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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

Sooyeol Lee wins Best Poster Award, TMS 2011

judithm — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:48:13 +0000

The Best Poster Award in the Magnesium Technology Session at the TMS Annual Meeting in San Diego earlier this month was awarded to Sooyeol Lee, a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Materials Engineering at UBC. Dr. Lee is currently working at the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre at Chalk River, ON. The poster, entitled [...]

Open house iPod winner announced

APSC Communications — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:33:47 +0000

On Thursday January 20th, the Department hosted an Open House for 1st year Engineering students to learn about the Materials Engineering program and careers. This busy event gave attendees opportunity to talk with faculty and students currently in the program as well as several alumni. Demos of a wide range of materials and [...]

China and Steel: Former Metallurgy Graduate gives talk to Joint Student Chapter

APSC Communications — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:37:07 +0000

On Monday January 17th, the Department enjoyed a technical talk by John Hemmingsen entitled “Engineering and Thinking Outside of the Box”. John spoke about his experiences in the Steel Industry, including 10 years in China from 1998 to 2009. He talked about the challenges of working in China including environmental issues, corruption and water shortages [...]

Lu Yao recipient of Rio Tinto Alcan Research Fellowship

APSC Communications — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:16:54 +0000

Congratulations to Lu Yao! A graduate student in Materials Engineering, Yao is the recipient of a 2010/11 Rio Tinto Alcan Research Fellowship. The Fellowships are for students pursuing graduate and post-graduate degrees in science or engineering and are awarded to one student at each of eight participating Canadian universities each year. Yao came [...]

ASM Award for Beth Sterling, graduate student

APSC Communications — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:29:06 +0000

Congratulations to Beth Sterling, a graduate student in the Department of Materials Engineering, who has been chosen to receive the 2010 ASM Marcus A. Grossman Young Author Award. Beth and 3 others who collaborated on the project, will receive the award for their paper published in 2009, “Sodium Borohydride Reduction of Aqueous Silver-Iron-Nickel Solutions: [...]

David Dixon recipient of major hydrometallurgy award

debbieb — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:41:17 +0000

David Dixon, Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at UBC, has been named as the 2010 recipient of the Sherritt Hydrometallurgy Award. Established in 1976, the annual award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution in the field of hydrometallurgy, whether through research, plant design and operation, education or CIM affairs. The [...]

New Short Course on Corrosion: Principles and Selected Advanced Topics

APSC Communications — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:36:00 +0000

The Corrosion Group Offers a New Short Course on Corrosion: Principles and Selected Advanced Topics. See brochure for details and registration.

Professor Anoush Poursartip gives prestigious public lecture during UBC’s Celebrate Research Week

APSC Communications — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:47:00 +0000

Warren Poole, Anoush Poursartip and John Roberts On Wednesday March 10th, Materials Engineering Professor Anoush Poursartip gave a special public lecture entitled “From Toy Trains to Airplanes: Are we serious about safety?”. The talk was attended by a near capacity crowd at UBC’s Robson Square. The 45 minute talk explored the question of whether our society [...]

Congratulations to Materials Engineering Team for reaching the Semi-Final of TMS Materials Bowl

APSC Communications — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:21:00 +0000

Sina Shahandeh, Hamid Azizi, Mojan Sohi and Tudor Gheorghiu The UBC Joint Student Chapter fielded the team of Sina Shahandeh, Hamid Azizi, Mojan Sohi and Tudor Gheorghiu in the Materials Bowl at the recent 2010 TMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. The Materials Bowl is a fun, “Jeopardy” style trivia game that tests the team’s knowledge [...]