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China Scholarship Council (CSC) Doctoral Scholarship?Deadline: March 23, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/15 6:45)
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The China Scholarship Council (CSC) is a Chinese government agency that provides scholarships to students applying to UBC-V or UBC-O to pursue graduate and postdoctoral studies. These scholarships support students across a wide range of disciplines.
For students seeking a doctoral degree at UBC, the China Scholarship Council (CSC) Doctoral Scholarship provides four years of scholarship funding (approx. $20,000 CAD per year) from CSC. The UBC graduate program will be responsible for providing funding to cover their student?s tuition costs (which may be additional scholarships or teaching/research assistantships) during the four years of CSC funding.
UBC graduate programs can make admission offers to PhD applicants from China that are either unconditional or contingent upon receipt of a CSC scholarship. An admission offer from UBC is required for the student to be eligible for the CSC scholarship.
For information regarding the requirements of supporting a potential applicant fo ...
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Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships?Deadline: March 30, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/15 6:42)
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The Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships enable promising leaders from developing countries to pursue doctoral studies at UBC. The fellowships are to support international students showing outstanding leadership in humanitarian and development work in their home country. Two fellowships will be offered; each fellowship provides an $18,200 stipend plus tuition each year for four years.
Applicants must:
Hold a student visa at the beginning of the fellowship funding period
Be a citizen of a developing country (see list of countries on website, link below) at the time of application for admission
Be starting a PhD or DMA program at the UBC Vancouver campus in January 2018, May 2018, or September 2018
Be starting their first doctoral degree
The deadline for faculty to submit nominations ( student name and student number ) to admissions@mech.ubc.ca : 4:00 p.m. on Friday , 30 March 2018 .
For more information, please see the Graduate Awards webpage: https://www.grad ...
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MATLAB Technical Sessions at UBC?February 28, 2018Loren Shure
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/15 6:40)
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Please join us for complimentary MATLAB seminars. Faculty, staff, researchers and students are all welcome to attend.
MATLAB Technical Sessions at University of British Columbia
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Session 1: 10:00 ? 11:30 AM
Session 2: 12:00 ? 1:30 PM
Register
Our event features a two-part technical session presented by a MathWorks engineer:
Session 1: Programming with MATLAB
Explore programming capabilities in MATLAB and learn how to be more productive working with MATLAB.
Session 2: Data Analytics with MATLAB
Learn how MATLAB can help you automate and streamline your data analysis and visualization tasks.
Admission is free but seats are limited.
» Reserve your spot now
Please contact me with any questions at 508-647-7176 or Peter.Sheridan@mathworks.com .
Peter Sheridan
Accou ...
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2018 Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF)?Deadline: March 2, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/15 6:30)
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2018 Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF)
Entering its 31st year, the 2018 Canadian Student Health Research Forum will take place on June 11 to 15 in Winnipeg. The aim of the CSHRF is to provide a venue for the networking, research exposure and recognition of Canada’s most promising research trainees in the health sciences. Complete details are available online: http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/conferences/research_days/index.html
UBC has been invited to nominate our top PhD students in health sciences for participation in the forum. A limited number of invited participants will also receive travel award funding from CIHR; see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canadian-student-health-research-forum-cshrf-travel-award
The CSHRF and CIHR travel award are open to students from both UBC-V and UBC-O campuses.
Faculty ? please submit your nominations to admissions@mech.ubc.ca by Friday, March 2, 2018
Graduate programs may nominate up to 5% of their PhD studen ...
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SERB-UBC PhD Scholarship?Deadline: March 9, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/15 6:28)
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The SERB-UBC PhD Scholarship is open to students from India applying to UBC-V or UBC-O to study in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/serb-ubc-scholarship for details. Each academic year, up to five new PhD students per year will receive four years of stipend funding ($24,000 USD per year) from SERB. The UBC graduate program will be responsible for providing funding to cover their student?s tuition costs (which may be additional scholarships or teaching/research assistantships) during the four years of SERB funding.
UBC graduate programs can make admission offers to Indian PhD applicants that are either unconditional or contingent upon receipt of a SERB scholarship. An admission offer from UBC is required for the student to be eligible for the SERB scholarship.
What we need from supervisors by Friday, March 9, 2018 :
Please provide the name and UBC student number of eligible applicants that have recei ...
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February 15, 2018?Oil&Gas Initiative Speaker Series: Producing Bitumen from Oil SandsSchoens Lecture
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/15 6:12)
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Speaker: Professor Mike Schoen, Senior Instructor in the Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Mining and Mineral Processing at UBC
Date/Time: Thursday, February 15th at 6pm
Location: Chemical & Biological Engineering Room 102
Title: Producing Bitumen from Oil Sands
Please RSVP at: http://bit.ly/2Ee6KDz
Please see images below for more info.
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Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship?Deadline: February 23, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/10 3:43)
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Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship
The Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowships are available to Canadian citizens engaged in or about to start doctoral studies in Chemistry, Physics, or Electronics (including Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) at UBC. Approximately 25 fellowships, valued at $8,000 each, will be awarded each year among the participating universities. Deadline for complete applications to be submitted to G+PS is 4 p.m. on Friday, February 23, 2018 .
Further information is available on the G+PS website at: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/walter-c-sumner-memorial-fellowship
The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Sandra Shaw ( sandra.shaw@ubc.ca ).
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February 15, 2018?CS Distinguished Lecture Series, Dr. Fernando Perez
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/6 6:36)
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You will not want to miss the last DLS talks this term! Christine Alvarado (UCSD) will be presenting next Thursday, Feb. 8 th on ?Strategies for Bringing CS to All in Higher Education?.
The following Thursday, Fernando Perez will be presenting on Project Jupyter. (See below.) Everyone is welcome to attend. Come a few minutes early to enjoy coffee, tea and cookies.
If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Perez, please email Holly Kwan < hmitchel@cs.ubc.ca >
Speaker: Fernando Perez, Assistant Professor in Statistics at UC Berkeley and Faculty Scientist in the Department of Data Science & Technology at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Homepage: https://bids.berkeley.edu/people/fernando-perez
Date/Time: Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 3:30pm
Location: Hugh Dempster Pavilion ? Room 110, 6245 Agronomy Rd.
Hosts: Mark Greenstreet, UBC Computer Science and James Colliander, PIMS
Title: Bu ...
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Mechanical Engineering Teaching Fellowship Award?Deadline: February 28, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/1 7:06)
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The Department of Mechanical Engineering wishes to promote undergraduate teaching excellence by annually awarding the Mechanical Engineering Teaching Fellowship to Senior PhD students who have demonstrated dedication to, and talent for, teaching. The Fellowship will provide a stipend of $10,000 and mentorship support to teach an undergraduate course within the department the following academic year. Applications are due 8:00am Wednesday, February 28 th , 2018 to admissions@mech.ubc.ca .
The competition for the Fellowship is open to PhD students registered in Mechanical Engineering in their 3 rd year and above .
Applications should consist of:
CV
Statement of teaching approach and interests (<600 words)
3 minute video uploaded to a private YouTube channel that you create for the application
An email from your supervisor indicating their support of your application and awareness of the time commitment required (approximately 60% full time employ ...
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Three Minute Thesis Registration Deadline and Practice Session!Three Minute Thesis Competition
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/1 6:31)
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