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Peter Wall Institute’s Major Thematic Grant awarded on Nanomaterials for Alternative Energy Applications

By Eugene Barsky on March 19, 2012

The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies has announced that a Peter Wall Institute Major Thematic Grant of $500,000 has been awarded to Dr. Michael Wolf, Principal Investigator (Chemistry) for a project entitled “Nanomaterials for Alternative Energy Applications” for the period 2012-2016. http://www.pwias.ubc.ca/awards/thematic-programs/major-thematic-grants.php

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Is the World Tottering on the Precipice of Peak Gold? An excellent article in this week Science

By Eugene Barsky on March 2, 2012

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6072/1038.full?rss=1 Seventeen-hundred-dollar-an-ounce gold is driving a mining frenzy, but analysts are concerned that miners can’t extract gold any faster than they have the past decade.

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Small, Self-Assembling Minirobots Swim, Manipulate Objects – article in Nature Materials

By Eugene Barsky on August 9, 2011

From ASEE First Bell: Popular Science (8/9, Boyle) reports, “Small colonies of swimming magnetic particles can self-assemble into micro-machines that can manipulate other particles,” according a study published in Nature Materials. “The particles can be remotely controlled to grasp and move other objects, which could enable precise and delicate fabrication processes that were previously not [...]

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Transparent Battery Could Bring Us to See-Through Phones.

By Eugene Barsky on July 26, 2011

From the ASEE daily update – First Bell: On its website, MSNBC (7/26, Roach) reports, “Imagine a smartphone that looks like a piece of clear plastic, lighting up to display contacts, a game, the weather, or email from a friend. That future may be upon us thanks to a new, transparent and flexible lithium-ion battery.” [...]

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PhoneOximeter is here

By Eugene Barsky on June 2, 2011

A new oximeter measures blood oxygen level by plugging into mobile phones. The PhoneOximeter, developed by UBC’s Electrical & Computer Engineering in Medicine, can detect signs of low blood oxygen levels, thereby preventing brain damage or death from an overdose of anesthesia. The device, which clips onto a finger to link to a clinician’s phone, [...]

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International Business Times article on a Study that Finds Biofuels May Be Less Green Than Fossil Fuels.

By Eugene Barsky on May 17, 2011

From ASEE daily news digest: The International Business Times (5/17) reports that researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in a study funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and Air Force Research Labs, found that “biofuels may pollute the environment much more heavily if the process used to make them isn’t done in the right [...]

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APSC 150 – Wed, 2 February, 4:30pm – 5:00pm in FSC 1005

By Eugene Barsky on February 1, 2011

Heidi Schiller and I will be offering an APSC 150 class on Wed, 2 February, 4:30pm – 5:00pm in FSC 1005. The library class page is here – http://toby.library.ubc.ca/ereserve/er-coursepage.cfm?id=2411

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APSC 262 – Tue, 1 February, 11am – 12pm in MCLD 228

By Eugene Barsky on February 1, 2011

Teaching APSC 262 class – Tue, 1 February, 11am – 12pm in MCLD 228. Library course page is here – http://toby.library.ubc.ca/ereserve/er-coursepage.cfm?id=2500

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APSC 150 – Engineering Cases – Wed, 26 January

By Eugene Barsky on January 25, 2011

APSC 150 students will see us on Wed, 26 January, 8:30am – 9:00am and Wed, 26 January, 3:30pm – 4:00pm for a short class talking about researching engineering failures. Here is the library class page – http://toby.library.ubc.ca/ereserve/er-coursepage.cfm?id=2411

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APSC 201 and APSC 176 sessions this week

By Eugene Barsky on January 17, 2011

This week APSC 201 and APSC 176 students will see Kevin Read, Heidi Schiller , Andre Iwanchuk and myself coming to their classes to talk libraries. We will show the major engineering databases, ebook packages and talk about evaluating engineering information. We have booked six (6) sessions this week…see you in one of those!

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