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Celebrate Research Week 2012 is coming

By Kevin Ho on Feb 09, 2012

It’s getting close to that time of year when The University of British Columbia hosts a week-long celebrate research week at UBC’s Vancouver campus and other locations in and around Vancouver.

Are you planning on attending and/or presenting your scholarly research or innovative research dissemination tool that week? Either way, you are likely anticipating those expert lectures on timely topics by members of the UBC community (faculty, students, and invited guest speakers).

To see the Celebrate Research Week 2012 events listing, visit: http://celebrateresearch.ubc.ca/.

Did you know?

A UBC Library Innovative Dissemination of Research Award was created in 2010 and includes a $2,000 cash prize and a framed certificate. This award honors UBC faculty, staff and students who are expanding the boundaries of research through the creative use of new tools and technologies that enhance the research findings being disseminated. This year’s recipient will be announced at the Celebrate Research Week gala in March 2012.

Above image is courtesy of the Celebrate Research Week website at The University of British Columbia.

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Our cIRcle website has a new look for 2012

By Kevin Ho on Jan 30, 2012

Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Yes, our cIRcle home page received a slight makeover yesterday as a kick-start for 2012!

We invite you to take a few minutes to explore cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository at: https://circle.ubc.ca/. As you get acquainted with our new look, please send us your feedback at: ubc-circle@interchange.ubc.ca.

Here is what it looked like – Before:

And, here is what it looks like – After:

With your keen eye for detail, you will notice that we added some navigational tabs above our cIRcle image carousel. These tabs provide direct access to our ‘About cIRcle’ website which, in turn, provides you with details such as how to get started with cIRcle.

About the Features:

You will notice that the previous Features such as the “Image Carousel” (images linked to news items), “News” (latest cIRcle & UBC news highlights), and “Did you know?” (quick facts about cIRcle & more) are still available. But, we have updated our “Top 3 items” listing to the “Top 3 downloads” (most frequently downloaded cIRcle items) of the past 7 days.

About the Functions:

We have all of the previous Functions as before and have added a few more that will help you explore and enhance your own scholarly research.Improved “Browse” and “Advanced Search” functionality

Our 2012 makeover aims to enhance the user experience with the improved “Browse” and “Advanced Search” functions.

Under “Browse”, you can now browse “By Dept. Affiliation”, “By Thesis Program”, “By Campus (for Theses)” categories. Under “Advanced Search”, a few more search types have been added to facilitate your searches thus enabling you to find cIRcle items more easily. The new search types are by: “Dept. Affiliation”, “Thesis Copyright Date”, “Thesis Program”, and “Campus (for Theses: UBCV, UBCO)”.

We hope you will enjoy your scholarly research experience using cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository at: https://circle.ubc.ca/ and don’t forget to send us your questions or comments to: ubc-circle@interchange.ubc.ca. We would love to hear from you!

Did you know?

As of today, cIRcle has over 39,000 items! You can check the growing number anytime by clicking on “Issue Date” directly under the “All of cIRcle” section under the “Browse” category on our cIRcle home page.

Above key image is courtesy of Brenda Starr’s Creative Commons Flickr photostream at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brenda-starr/3509344100/in/set-72157617806022838

 

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3MT is back again

By Kevin Ho on Jan 26, 2012

Are you ready for it?

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience. In 2011, over 43 universities from across Australia and New Zealand have participated in this fun, highly informative and very entertaining event. UBC is one of the first Universities in North America to host a 3MT competition.

Registration to participate in 3MT 2012 @ UBC started this week and the 3MT Coaching Sessions are now underway. These sessions cover presentation tips and techniques, demos and small group practice. More details about the3MT coaching sessions and how to participate are available at: http://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/.

Did you know?

The 2nd Place and People’s Choice Award in last year’s 3MT competition was Guang Yang in the Neuroscience program at UBC. Have a look at his thesis in the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) 2008+ collection in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38155.

Above partial excerpt in italics and image is courtesy of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) website at The University of British Columbia.

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From student innovation to real-world solutions

By Kevin Ho on

Engineering Physics is a fully accredited engineering program under the jurisdiction of the Faculty of Applied Science and administered by the Department of Physics and Astronomy. All Engineering Physics students in their 4th and 5th year complete open-ended projects for faculty, industry, or as self-sponsored projects based on student ideas. Students are given access to prototyping facilities, technical resources, and development support throughout the department and across campus to complete these projects.

Here is just a quick sample of recently added Engineering Physics Projects to peruse:

Devising a recipe to synthesize indium antimonide single-nanowire field effect transistors with OHMIC contacts

View this project in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39330

Swimming cueing interface device

View this project in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33360

Parametrically-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer prototype

View this project in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33362

Portable dog ball launcher (FetchIT)

View this project in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33366

Wavelength tunable femtosecond fiber laser : results and recommendations

View this project in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39368

For further information about the program and the projects, check out these links directly below:

http://www.engphys.ubc.ca/

http://projectlab.engphys.ubc.ca/

Did you know?

One of the Engineering Physics Projects’ took first place in the PHYS253 Mountain Equipment Ro-bot Competition 2011 back in August 2011. Find out more about this project by visiting cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39327.

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Pacific Affairs: An International Review of Asia and the Pacific

By Kevin Ho on

Pacific Affairs is a peer-reviewed, independent, and interdisciplinary scholarly journal with a focus on important current political, economic and social issues throughout Asia and the Pacific. Each issue contains approximately five new articles and 60-70 book reviews. Published continuously since 1928 under the same name, Pacific Affairs has been located on the beautiful campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, since 1961.

You can read the latest Pacific Affairs’ book reviews in cIRcle (see directly below).

Collections in this cIRcle community:

 

Did You Know?

One Pacific Affairs’ book review in particular has been viewed from many countries around the world. Some countries include Austria, Germany, Russian Federation, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Take a moment to read this book review entitled, Japan’s Whaling: the Politics of Culture in Historical Perspective in cIRcle.

Above partial excerpt in italics and images are courtesy of Pacific Affairs website at The University of British Columbia.

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