Strategic Priority Areas: Planetary Health
Shaping BC: Innovations in sustainable building
Global News | | Media coverage
CIVL research associate Dr. Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki spoke about innovations in sustainable building and construction.
Dr. Patrick Kirchen named Rosenblatt Professor in Marine Engineering
| Announcement
MECH's Dr. Patrick Kirchen has been named the inaugural holder of the Rosenblatt Professorship in Marine Engineering at UBC.
Five UBC engineering experts appointed Canada Research Chairs
| Announcement
Five researchers affiliated with UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science have been named among this year’s new and renewed Canada Research Chairs, out of 20 chairs at UBC.
Turning waste into possibilities: The UBCO Cleantech Hub
| Announcement
With $1.9 million in funding from PacifiCan, Dr. Jian Liu's Cleantech Hub is catalyzing academic industry collaborations to commercialize sustainable materials and promote clean technologies.
At-home food recyclers are often billed as eco-saviors. We don’t buy it.
Wirecutter | | Media coverage
CHBE's Dr. Anthony Lau was cited in a New York Times article about how countertop composters don’t produce compost.
Nine reasons we love our spooky, kooky model organisms
Nature News | | Media coverage
CHBE Associate Professor Dr. Jane Hill was among nine researchers who shared what inspired the study of an unusual, spooky organism.
Noise-dampening tech could make ships less disruptive to marine life
The Economist (subscription) | | Media coverage
MECH's Dr. Rajeev Jaiman and team are developing a way to reduce shipping noise pollution by incorporating flexible polymers into metal propeller blades.
Is sustainable development possible? Only if we take a unified approach
| Announcement
Dr. Davide Elmo (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) wrote about the need for global collaboration to achieve sustainable development.
Three Applied Science doctoral students join UBC's Public Scholars Initiative
| Announcement
Applied Science members Esther Roorda, Michelle Gagnon and Meghna Mohandas have joined UBC's Public Scholars Initiative.
The future of home heating? It’s in the dishwater
The Tyee | | Media coverage
CHBE's Dr. Anthony Lau commented on energy systems that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.