Sustainability

WasteNauts

ben.lu — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 22:17:20 +0000

WasteNauts

Automotive

Chemical & Biomedical

Civil & Materials

Sustainability

ben.lu Fri, 11/03/2023 - 15:17

About the Team

UBC WasteNauts is a solution-driven Engineering Design Team that encompasses sustainability in engineering design and principles of a circular economy. Our goal is to radically minimize waste on Earth and apply knowledge from all fields to transform that waste into a valuable resource. Our projects are driven by the coolest and most cutting-edge innovations that abide by the three pillars of sustainability. We provide hands-on experience with power tools, materials testing, and additive manufacturing. Our team consists of multiple sub-teams working on a wide range of projects at any given time, so chances are we will have something that appeals to everyone. We also provide unparalleled opportunity for professional development, including the chance to pitch your own project ideas and lead your own sub-teams within one term!

Nature of Activity

Internal - Research Publication; Prototyping;
External - Conference Presentation; Challenge Participation;

Time Commitment

Each week each member is generally required to give 8-10 hours (with some weeks being lower than that) this is including all full team meetings and subteam meetings and any social events.

Application Deadlines

In September the Friday of imagine day the recruiting opens for 2 weeks, then January and then summer specifically end of May

https://www.wastenautsubc.com/

Third Quadrant Design

ben.lu — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:47:03 +0000

Third Quadrant Design

Civil & Materials

Sustainability

ben.lu Thu, 11/02/2023 - 21:47

About the Team

As UBC’s first green building design team, we have the unique opportunity to enable students with the skills and hope needed to create change in the industry. Our female-founded team continues to be 60 percent female since our inaugural year, a notable statistic within UBC engineering design teams that are historically male-dominated.

Third-Quadrant Design was named after the negative portion of an energy-carbon coordinate plane, symbolizing our goal of net-negative energy and carbon design, or regenerative design.

In this capacity, we hope to bring together passionate students from various disciplines to learn about and act on our current climate crisis, while building real-world knowledge and hands-on skills. Our team has members from across 4 faculties in 10 sub-teams that work together to accomplish our team's goals.

Nature of Activity

External - Competition

Time Commitment

Our team competes in the US D.O.E. Solar Decathlon which involves submitting multiple deliverables from October to April. The average member commits 5 hours per week to research, develop, and draft designs for these submissions.

Application Deadlines

Generally, our team recruits from early to late September. Our business teams often recruit in January too.

https://www.thirdquadrantdesign.com/

Sustaingineering

ben.lu — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:43:52 +0000

Sustaingineering

Sustainability

ben.lu Thu, 11/02/2023 - 21:43

About the Team

Sustaingineering was founded in summer 2014 by Dr. Martin Ordonez at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus with the dream of motivating students to take action on global sustainability issues through technology. Sustaingineering has grown to be a one-of-a-kind multidisciplinary team. It consists of over 60 active members working on several fields, from designing a monitoring system for solar panels to developing an education program in hopes of enhancing youth’s interest in STEM and sustainability. The team has active collaborations with several NGOs, companies and schools in Canada, Mexico, Nepal, and Nicaragua as well as a strong summer exchange program with its sister branch in Tec de Monterrey, Mexico.

Nature of Activity

Internal - Prototyping

Time Commitment

4 hours/week

Application Deadlines

September 15, January 31

https://www.sustaingineering.com/

Solar

ben.lu — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:11:41 +0000

Solar

Automotive

Sustainability

ben.lu Thu, 11/02/2023 - 21:11

About the Team

After countless all-nighters from many dedicated members preparing for the competition, driving 12 - 14 hours a day down to Topeka, Kansas, the team officially broke UBC Solar personal records at the Formula Sun Grand Prix 2022 competition! Learning from the mistakes of the 2017 FSGP competition, the team carefully planned the logistics and engineering designs to minimize as much risk as possible for the car, Daybreak. The team passed strict safety requirements and a rigorous dynamics test for the first time and raced the solar car on the racetrack for the first time in history; competing against many other top universities from all over North America. Our drivers: Cywin Tapia (Former Mechanical Executive) and James Seto (Solar Array Lead at Competition) spent countless days driving the solar car, determined to perfect their techniques through the extreme Kansas heat.

Nature of Activity

Internal - Prototyping
External - Competition

Time Commitment

Every member is expected to put in around 10 hours a week towards Solar work. This number is reduced during exams and midterms. Leads and the executive team naturally put in more time than most members.

