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MECH 2 SpaceX Landing Pad Competition: April 18, 2018MECH 2 Competition April 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/4/20 3:03)
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The spring MECH 2 Competition took place on Wednesday, April 18, with 20 teams of second-year mechanical engineering students competing in a SpaceX design challenge. Teams designed remote-controlled landing pads that could be used to transport a rocket booster back to shore.
The competition took place in a 60-foot pool, with teams competing head to head.
Their efforts were recorded by several media outlets, including Xinhuanet , and Breakfast Television (segment starts at the 2:25 mark).
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Walter Merida Interviewed About the Future of Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/4/18 3:20)
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Walter Merida, MECH professor, Director of the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) and Interim Associate Dean of Research and Industrial Partnerships was interviewed by the Globe and Mail about the future of hydrogen fuel-cell cars.
Read the full article here .
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Design&Innovation Day 2018: Congratulations to Our Fourth Year Students on Their Capstone ProjectsIM
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/4/16 8:04)
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On April 5, the Faculty of Applied Science hosted its annual Design and Innovation Day where fourth-year students from all departments could showcase their capstone design projects.
MECH students displayed their projects in the Engineering Design Centre, and were judged on their projects by industry members, faculty, and their peers.
At the end of the day, MECH recognized the many industry partners who supported the capstone design projects, and awarded several internal awards decided by the 4th year students, including “greenest project,” “scariest project,” among others.
Congratulations to all of our fourth year students for their hard work! Photos of some of the projects are included below.
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MECH 2 Competition: April 18, 2018Front Page?MECH 2 Competition v2
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/4/11 7:58)
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Join us for the final MECH 2 Competition of the 2017/2018 school year!
In teams of 6-7, second year MECH students are creating remote-controlled ships to perform certain functions of the autonomous landing platforms used by SpaceX. Their vessels will have to move quickly, maneuver around obstacles, keep position (to receive rocket booster), and maintain stability in waves, while transporting rocket booster models.
Competition schedule:
April 18, 2018
9:30 – 11 am – Poster presentations ( EDC 102)
11 am – 2 pm – Competition ( KAIS 1180)
Student teams only have about 2 weeks to complete their designs. Want to see how their designs do? Come watch the 20 teams compete!
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Professor Emeritus Mel Gordon Dies at 71
from UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
(2018/4/7 7:37)
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Melvin Gordon, a multifaceted theater scholar who was a world expert in Stanislavsky and acting theory, died on March 22 in Richmond, Calif., due to complications of renal failure. He was 71.
Gordon spent much of his career at the University of California, Berkeley?s department of theater, dance, and performance studies (formerly the department of dramatic art) at UC Berkeley as a faculty member from 1990-2015.
While at Berkeley, the inquisitive and light-hearted Gordon was known for lively and provocative undergraduate teaching, which included theater history, playwriting, acting, and a very popular course on bad acting. He also taught about less-studied theater traditions in circus and Yiddish theater.
Gordon?s wide range of publications included books and articles on Commedia dell’arte (Lazzi); Yiddish theater; the Grand Guignol (1988/1997); and a number of more or less sensational aspects of German popular and political culture of the 1920s and 1930s: ?Voluptuous Panic ...
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Call for Nominations: CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award?Deadline: May 25, 2018
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/4/7 1:25)
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UBC graduate programs are invited to submit nominations for the CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award in the fields of (i) Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering and (ii) Social Sciences.
Please note that this award is very competitive – PhD dissertations from universities across North America are forwarded to this competition. MECH will only forward nominations that are competitive with those from top PhDs throughout North America.
Nomination deadline: Friday, 25 May 2018
Further information: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/cgsproquest-distinguished-dissertation-award
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New Research Monograph Edited by Srikantha Phani PublishedFront Page?Srikanth Book6
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/4/6 2:38)
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The MECH Department wishes to congratulate Associate Professor Dr. Srikantha Phani on the publication of a research monograph he co-edited.
Dynamics of Lattice Materials covers lattice materials and their dynamic responses, and serves a reference for practitioners and researchers with a background in the mechanics of materials, vibrations, and material physics.
From the book’s publisher:
“ Key features [of this book]:
Comprehensive treatment of dynamics of lattice materials and periodic materials in general, including phononic crystals and elastic metamaterials
Provides an in-depth introduction to elastostatics and elastodynamics of lattice materials
Covers advanced topics such as damping, nonlinearity, instability, impact and nanoscale systems
Introduces contemporary concepts including pentamodes, local resonances and inertial amplification
Includes chapters on fast computation and design optimization tools
Topics are introduced using simple systems ...
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Brian Carter, President and CEO of Seaspan Shipyards, Visits the NAME ProgramSeaspan Photo small-1Se
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/4/3 6:47)
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On March 23, 2018 UBC’s Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME) program hosted Brian Carter, President and Chief Executive Officer of Seaspan Shipyards.
Mr. Carter spent the morning with the NAME program directors, touring facilities, and meeting with members of the Sailbot and SUBC student design teams. Both teams shared updates on their projects, including demonstrating their recent work – SUBC’s human-powered submarine and Sailbot’s recently recovered autonomous sailboat , Ada .
Over lunch, Mr. Carter gave a talk on the status of the shipbuilding industry in Canada to over 80 MECH faculty, undergraduate and graduate students. He shared the exciting challenges and opportunities the company faces in designing and building 17 non-combat vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy, and how the shipping industry benefits many other sectors in. His overall message spoke to the importance of the marine industry in Canada ...
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Congratulations to MECH?s Student LeadersIMG_0213-2IMG_0190IMG_0198IMG_0203IMG_0211IMG_0213IMG_0123I
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/4/3 3:43)
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The Mechanical Engineering department recognized its outstanding student leaders at the annual Leadership Awards Lunch on March 29, 2018.
Dr. Sheldon Green (Department Head) and Dr. Boris Stoeber (Associate Head, Teaching) presented the awards to the students.
“The Department admires and appreciates the dedication you bring to serving your student team or group and indeed the broader engineering community, ” Dr. Green told the recipients, adding the quote from anthropologist Margaret Mead: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.?
The Mechanical Engineering Student Leadership Awards are given to undergraduate and graduate students who have continually excelled in being effective leaders among their peers and in their communities.
This year’s recipients were:
Anthony Buonassisi
Yu-Ting Cheng
James Cronkite
Daniel Granger
Blake Henderson
Wilson Hsu
Jaso ...
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Congratulations to MECH?s Student LeadersIMG_0213-2IMG_0190IMG_0198IMG_0203IMG_0211IMG_0213IMG_0123I
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/4/2 3:43)
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The Mechanical Engineering department recognized its outstanding student leaders at the annual Leadership Awards Lunch on March 29, 2018.
Dr. Sheldon Green (Department Head) and Dr. Boris Stoeber (Associate Head, Teaching) presented the awards to the students.
“The Department admires and appreciates the dedication you bring to serving your student team or group and indeed the broader engineering community, ” Dr. Green told the recipients, adding the quote from anthropologist Margaret Mead: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.?
The Mechanical Engineering Student Leadership Awards are given to undergraduate and graduate students who have continually excelled in being effective leaders among their peers and in their communities.
This year’s recipients were:
Anthony Buonassisi
Yu-Ting Cheng
James Cronkite
Daniel Granger
Blake Henderson
Wilson Hsu
Jaso ...
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