In the Media
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CTV News VancouverUBC unveils new renewable energy district
The UBC Smart Hydrogen Energy District (SHED), Canada's first facility to combine hydro, solar and hydrogen energy at a single site, was unveiled on Wednesday.
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ForbesNever rest on your ores: The road to restoring Canada’s mining industry
Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Professor Dr. Scott Dunbar said building a new mine in Canada may be more difficult in the future.
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UBC Office of Global EngagementUBC & global experts grow ‘New Carbon Economy’ to combat climate emergency
A Q&A with Mechanical Engineering's Dr. Walter Mérida on the New Carbon Economy, featuring expert comment from Mechanical Engineering's Dr. Alex Tavasoli.
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Kelowna Capital NewsOkanagan university students build autobot to sniff out ‘zombie’ fires
UBCO School of Engineering students have created an autobot that can detect underground wildfires that can smoulder unnoticed for months.
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Innovation News NetworkA lack of mining innovation threatens the energy transition
Dr. Peter Bradshaw and Associate Professor Dr. John Steen's Bradshaw Research Institute for Minerals and Mining discusses its impressive research agenda that sets out to tackle the complex issues facing mining innovation.
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School of EngineeringUBCO Engineering Professor Dr. Mahmudur Fatmi appointed to B.C. Climate Solutions Council
Dr. Mahmudur Fatmi is a new member of the province’s Climate Solutions Council who will support the work to transition BC to a clean economy with thriving and sustainable industry.
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The NarwhalA portrait of pollution around the Port of Vancouver
Mechanical engineering assistant professor Dr. Amanda Giang comments on issues of pollution in Burrard Inlet.
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Times ColonistBC cleantech exodus looms as Svante considers US move
Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Alexandra Tavasoli said Canada is lagging the U.S. in funding in many cleantech fields including carbon capture, utilization and storage.
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UBC Okanagan School of EngineeringUBCO researchers receive funding to incorporate human comfort into product design
A multidisciplinary team with School of Engineering's Dr. Sepideh Pakpour has been awarded $1.65M toward their research in product design that incorporates human comfort and environmental sustainability.
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Kelowna Capital NewsWildfires: Future-proofing the Okanagan to flourish
School of Engineering's Dr. Sumi Siddiqua is researching different materials that can be used to help make structures more safe from wildfire exposure.