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By Amanda Li, EUS Journalist

Last Saturday, 170 of the best and brightest in UBC Engineering designed machines, gave presentations, took part of debates, practiced engineering consulting and pitched innovative ideas to judges and their peers in hopes of winning UBCEC and advancing to the Western Engineering Competition. Congratulations to all of the participants and the winners!

UBCEC is an annual competition run by the Engineering Undergraduate Society that features 6 competitions: Junior Design, Senior Design, Consulting, Impromptu Debate, Communications and Innovative Design (See here for more details on each competition: http://www.ubcengineers.ca/events/conferences-competitions/the-ubc-engineering-competitionubcec/).  Teams in each category compete and are judged by a panel of alumni, faculty and industry judges, this year featuring guests such as Jeff Holm (APEGBC President) and Dr. Bruce Dunwoody (Associate Dean).

Winning teams qualify to advance to the Western Engineering Competition (WEC), a similar competition between all western Canadian schools, this year held at the University of Calgary.  Winning WEC then qualifies the student teams to the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC).  Pressure is high for the winners of UBCEC this year as CEC is being hosted by UBC here in Vancouver, and there are many hopes of a strong delegation of competitors from UBC winning WEC to represent UBC on home turf.

CEC Organizer and past CEC Senior Design Champion, Eric Pospisil is extremely excited for the competition in March stating that the planning is full on under way with more details located at www.cec2012.ca.  He also has advice for UBCEC winners as they move onto WEC: “Your presentation is key for all of the competitions. A good presentation will leave judges impressed and satisfied with your solution, and impressed and satisfied judges are known to award higher scores in all of the categories. Spend some time in advance working on your presentation skills, and show up well dressed (business attire) for WEC.”

If you want to get involved with CEC planning or even just volunteering the day of, Eric is always looking for more enthusiastic volunteers who would like to get involved with this exciting project.  You can email Eric at eric@cec2012.ca.

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The UBC Engineering Competition (UBCEC), which will be held here at UBC on November 5, 2011, is a day of engineering challenges hosted annually by the EUS. This year the competitions will revolve around the theme of “Sustainable Energy”.

The UBCEC also serves as a pre-qualifier for the Western Engineering Competition (WEC). WEC is a highly prestigious competition between engineering students from the twelve different engineering universities in Western Canada. All 6 events which are contested at WEC will be held at UBCEC; the top 1 or 2 winning teams from each event move on to compete at WEC, which will be held at the University of Calgary from January 18-22, 2012.

The six competition categories are Engineering Communications, Consulting Engineering, Impromptu Debate, Innovative Design, Junior Design, and Senior Design.  More information on each competition is available on the registration form, and any additional questions can be directed to conferences@ubcengineers.ca.

All competitors will be expected to attend a workshop in the week leading up to the competition to properly prepare them for what to expect and how to do well at their respective competitions.

The deadline for registration is 11:59 pm, Saturday October 29th 2011.

To register and for more information click here

Shell will be coming to UBC this Thursday, September 15th, to host not one, but TWO events aimed at engineering students. Details below:

SHELL WOMEN IN ENGINEERING & GEOSCIENCES LUNCH

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Location: Kaiser 2020/2030

Shell female engineering and geosciences professionals will be available to network and to answer questions about their careers, along with a Human Resources representative. Lunch will be served.

SHELL CANADA OPEN HOUSE FOR ENGINEERING, MINING & GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS

Time: 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Location: Kaiser 2020/2030

UBC Open House event to learn about our current employment and internship opportunities for engineering, mining, and geosciences students. Speakers will include Shell graduates, senior leaders, and recruitment staff. Food and beverages will be served.

Attendees will also have the chance to learn about our Fuelling Change™ program the Energy Diet Challenge, which Shell will launch this fall in partnership with the Canadian Geographic Society. Each open house attendee will receive a FREE energy meter!

Frosh Week #1 is over! If you didn’t manage to make it out to any events, here’s what you missed.

Wednesday we held our Games Night, with things such as poker and N64!

On Thursday, we started off with the Science. vs Engineering water balloon fight.

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Frosh 2011 is only 1 week away!

Frosh 2011 is coming up soon! Whether you’re a brand-new first year, or a returning student, there will be no shortage of events for your enjoyment.

Frosh Week this year runs from September 6-16, with Frosh Retreat taking place September 16-18.  Check out our Frosh Website for more details.

If you’d like to register for Frosh Retreat as an incoming student, check out our Frosh Retreat page. Act now! There are a limited number of tickets, and with an event this awesome, they’ll be selling fast.

The engineering yearbook, the Slipstick, is now on sale for 20$! Included with the yearbook is a complimentary DVD, filled with all of the pictures taken throughout the year in high resolution, as well as the top 3 videos from this year’s engineering video contest, filmfeust!  You can pick up a copy at our booth in the Kaiser Atrium (11-2pm, only for the last week of school!), or contact slipstick@ubcengineers.ca.

(Grads can pick up their free copy at their respective departmental club room).

Applications are now open for all volunteer positions in your EUS!

At the end of every year, the EUS does a call for volunteers to fill next year’s Coordinating Manager (CM) and Ex-Officio positions.  Responsibilities range from handling our weekly BBQ’s to planning our amazing Engineer Your Career Fair jobs fair; with over 40 different positions currently up for grabs, it’s guaranteed that you can find a position that will suit you and your interests.

Apply Now!

Click here to see a flowchart of all of the positions available.

Are you a trivia whiz? Think you’re better than Watson? Come out to the annual UBC Engineering Genius Bowl  Trivia Competition to prove your knowledge!

To register, email genius@ubcengineers.ca with the following information:
1) Team name
2) Team members (maximum of 6)
3) Affiliation

Winners will receive a shiny trophy, and the top three teams will receive cash prizes! There will also be lots of free candy given out during the night!

First Place: Genius Bowl Trophy, $150 Prize
Second Place: $90 Prize
Third Place: $60 Prize

Wood 2, 5:00 to 7:00 pm, March 17th, be there!

Voting for the EUS Elections opens tomorrow, March 14 at 9:00 am and ends on Friday, March 18th at 4:00 pm, and the candidates hope you will vote and support your engineering government.  It is very easy to vote, all you have to do is login to your UBC SSC account, highlight the “Grades and Records” tab and click Webvote!

If you are interested in learning more about the candidates, there will be a second EUS Candidates Forum  happening this Tuesday at 1pm, at the Cheeze.  The VP Finance, VP Communications and Administration and VP Events candidates will be giving their speeches and taking questions during this time.  Come out, ask questions and get informed!

To see the minutes of the first candidates forum, click the link bellow:

EUS Elections Open Candidate Forum Minutes