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Big NSERC gains for UBC advanced manufacturing researchyusuf-from-apsc-news
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/10/25 8:35)
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UBC mechanical engineering professor Yusuf Altintas, P.Eng., has been awarded one of four 2016 Strategic Partnership Grants for Networks by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), valued at $5.5 million over five years.
The recipients were announced on October 19, 2016 at Carleton University by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, and the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
Altintas and his research partners have also received significant industry funding to complement the NSERC grant: $1.785 million from Canadian companies (Pratt & Whitney Canada, Honda Canada, Ontario Drive & Gear, Memex, Origin, CADlink and Alcoa) and $781,000 from international companies (Sandvik Sweden, Danobat, Boeing, the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan and SIMIC Korea) over five years.
Supporting large-scale, multidisciplinary research projects that require a network approach, the Strategic Partner ...
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Congratulations to our Department Scholars and Outstanding Undergrads!img_5908img_5870img_5883img_58
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/10/21 3:39)
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On October 18th, 2016, the Mechanical Engineering department recognized graduate and undergraduate students who have excelled in their academic programs.
For outstanding achievements in graduate studies and research, the following students received a medal and the honorary designation of Department Scholar:
Sarah Crosby
David Funes Rojas
Mehadi Hasan
Michael Karpinski-Leydier
Kui Pan
Hatef Rahmani
David Sommer
Alexander Sylvester
Hoda Talebian
Miayan Yeremi
For excellence in the undergraduate program, the department awarded certificates of achievement to the following students:
Michael Alexander Andersen
Albert Kong
Zhaoshuo Li
Daniel Benjamin Lin
David Kar Kit Luo
Jonathan Patrick Marr
Jian Lik Ng
Sophie Ramsden
Rory Alexander Smith
Sonia Ruth Taylor
Jordan Wong
Ruolan Ye
Please join us in congratulating these exceptional students!
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Walter Mérida receives award for ?clean capitalism?merida-clean50
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/10/13 3:47)
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Walter Mérida, P.Eng., director of the UBC Clean Energy Research Centre and a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been announced as a recipient of a 2017 Clean50 award under the category of Education and Thought Leadership.
The Clean50 recognizes remarkable and inspiring leaders and connects those leaders in order to bridge gaps and build connections. Their annual awards offer recognition to Canada?s leaders in sustainability and are selected from 16 diverse categories that transcend numerous industries, academia, different levels of government, thought leaders and advocates.
Award citation
A clean energy solutions developer for over 20 years, Walter is now an equal part innovation accelerator energizer bunny. He formed and led a clean-energy partnership between UBC and the Fraunhofer Society in Germany and with 23 other diverse partners. He leads a multi-institutional group (Transportation Futures) at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, serves ...
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UC Berkeley Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of the Spanish Civil War with Slate of Cultural Events
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2016/10/12 4:57)
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This fall, UC Berkeley marks the 80th Anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) with a series of cultural events on campus, including theater performances, exhibits, film screenings and public discussions. These events commemorate the Spanish Civil War, recognize the remarkable achievements of volunteers during and after the war, and mark UC Berkeley?s connection to this progressive, activist, and internationalist event.
When General Francisco Franco staged a coup against the democratically elected Spanish government in July 1936 he did not realize the passions his action would unleash around the world. Approximately 30,000 volunteers traveled to Spain between 1936-1939 to support the Spanish Republic in its struggle against Franco; 2,700 of those volunteers were from the US.
One of the first and most celebrated volunteers was Robert Hale Merriman, a Berkeley PhD student in Economics, who became the first commander of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which was made ...
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UBC faculty and alumnus win first and third place, City Innovation Prize, at BCIC New Ventures Compe
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/9/29 4:15)
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Monday, September 26th was an exciting day for UBC MECH faculty and alumni, receiving several awards at this year’s BC Innovation Council?s (BCIC) New Ventures Competition. The competition is one of North America?s largest technology business idea competitions, which attracts BC entrepreneurs from a wide range of industries including cleantech, ICT, bioenergy, agritech, life sciences and more. Microdermics Inc., a Vancouver based start-up and UBC spin-off co-founded by professor Boris Stoeber, was awarded first place in the competition, which includes an $110,000 cash prize. The company was also awarded the CDRD Life Sciences Prize for their contribution to health-related research and product innovation.
Microdermics received the BCIC award for the development of a hollow metal microneedle injection system, a painless alternative for delivering vaccinations and therapeutics, and monitoring drugs in the bloodstream. Their product could one day replace costly, invasive hypoderm ...
