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New Frontiers in Research: Cannabis, Air Quality, Health and Community Impact
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2020/8/14 1:30)
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Cannabis cultivation in Canada: Assessing the air, health, and equity impacts of a growing and uncharted industry | Nominated Principal Investigator: Naomi Zimmerman, Co-Principal Investigator: Amanda Giang On October 17, 2018, Canada became the second country in the world to federally legalize cannabis. Ten months later, the legal cannabis industry had grown by 185 per […]
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New Frontiers in Research: Cannabis, Air Quality, Health and Community Impact
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2020/8/12 7:35)
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Cannabis cultivation in Canada: Assessing the air, health, and equity impacts of a growing and uncharted industry | Nominated Principal Investigator: Naomi Zimmerman, Co-Principal Investigator: Amanda Giang On October 17, 2018, Canada became the second country in the world to federally legalize cannabis. Ten months later, the legal cannabis industry had grown by 185 per […]
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Alumnus?startup helps pharmacies with asymptomatic COVID-19 testing
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2020/8/12 6:58)
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In the fall of 2018, when Nicholas Hui was taking Applied Science?s New Venture Design course as part of his final undergraduate year in Mechanical Engineering, he had no idea he would co-found a company providing services in response to a global pandemic. The former AeroDesign Team Captain hadn?t considered a startup as his first […]
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New Publication on head impacts in American football by Dr. Lyndia Wu
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2020/8/8 6:50)
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Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Lyndia Wu has co-authored a paper in the Journal of Biomechanics, ?Analysis of head acceleration events in collegiate-level American football: A combination of qualitative video analysis and in-vivo head kinematic measurement.? Building off previous work she was involved in at Stanford University, the study looks at head impacts in football, combining […]
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Open UBC interview with Dr. Agnes d?Entremont
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2020/8/5 6:29)
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Dr. Agnes d’Entremont was named one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions for her commitment to accessible education through Open Educational Resources (OER). Learn more about Dr. d’Entremont’s open education projects in Open UBC’s latest interview in their Chatting with Champions series.
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Dr. Agnes d?Entremont Wins ASEE Outstanding New Mechanical Engineering Educator Award
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2020/7/24 0:30)
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Dr. Agnes d?Entremont has been awarded the Outstanding New Mechanical Engineering Educator Award by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The organization?s Mechanical Engineering division selects the winner who is “an individual early in their mechanical engineering education career who has demonstrated the potential, effort and persistence to make sustained and exceptional contributions to […]
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New Frontiers in Research: Materialsą la carte
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2020/7/22 5:14)
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Materials ą la carte: Accelerating materials discovery with large scale ab-initio simulations and machine learning | Nominated Principal Investigator: Mauricio Ponga, Co-Principal Investigator: Jasmin Jelovica When an engineer designs a new device ? whether it?s an airplane or a ballpoint pen ? an important consideration they must take into account is the abilities and limitations […]
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Dr. Peter Ostafichuk an Inaugural Fellow of the CEEA-ACEG
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2020/7/21 6:25)
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Mechanical Engineering faculty member Dr. Peter Ostafichuk was elected an inaugural Fellow of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG). The organization announced the recipients at their virtual AGM on June 19, 2020. CEEA-ACEG created the title to recognize engineering educators who have made notable contributions to the field: The designation of Fellow honours individuals who […]
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APSC Rising Star: Paige Ngo, BASc?20, Mechanical Engineering
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2020/7/18 7:23)
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“The law of conservation of energy generally applies to your time at UBC. The amount of time and effort you put into a project will produce equal returns in terms of practical knowledge.” My parents came to Canada as refugees and worked extremely hard to provide for me (for which I am eternally grateful), and […]
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How to Train Your Robot?EduAI 2020
from Personal Robots Group
(2020/7/10 10:38)
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