Message of Shiva Madadkhani, VP Academic of CHBE GSC

Greetings from the CHBE Graduate Students Club,

We are pleased to announce that the Professional Development Seminar Series is back! Our first speaker of the year will be Dr. Vikram Yadav. He joined the department as an assistant professor last summer and will be talking about his journey in the academia.

The emphasis of the seminar will be on answering graduate students’ questions. So don’t be shy to bring your burning questions to the session!

We look forward to seeing you on March 11 at 3:00 pm in CHBE 202.

Seminar information:

Title: My experiences as a young academician 
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Place: CHBE 2.02

Professional development speaker series:

In this monthly seminar series, successful professionals such as faculty members and/or alumni of CHBE department share the stories of their career paths including making important career decisions. These highly interactive seminars provide an excellent opportunity to hear and learn from instructing and exciting experiences of the speakers. We believe these seminars are beneficial for graduate students in developing the skills necessary for professional work environment in academia/industry.

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Dear members of UBC CHBE,

A notice from Marlene Chow, our Manager of Technical and Physical Resources.

To comply with BC’s Workers Compensation Act Policy Guidelines and UBC’s Respectful Environment policy, CHBE has scheduled bullying and harassment training sessions. All employees must complete the course either online or in person.
Important Note: All students that receive pay for work (TA, research etc) are considered employees and need to have this training. Individuals need only attend one training session or do the online training.
The training sessions are open to all CHBE faculty, staff and students including summer students. If you have taken the online version you are more than welcome to also attend the more in-depth comprehensive workshop.
Thursday, May 8 – 10:00 – 11:00 am – Room CHBE 202
Tuesday, May 13 – 1:00 – 2:00 pm – Room CHBE 202
Please select the time that you will attend by using the Doodle poll at: http://doodle.com/7w69svmg29a3cht3. If you cannot attend a session, additional sessions can be scheduled. Refreshments will be served.

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Greetings from CHBE Graduate Students Club,

We are pleased to announce Dr. Eric Jervis as the speaker of the upcoming seminar in the professional development series. He is the Principal Scientist at Stemcell Technologies, leading the Bioengineering research group. Before moving to this industrial position, Dr. Jervis had been a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He is an alumnus of CHBE and a member of Industrial Advisory Committee of the department. A short biography of him is HERE.

Seminar information:

Title: What do I wish someone had told me 20 years ago – and what has changed since
Date: March 31, 2014
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Place: CHBE 2.02 (2360 East Mall)

Professional development speaker series:

In this monthly seminar series, successful professionals such as faculty members and/or alumni of CHBE department share the stories of their career paths including making important career decisions. These highly interactive seminars provide an excellent opportunity to hear and learn from instructing and exciting experiences of the speakers. Also, we believe these seminars are beneficial for graduate students in developing the skills necessary for professional work environment in academia/industry.

We look forward to seeing you on March 31 at 12:00 pm in CHBE 202.

Kind regards,
CHBE Graduate Students Club,

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Greetings from Graduate Students Club,

Re: Professional Development Seminar Series

“No matter what you plan on doing in your career, you will not be doing it alone. Whether you are in industry or academia, you must be able to explain your ideas, share your knowledge, and guide your team’s decision making…”

We are pleased to announce Dr. Patrick Littlejohn as the speaker of the upcoming seminar in the professional development series. Dr. Littlejohn completed his BASc and MASc in UBC Material Engineering and earned his PhD at the University of Queensland, Australia, in Chemical Engineering in 2013. Patrick is currently the Senior Technology Development Specialist at BioteQ Environmental Technologies.

This seminar is on the importance of public speaking as an engineer. Learn how to choose a message that resonates with your audience and find out what you can do to develop your public speaking skills while you are a postgraduate at UBC.

Seminar information:

Title: Public Speaking for Engineering Grad Students
Date: February 17, 2014
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Place: CHBE 2.02 (2360 East Mall)

Professional development seminar series:

In this monthly seminar series, successful professionals such as faculty members and/or alumni of UBC Engineering department share the stories of their career paths including making important career decisions. These highly interactive seminars provide an excellent opportunity to hear and learn from instructing and exciting experiences of the speakers. We believe these seminars are beneficial for graduate students in developing the skills necessary for professional work environment in academia/industry.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday, February 17 at 12:00 pm in CHBE 202.

Kind regards,
VP Academic team
CHBE Graduate Students Club

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The department started the Bring Lunch & Learn (L&L) Series a few years ago. Since last September, with the addition staff support provided by Ms. Marlene Chow, our new Manager of Technical and Physical Resources, L&L has become a regular workshop during lunch time, where attendees bring their lunch and learn from the workshop. The workshop welcomes everyone in UBC that is interested.

The first lunch & Learn of the term is Next Monday, January 27th
From 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM in ROOM 318.
For more info, refer to the poster below. 

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Greetings from Graduate Students Club,

We are pleased to announce Mr. Claudio Arato as the speaker of the upcoming seminar in the professional development series. He is the Director of Engineering at Sonoro Energy, leading research, development and technology commercialization efforts. He is also a Senior Engineer of S2GBioChem, a UBC-based cleantech startup company. Mr. Arato was elected as an Engineers Canada Fellow in 2011 and received Community Leadership Award from UBC Faculty of Applied Science in 2013. He has also been a member of Industrial Advisory Committee of CHBE department for over ten years. A short biography of him is HERE.

Seminar information:

Title: Applications in Engineering – Opportunity & Risk in a Changing World
Date: January 13, 2014 (Monday)
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Place: CHBE 2.02 (2360 East Mall)

Professional development seminar series:

In this monthly seminar series, successful professionals such as faculty members and/or alumni of CHBE department share the stories of their career paths including making important career decisions. These highly interactive seminars provide an excellent opportunity to hear and learn from instructing and exciting experiences of the speakers. Also, we believe these seminars are beneficial for graduate students in developing the skills necessary for professional work environment in academia/industry.

We look forward to seeing you on January 13 at 12:00 pm in CHBE 202.

Kind regards,
VP Academic team
CHBE Graduate Students Club

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Honeywell representative will explain the safety instruments and devices that can be used in the laboratory.

Everyone is welcome, from CHBE or not!

Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Usual Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Usual Location: Room 202

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Hi everyone,

The Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Club is organizing a seminar series where the faculty members of our department share the stories of achieving their first faculty positions as well as making
important career decisions. These highly interactive seminars provide an excellent opportunity to hear instructing, exciting and valuable experiences of our faculty members and can prove very helpful in developing skills necessary for professional work environments in academia and industry.

We are pleased to announce Dr. Shahab Sokhansanj as the speaker of the upcoming seminar in the series. Dr. Sokhansanj P.Eng. is a distinguished research and development staff at Oak Ridge National laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He is also a Professor emeritus  University of Saskatchewan and adjunct Professor University of British Columbia. His expertise is in harvest and post harvest engineering of biomaterials. Dr. Sokhansanj  is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Bioengineering and a Fellow of American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers, and Fellow of Engineers Canada.

For more information about Dr. Sokhansanj please see the attached files and,

http://www.chbe.ubc.ca/faculty-staff/sokhansanj.php

In this presentation, he will share his experiences of a professional career and the challenge to balance research, teaching and personal interests

The seminar information:

 Date: November 27, 2013
 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
 Place: CHBE 2.02

We hope to see you there.

Thank you,

CHBE GSC

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