Solar car to make B.C. road trip

Jun 13, 1997

Dozens of B.C. high school students and others will get a close
look at a solar car this summer as UBC’s Solar Car Project hits
the road with an educational exhibition. The project team of UBC
engineering students will review the work that went into creating
each component, shedding a little light on the science, teamwork
and planning involved. The car is an early prototype of what will
eventually evolve into a sophisticated solar race car for competition
in the 1999 Sun Race in the U.S.

  • Contact: Matthew van Wollen, project leader, 604.822.0925.

TRIUMF gift boosts high-tech manufacturing

Sophisticated microfabrication equipment donated to UBC by TRIUMF
will give a boost to the high-tech manufacturing industry in B.C.,
says Tom Tiedje, director of UBC’s Advanced Materials and Process
Engineering Laboratory (AMPEL). The equipment, worth about $1 million,
can be used for making integrated circuits, but will likely be used
at UBC to make micro-electronic and optical devices such as semiconductor
lasers and high speed transistors.

  • Contact: Gavin Wilson, Public Affairs Office, 604.822.2130

Summer music institutes strike the right note

More than 500 students are expected to take part in the UBC Summer
Music Institutes later this month in the Chan Centre for the Performing
Arts. The two, week-long institutes give musicians ages seven to
adult the opportunity to concentrate on their instruments or voice
for up to eight hours each day and interact with School of Music
faculty members and students. Master classes and private lessons
are also available from members of the faculty, Vancouver Symphony
and Vancouver Opera orchestras.

  • Contact: Prof. Martin Berinbaum, School of Music, 604.822.5739

Summer walking tours free, fun and informative

Visitors to UBC can sign up for free walking tours of the campus
during the summer months. The 90-minute tours are offered twice
daily from Monday to Friday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. As well, UBC’s
School and College Liaison Office conducts tours on Friday mornings
designed for prospective students. The Campus Tours office is located
in the main concourse of the Student Union Building, 6138 Student
Union Building Boulevard, next to the bus loop. If arriving by car,
enter at Gate 2 off Wesbrook Mall.

  • Contact: Bonnie Ng or Adrian Bois, tour leaders, 604.822.8687

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