News
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering program wins Peter Larkin Award
Date: Apr 08, 2016
UBC’s Master of Engineering in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering program has received the 2015/16 Peter Larkin Award. The award is granted by the VP Students Office to a graduate program or department that has contributed to student development, in honour of Peter Larkin’s commitment and passion for teaching and graduate education. According to the […]
RSVP now for the 2016 Student Design Celebration!
Date: Mar 18, 2016
UPDATE: Registration has been extended. You can now register online until Tuesday, April 19th at 11:59 pm. Tickets are now on sale for the 2016 M.Eng. NAME Student Design Celebration. Join students, faculty, alumni, and members of industry at the joint SNAME/CIMarE event on April 28th to see what our students have achieved this year! […]
UBC Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering to receive $2M from Seaspan Shipyards
Date: Feb 18, 2016
The University of British Columbia announced today that it will receive a $2 million investment from Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) over the next seven years to support innovative teaching and research in the naval architecture and marine engineering programs within UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science. As a result, two new UBC chair positions will be […]
Faculty positions available in NAME
Date: Jan 29, 2016
Seaspan Chairs in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering The Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME) program at The University of British Columbia (Vancouver campus) seeks two outstanding individuals for tenure-track or tenured positions at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level, who will occupy two Seaspan Chairs. The Seaspan Chairs are part of the $33 […]
Dr. Chris McKesson elected SNAME Fellow
Date: Nov 18, 2015
UBC NAME professor Dr. Chris McKesson has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). According to the Society, the grade of Fellow is accorded exclusively to “individuals who have made outstanding personal contributions to naval architecture, marine or ocean engineering, or allied disciplines through significant achievements in design, […]