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Hongshen Ma Receives Support from Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/10/8 1:17)
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Hongshen Ma, a UBC mechanical engineering professor, has received funding support from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) to develop technology that may bring protein-based medicines to market more quickly and cost-effectively. The support comes through the MSFHR?s Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) Program, which was established three years ago ?to help researchers advance […]
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Competition Announcement: SWAAC Graduate Student Award of Merit?Deadline: November 1, 2019
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/10/5 8:21)
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Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) Graduate Student Award of Merit ??The Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada organization was founded in 1987 to provide a forum and a collective voice for women in senior administrative ranks in Canadian universities, colleges and technical institutes. At least three awards, each in the amount of $3,500, […]
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Call for Letters of Intent: 2019 Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) Program?Deadline: October 11, 2019
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/10/3 6:11)
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The Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) program was created to improve global talent exchange between Canada and other nations. The 2019 QES competition will support projects in Latin America and the Caribbean that focus on education, social services and health. Each Canadian university may submit one multi-year project proposal seeking funding of up to $300,000. Projects […]
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Media Mention: Tyee interview?s Dr. Agnes D?Entremont?on Engineering, Gender, Teaching and More?
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/10/2 3:53)
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Agnes d?Entremont doesn?t have cable and hasn?t seen the recent HBO series Chernobyl. But she knows the territory. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster brought perhaps the most horrifying consequences ever to result from the clash of engineering principles with political agendas. That may be why d?Entremont, a senior instructor of mechanical engineering at the University of British […]
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Media Mention: Globe&Mail discusses Emissions from Trucking Industry with Dr. Walter Merida
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/10/2 3:40)
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?Since 2007, we?ve seen an almost 5-per-cent decrease in carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars, but emissions from transport trucks have actually increased by nearly 14 per cent,? says Walter Merida, director of the Clean Energy Research Centre at the University of British Columbia. ?That?s because Canada is a trading nation and a lot of our economy depends […]
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Call for Applications: PEO scholarships?Deadline: Nov 20 and Dec 15, 2019
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/10/2 3:24)
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Please note that both of these awards are externally administered, so interested applicants should contact the PEO directly for any questions. PEO Scholar Award https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/peo-scholar-award The PEO Scholar Awards are one-time, competitive, merit-based awards intended to recognize and encourage academic excellence and achievement by women in doctoral-level programs. These awards provide partial support for study and research. […]
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2019 Summer Research Recap
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/10/2 2:42)
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The 2019 Summer Terms featured a number of noteworthy research-related achievements in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. New Canada Research Chairs The department received the addition of two new Canada Research Chairs (CRC): Xiaoliang Jin CRC in Advanced Manufacturing, Tier 2 Naomi Zimmerman CRC in Sustainability, Tier 2 The Canada Research Chairs Program designed Tier […]
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Call for Nominations: ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award?Deadline: October 4, 2019
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/10/2 1:43)
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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 […]
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Call for Applications: DAAD Study Scholarships and Research Grants?Deadline: October 18, 2019
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/9/26 1:24)
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Competition Announcement: DAAD Study Scholarships and Research Grants 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 […]
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Department Statement on Climate Change
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2019/9/24 6:18)
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Climate change is a defining issue of our time. Scientists in Canada and internationally have reached consensus that human-caused global warming will have disastrous impacts on our ecosystems, including human and animal life, if not addressed quickly. In response to the scientific consensus, the Government of Canada has declared a climate emergency. The department joins […]
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