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May Faculty Spotlight: Margo Hall, Domenique Lozano and Lisa Anne Porter
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2015/5/27 3:17)
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This month, the Bay Area community is in for a treat when three TDPS lecturers take the stage to star in Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity, desire and intrigue. Margo Hall, Domenique Lozano and Lisa Anne Porter have the rare opportunity to collaborate in a predominately-female version of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at California Shakespeare Theater (May 27-June 21). ?It?s probably my favorite comedy of Shakespeare,? says Lozano, ?because I think the journeys that the characters take are extraordinary. It starts massively tragically but ends with weddings. And it has the right combination of comedy and poignancy.?
Considering the comedy?s popularity, it is not a surprise that Hall, Lozano and Porter all have history with Twelfth Night . Hall, who plays foppish Sir Andrew Aguecheek, has seen the show performed many times, but this is her first time acting in it, whereas Lozano has performed in three separate productions of the piece, as well as directed ...
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May Student Spotlight: Guillermo Ornelas
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2015/5/27 2:47)
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Guillermo Ornelas is a second-year transfer student double majoring in Theater and Performance Studies and Sociology. He is passionate about researching and sharing the experiences of people from marginalized identities. For his senior thesis, Guillermo is researching performances of masculinity in theater.
Guillermo Ornelas always wanted to attend UC Berkeley, primarily because of the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies? offerings in both practice and performance studies. ?My interest is in human behavior and studying the social aspect of theater so it is a perfect fit,? he says. Now a transfer student in his second year on campus, Guillermo is double majoring in Theater and Performance Studies and Sociology. ?One of the most important things I?ve learned here at Berkeley is new ways of thinking about how we divide up our resources, and how some people end up being marginalized as a result,? he shares. ?Because of my background and growing up as a child of un ...
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Congratulations to our APSC Rising Stars!katelyn-currie-APSCRS-web
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2015/5/26 10:11)
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Congratulations to our Mechanical Engineering Applied Science Rising Stars!
These incredible individuals have been involved in all facets of Mechanical Engineering, from student teams to research to student government. They are role models for the community, and we are confident that they will go on to do great things!
Congratulations Ajaydeep, Andrea, Katelyn, Maitrayee, and Jordan!
Read their stories here:
Ajaydeep Singh
Andrea Palmer
Katelyn Currie
Maitrayee Dhaka
Jordan Balanko
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Planvolles Wachstum?nachhaltige Strategie
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2015/5/12 7:00)
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Fraunhofer konnte 2014 weiter wachsen?etwa 24 000 Mitarbeitende erwirtschafteten ein Finanzvolumen von rund 2,06 Mrd Euro. Im Fokus der Forschung stehen aktuell die Themen Effizienz und Digitalisierung. Im Zuge einer nachhaltigen Strategie werden mit Leitprojekten und Leistungszentren Modelle verstetigt, die transdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit fördern.
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Workshop Micro Battery and Capacitive Energy Harvesting
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2015/4/27 9:00)
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(27.4.2015 - 27.4.2015) Mikrobatterien in Kombination mit kapazitiven Wandlern zur Gewinnung von Energie werden im EU-Projekt MATFLEXEND entwickelt. Hier stehen der Einsatz flexibler Materialien und die mechanische Anpassung im Vordergrund, die in Anwendungsbereichen wie?Wearable electronics?und Textilintegration notwendig ist. Die Ergebnisse beider Projekte werden im Workshop am 27. April in Berlin präsentiert und mit den Experten diskutiert. Dabei wird die gesamte Breite von der Materialentwicklung bis zur Device-Optimierung und Simulation behandelt. Die kostengünstige Herstellung mit Technologien der Elektronikfertigung ist ein weiterer Schwerpunkt.
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UBC Supermileage Places 2nd at Shell Eco-MarathonShell Eco-marathon Americas Day One
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2015/4/24 7:07)
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Congratulations to UBC Supermileage who won silver in the Urban Vehicle category with a rating of 325 miles/US gallon. The Urban Concept class requires vehicles that can be used as future commuter cars. The vehicles must include items such as windshield wipers, trunk space, etc. The Prototype vehicle ended up with an unofficial rating of between 600-700 mpg. This rating ended as unofficial as we ran out of fuel on the last lap of the downtown street course. Our fuel tank is only 30mL.
