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Research Excellence Clusters led by UBC Applied Science receive GCRC funding

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Seven Research Excellence Clusters led by UBC Applied Science faculty members will receive funding through UBC's Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competition.

UBC Engineering researchers receive over $2.2 million in funding from B.C. Knowledge Development Fund

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The cutting-edge labs and equipment supported by the BCKDF help UBC Applied Science attract top researchers and innovators and help build impactful partnerships with industry.

Innovation and collaboration at the forefront in UBC Applied Science 2024/25 Research Report

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Discover how UBC Applied Science is making an impact on the world’s complex challenges through ambitious, innovative and collaborative endeavours.

Smarter sensors developed at UBC deliver core insights

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UBC Mining Professor Bern Klein's innovative research into sensors is making is mining operations more sustainable and efficient.

15 ways UBC researchers broke new ground in 2025

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UBC Applied Science projects Spikeless and the MycoToilet are among the top research stories of the year.

Four UBC engineers receive Order of the White Rose scholarships

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The students are among the recipients of the scholarship program honouring the 14 women killed at the École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989.

UBC remembers the women of École Polytechnique

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14 Not Forgotten memorials were held at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan on December 1 to honour the women killed and injured at École Polytechnique de Montréal 36 years ago.

How the Mechanical Engineering class of 1984 is giving back

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At their 40th reunion, Maurice Duteau, president of the Mechanical Engineering class of 1984, stood and announced to the group, “many of us have been quite successful and it’s time to pay it back.”

Three UBC Applied Science experts announced as Canada Research Chairs 

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Purang Abolmaesumi, Nozomu Yachie and Martino Tran were announced as new and renewed Chairs, representing an investment in UBC Applied Science's research excellence.

Changemakers invited to chart their future with UBC Okanagan's new Master of Design

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The Master of Design program, taught by faculty from the UBC Okanagan School of Engineering and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, is a professional graduate degree program that is rooted in critical design thinking, creative practice and…

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