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Read the latest news from the UBC Marine Systems Initiative.
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October 17, 2021UBC Researchers visit HMCS Harry de Wolf
On 2 October 2021, Profs. David Michelson (Director of MSI), Christine Chen and Juri Jatskevich visited HMCS Harry de Wolf, Canada's newest warship, following its successful transit of the Northwest Passage. The researchers were given detailed briefings concerning the ship's communications,…
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February 20, 2020UBC to host International Marine Design Conference in 2022
UBC has been selected to host IMDC 2022. More details of the event will be posted on the web page here: www.imdc2022.org
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December 10, 2019Announcing our 2nd Annual Industry Workshop to be held March 4, 2020
Go to Future Ship: UBC Marine Systems Initiative Industry Workshop for more details.
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October 30, 2019HULL TESTING RETURNS TO UBC AFTER 12 YEARS
On Tuesday, October 8th, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME) graduate students embarked on the waters of the Fraser River delta to test model ship hulls, marking the first time hull testing has been done by students at UBC in the last twelve years. This has been facilitated by the…
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July 2, 2019UBC SUMMER SESSION INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO MARINE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
As part of the Marine Systems Initiative, an Introduction to Marine Systems Engineering Summer Session was held June 25th - June 28th, 2019. This was the first time this program has been offered and was well attended by graduate and undergraduate students from across many…
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April 5, 2019Inaugural Industry Workshop Launches Marine Systems Initiative at UBC
Over 120 delegates from industry, academia and the Canadian armed forces attended the UBC Marine Systems Initiative workshop on 15th March 2019 at UBC. This full-day event was the inaugural industry workshop for the recently announced Marine Systems Initiative that will focus on electrical and…
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March 20, 2019Vard $1.5 million gift advances marine engineering research and learning at UBC
Donation aims to promote innovation and ease shortage of electrical and shipboard systems engineers. The University of British Columbia has received a $1.5 million donation that is expected to advance naval architecture and marine engineering education and promote innovative technologies in Canada…