Application Deadlines

Fall: Last week of August - Second week of September
Winter(sometimes): First - Third week of January

https://ubcsolar.com/

Smart City

ben.lu — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:56:18 +0000

Smart City

Civil & Materials

Sustainability

ben.lu Thu, 11/02/2023 - 20:56

About the Team

Established in 2020, UBC Smart City is an accredited engineering design team at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Our team comprises a diverse group of multidisciplinary students dedicated to developing innovative IoT products, conducting research, and participating in global competitions aimed at advancing smart city technologies. We aim to design a data-driven smart city model through engineering intelligent products and conducting sustainability research.

Nature of Activity

Internal - Research Publication; Prototyping;
External - Conference Presentation; Competition; Challenge Participation

Time Commitment

3-7 hours/week

Application Deadlines

First to third week of September, with optional recruitment in January depending on demand.

https://ubcsmartcity.com/

Rapid

reginald.sacdalan — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 23:44:25 +0000

Rapid

Civil & Materials

Computer

Sustainability

reginald.sacdalan Thu, 11/02/2023 - 16:44

About the Team

UBC Rapid is an Engineering Student Team offering low cost Consulting and Printing Services at the University of British Columbia. Our major interest is rapid prototyping technology, the most popular of which is 3D-printing. Rapid prototyping describes the technique of using computer aided design (CAD) to generate physical models from product ideas.

Nature of Activity

Internal - Prototyping
External - Competition

Time Commitment

3-7 hours/week

Application Deadlines

September 17

https://ubc-rapid.com/

Green Joule

reginald.sacdalan — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:31:16 +0000

Green Joule

Chemical & Biomedical

Sustainability

reginald.sacdalan Thu, 11/02/2023 - 13:31

About the Team

UBC Green Joule assists in finding a more economical way for algae biofuel production.

Nature of Activity

Internal - Prototyping

Time Commitment

Weekly or bi-weekly 1 hour minimum sub-team meetings as organized by sub-team lead(s); For sub-teams with labwork, weeks that have labwork will be an extra 1-2 hours on average.

Application Deadlines

Our design team usually recruits at the beginning of the fall semester in September.

https://www.ubcenvision.com/greenjoule/

Brewing Internet of Things

reginald.sacdalan — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:11:18 +0000

Brewing Internet of Things

Chemical & Biomedical

Computer

Sustainability

reginald.sacdalan Thu, 11/02/2023 - 13:11

About the Team

Brewing Internet of Things (BIoT) focuses on engineering multidisciplinary student development through practical applications while creating a meaningful and relevant product. The team will brew beer, collect data in the fermentation phase, provide quality control on the finished product, as well as analyze and model the data using machine learning.

Nature of Activity

Internal - Prototyping;
External - Conference Presentation; Competition

Time Commitment

We have a meeting every Sunday for about 3-4 hours, and then members are expected to perform about 1-2 hours of individual work throughout the week on top of that.

Application Deadlines

September

https://www.ubcenvision.com/beer/

AgroBot

reginald.sacdalan — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:15:21 +0000

AgroBot

Computer

Robotics

Sustainability

reginald.sacdalan Wed, 11/01/2023 - 16:15

About the Team

We want to help the agriculture sector better meet future food demands without compromising the health of the environment or people. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) identifies precision agriculture and pesticide reduction as key requirements to respond to climate change and food insecurity. We aim to do this by leveraging technologies like robotics, machine learning, and image recognition that have successfully transformed other industries.

Nature of Activity

Internal - Research Publication; Prototyping;
External - Competition; Challenge Participation;

Time Commitment

On average, 5-10 hours/week.
Workload for the average member is highly dependent on their goals with the team.
We have a strong belief that what you put into the team is what you get out leading to highly motivated members wanted to achieve their goals.

Application Deadlines

Currently, we recruit 2-3 times a year.
We recruit in September and January for all roles and recruit for administrative function related roles in May as well.

https://ubcagrobot.com/

Formula Electric

jrclarke — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:47:06 +0000

Formula Electric

Automotive

Sustainability

jrclarke Tue, 10/31/2023 - 17:47

About the Team

UBC Formula Electric, a student-led team, designs, builds, and races a fully electric open-wheel formula car. They aim to showcase sustainability and foster hands-on engineering skills in upcoming engineers.

Nature of Activity

Internal - Prototyping
External - Competition

Time Commitment

10hrs / week. Full Saturday and 1 weeknight.

Application Deadlines

Main recruitment in Sep (deadline near 20th).
Potential applicants are recommended to email. We may consider applicants out of recruitment season, depending on initial email.

UBC Formula Electric