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B.C. gas projects could triple emissions target by 2030, finds report

Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage

Chemical and biological engineering adjunct professor Dr. Roland Clift commented on a report that B.C. will blow its oil and gas emissions target.

New water treatment zaps forever chemicals ‘once and for all’

The Independent | | Media coverage

Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni developed a way to eliminate harmful chemicals that usually break down over hundreds of years.

This van takes air pollution testing right to the source

The Weather Network | | Media coverage

Mechanical engineering's Dr. Naomi Zimmerman is researching a cost-effective way to measure air pollution through a mobile laboratory (PLUME).

Is the future of mining electric? As mines transition equipment, new risks emerge

CBC | | Media coverage

Dr. Ali Madiseh (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) discussed how electrification can reduce the mining industry's carbon emissions. 

Engineers develop water filtration system that permanently removes 'forever chemicals'

NBC News | | Media coverage

Research led by chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni discovered a way to eliminate harmful chemicals that usually take hundreds of years to break down.

What the battle for Teck says about mining, ESG and the clean energy transition

BNN Bloomberg | | Media coverage

Dr. John Steen from the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering commented on the mining industry and clean energy. 

New UBC water treatment zaps ‘forever chemicals’ for good

| Announcement

Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new water treatment that removes “forever chemicals” from drinking water safely, efficiently – and for good.

SCARP Planning Studio 2023

Apr 4, 2023 | 3:45pm - 6:00pm | Event

After months of research, community engagement, partnerships, and planning, our Planning Studio teams will present their research findings and formal proposals to their community partners.

'We can do this together': UBC Engineering strives to increase female enrolment

The Ubyssey | | Media coverage

Engineering professors Dr. Sheryl Staub-French, associate dean of equity, diversity, inclusion and Indigeneity, and Dr. Agnes d’Entremont, faculty advisor of Women in Engineering UBC, on increasing women enrolment in UBC Engineering.

Developing period products that are healthier for the body — and the planet

Toronto Star | | Media coverage

Biomedical engineering professor Rashmi Prakash and her team are learning to create compostable period products.

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