Innovative, aspiring and motivated to make a positive impact鈥攖hese are the qualities shared by three extraordinary students who were recognized for their outstanding work ethic, initiative and engagement by being named as the 2016 Co-op Students of the Year.
Twenty years ago, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) was created to provide funding for the tools--the labs, facilities and equipment--that Canadian researchers need to move ideas, discoveries and inventions forward for the benefit of society and the world around us.
It鈥檚 always gratifying to have data-driven, third party recognition of UVic's global research impact. Thomson Reuters' 2016 list of the world鈥檚 most highly cited researchers includes climate statistician Francis Zwiers, of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, as well as two previously recognized researchers: mechanical engineer Yang Shi and business professor Roy Suddaby.
On Oct. 6, the BC Government announced funding to UVic's West Coast Wave Initiative (WCWI) to support research into the potential of ocean waves to generate clean, renewable and affordable electricity. Since its inception in 2009, WCWI has grown to become the centre of Canadian wave energy research and development.
The BC Government announced funding today to the West Coast Wave Initiative at UVic to support research into the potential of ocean waves to generate clean, renewable and affordable electricity. The Ministry of Energy and Mines is providing $150,000 to purchase a new wave energy measurement buoy.
Dr. Yang Shi has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)鈥攖he highest elected grade of the society鈥檚 membership, awarded to members who have attained excellence in mechanical engineering and who have contributed actively to the progress of their profession and to society.
An ocean explorer striving to preserve fragile marine ecosystems. A physicist unlocking the secrets of the universe. An oceanographer who makes science open and accessible to everyone. A writer who helps us interpret the trials and tribulations of modern life. And two engineers and an entrepreneur who came up with a brilliant idea and ran with it.
UVic mechanical engineering student Devesh Bharadwaj is participating in a nation-wide NSERC competition,聽Science, Action!聽The video contest challenges post-secondary students to film the people, research and innovations that are transforming the way Canadians live and work, and showcases how science and engineering contributes to our understanding of the world and universe around us.
Game programming contests drive student interest, experience and skill鈥攁nd are putting UVic on the map in the programming world On Saturday, Feb. 20, UVic played host to a virtual battle, attended by over 300 students and developers wanting to test their artificial intelligence programming skills. It was the third annual BattleSnake competition. In the classic arcade game Snake, a player maneuvers a growing 鈥渟nake鈥� around the computer screen. As the snake grows in size, it becomes more difficult for the player to avoid making the snake run into itself. BattleSnake builds on this simple game: as the snake eats apples, it grows in size. Run into a wall, your own tail, or another snake鈥檚 tail and it鈥檚 game over. But there鈥檚 a competitive aspect to this version: run head-on into another player鈥檚 snake and the longer one consumes the shorter one.
When UVic鈥檚 civil engineering program first launched in 2013, nested in mechanical engineering, its intent was to grow into the go-to program in Canada for green civil engineering. Under the direction of new chair, industrial ecologist Chris Kennedy, the fledgling department is taking a big step forward.
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.
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.
Compassion and technology combine to make better replacement limbs.
As the incidence of dementia increases in our aging population, it鈥檚 placing an enormous strain on many Canadian families as they care for those living with the progressive condition. CanAssist at the 番茄社区鈥攚hich develops innovative鈥�
The following 番茄社区 expert is available to media to discuss the design options unveiled by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure yesterday as potential improvements to the McKenzie Interchange. Dr. Scott Iverson (Enginee鈥�
Five issues of critical importance to British Columbia鈥攖ransportation, electrical grid integration, energy efficient buildings, forestry, and natural gas development鈥攆orm the basis for five major projects from PICS to be underway May 1.
