PhD Student Receives 2024 Dean’s Award and ACCE Scholarship
Congratulations to our PhD student – Kuthan Celebi, who was recently honored with the 2024 Dean’s Award for Leadership from the Faculty of Applied Science, and the 2024 Automotive Composites Conference and Expo (ACCE) scholarship by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)! The Dean’s Award for Leadership from the Faculty of Applied Science is an […]
UQ Metallurgy Students Tour the Department of Materials Engineering
Last month, the department hosted the University of Queensland Metallurgy group as part of their study tour visit to UBC. The tour included an exploration of our hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, and mineral processing laboratories, and featured engaging discussions on graduate pathways and postgraduate studies. Student Reflections Aiden Fraser, Penultimate student at the University of Queensland The […]
MTRL Faculty Awarded through 2024 NSERC Discovery Research Program
Congratulations to our faculty members who have recently received Discovery Grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Pushing Performance Limits of Redox Flow Batteries for Clean Energy Storage and Conversion Dr. Kiana Amini Prediction of the Quantity and Quality of Mine Waste Rock Drainage Using a Physics-Informed Machine Learning Approach […]
From Undergraduate to MASc: Maggie Chong’s Impact on Sustainable Composites
Currently an MASc student working in the field of carbon fiber reinforced composites, Maggie Chong completed her BASc in Materials Engineering in 2023. She is the recipient of 2024 Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s Program Award. During her undergraduate degree, she has also received the following awards: NSERC USRA, Frank Forward Memorial Award, and Christina Lim […]
Graduate Teaching Assistant Awarded 2023/24 Killam Award
Congratulations Meet Upadhyay for winning the 2023/24 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award! We are proud to share that Meet, a Graduate Teaching Assistant in our Department of Materials Engineering, has been honored with this Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. Thank you Meet for your dedication and contribution in teaching! UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards […]
2024 MTRL Graduation
Last week, we celebrated the Class of 2024 outstanding achievements, hard work, commitment, and passion. We look forward to seeing all that they will do in the future as they become the future leaders in the world. Congratulations again to the UBC Materials Engineering Class of 2024! We are incredibly proud of our newest alumni and […]
MTRL Faculty Awarded Metal Chemistry Award
Congratulations to our faculty member – Prof. Edouard Asselin for receiving the 2024 Metal Chemistry Award at the recent Canadian Materials Science Conference in Edmonton, Alberta. Dr. Asselin’s research group focuses on aqueous metal extraction and electrometallurgy, addressing longstanding challenges in corrosion and extractive metallurgy. The Metal Chemistry Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field […]
MTRL Students Shine on Design and Innovation Day
Design and Innovation Day is an annual event showcasing the results of engineering students as a result of a year-long dedication and commitment to their undergraduate engineering capstone projects. One of the Materials Engineering students team unveiled a solution for battery recycling in their project entitled “Recycling of lithium-ion batteries (LIBS)”. In partnership with Hatch, […]
Two MTRL Faculty Awarded 2024/25 TLEF Funding
Congratulations to two of our faculty members for receiving the 2024/25 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF)! The TLEF supports UBC’s strategic plan by advancing transformative learning at the university. This year, $2.2 million of TLEF will be supporting 62 new and returning TLEF projects across campus. Integration of Simulation Software Teaching Modules into Materials […]
UBC Volcan Wins Historical Accuracy at TMS Bladesmith Competition
The 2024 UBC Volcan Team made their mark at the annual Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Meeting & Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. This year, six student members had the opportunity to participate in the conference, accompanying their debut entry into the TMS Bladesmithing competition. TMS Bladesmithing is a biennial competition that combines the historical […]