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James Olson Appointed the New Dean of the Faculty of Applied ScienceFront Page?James Olson Dean3
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/17 4:25)
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The Department of Mechanical Engineering wishes to congratulate James Olson on his appointment as the new Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science. Read the full announcement below:
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From Deborah Buszard, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the UBC Okanagan campus, and Andrew Szeri, Provost and Vice-President Academic at the UBC Vancouver campus:
It is our pleasure to announce that the Board of Governors has accepted the President?s recommendation to appoint Dr. James Olson as the new Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science for a five-year term, commencing March 1, 2018.
Dr. Olson, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been serving as the Interim Dean since July 1, 2017. Prior to this appointment, he has served in several roles, with responsibilities for the leadership and strategic direction in the Faculty, including Associate Dean of Research and Industry Partnerships since 2014 and the director of two UBC research centres.
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February 16, 2018? Molecular-Level Understanding and Design of Rechargeable Battery Materials, Dr. R
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2018/2/16 3:04)
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Speaker: Dr. Rob Messinger, Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering & CUNY Energy Institute at The City College of New York (CUNY)
Date/Time: Friday, February 16, 2018 from 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Location: Chemical & Biological Engineering Room 102
Hosts: UBC Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Title: Molecular-Level Understanding and Design of Rechargeable Battery Materials
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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
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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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