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Andrea Palmer, founder of Awake Labs, receives Startup Canada?s Young Entrepreneur Awardmock-014Star
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/9/22 4:10)
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Photos from Startup Canada’s announcement
Andrea Palmer-Boroski, who graduated from UBC Mechanical Engineering in 2015, has won Startup Canada?s Young Entrepreneur Award for the region of British Columbia and the North.
The Startup Canada Awards, now in their third year, aim to ?celebrate and recognize those driving impact and demonstrating excellence in Canada?s entrepreneurship and innovation community.?
Palmer-Boroski has also won the Canadian arm of Start Tel Aviv, a global startup competition presented in Canada by Startup Canada and the Embassy of Israel. Each of the 31 participating countries selected its top female technology-based-startup founder under 40 years old to represent her nation in Israel.
Along with the other winners, Palmer-Boroski will travel to Tel Aviv to participate in lectures, workshops and meetings with leading Israeli investors and professionals and to attend the DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival, an international gathering of co ...
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TDPS?s?Heart of Spain?A Musical of the Spanish Civil War?Commemorates 80th Anniversary of the Confli
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2016/9/21 11:59)
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This October, the UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies (TDPS) presents Heart of Spain – A Musical of the Spanish Civil War , co-written by TDPS professor Peter Glazer and Eric Bain Peltoniemi. Presented in conjunction with the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Heart of Spain follows a group of US volunteers?men and women from a mix of socio-economic classes and ethnic backgrounds?across the Atlantic, over the Pyrenees, and into battle as they fight to defend the Spanish Republic against fascist General Francisco Franco?s military coup on the eve of WWII. Interweaving eyewitness accounts, historical documents and writings, original compositions and traditional songs accompanied by a four-piece band, the production brings to life the bitter war that inspired everyday Americans, most with idealistic beliefs but minimal military training, to fight. Heart of Spain plays October 21-30, 2016 , with performances on Fridays & ...
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TDPS?s?Heart of Spain?A Musical of the Spanish Civil War?Commemorates 80th Anniversary of the Confli
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2016/9/21 8:43)
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This October, the UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies (TDPS) presents Heart of Spain – A Musical of the Spanish Civil War , co-written by TDPS professor Peter Glazer and Eric Bain Peltoniemi. Presented in conjunction with the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Heart of Spain follows a group of US volunteers?men and women from a mix of socio-economic classes and ethnic backgrounds?across the Atlantic, over the Pyrenees, and into battle as they fight to defend the Spanish Republic against fascist General Francisco Franco?s military coup on the eve of WWII. Interweaving eyewitness accounts, historical documents and writings, original compositions and traditional songs accompanied by a four-piece band, the production brings to life the bitter war that inspired everyday Americans, most with idealistic beliefs but minimal military training, to fight. Heart of Spain plays October 21-30, 2016 , with performances on Fridays & ...
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Student group funding application package now availablethunderbots-robocup-2015
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/9/20 3:35)
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Student group funding applications are now open! Student groups requesting funding and other support from the MECH Department should complete the application package and submit it by October 9th at 11:59pm. Please note that groups/teams must submit both an electronic and a hard copy to the MECH Student Services Office (CEME 2205). Late applications will not be accepted, however, hard copies will be accepted after the deadline so long as the electronic copies are sent to students@mech.ubc.ca on time.
Click here to download the application package.
To submit an application or if you have any questions, please feel free to talk to Heather in the MECH Student Services Office or email her at students@mech.ubc.ca .
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UBC Sailbot Ada relocated near the Azores islandssailbot-progress-sept-9th-2016
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/9/14 4:56)
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Ada’s progress data from September 9th, 2016
The UBC Sailbot Ada ? an autonomous sailboat designed and built by UBC students ? was launched off the coast of Newfoundland with the goal of crossing the Atlantic, a feat which has been attempted by many researchers, but never accomplished. Ada made it about 800 km before being damaged in a storm on August 30th, 2016, when she lost power and was temporarily lost.
However, in a recent update, the UBC Sailbot team announced that Ada had regained life when direct sunlight hit the boat’s solar panels on Tuesday. Through the use of a satellite network, the team was then able to locate Ada near the Azores islands, an autonomous region of Portugal located in the mid-Atlantic, and about 500 km east of her last known location prior to the power failure.
The team is now hopeful that they will be able to retrieve the sailbot, however it is not yet clear how this will be achieved. On their Facebook page, the team has reached out f ...
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