of pride in their UBC experience and reflect the fun they have here. And the winners are…
1st Prize: Paul Milaire (3rd year MECH)UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-13215693490224511732010-04-19T14:01:00.000-07:002010-04-19T14:01:07.194-07:00For this Mining Engineering alum, it’s the people who matterWhen asked about his favourite memory of his days as a mining engineering undergraduate student at UBC, Jim Marlow recalls the people: his colleagues, friends, the faculty and the networks he made. Since graduating in 1987, he’s had a successful career, and he credits the education he received for much of it – but it’s the camaraderie that he still holds as the most important facet of his time atUBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-83205335087506202662010-04-13T15:58:00.000-07:002010-04-14T16:03:43.265-07:00Two UBC New Ventures teams place in World CompetitionVancouver, Canada—April 13, 2010—Two UBC entrepreneur teams placed in the New Ventures World Competition held in Lincoln, Nebraska, April 9-10. Omniwrite received third place and $1000 prize; Aegis received Honourable Mention and $500 prize. Four UBC teams in total competed in the international competition. All were developed through partnerships formed in the APSC 486/New Venture Design course.
UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-57600703765972506682010-04-08T13:44:00.000-07:002010-04-08T13:44:27.475-07:00UBC Okanagan School of Engineering puts student design ingenuity to the testKelowna, Canada—April 8, 2010—Tomorrow afternoon (Friday, April 9), second-year Engineering students will race hovercraft they've designed and built, and first-year students will unveil novel devices—coin-sorting machines—on April 12 as the School of Engineering at UBC's Okanagan campus holds its annual Engineering Design Competitions. The public is welcome to attend the competitions and cheer onUBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-70482665923193783072010-03-30T09:14:00.000-07:002010-04-06T11:08:00.515-07:00UBC Engineering doctoral candidates receive Killam Memorial FellowshipsVancouver, Canada—March 30, 2010—Toufiqul Islam of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Ehsan Mohammadi Zahrani of the Department of Materials Engineering have been awarded UBC Killam Doctoral Fellowships for 2010/2011.
The fellowships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies. These are the most prestigious awards available to UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-63709875060211164472010-03-26T12:03:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:24:42.162-07:00UBC Okanagan Engineering Co-op Student, Faculty and Employer of the Year AwardsKelowna, Canada—March 26, 2010—The first graduating Engineering Co-op graduation class of UBC Okanagan celebrated their achievements on March 17th. The inaugural Co-op Graduation Reception also recognized one Co-op student, Faculty Member, and Employer based on their outstanding contributions to the Co-op program.
From left: Dr. Carolyn Labun, Erin Johnston and Bodo Papke (accepting the award UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-33884799301454438002010-03-18T08:19:00.000-07:002010-03-18T08:48:22.286-07:00UBC Engineering Co-op celebrates National Co-op Week, March 22 – 26, 2010Vancouver, Canada—March 18, 2010—Canada's National Co-operative Education Week begins March 22. As UBC Co-op enters its thirtieth year, the UBC Engineering Co-op Program has cause to celebrate the occasion.
The Engineering Co-op Program provides students with support in areas they feel are essential to success. A January 2010 Ipsos-Reid poll of Canadian adults attests to the transformational UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-25510734813640980772010-03-17T13:54:00.001-07:002010-03-30T15:10:51.919-07:00Engineering Co-op Student, Faculty and Employer of the Year AwardsVancouver, Canada—March 17, 2010—The UBC Vancouver Engineering Co-op award winners were announced at the Engineering Co-op Graduation Reception held on March 4 at the Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Hotel.
