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UBC AeroDesign Places 3rd at SAE Aero Design EastUBC AeroDesign 2016-17 Team Photo 1AeroDesign
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2017/5/20 7:58)
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Figure 1: Team members at the 2017 competition from left to right: Angus Wong (3rd Year MECH), Ichsan Ausri (3rd Year MECH), Zhaowei Huo (2nd Year ELEC), Arthi Muniyappan (Team Captain, 3rd Year MECH), Nicholas Hui (3rd Year MECH), Adil Saldanha (2nd Year ELEC), and Walter Teo (3rd Year MECH).
Congratulations to the UBC AeroDesign team, who recently received third place at the 2017 SAE Aero Design East competition. Held in Lakeland, Florida, the SAE Aero Design competition tests undergraduate and graduate students with real-life engineering challenges, and requires teams to produce creative design solutions to these challenges. This year, 40 teams competed in this intense three day competition.
In addition to receiving the Elliot and Dorothy Green Award of Excellence for third place overall, the team also brought home first place for their design report, and third place in the highest payload lifted category.
The team of 33 students designed and built from scratch a ...
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Walter Mérida named Wall ScholarMerida-resized
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2017/4/29 8:21)
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Walter Mérida, PEng, a UBC mechanical engineering professor, has received a Wall Scholar Research Award from the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.
Recognizing UBC faculty members with exceptional research records and a demonstrated interest in interdisiplinary research, the award provides recipients, who may belong to any academic discipline, a one-year residency at the Wall Institute and $20,000 for research-related expenses. The objective of the award is to create “a dynamic and diverse intellectual community at the Institute.”
One of ten Wall Scholars selected this year, Mérida will begin his residency on August 1. His award citation reads:
Walter has worked on clean energy solutions for more than twenty years. In 1996-1999, he managed projects between Ballard Power Systems, British Gas Investments Canada, University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University.
He was a founding Board member for General Hydrogen Corporation (1999-2000) and he joined ...
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Mauricio Ponga?s article selected as one of MSMSE?s?Highlights of 2016?
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2017/4/28 5:29)
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An article published by MECH Professor Mauricio Ponga was recently selected by the Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering (MSMSE) journal in their exclusive “Highlights of 2016” collection. The Highlights collection includes the top articles published in MSMSE each year, selected on the basis of referee or Editorial Board endorsements, novelty, scientific impact and broadness of appeal.
In his article, ? Dynamic behavior of nano-voids in magnesium under hydrostatic tensile stress ,? Ponga investigates the mechanisms responsible for nano-void growth in single crystal magnesium under dynamic hydrostatic tensile stress.
Those interested in Modelling and Simulation of Materials can find Ponga and other highlighted articles here . Articles included in the Highlights collection will be free to access for all readers throughout 2017, so we encourage you to enjoy this free resource!
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IMPORTANT NOTICE for April 27 events: BDP performance canceled&location change for Playwrights Showc
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2017/4/26 11:43)
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Dear TDPS community,
This coming Thursday, April 27, Ann Coulter plans to speak at UC Berkeley?s Sproul Plaza. This visit has received national media coverage, and the campus is bracing for protests. Due to the potential for violence, campus police has recommended that all campus events Thursday afternoon/evening be re-scheduled.
To ensure the safety of our students, faculty, staff and patrons, TDPS leadership has made the decision to change our Thursday, April 27 evening presentations as follows:
? The Thursday performance of Berkeley Dance Project 2017 will be canceled. The TDPS box office will be contacting all ticketed patrons to either exchange their ticket to Friday or Saturday, or process a refund.
? Playwrights Showcase will be moved from Zellerbach Room 7 to Hearst Field Annex – D23 Acting Studio.
? Our meet and greet of Directors and Choreographers will continue as planned in Durham ...
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?Berkeley Dance Project 2017?Explores Networks and Elements at Zellerbach Playhouse, April 20-29
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2017/4/7 6:51)
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Berkeley, CA ? April 2017 ? This month, UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies (TDPS) presents its final Playhouse Production of the season: Berkeley Dance Project 2017 (BDP) , featuring works by guest choreographers Krista DeNio and James Graham, as well as TDPS student choreographers Angie Corley and José Nuñoz . BDP 2017 , directed by SanSan Kwan and performed by student dancers, highlights the relationship between the human and natural worlds, exploring ways that the two transmit ideas, emotions, and energy. Berkeley Dance Project 2017 opens Thursday, April 20, 2017 and continues through Saturday, April 29, 2017 in the Zellerbach Playhouse on the UC Berkeley campus. Tickets are $13-$20 and can be purchased online through the TDPS Box Office at tdps.berkeley.edu/berkeley-dance-project-2017/ or at the door.
