In the Media
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CBC
Nearly half of landslides during B.C. weather disaster linked to logging, wildfire, study finds | CBC News
UBCO School of Engineering Professor Dwayne Tannant comments on a new study on the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia’s atmospheric river disaster in November 2021.
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BC Business
BC researchers are turning oil sands waste into carbon fibres
Producing large quantities of the usable green carbon fibres could prove challenging, says Material Engineering's Dr. Yasmine Abdin
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Business in Vancouver
AI-powered robotics are building smarter structures in B.C.'s backyard
UBC researchers devising faster, less costly construction methods to build more homes
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Global News
UBC Okanagan plans to create widespread use of hydrogen as fuel
Dr. Will Hughes, Director of the UBC Okanagan School of Engineering, and associate professor Dr. Joshua Brinkerhoff describe the ambition of a cutting-edge hydrogen research lab.
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The Conversation
Net-zero homes are touted as a solution for climate change, but they remain out of reach for most
Dr. Tony Yang, a professor of structural engineering, and Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi, a visiting senior researcher, wrote about the difficulties for most Canadians in building net-zero homes.
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SiteNews
UBC researchers team up with builders to expand circular economy
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering experts are joining forces with Axiom Builders and VEMA Deconstruction to maximize material recovery and reuse in construction.
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The Narwhal
Opinion: More pipelines won’t make Canada more secure. Renewable energy will
Dr. Holly Caggiano, an assistant professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning, argues that Canada has an opportunity to take bold climate action in the face of tariff threats.
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CBC
Transition to more biomass heating in N.W.T. requires better supply chain, advocates say
Chemical and biological engineering graduate student Ghazaleh Mozafari discussed her research into storage capacity and the supply chain for biomass energy systems in the Northwest Territories.
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Business in Vancouver
U.S. tariffs would raise B.C.'s cost of electricity, says minister
Dr. Roland Clift, an adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, commented on the threat of U.S. tariffs and the effect they would have on electricity in B.C.
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Canadian Mining Journal
Research taps into microbial genomics to address mine tailings and global copper shortage
Dr. Sue Baldwin, a professor of chemical and biological engineering, is co-leading a project to tackle the environmental impact of mining tailings.