AIChE Pacific Northwest Conference 2015 Judging Opportunities

Posted on March 25, 2015 by JunSian Lee

Message from Frances Torrey Sirdevan, Vice-President of Sponsorship AIChE Pacific Northwest 2015

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is an organization made up of Chemical Engineering students, for Chemical Engineering students. On April 17th-19th, 2015, CHBE will be hosting AIChE’s Pacific North-west regional conference. Undergraduate student leaders from across the Pacific Northwestern region of the US and Canada will gather to Connect the Dots of their past and present learning experiences in efforts to build sustainable, bright futures.
Throughout the conference, we will be hosting four exciting competitions: 1. Chem-E-Car 2. Paper presentation 3. Poster Presentation 4. Chem-E-Jeopardy We are looking for graduate students who would be interested in judging our competitions and being involved with our conference on either/both April 18th and April 19th, 2015.

Please contact us if you are interested: Torrey Sirdevan Vice-President of Sponsorship AIChE Pacific Northwest 2015. ftssirdevan@gmail.com.

Reflection after the town hall meeting

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Naoko Ellis

Thank-you all for coming out to the town hall meeting. I hope it has served you in some way. I will be processing your input for the next few weeks, and sharing them with the faculty over the retreat. I look forward to starting a dialogue and working with many of you in the near future.

One thing that came to me after the session was this challenge of bringing all stakeholders of CHBE together to work towards common goals. The potential barriers that are present can be personal, situational, institutional, etc. I hope that we can work together to minimize many those barriers. We need all of you to recognize where you can make a difference and take charge.

To share my wish…. is to co-create an intellectual community that supports rich educational experience for all in CHBE.

I appreciated Vernique coming out and sharing her point of view. I loved the story of her being rescued when wind surfing, and tying it in with her message of knowing your goals – i.e., know where you are headed.

I hope the graduate lounge reno completes soon, giving us a change to gather again and celebrate.

The slides are posted in Doc Central which is accessible from logging into CHBE IT site. Thanks for those who came early to help set up. I was disappointed to see those who only came for food at the end.

Until next time!
Cheers,
naoko

UBC Student Safety Abroad Registry

Posted on March 20, 2015 by JunSian Lee

Message from the department of UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering

If you are traveling abroad for a conference, research, studies please take a minute to register with the UBC Student Safety Abroad Registry. In the event of an emergency, such as a natural disaster, UBC will help coordinate your return home. For more information, please refer to this link:

http://safetyabroad.ubc.ca/

The link to complete the UBC Student Safety Abroad Registry is on the right hand side of the page, under the picture.

Grad Lounge Renovation

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Sonal Ayakar

Message by Marlene Chow, CHBE Technical Resource Manager and Dr. Naoko Ellis

The graduate lounge is being renovated.
This has been made possible by the generous donation by Tyler Lewis’ parents, Lynn and Graham. Please see below for details. We apologize for the disturbance this may cause. Please let Marlene and I know if you have any concerns or questions.

The project includes:
– replacement of existing carpet tiles with new linoleum and carpet tiles
– supply and installation of piping for water supply and drain
– supply and installation of cabinets and sink (north side of room)
– supply and installation of counter under window (south side of room)
The construction will start March 9 with removing all items not removed by the students (i.e. furniture etc.)
– installation of tubing to water cooler (no longer require filling of water bottles)
– all necessary electrical to permit operating of two microwaves and toaster/coffee maker at the same time.
– painting
– supply and installation of blinds

The construction is to start March 9 with cleanup of removal of all items in room and removal of carpet tiles. It will take 3-4 weeks to complete. The complexity of the installation is related to coring holes and running supply and drain piping through Dr. Smith’s lab.

The schedule was based on when funding was secured, availability of Building Operations and a desire to complete the project so that Tyler’s friends will still be here and able to participate in an opening ceremony with Tyler’s family.

While this is disruptive, I hope that there is an understanding that the Grad Lounge renovation will be a vast improvement.

APSC 3MT winner is CHBE student Jeanette Leeuwner

Posted on March 9, 2015 by JunSian Lee

Winners of APSC Grad Research Showcase

On March 3rd, 2015, as a recognition to the winners, top department presenters for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) gathered at Kaiser
2020/2030 for the faculty of ASPC Grad Research Showcase – Peek into the World of Grad Research. The event showcased the winners’ presentations.
All Engineering graduate students, faculty and staff were invited to encourage and celebrate the students as they prepare for the next stage in the competition – the UBC semi-final on March 10th.

To simulate the actual 3MT competition, three commmunication experts:
Lou Corpuz-bosshart , Media Relations Specialist (UBC Public Affairs), Margaret Doyle, Digital Storyteller (UBC Brand/Marketing), Julie Ovenell, Director, Communications & Marketing (UBC VPRI) were invited to judge and to provide comments.

Jeanette Leeuwner from Chemical & Biological Engineering won the first prize with her presentation, entitled “Engineering fuel cells for the future”. The runners up are Tim Rogers and Samantha Grist from Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as Amir Shoolestani from Civil Engineering.

The next step is the UBC wide semi-finals on Mar 10!
Hope you can join us in supporting Jeanette this Tuesday.

3MT is an UBC competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills by presenting in just three minutes the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience.

Similar article is posted on the official CHBE website: http://www.chbe.ubc.ca/2015/03/06/apsc-3mt-winner-is-chbe-student-jeanette-leeuwner/

CHBE GSC Professional Development Seminar 2015 – Mar 11 – Dr. Vikram Yadav

Posted on March 6, 2015 by JunSian Lee

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.

CHBE Graduate Students Council

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