Posted on March 30, 2012
Vancouver, Canada—March 30, 2012—The UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) will be joining the Faculty of Applied Science, effective April 1, 2012.
SCARP will be migrating within the UBC organizational structure from the College for Interdisciplinary Studies (CFIS) to Applied Science. SCARP will retain its current name and remain an [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2012
Vancouver, Canada—March 27, 2012—Kaizen Biomedical, founded by UBC Engineering students Annelies Tjebbes (ECE), Neal O’Grady (MECH) and Mayank Kalra (MECH), and Sauder School of Business students Derek Li, Jennifer Vlasiu and Stephanie Wilson placed first at the Pacific Venture Capital Competition held March 24 in Vancouver. Their product, MobiChill, earned the team a $1000 prize.
Developed [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2012
Vancouver, Canada—March 12, 2012—UBC Engineers placed first in the Impromptu Debate and second in the Innovative Design categories at the 27th annual Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC), From Sea to Sky, held March 8-11, 2012 at UBC Robson Square.
The UBC Impromptu Debate team comprises undergraduate students Hans Seidemann (IGEN) and Dan Came (ENPH). The Innovative Design [...]
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Posted on March 9, 2012
Vancouver, Canada—March 9, 2012—UBC Engineering proudly recognizes outstanding secondary school teachers and bestows the 2012 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award upon South Delta Secondary School mathematics teacher Mr. Brian Outerbridge.
“Mr. Outerbridge transformed the mundane and average classroom into a collaborative and caring environment for his students. His aim was for [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2012
Vancouver, Canada—March 8, 2012—UBC experts and community members are available to comment on the March 11 anniversary of Japan’s “triple disaster” – the earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown.
At a series of public events, UBC will explore major lessons from the catastrophe – including those for B.C. – and [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2012
Vancouver, Canada—March 8, 2012—The University of British Columbia today forged a formal partnership with Germany’s Fraunhofer, Europe’s largest research institution for applied research, to focus on renewable-energy technologies.
UBC President Stephen Toope and Fraunhofer Senior Vice President Research Planning Ulrich Buller signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Berlin during the Canada-Germany [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2012
Vancouver, Canada—March 7, 2012—The 27th annual Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC), From Sea to Sky, will be held Thursday March 8-Sunday, March 11, 2012, at UBC Robson Square. Bringing together 150 of the nation’s most innovative and creative undergraduate engineering students, the CEC features six categories of competition — Engineering Communication, Consulting Engineering, Extemporaneous Debate, Innovative [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2012
Kelowna, Canada—March 7, 2012—UBC engineering team hopes to cut risk of water system failures
A research project by the School of Engineering at UBC’s Okanagan campus could some day provide municipalities with a useful tool for managing water-supply networks and reduce risk of system failures.
The project, led by engineering professors Rehan Sadiq and Solomon Tesfamariam, utilizes [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2012
Kelowna, Canada—March 2, 2012—
UBC’s Okanagan campus has $10 million worth of funded projects
Without research, knowledge about our world would stagnate, but dedicated professors and students are delving into the unknown in a quest to expand understanding of the universe around us.
And many of those researchers can be found right here in the Okanagan.
The [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2012
Vancouver, Canada—March 1, 2012—Two engineering student teams have been presented the E-Fest 2012 Community Service Learning award for their outstanding contributions to community development, both locally and abroad. The teams addressed complex community-based challenges in their respective disciplines, with one team on Vancouver Island and the other in Mexico. The [...]
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