UBC News Digest

The UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC people, research, learning, community, and internationalization initiatives. News Digest past issues are also available on-line.

Apr. 2, 2004

• Student Development Awards Announced
• Nursing profs honoured for excellence
• UBC students win second place at national business plan competition
• Engineering students win first place for seismic design
• Latest In Super-Computing & Visualization Technology on View April 5 and 6
• Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Invites Alumni Back for May 22

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Student Development Awards Announced

The Campus Advisory Board on Student Development (CABSD) has announced the winners of this year’s UBC Student Development Awards. The awards recognize outstanding contributions to the student experience and learning environment at UBC. A reception will be held to honour winners on Monday, April 26, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in The Chapman Learning Commons of the Main Library.

This year’s winners are:

Helen McCrae Award for a service for students provided by AMS, GSS or UBC

• UBC Dance Club
• World University Service of Canada (WUSC)

Margaret Fulton Award for an individual

• Yashar Khalighi (Graduate Student Society)
• Dr. Les Lavkulich (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability)

Alfred Scow Award for an undergraduate program or department

• Wood Products Processing Program

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Nursing profs honoured for excellence

JoAnn Perry and Paula Tognazzini, members of UBC’s School of Nursing faculty, have been honoured by the Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia (RNABC) with awards of excellence in nursing education.

Perry has been recognized for playing a critically important role in the development of nursing education in British Columbia for over 25 years. She is known for her expertise in caring for the elderly, especially those with dementia. Tognazzini has been honoured for her teaching style and genuine love of nursing. Tognazzini's expertise is in mental health and community nursing.

The awards will be presented Monday, April 5 at a special awards ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver.

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UBC students win second place at national business plan competition

UBC integrated engineering students Troy Cressman and Ryan Tung partnered with biochemistry student James Wells to win second place at the Entreprize Entrepreneurship Conference and business plan competition, held in Vancouver on February 27-29. Their plan capitalized on technology used to remove phosphorous from wastewater plants, and explained how the technology, originally developed by civil engineering’s environmental engineering group, could be commercialized to create a win-win-win business model for the municipality, the University Industrial Liaison Office and a UBC spin-off company.

The goal of the Enterprize Entrepreneurship Conference is to be a pre-eminent source of business information. It provides participants with interactive discussion forums, award-winning speakers, business plan competition, as well as networking events with prominent business delegates and representatives from international business schools. Enterprize helps provide the tools to transform entrepreneurial visions into reality.

For more information on Enterprize, visit: http://enterprize.aceubc.ca/index.html.

To learn more about Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship, UBC’s entrepreneurship club, visit: http://www.aceubc.ca/.

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Engineering students win first place for seismic design

Three fourth-year integrated engineering students won first place in the Corporate Design category at the annual Western Engineering Competition and Conference held January 21-25, in Winnipeg, Man., for their MMA Seismic Control Systems design.

Mehrdad Ghods, Adam McCaughan, and Max Sanches designed a light wood-frame wall system that improves upon the seismic response of the current Japanese post and beam shear wall system. The system uses traditional materials and conforms to Japanese building regulations.

After finishing first at the regional competition, the team placed third out of more than 150 entrants at the Canadian Engineering Competition, held March 4-7 in Hamilton, Ont.

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Latest In Super-Computing & Visualization Technology on View April 5 and 6

Visit the SGI Mobile Innovation Centre on April 5 and 6 at UBC and see the latest technology solutions for high-performance computing, storage and visualization. The Mobile Innovation Centre will be of interest to researchers, faculty, students, and staff who are conducting research in areas such as sharing images to aid in surgery, fuel cell development, genomics research, studying global climate, large CAD/CAM modeling or, even taking pictures of Mars. An 18-wheeler showcase will be parked in B4 Lot, across from the Forest Sciences Centre.

For more information, visit: http://www.estrategy.ubc.ca/news/update0403/040324-sgi.html.

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Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Invites Alumni Back for May 22

On May 22nd, the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (BMSC) is hosting a community open house from 1 to 4 p.m. and is inviting all alumni to attend.

In conjunction with the open house, BMSC’s Public Education Programme will be offering, at a small cost, its first 2004 Summer Family Field Trip.

If you have questions or require further information, contact the Public Education Programme via e-mail at public_ed@bms.bc.ca, or by phone at (250) 728-3301 Ext: 226.

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