Electric Spirit
The ECE head, heart and hands stormed the wall yesterday. This year’s team: Andre Ivanov (swim), Suzi Maginley (sprint), Darla La Pierre (run), Shahriar Mirabbasi (bike) and Manfred Bultmann (wall anchor). Nice Work!
Citizenship and Immigration Canada: Federal Skilled Worker Program
Canadian Government Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) Program for international PhD studentsEffective November 5, 2011, the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program gained a new eligibility stream for international students pursuing doctoral (PhD) studies at Canadian institutions.Full application details are available on the Government of Canada website:http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2011/ob351.asp Application specifics: * Applications must be from international students who […]
First Canadian Student to Win the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship: Wilson Fung
Wilson Fung, a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Dr. Tor Aamodt, has become the first Canadian student to win the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship. Wilson was selected for this award as one of twelve Ph.D. students from hundreds of applicants from three dozen countries around the world. His current research focuses on architecture and […]
Dr. Pulfrey, known for “concise, crystal-clear derivations,” retires
When Professor David Pulfrey, P.Eng., came to UBC in 1968 as a postdoctoral teaching fellow, he planned to stay only a year. Forty-three years later, he’s retiring from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering after a distinguished career. Named a Fellow of IEEE (2000) and the Canadian Academy of Engineering (2002), Pulfrey published over […]
Most Significant Papers in FPGA
Congratulations to Dr. Steve Wilton and Dr. Guy Lemieux whose papers were chosen as two of the 25 most significant papers written in the last twenty years on FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays). The list of significant papers, described as key building blocks in wide use throughout industry and academia, was announced at the 20th International Symposium […]
Samantha Grist wins 3MT Semi-Finals
Samantha Grist, doctoral student under the supervision of Karen Cheung, won the campus-wide semi-finals at the 3 minute thesis competition. The final round of the competition is today at noon in the Graduate Student Centre Ballroom, 6371 Crescent Road. Good luck Samantha! More about 3MT
Deepak Gautam wins APEC Outstanding Presentation Award
Deepak S. Gautam, a PhD student in power electronics received an Outstanding Presentation Award at this year’s Applied Power Electronics Conference. In the poster Deepak describes a novel zero voltage switching full-bridge converter with trailing edge pulse width modulation and capacitive output filter is presented. The target application for this work is the second stage […]
Dr. Schober awarded 2011 Steacie Memorial Fellowship
Robert Schober was awarded a 2011 Steacie Memorial Fellowship. Schober’s many theoretical and applied discoveries have helped set new standards for the wireless industry. Dr. Schober’s latest research efforts build on the growing trend towards designing co-operative wireless networks. This challenges traditional approaches to network design, which assume communication can take place only between specified […]
Johnty Wang creates speech using hand gestures
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a voice synthesizer that allows people to speak by simply moving their hands. Johnty Wang, a master’s student in electrical and computer engineering, is part of a team creating the Digital Ventriloquist Actor, or DiVA – a pair of special gloves equipped with 3D sensors that […]
MobiChill wins Enterprize Canada Competition
Kaizen Biomedical’s MobiChill, took first place and the people’s choice award at the Enterprize Canada National Business Plan Competition. Congratulations to the team brought together in APSC 486/New Venture Design: Annelies Tjebbes (ECE), Neal O’Grady (MECH) and Mayank Kalra (MECH), and Sauder School of Business students Derek Li, Jennifer Vlasiu and Stephanie Wilson.