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Elizabeth Croft

UBC’s ‘robot kindergarten’ trains droids of the future

UBC’s ‘robot kindergarten’ trains droids of the future

Less than 100 years from now, robots will be friendly, useful participants in our homes and workplaces, predicts UBC mechanical engineering professor and robotics expert Elizabeth Croft.

May 26, 2016

New plaque at UBC commemorates École Polytechnique tragedy

New plaque at UBC commemorates École Polytechnique tragedy

UBC joins the rest of Canada in paying tribute to the 14 women killed at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, with a new commemorative plaque.

Dec 4, 2014

Making it cool for girls to study engineering, science and technology

Why aren’t more girls going into engineering, science and technology? Elizabeth Croft, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of British Columbia, has some ideas why not and what to do about it.

Oct 4, 2010

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