Engineering students recognized

The Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top 20 Under 20 philanthropists includes UBC student Michael Peters, who just completed his second year of pre-med chemical and biological engineering. Peters has devoted his time to creating a technology for individuals contending with mobility challenges. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/Koi3dF.

At this year’s Toyota Canada AUTO21 HQP Poster National Competition, a team of UBC engineers won Best in Theme A (Health, Safety and Injury Prevention), tied for first place overall, and a $4,000 cash prize for their poster, “Injury Prevention Through Adaptive Seat Design”. For more information, visit http://www.ece.ubc.ca/news/201206/first-and-best-auto21.

PhD students Roza Bidshahri and Hadi Mansoor received the Paul Geyer Graduate Award in Biomedical Engineering. This award recognizes entrepreneurial achievements by graduate students in Biomedical Engineering at UBC who have demonstrated both strong leadership and a high standard of scholarly achievement. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/LKpo7w.