January 2012

Inside This Issue

MTRL Industry Night

MTRL Foosball Tournament

E-Week Begins

MTRL Webpage

Future Events:

Basketball, volleyball and other sports intramurals are currently in session! Make sure you come out and support the department! Especially in volleyball… we need the extra support.

MTRL Industry Night On January 26, the Annual Engineering Industry Night took place at Frank Forward

in Rooms 219 and 303. We were very fortunate to have guest speakers from

Barrick Gold Corporation, Baskin Associates Technical Services Ltd., and dPoint

Technologies to come share their experience and knowledge with those present.

While it is important to concentrate on your studies, we would also like to remind

everyone that it is very important to attend such networking events. The person

you are chatting to could very well end up as your next boss! Remember to keep

your eyes open for emails and updates on the next industry night and get

involved!

MTRL Foosball Tournament The very next day after the MTRL Industry Night, the MTRL club held a foosball

tourney with prizes for first, second and third place.

First Place: $40

Second Place: $20

Third Place: Free snacks from the vending machine

First-Third: Eligibility to participate in the E-Week Foosball Tournament

Did I mention the tournament was free to join? Around a total of 12 teams

showed up to duke it out for a chance to participate at the E-Week foosball

tournament, including an IGEN team and a ‘who knows what faculty those guys

belonged to’ team. Thanks to everyone that signed up and participated!

Reminders:

Mandatory info session on March 7th for graduating students!

All 4th Year Students: Apply for Graduation!

Keep your printed notes from this semester and bring them into the department for next year’s students!

No mercy was shown as players duked it out on the battlefield

Oh look! A Camera!

Nerdy Jokes of the

Month:

Q: What is the modulus of elasticity before it becomes grown up? A: Young Modulus Q: What does one get when you apply a boring stress? A: Plain Strain Q: What do you call sausages made from polymers? A: Cross-links

Cash prize winners posing happily with their crisp dollar bills

For those who have extra time on their hands… Here are 14 reasons why you

should just drop engineering and become a professional foosball player instead:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hruby/081110. Take Brandon

Moreland for example, he claims to have won $60,000 to $70,000 playing

foosball1.

E-Week Begins E-Week starts on Sunday, February the 5th! If you have signed up for any events,

make sure you show up or else we will lose points for it instead! Last year, we

scored a measly 3709 points while our close neighbours (mining) scored a

whopping total of 22340 points. Let’s try to beat our previous record! If you are

coming out to watch the events, make sure the officials know that you are present

so we can earn more points! If you have to leave early, make sure you sign out

too, otherwise we will lose points too .

MTRL Webpage is Up and Running In case you aren’t aware, the MTRL undergrad webpage is now up and running! Be

sure to visit set your homepage to: www.mtrl.ubc.ca/ugrad/ ! We will be posting

updates, links, and other goodies on the site so be sure to check it out! If you have

any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to email the website

coordinators at tsratna@gmail.com (Thivanka) or alan.rego@yahoo.ca (Alan).

1 : It only took him nearly a decade to do so… but heck, who reads footnotes anyways? Not to mention extra tiny ones.

AWWWWWW YEAH!!! MONEY!!

Hmm… I’ll try not to look the least bit pleased with my earnings

November/December 2011

Inside This Issue

Message from the Executive Team

MTRL 466 Presentations

Pot-Luck and Games Night

Gingerbread House Contest

Year End Christmas Dinner

BONUS: A few more pictures to enjoy!

Future Events:

Volleyball and other sports intramurals coming up next semester! Make sure you come out and support the department!

Message from the MTRL Executive Team It has really been an amazing semester! We, the MTRL executive team, would like to thank all the students for their support and participation in our events and fundraisers. The record breaking attendance and participation in our events made us realize the excellent community and team spirit that the students have this year. Finally, we cannot forget about the Materials faculty and staff because none of this would be possible without them. So, thank you everyone, we hope you continue to be our foundation for the upcoming semester. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Best wishes on behalf of the executive team, Jerry Chang, President, MTRL student council

MTRL 466 Presentations On November 25th, 4th year students from the Materials Department, as well as graduate

students and various professors (including Drs. Alfantazi, Asselin, Barr, Cockroft, Dreisinger,

Fernlund, Poole, Sinclair, Wassink and Wang) gathered for the final presentations of student

groups that worked on design projects as part of their MTRL 466 course.

Presentations included the development and design of Chitosan bone-scaffolds, heat models

for aluminum sheet bonding in car doors, gold ore processing plants and green energy battery

models for future use at UBC.

While all the professors were intent on testing their students on their work, everyone did

extremely well and handled most of the questions with ease...

Well done everyone!

Reminders:

Keep your printed notes from this semester and bring them into the department for next year’s students!

All 4th Year Students: Apply for Graduation!

Fun and Games:

Question: What is this?

Answer: See Last Page

Pot-Luck and Games Night The second Games Night was held on November 10th, and once again, it was a resounding

success. This time, we added a Pot Luck to the event and everyone that came out would agree

that the food was truly scrumptious. Thank you all for brining different exciting dishes to the

event!

