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UBC Engineering alumni team up to help families cope with autism
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/4/27 2:30)
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UBC has played a big role in launching companies like MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates, Westport Innovations, and most recently, Awake Labs, reports The Georgia Straight .
Awake Labs has developed a product that helps families cope with autism. It?s led by UBC Mechanical Engineering graduate Andrea Palmer and has roots from an entrepreneurship and engineering course at UBC. The company?s lead biomedical engineer, Paul Fijal, who is also a UBC alumnus, spoke at the TEDxEastVan event held April 23.
See the full article here: http://www.straight.com/life/684101/tedxeastvan-paul-fijal-hopes-his-teams-biomedical-innovation-can-help-families-coping
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Bruce Beasley?s Rondo Sculptures Come to Life in?Berkeley Dance Project 2016?
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2016/4/26 6:21)
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As UC Berkeley student dancers spin and leap onto stage this week, they will bring to life a unique collaboration, a year in the making, between sculpture, movement and technology.
Renowned sculptor and Cal alum Bruce Beasley?s Rondo series consists of large scale elegant intersecting metal rings. The five sculptures in the series were displayed on the Berkeley campus in 2013 and one piece remains permanently installed near the Mining Circle. Says Beasley of the project, ?There was always a question in my mind about movement. Even though the sculptures themselves are static, there was always a little tickle saying, ?Movement. Think about movement.?? As he watched people interact with the sculptures, he began to wonder what it might mean to make a static form move, and what would it might mean to join sculpture with performance.
Then Beasley was introduced to Theater, Dance and Performance Studies professor, choreographer and new media artist Lisa Wymore. The two began to exp ...
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Digitalisierung in der Automobilproduktion
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2016/4/25 19:57)
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Wie verändert Industrie 4.0 die Automobilproduktion? An welchen neuen Lösungen arbeiten Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft? Welche Auswirkungen hat die Digitalisierung auf die industrielle Arbeitswelt? Diese Fragen stehen im Fokus der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft auf der Hannover Messe: im Pressegespräch mit Industrievertretern und auf den drei Ständen Zukunftsfabrik und Adaptronik (Halle 2, Stand C16/22), Produktion (Halle 17, Stand C18) und Simulation (Halle 7, Stand E11).
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Hannover Messe 2016: Mit flexiblen Drucksensoren Geräte stufenlos steuern
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2016/4/25 9:00)
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Silikon ist so weich, dass es auch dem Druck eines Fingers nachgibt. Fraunhofer-Forscher haben Sensoren aus diesem flexiblen Material hergestellt, mit denen Geräte stufenlos bedient werden können. Auf der Hannover Messe zeigen sie einen Handschuh, der Druckkräfte misst, sowie ein Autolenkrad, mit dem sich Musik, Licht und Lüftung per Fingerdruck steuern lassen (Halle 2, Stand C16/C22).
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Mech 2 students showcase remote-controlled firefighting boatsIMG_4613IMG_4201IMG_4094
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/4/24 1:52)
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Fires last year at Port Metro Vancouver and on board a boat in False Creek highlight the need for firefighting vessels in a large port city. For their final design project, this year’s Mech 2 students were therefore challenged to create remote-controlled boats that could move quickly, navigate obstacles, carry cargo and deliver water to fires using water cannons. Each fireboat was required to cross the water and use a custom-designed water cannon to put out a fire.
Twenty boats, each designed, built, and operated by a team of second-year Mechanical Engineering students, competed in a series of challenges on April 20th. The first round tested speed; the second, success at extinguishing a hypothetical fire on shore; third, maneuverability; fourth, success at extinguishing a fire on a floating vessel; and finally fifth, the ability to work with other teams to collaboratively extinguish a fire. The competition received media coverage from Roundhouse Radio and 24 hrs .
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Frank Treppe ist neuer EARTO-Präsident
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2016/4/18 23:24)
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Der Dachverband europäischer Organisationen für Forschung und Technologie EARTO wählte Frank Treppe von der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zum neuen Präsidenten. Das Gremium mit Sitz in Brüssel vertritt die Interessen von 350 industrienahen Forschungseinrichtungen in Europa.
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Naturkautschuk aus Löwenzahn
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2016/4/18 15:48)
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Löwenzahn ist eine robuste Pflanze, aus der sich ein gefragter Rohstoff gewinnen lässt: Kautschuk. Dieser ist für die Produktion von Gummi unerlässlich. Fraunhofer-Forscher nutzen Russischen Löwenzahn, um große Mengen an Naturkautschuk herzustellen.
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Angewandte Forschung grenzübergreifend stärken
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2016/4/14 1:18)
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Die Niederländische Organisation für Angewandte Naturwissenschaftliche Forschung, kurz TNO, und die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft bauen ihre Zusammenarbeit aus. Im Beisein des holländischen Königspaars bekräftigten die Forschungsorganisationen ihre Absicht in einem Memorandum of Understanding in München.
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Dr. Nima Atabaki wins 2015/16 Killam Teaching PrizeAtabaki8104
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/4/13 13:30)
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Mechanical Engineering professor Dr. Nima Atabaki has been selected as a winner of the 2015-2016 UBC Killam Teaching Prize for the Faculty of Applied Science (Vancouver).
The Killam Teaching Prizes are awarded annually to faculty members in recognition of excellence in teaching. Along with Dr. Atabaki, Daniel Roehr of the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Bhushan Gopaluni from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering will also receive the awards for the Faculty of Applied Science.
“Such prestigious recognition is a clear reflection of the outstanding work being done by Daniel, Bhushan and Nima,” Dean Marc Parlange stated. “The energy and commitment that each of these colleagues bring to their work every day, both in and out of the classroom, is unmistakable. They have been recognized by their students and their peers alike as having created unique learning experiences for their students and sending them forward with life less ...
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PhD student Navid Shirzad wins Killam Graduate Teaching Award
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2016/4/13 13:09)
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Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering PhD student and Teaching Assistant Navid Shirzad on winning the 2015/16 Killam Graduate Teaching Award!
UBC annually awards the Killam Graduate Teaching Award to sixteen Teaching Assistants in recognition of the valuable role that they play in our undergraduate programs. The prize includes both a certificate and $1,000 and is given to TAs who have achieved a high level of respect from both undergraduate students and academic or course supervisors.
The full list of 2015/16 winners is as follows:
Tim Anderson , Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education
Lachlan Caunt , Faculty of Law
Matthew Coles , Mathematics, Faculty of Science
Yana Gorokhovskaia , Political Science, Faculty of Arts
Caitlyn Grypma De Jong , Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Sarah Huber , Computer Science, Faculty of Science
Sean McBeath , Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
Chantal Mustoe , Chemistry, Faculty of Scienc ...
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