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SAE Digital Library enhancements

By Ursula Ellis on December 20, 2011

The Society of Automotive Engineers’ database, SAE Digital Library, has some new features. Records now include a complete list of references cited in each article, and citations can be easily exported in BibTex, EndNote or RefWorks formats. You can also search by publisher to find biomechanics reports by AAAM, IRCOBI, and STAPP; many of these [...]

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Google Awarded Patent For Autonomous Vehicle.

By Eugene Barsky on December 16, 2011

From ASEE Daily briefing:   BBC News (12/16) reports, “A US patent for self-driving cars has been awarded to Google.”

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Engineering Failures – Leaning Big Ben and Co.

By Eugene Barsky on October 24, 2011

From today Economist‘s blog: THE British Parliament’s Clock Tower (more commonly known as Big Ben) is leaning north-west by 0.26 degrees, or 17 inches (43.5cm), according to documents that were recently made public. But Big Ben isn’t alone; architects have been correcting the Leaning Tower of Pisa since the 1170s when it was still being [...]

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Stanford Researcher Explains How Google’s Self-Driving Vehicle Works.

By Eugene Barsky on October 20, 2011

From ASEE daily briefing: Popular Science (10/20, Kane) reports, “Sebastian Thrun, a Stanford professor and head of the project, and Google engineer Chris Urmson, delivered a keynote speech at the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in San Francisco, explaining how the” Google’s self-driving fleet of Priuses work. “The ‘heart of the system’ [...]

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UBC Thunderbird Robotics hosts the 7th Annual International Autonomous Robot Racing Competition (IARRC) over the July 23rd – 24th weekend.

By Eugene Barsky on July 18, 2011

UBC Thunderbird Robotics hosts the 7th Annual International Autonomous Robot Racing Competition (IARRC) over the July 23rd – 24th weekend. IARRC is aimed at promoting R&D efforts into fully autonomous small-size ground vehicles – in particular the associated artificial intelligence software systems that run these vehicles. Student teams attending in the competition are expected to [...]

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Author Posting of IEEE Copyrighted Papers Online

By Kevin Lindstrom on March 18, 2011

In November 2010, the PSPB approved changes to Section 8.1.9 of the IEEE PSPB Operations Manual that more clearly define for IEEE authors which version of their papers are appropriately available for their own reuse. These policy revisions enable IEEE to exercise better control over its intellectual property, while still offering authors substantial rights to [...]

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Access to SAE Digital Library from 1906 to current now available from UBC Library subscription!

By Aleteia Greenwood on March 2, 2011

Through the SAE Digital Library you now have access to SAE technical papers archives. Previously 1998 to present was available; you can now access from 1906 to the present. This excellent resource supports research on topics in mobility including submersibles, hemp components for automobiles, unmanned vehicles, flying cars, and automobile research that supports construction of [...]

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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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