The record held by the previous games night was broken with over 35 people coming in to eat

some delicious food, play a few games and make some new friends. It is really easy to relax

and enjoy yourself, especially if you are playing Pictionary with our guest of honour, Kyle H.,

who kindly donated his masterpiece artwork to the Fun and Games section.

If you missed out on both of the Games Nights, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the third

Games Night! A special thanks to everyone that made it out to this fantastic event!

Scenes from the Potluck; Photo credit: Daniel Lin, Calvina Martin

Nerdy Jokes of the

Month:

Q: What is it called when all of the railroad tracks stretch the same amount? A: The iso-train condition. Q: What’s the best place to wash your jewels? A: The heat sink! (Jewels ↔ Joules, get it?)

JSC Gingerbread House Contest On December 1st, the JSC hosted the annual Gingerbread House contest. Teams of two built

their houses and competed for prizes while eggnog, hot cocoa and some tasty snacks were

served. Thank you to the JSC for making this yearly event a fun experience for everyone that

participated. It was simply wonderful to see all the creativity and thought put into the

gingerbread houses.

A great turn out at the contest Hans enthusiastically shows off his gingerbread robot

A lovely collection of gingerbread houses just waiting to be gobbled up!

Year End Christmas Dinner After another long and very arduous semester at Frank Forward, most students were ready to kick back and relax by December 2nd, when over 55 students and faculty (including Drs. Dixon and Wassink) made their way over to Downtown Vancouver to have an all-you-can-eat dinner at Shabusen Japanese Yakiniku Restaurant. It was nice to see students from different years and some students who are currently on coop showing up. Students celebrated the end of classes, tried to ask for more marks, chatted with the professors, and ate literally all they could eat – resulting in a memorable and entertaining night.

Dr. Fernlund asking about

economic feasibility.

Dr. Sinclair watching a

presentation.

Pictionary Answer: Fireplace

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Scenes from the MTRL Year End Dinner – Photo Credit: Calvina Martin

Scenes from the 466 Presentations – Photo Credits: Alan Rego, Calvina Martin

JSC Pumpkin Carving

On Wednesday Oct 31st, a pumpkin carving contest was held in Room 303 of the Frank Forward building. Those present were set out to answer one question – who could carve the best and most creative pumpkin? It was a great chance for everyone to show off their artistic talents and everyone had a good time getting their hands dirty. As an added bonus, snacks were also provided free of charge. Thank

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Rawrrr!

Photo Credit: Daniel Lin

you all for participating! If you didn’t manage to participate, we hope to see you next year!

Spooky Quote

“Come over to the dark

side… we have candy”

-Anonymous

Inside this Issue

JSC Pumpkin Carving

Second Year Field Trip

Third Year Field Trip

Fourth Year Field Trip

2nd Year Materials Engineering Field Trip

Lead by Dr. Tom Troczynski, the second year engineering students visited MTU Maintenance Canada, in Richmond BC this year. MTU is one of largest provider of engine maintenance services in the world. The company is located very close to Vancouver’s International Airport, where it performs various types of repairs and engine testing. The students had a great time and saw lots of large sized turbine engines .

Phone: (604) 822-2676

Fax: (604) 822-3619

Group Photo Outside of MTU Maintenance Photo Credit: Chris Borchert

Foosball tournament

(open to all departments)

will be coming soon. Pizza

and pop will be sold on

site as fundraisers towards

charity and field trip

funding Genius Bowl 2012

registration deadline is

November 11th. Visit

http://www.ubcengineers.

ca/ for more details. UBC CIM Student Info and

CIM Student Night on Nov.

15th. CEO of TECK will be

attending! Field trip organizers are

working diligently to get

field trip refunds back to

you!

3rd Year Materials Engineering Field Trip

This year the 3rd year students travelled to Toronto and visited many companies including Electrovaya, Liburdi, Vale, Vac Aero, University of Toronto, Bombardier, and CanMet. The trip was very well planned and there so much spare time that the group took a spontaneous trip to Niagara Falls. Because the trip is weeklong, the students were able to visit many more companies than they did in second year. In addition, it was an excellent time for students to bond and get to know each other better. Thank you to all of the 3rd year field trip organizers for all your hard work and making the trip flow so smoothly! Good work guys!

Group Photo at Niagara Falls

Photo Credit: Lina Fang

Future Events:

Friendly Reminders:

Graduates – remember to

see Garriot Yip to select

your ring size! Graduates – please pay

$35 (for Iron Ring

Ceremony and Slipstick)

to Garriot Yip before November 20th.

Frank Forward Building

309-6350 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4

Phone: (604) 822-2676

Fax: (604) 822-3619

4th Year Materials Engineering Field Trip

Once again, the traditional field trip down to Seattle was a fantastic learning experience that was filled with fun. This year 4th year students were fortunate enough to visit tours at FTI, K2 Sports, Nucor Steel, Intec, Evraz, The Boeing Co. and Mayes Testing. Students also had a sweet dinner dinner at the The Cheesecake Factory. The students saw amazing technology and learned about various manufacturing processes that are regularly used in industry.

Dinner at The Crab Pot Student fatigue generated from long

bus rides and multiple site tours

Photo Credit – Ryan Chou