UBC News Digest

Apr 2, 2004

The UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC
people, research, learning, community, and internationalization
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Apr. 2, 2004

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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.