From left: Dr. Rabab Ward, Michael Lee (accepting the award on SAP's behalf) and Amie Dawe.Co-op Student of the Year Award
Civil Engineering student Amie Dawe, who successfully completed five UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-77046723479531722802010-03-08T15:59:00.000-08:002010-03-10T08:51:57.444-08:00UBC chemical engineer receives the pulp & paper industry’s highest honourVancouver, Canada—March 8, 2010—UBC Chemical & Biological Engineering Professor Emeritus Richard Kerekes has been selected to receive the 2010 TAPPI Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award. It is the most prestigious annual award offered by TAPPI—the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging and converting industries—and carries a cash prize valued at over US $60,000.
The award UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-58614507867338520462010-02-25T09:24:00.000-08:002010-02-25T09:24:47.835-08:00UBC’s top mentors hail from the same engineering programVancouver, Canada—February 25, 2010—UBC has singled out two UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering professors for their excellence in mentoring students.
Professor John Grace has won the 2009 UBC Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring, for his exemplary graduate supervision. He was recognized in during the fall convocation ceremony in November 2009.
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“Dr. John Grace has beenUBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-83170874268640268932010-02-22T09:16:00.000-08:002010-02-22T10:22:20.947-08:00UBC Applied Science professors among UBC’s research starsVancouver, Canada—February 22, 2010—UBC has announced its annual research award winners, including six UBC Applied Science professors. “We are tremendously proud of these six individuals and the outstanding work that they are doing,” says Applied Science Dean Tyseer Aboulnasr. “Each one is making significant contributions toward advancing knowledge within his or her own field and collectively UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-36407791946835328692010-02-17T10:11:00.000-08:002010-02-17T10:12:54.497-08:00Snowboard Landing Pad prevents freestyle accidentsVancouver, Canada—February 17, 2010—Wednesday marks the start of the 2010 Olympic half-pipe competitions and the University of British Columbia has an engineering student available to discuss how he’s working to make the sport safer.
Aaron Coret was an avid freestyle snowboarder until a fall in 2005 left him paralyzed from the neck down. Back then, there was no way to perfect tricks before UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-16069148697000871682010-02-16T09:46:00.000-08:002010-02-16T09:46:16.973-08:00UBC Mechanical Engineering employee appointed EUS Honorary PresidentVancouver, Canada—February 16, 2010—Advising, Recruitment and Senior Program Assistant Jennifer Pelletier in the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been chosen as the honorary president of the UBC Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) for the 2009/10 school year in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the student experience.
This is the first time that a staff member has been UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-8324289157745968812010-02-15T15:33:00.000-08:002010-02-15T15:33:12.766-08:00Mechanical engineer elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical EngineersVancouver, Canada—February 15, 2010—UBC Mechanical Engineering Professor Elizabeth Croft has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) in recognition of her significant engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession.
A dedicated engineer, scholar, teacher and mentor, Croft is passionately devoted to supporting, promoting and increasingUBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-67272109128953651472010-02-08T15:11:00.001-08:002010-02-12T09:47:41.864-08:00UBC Engineering team takes first place in Enterprize National Business Plan CompetitionVancouver, Canada—February 8, 2010—Dragonfly Instruments, co-founded by UBC Engineering students Lin Watt (CHBE) and Tagg Jefferson (IGEN), has won first place-$15,000 in cash and professional services—in the Enterprize Canada National Business Plan Competition. The company’s initial product is a portable field device that measures water quality with laboratory-grade accuracy, allowing UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-51203556051759213302010-02-03T10:12:00.000-08:002010-02-05T08:49:45.957-08:00UBC Engineers show business savvy, teams advance to Enterprize Canada finalsVancouver, Canada—February 3, 2010—Four teams from the University of British Columbia will be advancing to Enterprize Canada’s national business plan competition February 5-7 in Vancouver. Each team comprises at least one engineering student.
Team Aegis. From left to right (back row): Peter Stein, Christopher Chan, Scott Schaeffter. Front row: Edwin Jaury, Winnie LaiCongratulations to the teams UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-56369950552183568642010-02-02T13:43:00.000-08:002010-02-03T08:44:24.033-08:00UBC researchers to lead two NSERC Strategic Networks worth $10.3MVancouver, Canada—February 2, 2010—Researchers at the University of British Columbia have received $10.3 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to lead and coordinate two Strategic Networks in machining and biomaterials technology.
