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UBC engineering researchers dive into ways to make public pools more environmentally sustainable
| Announcement
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering researchers are analyzing data from public swimming pools to minimize environmental impacts and make them more energy efficient.
Meet a UBC student trying to make Vancouver more sustainable and accessible
CTV News | | Media coverage
Electrical engineering student Stephanie Quon has spearheaded dozens of projects and raised thousands of dollars in funding for community programs.
No more soft plastics as Yukon recyclers brace for major changes
CBC | | Media coverage
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Mohammad Arjmand is leading research on how to manipulate the properties of recycled plastics, making them more resistant to heat or corrosion, or conductive to electricity.
Scientists develop unreal solution to get toxic microplastics out of our drinking water: ‘[They] pose a growing threat’
Yahoo News | | Media coverage
Dr. Orlando Rojas, Director of UBC’s BioProducts Institute, developed a device that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water with forestry and chemical and biological engineering researchers.
New action guide empowers people with dementia
| Announcement
UBC School of Nursing researcher Dr. Alison Phinney and collaborators have produced a guide for people with dementia to create action groups to make changes in their community, reduce stigma and promote inclusion.
Tackling tailings with microbes
Elko Daily Free Press | | Media coverage
Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Vikramaditya Yadav discussed using microbes to clean up tailings water, a by-product of mining.
In practice: Architects Against Housing Alienation on building an equitable housing system
Architectural Review | | Media coverage
SALA faculty Sara Stevens, Matthew Soules and Tijana Vujosevic write about how to decommodify and decolonize housing in Canada.
Researchers simulating wildfire evacuations for five Western Canadian communities
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Amy Kim is part of a study that will survey residents in the Alberta communities of Canmore and Whitecourt and the B.C. towns of Quesnel, Salmon Arm and Nelson on evacuations and decisions in disasters.
Two UBC Engineering faculty members elected to Royal Society of Canada
| Announcement
Dr. Emily Cranston, a professor in chemical and biological engineering and wood science, and Dr. Jian Liu, an associate professor at the UBC Okanagan School of Engineering, are two of the Royal Society of Canada's newest Members.
How to really change zoning to increase housing affordability
The Province | | Media coverage
SALA professor Patrick Condon was quoted in an opinion piece about housing affordability in Vancouver.