Posted on February 23, 2011
Vancouver, Canada—February 23, 2011—Mitchell Braun, who will be graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science in May in civil engineering, recently returned to Canada from a project trip to Galmi, Niger. Braun, part of a team of architects, engineers and others from across North America including UBC graduates Kevin Wiens (BASc Civil ’95), Ian Chan [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2010
Vancouver, Canada—Dec 8, 2010—The life of Thomas Edward James (TJ) Bennett will be honoured this Friday, December 10 with a plaque unveiling ceremony and reception in memory of the University of British Columbia alumnus (BASc ’07). He died on Mount Shasta in Northern California on April 1, 2010 at age 26.
Bennett’s family, friends and [...]
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Posted on December 7, 2010
Vancouver, Canada—December 7, 2010—Dr. Ken Spencer will be inducted as a business laureate of British Columbia Hall of Fame in May 2011. Spencer graduated from UBC in 1967 with a BASc degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in 1972.
The business laureate recognition honours Spencer’s business acumen as well as his sense of social responsibility. [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2010
Vancouver, Canada—August 11, 2010—Forget Dragon’s Den, University of British Columbia entrepreneurs have an opportunity to pitch their business concepts and products directly to Silicon Valley venture capitalists at an August 31 alumni event at the Plug and Play Tech Centre in Sunnyvale, California.
Hosted by UBC President Prof. Stephen Toope, Accelerating Entrepreneurship: UBC’s [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2010
Are you a UBC student or a recent alumni with a company you would like to present to a panel of VC’s and UBC alumni at the Plug and Play Tech Centre in California? entrepreneurship@UBC is looking to send you there, and will support the travel and accommodation costs for up to 2 individuals per [...]
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Posted on July 22, 2010
Vancouver, Canada—July 22, 2010—Companies founded by two UBC Engineering alumni received investments from the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) program today. UBC spin-off Boreal Genomics Inc., founded by Andre Marziali (BASc ’89), professor in UBC’s Department of Physics and Engineering Physics program director, received $273,000. Day4 Energy Inc., founded by [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2010
Vancouver, Canada—July 7, 2010—UBC Mining Engineering alumni who were mentored by former department head Blue Evans in the 1970s have raised almost $120,000 to create a fund as a tribute to the contributions Blue made to their lives.
“Blue was a great teacher, mentor, supporter and role model for young adults aspiring to become engineers. He [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2010
Vancouver, Canada—May 28, 2010—UBC Engineering alumni and students were recognized for their contributions at the inaugural Engineering Excellence Celebration dinner held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver. The event, hosted by Dean Tyseer Aboulnasr, brought together more than 200 alumni, students, faculty, staff and guests of UBC Engineering. By holding the annual [...]
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Posted on April 8, 2010
Kelowna, Canada—April 8, 2010—Tomorrow afternoon (Friday, April 9), second-year Engineering students will race hovercraft they’ve designed and built, and first-year students will unveil novel devices—coin-sorting machines—on April 12 as the School of Engineering at UBC’s Okanagan campus holds its annual Engineering Design Competitions. The public is welcome to attend the competitions and cheer on the [...]
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Posted on November 5, 2009
Event: UBC Engineering Open House Date/Time: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Location: Fred Kaiser Building Atrium 2332 Main Mall, UBC Vancouver For map, visit: www.maps.ubc.ca?313
Meet a robot that’s capable of ultra-precise movements during surgery and get up close and personal with a massive robotic arachnid at the UBC [...]
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