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Join us April 27 for the NAME Student Design Celebration
Date: Mar 22, 2023
Attend the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering student design showcase! Enjoy an evening of networking and dinner with industry colleagues, our alumni, and faculty members at the University Golf Club, while our NAME Master of Engineering students present their final ship design projects to Vancouver’s maritime industry. Learn what they’ve achieved and connect with the […]
CEOworld ranks UBC as #2 university in Canada for marine engineering
Date: Mar 20, 2023
CEOworld Magazine has listed UBC as the second ranking university in Canada for executive education in marine engineering, highlighting the Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Master of Engineering Leadership program.
Strategies to reduce emissions in the maritime industry
Date: Feb 08, 2023
The International Maritime Organization has committed the industry to cut marine emissions in half by 2050 compared to 2008. Achieving this will be a challenge. Many studies have shown that the technical solutions currently available – such as switching to lower-carbon fuels and other strategies – can only get us about 60 per cent to […]
APSC Rising Star: NAME MEng graduate Yves-Etienne Landry
Date: Dec 16, 2022
The Faculty of Applied Science speaks to NAME graduate Yves-Etienne Landry about his experience in the UBC Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering program and his plans for the future. “Ships are complex systems of systems that require naval architects to use creativity, innovation, and leadership to deliver vessels built to operate in the future maritime […]
UBC News: UBC engineers want to save whales from drowning…in noise
Date: Dec 15, 2022
Chronic ship noise can lead to stress, hearing loss and feeding problems for marine mammals like whales, dolphins and porpoises. NAME researchers Dr. Rajeev Jaiman and Dr. Jasmin Jelovica are diving in to help address the issue. They are working closely with industry partners such as Seaspan Shipyards, Robert Allan Limited and Vard Marine in this […]