Inspired by the theme ?Digging Deep,? Berkeley Dance Project 2017 offers a physical exploration of communication?between humans, ...
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Innovative software converts Wi-Fi data into energy savingsIKB770The Irving K. Barber Learning Centr
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2017/4/1 6:13)
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The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre library. Credit: Lara Swimmer Photography
For the first time in Canada, a University of British Columbia engineer has found a way to use Wi-Fi to determine the number of building occupants and adjust ventilation accordingly ? saving energy without sacrificing air quality.
?Every day, thousands of smartphones, laptops and tablets connect to the Wi-Fi network at UBC,? said Stefan Storey, who holds a master?s in mechanical engineering and a PhD in resource management and environmental studies from UBC. ?Our Bridge software anonymously counts the number of wireless devices in each room and passes the counts on to UBC?s building control system, which then adjusts airflow through the relevant building, practically in real time.?
Stefan Storey
Based on an occupant count, the control system can vary the airflow to a room, ramping it up for a busy lecture, or down during the times in between.
UBC worked with Storey to test the t ...
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Andrea Palmer named one of BCBusiness?30 Under 30reveal rotator crop
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2017/3/23 8:23)
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Andrea Palmer, founder of Awake Labs, was recently named among BCBusiness’ 2017 30 Under 30. This award recognizes young entrepreneurs who are excelling professionally, are innovative in their industry, and who are giving back to others and the community.
A prominent theme among the 2017 winners is the passion to make the world a better place, something that Palmer certainly aims to do with the creation of the Reveal. Starting out as a university project during her undergraduate degree, the Reveal is a wearable device that has gained Palmer national recognition. Designed to measure stress indicators, such as heart rate and skin temperature, and transmit the data to a smartphone app, she hopes to use the device to monitor signs of anxiety, specifically in children with autism or other neurological disorders.
This year’s winners will be recognized at the 2017 BCBusiness 30 Under 30 event on Thursday, April 13th, 2017 at the Vancouver Club.
Congratulations Andrea Palme ...
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UBC Supermileage demo new prototype on Global News, hope to win upcoming Shell Eco-marathon
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2017/3/18 8:21)
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UBC student student team Supermileage was recently featured by Global News for the creation of their sustainable car prototypes. The team is currently prepping for the upcoming 2017 Shell Eco-marathon, held in Detroit, USA that draws participants from universities all over the world. In the feature, MECH students and Team Co-captains Jocelyne Boone and Jonathan Marr share with us a little about the car’s design process, as well as their performance goals for their current prototype. The team hopes to make a comeback at this year’s competition, having come up with a new car design from scratch.
You can watch the full feature below:
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Engineering student team places second in national design competition33271941366_3f9b6d8c41_h
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2017/3/16 6:39)
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A team of four engineering students ? Andrew Dworschak (Engineering Physics), Connor McFadyen (Mechanical), Allan Ng (Mechanical Engineering) and Jenny Yang (Engineering Physics) ? won second place in the Senior Design category at the Canadian Engineering Competition on March 2-6 in Calgary.
The Senior Design competition challenges teams to design and construct a working prototype to complete a given engineering objective. The tasks are designed to test the competitors? knowledge in design theory, technical skills, time management and teamwork. This year?s challenge was called Nuclear Meltdown: a nuclear facility had a malfunction, causing it to constantly release fuel cells (represented by water balloons). The team challenge was to build a robot (Bluetooth or wired) that could collect and bring the fuel cells to containment zones, activate a kill-switch and finally return back to safety in 2.5 minutes. The students were given ten hours to design, build and test the prototype ...
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TDPS Presents?Love and Pride? a New Musical About Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Relation
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2017/3/15 3:38)
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Berkeley, CA – March 2017 – This Spring UC Berkeley?s Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies (TDPS) presents Love and Pride , a new musical directed, written, and choreographed by TDPS student Sy Bocalbos Jordan that lightheartedly explores how people navigate gender identity, sexual orientation and learning to love yourself and others . Featuring an original electronic score, Love and Pride follows six interconnected characters through San Francisco?s landmark festivals and celebrations as they learn to respect, and appreciate, all expressions of sexuality and identity. Love and Pride runs March 16-19 in Zellerbach Room 7 on the UC Berkeley Campus. Tickets are $10 to $15 and can be purchased online through the TDPS box office (http://tdps.berkeley.edu/events/love-and-pride/) or at the door.
Love and Pride opens on Bay to Breakers, San Francisco?s annual 12k run that is heavy on costumes, light on competition, and optional on clothing. The sho ...
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