NSERC today announced $56 million in grants for 11 Strategic Networks. The grants fund large-scale, muliti-disciplinaryUBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-6663278608318099242010-02-02T08:37:00.000-08:002010-02-12T10:02:46.231-08:00UBC Engineers dominate Western Engineering CompetitionVancouver, Canada—February 2, 2010—The University of British Columbia received the 25th Anniversary Excellence Award and UBC Engineering student teams placed within the top-three of five categories at the 25th annual Western Engineering Competition (WEC). The annual event was held January 20-24th at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and connects approximately 250 engineering students from UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-45426021799966096882010-01-29T11:08:00.001-08:002010-02-01T09:57:45.459-08:00UBC engineer receives international recognitionVancouver, Canada—January 29, 2010—UBC Mining Engineering Professor Emeritus Janusz Laskowski has been given the Medalla Rectoral and been decorated as a Distinguished University Visitor by Chile’s Universidad de Concepción.
Prof. Laskowski receives his medal from University Rector Sergio Lavanchy Merino (left); standing behind is Secretary General Rodolfo Walter Diaz. (Photo courtesy of UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-90926829748341641262010-01-27T15:52:00.000-08:002010-01-27T16:32:53.464-08:00UBC Engineering students to compete in Europa Explorer design challengeVancouver, Canada—January 27, 2010—Students from the UBC Mechanical Engineering Mech 2 Program will be competing in a design project that explores issues related to sending a spacecraft and probe to one of the moons of Jupiter.
Mech 2 student teams have designed and constructed small devices, about the size of a toaster, which will mimic the operations of the spacecraft. Students have been UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-29593779760998198142010-01-26T16:39:00.000-08:002010-01-26T16:39:20.301-08:00Applied Science announces Olympic-related activitiesVancouver, Canada—January 26, 2010—The Faculty of Applied Science announces a host of Olympic-related activities, events and exhibitions during the upcoming Olympic and Paralymics including ROBOstudio—collaboration between architecture, mechatronics (mechanical engineering) and engineering physics students—at the YVR airport and Work Hard, Play Hard: The Ultimate Engineering & Bobsledding UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-36544771578688626312010-01-11T09:02:00.000-08:002010-01-13T09:09:50.594-08:00UBC and BC Hydro partner on a unique Clean Energy Engineering Master’s ProgramVancouver, Canada—January 11, 2010—The University of British Columbia is collaborating with BC Hydro Power Smart to deliver a new Master’s of Engineering in Clean Energy Engineering program within the Faculty of Applied Science. BC Hydro will support the Power Smart® Instructor for the program and the co-operative education (co-op) portion of the graduate program.
The new graduate degree, UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-36577884744974403662010-01-06T15:33:00.001-08:002010-01-06T15:46:35.293-08:00UBC engineers recognized by the IEEEVancouver, Canada—January 6, 2010—The IEEE (eye-triple-e), the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology, has singled out two UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering professors for recognition.
Dr. Vijay Bhargava has won the 2010 Outstanding Educator Award from IEEE Canada "for exemplary teaching, curriculum development and lifelong dedication to students." The UBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1626330372369018000.post-780387742260923312009-12-08T16:14:00.000-08:002010-01-06T15:54:26.079-08:00Civil Engineering Co-op student receives Glotman Simpson scholarshipVancouver, Canada—December 8, 2009—Third-year Civil Engineering Co-op student Max Cronk has been awarded a $2000 scholarship in Glotman Simpson’s name awarded by the Steel Joist Institute. The Steel Joist Institute’s 2009 Design Awards provide winners with a $2000 scholarship in their company’s name; Glotman Simpson received the SJI 2009 Design Award for the Vancouver Convention Centre expansionUBC Applied Sciencenoreply@blogger.com