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Innovate BC awards $1.5M to advance cutting-edge R&D projects

Rockburst Technologies and Mining Engineering's Dr. Bern Klein received $300,000 to design a CO2-based method to pulverize ore, cutting emissions and energy use in mineral extraction.

November 29, 2024
Design Engineering
UBC, Seaspan launch new Chair in Robotics for Marine Vessels

Dr. Adrien Desjardins was appointed as the Seaspan Chair in Robotics for Marine Vessels.

November 27, 2024
Global News
Shaping BC: Innovations in sustainable building

CIVL research associate Dr. Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki spoke about innovations in sustainable building and construction.

November 21, 2024
Wirecutter
At-home food recyclers are often billed as eco-saviors. We don’t buy it.

CHBE's Dr. Anthony Lau was cited in a New York Times article about how countertop composters don’t produce compost.

October 31, 2024
Nature News
Nine reasons we love our spooky, kooky model organisms

CHBE Associate Professor Dr. Jane Hill was among nine researchers who shared what inspired the study of an unusual, spooky organism.

October 30, 2024
The Economist (subscription)
Noise-dampening tech could make ships less disruptive to marine life

MECH's Dr. Rajeev Jaiman and team are developing a way to reduce shipping noise pollution by incorporating flexible polymers into metal propeller blades.

October 10, 2024
The Conversation
Is sustainable development possible? Only if we take a unified approach

Dr. Davide Elmo (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) wrote about the need for global collaboration to achieve sustainable development.

October 8, 2024
The Tyee
The future of home heating? It’s in the dishwater

CHBE's Dr. Anthony Lau commented on energy systems that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

September 26, 2024
National Observer
They found a huge pile of clothing dumped in an alley. Now they want to use AI to reduce fashion waste

Five computer engineering students are helping to develop an app that will make it easy to handle used clothing for their Capstone project.

September 23, 2024
CBS News
Western Pennsylvania's congressmembers at odds with public on how to handle climate crisis

A study by SCARP's Dr. Holly Caggiano was referenced which showed that policymakers may underestimate the support for green energy projects.

September 23, 2024

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