UBC Materials Engineering News

MTRL hosts successful Open House event

judithm — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:18:34 +0000

On Thursday January 26th, the Department hosted a very popular Open House event for first year engineering students and others interested in studying Materials Engineering. Faculty and current students were on hand to demonstrate a wide variety of materials and engineering applications, answer questions and discuss the opportunities the program offers. A draw was held for [...]

MTRL alumna Pearl Sullivan named Dean of Engineering at Waterloo

judithm — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:28:31 +0000

Vancouver, Canada—February 2, 2012—Dr. Pearl Sullivan (PhD ’90, MTRL), award winning professor, accomplished researcher and UBC alumna, has been appointed as the University of Waterloo’s Dean of Engineering effective July 1, 2012. Originally from Malaysia, Sullivan earned her PhD in Materials Engineering at UBC under the supervision of Dr. Anoush Poursartip. “Pearl was my second PhD student, [...]

UBC gains $9.8M federal investment to advance Canadian composites industry

APSC Communications — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:09:49 +0000

Businesses in western Canada’s manufacturing sector will be able to increase their competitive edge thanks to a federal investment of $9.8 million announced today at the University of British Columbia. At UBC’s Vancouver campus, Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, unveiled the pan-western Composites Research Network (CRN) which aims [...]

MTRL’s own Best Picture winners 2011

judithm — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:27:41 +0000

Student teams in fourth year class MTRL 451, Microstructural Analysis Lab, have been applying techniques in using the department’s electron microscope lab. A class competition produced some excellent images and two winners, shown here: First place was awarded to ″Black and white” by Team Rocket; Second place went to “Frozen” by Group B2. The judging panel [...]

MTRL Potluck Games Night

judithm — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:09:06 +0000

On Thursday November 10th, MTRL students got together for games and a potluck dinner. Around 30 students attended from 2nd, 3rd and 4th year as well as some from other departments. The evening, organized by Calvina Martin, MTRL Social Coordinator, was a good opportunity to get together and everyone enjoyed the great food, fun games [...]

A return visit to MTRL

judithm — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:31:57 +0000

Faculty members were delighted to welcome Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay to the department when he visited Vancouver earlier this month from Bangalore, India. Dr. Chattopadhyay completed his PhD here in 1986, working with Professor Alec Mitchell. While he has maintained his contact with the Department, he had not had opportunity to visit until his current work [...]

MTRL student newsletter September 2011

judithm — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:15:06 +0000

The Department of Materials Engineering newsletter, produced by current MTRL students, is now available: MTRL Newsletter – September 2011 To contact the editor: alan.rego@yahoo.ca

2nd Yr students visit airplane servicing at AVEOS

judithm — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:48:33 +0000

On October 18th, seventeen students from 2nd Year Materials Engineering visited Aveos Fleet Performance Inc. at Vancouver Airport, accompanied by Dr. Tom Troczynski. Mark Roesler of Aveos provided an excellent tour of the facility, going step-by-step around partially disassembled planes and engines. The highlight was the main hangar where three Boeing 767s were being serviced. [...]

CTV News calls on Tom Troczynski

judithm — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:47:21 +0000

Dr. Tom Troczynski featured on CTV News on August 31st in the “Steele on Your Side” segment, hosted by Lynda Steele, a consumer reporter. A Vancouver resident had contacted the station after her Bosch oven door shattered, sending shards of glass across her kitchen. Dr. Troczynski was contacted and asked to give a materials engineer’s perspective [...]

UBC and Toyota receive federal funds to re-invent wheel manufacturing

APSC Communications — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:58:37 +0000

Vancouver, Canada—August 29, 2011—The University of British Columbia and Toyota have received a federal grant to develop a new process for producing stronger, lighter and lower-cost aluminum wheels. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded UBC and Toyota $727,000 from its Automotive Partnership Canada program to refine [...]