Strategic Priority Areas: Planetary Health
Faculty Insight: Dr. Kiana Amini on pioneering electrochemical solutions
| Announcement
MTRL Assistant Professor Dr. Kiana Amini discusses her research developing electrochemical systems aimed at advancing clean energy and promoting environmental sustainability.
Western Pennsylvania's congressmembers at odds with public on how to handle climate crisis
CBS News | | Media coverage
A study by SCARP's Dr. Holly Caggiano was referenced which showed that policymakers may underestimate the support for green energy projects.
They found a huge pile of clothing dumped in an alley. Now they want to use AI to reduce fashion waste
National Observer | | Media coverage
Five computer engineering students are helping to develop an app that will make it easy to handle used clothing for their Capstone project.
Dr. Adam Clare elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
| Announcement
UBC Mechanical Engineering Professor Adam Thomas Clare has been elected Fellow of the United Kingdom’s prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering.
A rare brief flowering of the enormous smelly corpse plant
BBC | | Media coverage
A 2023 study co-authored by CHBE Associate Professor Dr. Jane Hill studied how the volatile organic compounds emitted by corpse plant change through flowering.
Salish Sea too noisy for endangered resident orcas to hunt successfully, according to new research
Times Colonist | | Media coverage
A MECH study found that the sound of a shipping freighter’s propeller at close range can lead to stress, hearing loss and feeding problems for mammals.
Renewable energy is more popular than politicians realize
| Announcement
Local policymakers routinely underestimate public support for renewable energy infrastructure, according to a UBC study. Dr. Holly Caggiano discusses why US policymakers' attitudes towards renewable energy projects are a problem.
What is societal collapse? The past can help us understand our future, but only to a point
The Conversation | | Media coverage
MECH Assistant Professor Dr. Amanda Giang co-wrote about how lessons from historical societal collapse can help us understand our future up to a point.
Dr. Mohammad Arjmand named member of Royal Society of Canada College
| Announcement
Dr. Mohammad Arjmand, Assistant Professor with UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering, is one of eight UBC faculty members named as Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Free money from e-bike incentives not just great for our wallets: UBC study
Daily Hive | | Media coverage
CIVL Associate Professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi found that the Saanich e-bike pilot program led to a decrease in car travel and carbon emissions.