In the Media
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CBC
Is the future of mining electric? As mines transition equipment, new risks emerge
Dr. Ali Madiseh (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) discussed how electrification can reduce the mining industry's carbon emissions.
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NBC News
Engineers develop water filtration system that permanently removes 'forever chemicals'
Research led by chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni discovered a way to eliminate harmful chemicals that usually take hundreds of years to break down.
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BNN Bloomberg
What the battle for Teck says about mining, ESG and the clean energy transition
Dr. John Steen from the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering commented on the mining industry and clean energy.
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The Ubyssey
'We can do this together': UBC Engineering strives to increase female enrolment
Engineering professors Dr. Sheryl Staub-French, associate dean of equity, diversity, inclusion and Indigeneity, and Dr. Agnes d’Entremont, faculty advisor of Women in Engineering UBC, on increasing women enrolment in UBC Engineering.
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Toronto Star
Developing period products that are healthier for the body — and the planet
Biomedical engineering professor Rashmi Prakash and her team are learning to create compostable period products.
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Terrace Standard
‘Mother nature never gives up the gold easy’: Terrace prospector lands first deal
Mining engineering professor Dr. Bern Klein noted that success rate for exploration companies to convert a deposit into an operating mine is very low.
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Times Colonist
Comment: Business leaders should think about net zero
Chemical and biological engineering adjunct professor Dr. Roland Clift argued that businesses need to think about what they can contribute to achieving net-zero.
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Globe and Mail
Landslide reshapes popular climbing spire in B.C.
Davide Elmo, professor in the Department of Mining Engineering, offered his expertise on the Snowpatch landslide.
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On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko
The future of nuclear fission
Ben Britton, associate professor of materials engineering at UBC, joins us to discuss the promising future of nuclear fission.
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CityNews
UBC researchers studying AI to reduce sea noise for whales
Dr. Jasmin Jelovica and Dr. Rajeev Jaiman, professors of mechanical engineering, are studying solutions for reducing chronic ship noise that can lead to stress, hearing loss and feeding problems for marine mammals.