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2015 Schulich Leadership Scholars
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Two recent high school graduates, from Victoria and Surrey respectively, have been selected to receive this year鈥檚 prestigious Schulich Leadership Scholarship for their undergraduate studies at the 番茄社区. Created in 2011 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Seymour Schulich, the scholarships聽are awarded annually to 40 students in Canada pursuing undergraduate studies in STEM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The scholarship for engineering studies is $80,000 and $60,000 for the other areas of study.
Model UN climate negotiations
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In an early preview of the challenges world leaders face when negotiating international agreements on climate change (such as this December鈥檚 UN meeting in Paris), two UVic students and a business professor got to embark on an opportunity of a lifetime鈥攖ravelling to Switzerland to attend the Model United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. This annual international event is hosted by leading business graduate students and professors across Europe and provides the opportunity for scholars studying climate change to engage in mock climate negotiations. These mock negotiations were an opportunity to engage in debate, to strategize towards fulfilling an assigned country鈥檚 interests and, as a collective, to negotiate a best-draft resolution to climate challenges facing the global community.
Building a tree-planting robot
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Many students spend their summers tromping through slash-piles and battling blackflies to replant Canada鈥檚 forests. Two UVic engineering undergrads took a different approach: they designed and built a tree-planting robot with the idea of supplementing the humans鈥 hard work.聽 鈥淭reeRover鈥 is the brainchild of third-year electrical engineering students Nick Birch and Tyler Rhodes. Through an entrepreneurial co-op work term, they formed their own company鈥擨ota Enterprises鈥攖o build their robot prototype in Rhodes鈥 Saanich backyard.
From campus to incorporated
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When Sean Cunningham, Carissa Ouellette and Matt Holland started working on their final engineering design project last September, they had no idea that it would become the foundation for a new company, but they knew they were onto something really exciting.聽 The three electrical engineering students began their joint 鈥3D Stereo Navigation鈥 project, an audio-based GPS mobile application for the visually impaired, and soon discovered that what they were working on had never been done successfully in the academic or commercial world.
Fuel cell-powered studies
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Co-ops confirm international student鈥檚 career choice in engineering When Ana茂ssia Franca transferred to UVic after the second year of her engineering science program in France, communicating was her biggest challenge.聽 鈥淚 had a good understanding of English鈥攂ut trying to contribute my ideas in group projects when you鈥檙e the only woman and there鈥檚 a language barrier? That was very hard,鈥 she says.聽
Mapping the Earth鈥檚 groundwater
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Groundwater: it鈥檚 one of the planet鈥檚 most exploited, most precious natural resources. It ranges in age from months to millions of years old. Around the world, there鈥檚 increasing demand to know how much we have and how long before it鈥檚 tapped out.
Within reach
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Compassion and technology combine to make better replacement limbs.
A passport stamped "experience"
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Electrical engineering grad Sarah Allan explored her personal and professional interests at home and abroad while at UVic鈥攖hanks in large part to the co-op program. 鈥淭aking part in the co-op program allowed me to explore many of my personal interests,鈥 she says. 鈥淚t also allowed me to gain industry knowledge that wouldn鈥檛 have possible in a traditional degree program.鈥
Masterminds 2015
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This year鈥檚 series of Masterminds free public lectures traverses an eclectic terrain of ideas. A singer, trombone player and a tuba player meet on stage to play music and tell stories about some of their life-changing musical experiences. A computer scientist compares historical and current photographs of mountain glaciers as part of an investigation into the effects of climate change in the West. A medical anthropologist combines research, storytelling and zombie metaphors as part of a cautionary tale of stress in our culture. And a linguist and app developer uses sound and video to demonstrate how we produce language.
2015 Craigdarroch Research Awards
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A historian who is increasing our understanding of Islam. An engineer and a computer scientist who are making our lives easier with new technologies. A nurse who is helping the terminally ill and their families cope. And a performing artist who inspires us to better appreciate the world around us.
Valerie King named ACM Fellow
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Dr. Valerie King (computer science) has been named a 2014 ACM Fellow by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for her contributions to randomized algorithms, especially dynamic graph algorithms and fault tolerant distributed computing. Her work in randomized algorithms allows networked computers, working together to solve a problem, to recognize invading malware so that they can ignore the information sent by bad computers and continue to coordinate with the good ones. The association recognizes ACM members鈥 creativity and commitment to the study of computer science.
Co-op Students of the Year
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Each year, we bestow three Co-op Student of the Year awards to recognize students' outstanding achievements in all aspects of performance, including academic achievement, workplace performance, and extracurricular, community and co-op involvement. One winning student is selected from each of our three major program areas.
My UVic Life student blog
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Life for a university student isn鈥檛 just essays, exams and ramen noodles鈥攁lthough those are a big part of it. There are also yoga raves, nights of uninterrupted Netflix marathons, awkward icebreakers and friendships that will last a lifetime. Whether you're a high school student wondering what's like to be an undergraduate student at UVic or a current student looking to share in your classmates鈥 experiences, you鈥檒l find something new in a blogging project that spotlights student life at UVic.
Listening to the 鈥渧oice鈥 of proteins
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When UVic engineering professor Dr. Reuven Gordon describes the biomedical engineering technique of listening to and recording the 鈥渧oice鈥 of proteins, it sounds a lot like a modern take on Horton Hears a Who, Dr. Seuss鈥檚 children鈥檚 story of an elephant who hears a voice calling from a microscopic dust speck. 鈥淓verything small has resonances. Everything has a voice,鈥 Gordon says of the protein molecules measuring a single nanometer in size鈥攖he building blocks of life that are a million times smaller than an ant and emit sound at a frequency a million times higher than the human ear can hear.
Engineering a campus culture shift
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Some people are born leaders, and convocating graduate Tiffany Yu undoubtedly falls into that category. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Yu saw a need in the Faculty of Engineering and set out to create change, becoming heavily involved with the Engineering Student Society (ESS). After attending the National Conference on Women in Engineering, Yu was inspired to create a women in engineering group at UVic. With help from faculty members and fellow ESS members Taylor Entz and Alisa Minderova, Leadership Through Diversity was born.
UVic Aero team national competition
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The UVic AERO Team鈥40 mechanical, electrical, and computer and software engineering undergrads who design, build and fly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones鈥攃ame away from this year鈥檚 national student unmanned aerial systems competition with a third place win in the operational phase category.
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