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UBC students bring Mario Kart to life with robotics competition

UBC engineering students brought Mario Kart to life by creating autonomous robots to race around a track.

August 10, 2023
The Weather Network
What B.C. is learning about earthquakes from the 2023 disaster in Turkey

A team of civil engineering researchers are investigating why some buildings collapsed and not others during the February 2023 earthquake in Turkey.

August 9, 2023
Global News
The feds bought a pipeline for $5B. How did the cost balloon to over $30B?

Civil engineering professor Dr. Nemkumar Banthia commented on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

August 9, 2023
CKNW Mornings with Simi
A navigation app that suggests the safest route

Civil engineering professor Dr. Tarek Sayed has developed a navigation app with an algorithm that suggests the safest route.

August 8, 2023
Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
UBC explores hydrothermal liquefaction to extract phosphorous from municipal wastewater

UBCO civil engineering professor Dr. Cigdem Eskicioglu led a study that investigated how to extract phosphorus from wastewater sludge.

August 8, 2023
Castanet Kamloops
UBC Okanagan researcher is lifting virus detection to the next level

UBC engineering researcher Dr. Sepideh Pakpour is developing new technology using magnetic levitation to collect, purify and detect viruses in the air.

August 7, 2023
Research2Reality
Would you rather get there more quickly or more safely?

Civil engineering professor Dr. Tarek Sayed is developing a new algorithm approach which identifies the safest possible route in an urban network using real-time crash risk data, and can be incorporated into navigation apps such as Google Maps.

August 4, 2023
UBC Nursing
The annual pride festival takes places this weekend and a conversation on the importance of pride

Nursing professor Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc discussed the importance of the annual Vancouver Pride festival for 2SLGBTQ+ young people.

August 4, 2023
Canadian Geographic
Pushing to protect the marbled murrelet

Chemical and biological engineering professor emerita Dr. Royann Petrell and others are calling on the government to increase wildlife habitat areas in Vancouver Island old-growth forests to save the threatened marbled murrelet.

August 2, 2023
CBC
Ottawa's big LRT fix is redesigning train parts. What about the track?

UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove commented on the shutdown of Ottawa’s LRT system.

August 2, 2023

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