Strategic Priority Areas: Planetary Health
Applied Science faculty win all UBC Campus as a Living Lab ‘Grand Challenge’ awards
| Announcement
The Campus as a Living Lab 'Grand Challenge' called for visionary approaches to how BC and Canada can effectively respond to the climate emergency. This year's winning projects on both UBC campuses all hail from the Faculty of Applied…
Understanding how wind farms interact with wind can optimize their power
Earth.com | | Media coverage
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Joshua Brinkerhoff, with doctoral student Sebastiano Stipa, is part of a team of researchers studying how wind farms can change airstream patterns.
How effective a climate solution is removing CO2 from the atmosphere?
CBC | | Media coverage
Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Alex Tavasoli is researching how to capture and store CO2 and exploring uses for captured CO2 and waste.
Fungi could one day make up the walls of our homes
CBC | | Media coverage
Joe Dahmen, associate professor at UBC SALA and Dr. Nicholas Lin, postdoctoral fellow, talked about their research into engineered living materials and the potential of mycelium to reduce the environmental impact of construction materials. The team…
Here are 16 positive environmental stories from 2023
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
The top 16 environmental stories include researchers at UBC who discovered how to filter microplastics from water using biodegradable forest byproducts such as bark and wood dust.
Energizing Sustainability
| Spotlight
Kaiser Foundation for Higher Education donates $10M to the future of sustainable energy at UBC Engineering.
No spill response can eliminate risk to marine life in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Capital Daily | | Media coverage
UBCO engineering researcher Saeed Mohammaduin said that swift and efficient response to an oil spill is crucial to minimize the adverse consequences.
Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge selects successful projects
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
A UBC project led by materials engineering expert Dr. Yasmine Abdin is one of five to enter Phase III of Alberta Innovates' Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge.
Melatonin commonly taken by kids not a magic bullet, pediatricians say
CBC | | Media coverage
Nursing professor emeritus Dr. Wendy Hall said giving a child too much melatonin can lead to negative side effects such as bad dreams and aggression.
COP28: British Columbians seeking solutions in Dubai
Radio-Canada | | Media coverage
Chemical and biological engineering master’s student Muhammad Huzaifa commented on the UN’s climate change conference held in Dubai.