Quake Global Inc. donation enables hands on education in M2M technology
Students at UBC will now be able to get hands-on experience in developing satellite machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, thanks to a donation from Quake Global, Inc., a leading manufacturer of M2M devices for terrestrial and satellite networks. “We are very grateful to QUAKE for providing these state-of-the-art tools for our students,” said Professor David Michelson, who heads […]
Energy Aware’s successful Kickstarter campaign funds energy saving sensor
Neurio is a sensor made by Energy Aware that tracks the use of power by appliances in the home. The company raised nearly $267,373 through Kickstarter to help bring the sensor to market. This terrific invention originated as Janice Cheam’s team project in New Venture Design, a course that brings business students together with engineering students. Now […]
ECE team recieve Best Student Paper Award at IEEE SENSOR
Babak Assadsangabi, Xing Chen, Dan Brox and Prof. Kenichi Takahata received the Best Student Paper Award at IEEE SENSORS Conference for their submission titled, Microfabrication of Capacitive Pressure Sensors Using Ferrofluid Sacrificial Layer. The team concluded that ferrofluid is a practical sacrificial layer material in fabricating capacitive pressure sensors. The sensor fabrication process is simple and […]
Getting paid to use energy at just the right time: benefits of load management
By aggregating and controlling the energy use of large-scale equipment, load management can offer industry and municipalities a new source of revenue without sacrificing productivity. The idea behind load management is to carefully control the use of flexible loads, loads that are less time sensitive such as water heaters or the heating or cooling systems […]
What Really Moves a Ouija Board?
Image by Sarah Mae Worden, courtesy of Inner Intelligence Project The answer has ranged from spirits to pranksters. For over 100 years scientists have attributed this movement to the ideometer effect, referring to unintentional small muscle movements occurring outside of conscious control. At the UBC Visual Cognition Lab, engineering, computer science and psychology have joined forces to […]
Smoothing the Bumps in Energy Reliability: ECE explores energy storage for sustainability
Heating up buildings in the winter, cranking up the air conditioner in the summer and lighting up our work places are routine events in our daily rhythm, but what would happen if the energy powering these activities was not there when you needed it? UBC operations and ECE faculty together with the industry partners Alpha […]
Secure and Efficient Trade with Asia: ECE’s Aurora project is breaking the bottlenecks in commercial transport
For many of us, the daily commute is a routine activity to or from work. However, every now and then, accidents, construction or poor weather conditions cause delays and aggravation. When shipping materials is your livelihood, these delays cost time, money and have an impact on the environment. The UBC Aurora project, led by Dave […]