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Dr. Indira Samarasekera: Of Serendipity Steel and (Not Only Mechanical) Engineering?September 20, 20
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/9/20 7:41)
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Senior Scholars’ Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life
OF SERENDIPITY, STEEL AND (NOT ONLY MECHANICAL) ENGINEERING
Indira Samarasekera , Metals and Materials Engineering; 12th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta (2005-2015)
Coach House, Green College, UBC
Thursday, September 20, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow
Indira Samarasekera?s journey from the Island of Serendip, now known as Sri Lanka, to an exciting career of discovery and application in steel processing, was marked by moments of genuine serendipity. One of a dozen female engineers from the University of Ceylon in 1974, she spent two years doing materials research at the University of California. Following a Masters degree, she came to UBC and stumbled into an opportunity to do mathematical modelling of steel processing at a time when large-scale computing was just becoming a reality. Her research had a significant impact on the steel industry worldwide and was accompanied b ...
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Call for Nominations: ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award?Deadline: September 26, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/9/20 2:07)
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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) established the Doctoral Dissertation Award program to recognize and encourage superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in computer science and engineering. The award is presented each June at the ACM Awards Banquet and is accompanied by a prize of $20,000 plus travel expenses to the banquet. All winning dissertations are published exclusively in print and electronic formats as part of the ACM Books Series, which includes distribution through the ACM Digital Library. Honorable Mention(s) may also be awarded, with a prize of $10,000 shared among recipients. Financial sponsorship of the award is provided by Google.
The nominated dissertation must have been successfully defended (not necessarily submitted) between October 2017 through (and including) September 2018. Only a PhD student?s supervisor may nominate a dissertation. Student’s thesis advisor should submit a draft of the nomination statement (200-300 words in lengt ...
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Call for Applications: Google PhD Fellowship?Deadline: November 9, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/9/20 0:58)
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Google PhD Fellowships support graduate students as they pursue their PhD in computer science, related disciplines, or promising research areas. The fellowship provides tuition, fees and a stipend for two years, with possible extension for a third year. Recipients are also matched with a Google Research Mentor.
Application deadline : 4:00pm Friday, 9 November 2018
Further information, including eligibility and application procedures: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/google-phd-fellowship
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Call for Applications: IODE War Memorial Scholarships?Deadline: October 1, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/9/18 1:30)
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The IODE War Memorial Scholarships support PhD scholars whose research makes important contributions to Canada and the world. Up to three scholarships of $20,000 for study in Canada or for study within the Commonwealth will be awarded for the 2019-2020 academic year. Applicants are judged on academic attainments and promise as well as personal character and career goals.
Eligibility : Applicants must be Canadian citizens, hold a first degree from a Canadian university, and be enrolled in at least the second year of their doctoral program.
Deadlines :
Letter of Intent by 01 October 2018
Complete application by 15 November 2018
Application Procedures : Please submit all correspondence and supporting documents on or before the specified deadline dates to the IODE War Memorial Officer. For current application forms and instructions, please visit: http://www.iode.ca/iode-war-memorial-scholarship-current-application.html .
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APSC Prof Named Fellow of Royal Society of CanadaOxlandCropped_FeatureOxlandCropped
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/9/14 7:59)
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Thomas Oxland , PEng, a professor in UBC’s Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedics and co-director of the UBC Orthopaedic and Injury Biomechanics Group, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Canada?s highest honour for artists, scholars and scientists.
Recognized by the RSC for his ?seminal research work? in the field of musculoskeletal diseases and injuries, Oxland has played an instrumental role in advancing orthopaedic engineering at UBC and Vancouver General Hospital over the past two decades. In addition to serving as founding director of UBC and VGH’s former Division of Orthopaedic Engineering Research, which operated from 1997 to 2009, he was heavily involved in the establishment of both the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility and the International Collaboration for Repair Discoveries (ICORD) research centre, where he is a principal investigator and associate director of preclinical discovery research.
Oxland hold ...
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Could a DIY ultrasound be in your future? UBC breakthrough opens door to $100 ultrasound machineOLYM
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/9/14 7:45)
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Photo Credit: Clare Kiernan
Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new ultrasound transducer, or probe, that could dramatically lower the cost of ultrasound scanners to as little as $100. Their patent-pending innovation?no bigger than a Band-Aid?is portable, wearable and can be powered by a smartphone.
Conventional ultrasound scanners use piezoelectric crystals to create images of the inside of the body and send them to a computer to create sonograms. Researchers replaced the piezoelectric crystals with tiny vibrating drums made of polymer resin, called polyCMUTs (polymer capacitive micro-machined ultrasound transducers), which are cheaper to manufacture.
?Transducer drums have typically been made out of rigid silicon materials that require costly, environment-controlled manufacturing processes, and this has hampered their use in ultrasound,? said study lead author Carlos Gerardo, a PhD candidate in electrical and computer engineering at UBC. ?By ...
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Call for Applications: DAAD Study Scholarships and Research Grants?Deadline: October 12, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/9/12 7:50)
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DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Study Scholarships and Research Grants are available for highly qualified graduate students, PhD candidates, and post-doctoral researchers in all disciplines to study and carry out research at universities or research institutes in Germany. These scholarship provide funds for a period of study and/or research in Germany.
UBC is a DAAD Partner University and may nominate a total of two priority candidates for the Study Scholarship and/or Long-Term Research Grant programs. For applicants who would like to be considered as UBC’s priority candidates, please follow the application procedures on this webpage: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/daad-deutscher-akademischer-austausch-dienst-scholarships-research-grants . Applicants are required to submit their application via the DAAD Online Portal. Applicants are also required to submit a copy of their application plus the signed reference form to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoc ...
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Ms. Emiko Uchiyama won RSJ Research Incentive Award
from Nakamura&Yamamoto Lab
(2018/9/10 10:14)
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Ms. Emiko Uchiyama was awarded RSJ Research Incentive Award.
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Call for Applications: ASI Data Science&Data Engineering Fellowship?Deadline: October 15, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/9/6 5:09)
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Are you interested in a career in data science or looking to leave the world of academia?
Data Science in 2018
Demand for data scientists across Europe and the world has been rising rapidly over the past few years and shows no signs of stopping.
Researchers possess many of the skills required in data science – such as collecting and interpreting data, testing hypotheses and communicating results. ASI Data Science is ready to help you develop the last 10% – the industry specific skills.
Data science is a field that values PhD candidates ? particularly from quantitative subjects. As a data scientist, you would use the technical skills you have developed in academia to solve problems like helping trains run on time, stop terrorist propaganda online, identify the causes of fire in London and many more.
ASI and the Fellowship
ASI offers an 8-week full-time Fellowship in central London, specifically aimed at helping PhD graduat ...
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Call for Applications: Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation?Deadline: October 1, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/9/6 5:04)
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The Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation has a research grant available for graduate students worth $10,000. The grant is awarded annually and depending on the calibre and worthiness of applicants and projects, as many as two grants are awarded each year.
This grant is available to graduate students (PhD and Masters) who are Canadian or permanent residents, with research projects in the broad area of clean and alternative energy . More information on the foundation can be found on our website ( www.TylerLewis.ca ). The deadline for applications is on October 1 st , 2018 .
Please see document below for more information.
2018 TLCERF Grant
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