These results are even more impressive when one considers that fact that both UBC vehicles were built from scratch following the loss of both vehicles from the 2014 competition. The team designed, built and raced two outstanding vehicles in only eight months.
Read the full story: http://apsc.ubc.ca/apsc-eng/news/2015/04/ubc-supermileage-races-away-silver-international-competition
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Leichtbau für die Großserie: Fraunhofer-Projektzentrum startet in Wolfsburg
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2015/4/22 7:00)
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Am neuen Fraunhofer-Projektzentrum in Wolfsburg arbeiten drei Fraunhofer-Institute zusammen. Es ist eng verzahnt mit Forschungseinrichtungen und Unternehmen der Region. Die Forscher erarbeiten gemeinsam Systemlösungen für die Serienfertigung von ressourcenschonenden und kostengünstigen Leichtbaukomponenten für die Automobilindustrie. Am 22. April 2015 unterzeichneten der niedersächsische Ministerpräsident Stephan Weil, Professor Martin Winterkorn, Vorstandsvorsitzender der Volkswagen AG und Professor Reimund Neugebauer, Präsident der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft neben weiteren Partnern eine Vereinbarungüber diese Kooperation am Forschungsstandort Niedersachsen.
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April Faculty/Staff Spotlight: Ben Motter
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2015/4/14 9:12)
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Ben Motter joined TDPS as Technical Director in December 2014. He comes to the department from New York City?s Metropolitan Opera and has an extensive background in technical theater management. Ben sat down with TDPS to talk about his career arc, his passion for teaching and how Berkeley compares to NYC.
Tell us about your career arc so far.
Like a lot of people, I started doing theater in high school, and then decided I liked it enough to continue studying theater in college. I attended the University of Michigan for Theatre Design and Technology and soon fell into a job working as the Technical Director (TD) for a small theater. The job was full-time, supervising about 10 shows a year and also running a shop. That job was basically how I paid for college; it was that or work at Starbucks! We rented theater spaces across town so we?d build the shows in our shop, then drive them across town to install. Doing that, oh, 40 or 50 times helped me cultivate certain skill set ...
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April Student Spotlight: Heather Rastovac
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2015/4/14 9:07)
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Heather is a PhD candidate in Performance Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender and Sexualities. Her work extends upon 15 years as a dancer, choreographer and artistic director among diasporic Iranian communities in the U.S.
Heather Rastovac, a dance artist, dance scholar and graduate student in Performance Studies, was recently awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award for The Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies (TDPS) by the Graduate Division. The award criteria includes innovation in teaching, ability to motivate students, and exceptional engagement in departmental and campuswide activities that promote teaching and learning. Heather?s response to learning the news: ?I feel so honored and lucky at this moment.?
Of course, luck has little to do with it. Time and again, Heather has proven herself to be a dedicated instructor to undergraduate students, as well as a community member committed to inclusivity who generously contrib ...
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Mechanical Engineering Student Wins GICandrea-palmer-wideAndrea Palmer
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2015/4/9 7:25)
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Mechanical Engineering student Andrea Palmer has won the Global Impact Competition (GIC) with ?Reveal,? a wearable device to track anxiety in real-time for children with autism.
Co-founded with other UBC students Kristoffer Vik Hansen (Integrated Engineering), Paul Fijal (Mechanical Engineering), Diou Cao (Finance and Accounting), Maricel Saenz (Finance) and Logan Graham (Economics), Reveal picks up on physiological signals related to anxiety and sends a notification to parents or caregivers on their smartphone, so they can intervene to prevent a meltdown.
Reveal has won Andrea a spot in Singularity University’s Graduate Studies program, which accepts only 80 students worldwide each year. Last year, Applied Science instructor Tamara Etmannski was the first person ever to win the Canadian GIC.
See Andrea’s pitch here (at 46:00): http://livestream.com/ventureLAB/CanadaGIC
Read more about Reveal and the competition here: http://apsc.ubc.ca/apsc-eng/news/2015/04/ ...
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