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.

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