In the Media
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MINING.COM
Rio Tinto, Imperial College London launch Centre for Future Materials with UBC
UBC researchers are advancing projects funded by the Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials, focused on sustainable copper mining.
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CTV News Vancouver
Rising sea levels threaten YVR with severe flooding, Senate report says
SALA's Kees Lokman weighed in on how rising sea levels could affect Vancouver International Airport (YVR).
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Techcouver
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.
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Vancouver Sun
The 'uglification' of Metro Vancouver quickens with mass upzoning
SALA's Patrick Condon discussed mass upzoning in Metro Vancouver.
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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.
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The Globe and Mail
UBC addressing real-world problems with innovation in chemistry
CHBE's Dr. Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos helped form A2O Advanced Materials Inc. to manufacture high performing, longer-lasting dynamic bonding products.
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Global News
Shaping BC: Innovations in sustainable building
CIVL research associate Dr. Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki spoke about innovations in sustainable building and construction.
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Canadian Healthcare Technology
BC researcher wins award for remote ultrasound
ECE PhD student David Black received the Mitacs Innovation Award – Outstanding Innovation for his work on a remote ultrasound technology.
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Techcouver
Innovator wins Mitacs Award for life-changing water system
Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi received a Mitacs Innovation Award for his work providing clean water solutions to a school in his home region in Kenya.
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CBC News
Why is everything 'quantum' now?
A CBC reporter spoke to ECE's Dr. Joseph Salfi at UBC’s Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute to learn more about quantum science.