News
After More Than a Year Lost at Sea, Ada Has Been Found
Date: Dec 05, 2017
The first day of December brought good news to the UBC Sailbot team – their lost Sailbot was discovered off the coast of Florida. In August 2016, the UBC Sailbot Ada — an autonomous sailboat designed and built by UBC students — was launched off the coast of Newfoundland with the goal of crossing the […]
Alumnus Story – Donghee Kim
Date: Aug 24, 2017
After completing the one-year professional master’s degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, mechanical engineer Donghee Kim made a successful career shift to pursue his passion for shipbuilding.
Research Opportunities: MASc and PhD positions
Date: Aug 08, 2017
NAME professor Jasmin Jelovica is currently looking to recruit a Master of Applied Science (MASc) and PhD Research Assistant. Please find information about the two positions below. MASc on optimization of marine structures Optimization of complex structures is of paramount importance in marine, civil and other industries. It enables automatic search for optimum (cost, weight, […]
Robert Allan Ltd., the Company that Launched 1000 Ships
Date: Jul 12, 2017
Robert Allan Ltd., Canada’s most senior consulting naval architectural firm, and a member of NAME’s Industry Advisory Board, recently announced that it has designed over 1000 tugboats. Due to continual interest in the company’s history, a search was begun in late 2016 to review company archives to discover just how many tugboats had been designed […]
NAME welcomes Jasmin Jelovica, Seaspan Shipyards Chair in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Date: Jul 06, 2017
The NAME program is proud to welcome Jasmin Jelovica, our newest member to the team and our first Seaspan Shipyards Chair. Jelovica joins us from Aalto University, Finland where he received his Doctor of Science and went on to become a lecturer in ship design. He is also a member of International Ships and Offshore […]