Strategic Priority Areas: University for the Future
UBC-Fraunhofer Collaboration agreement in industrial digital transformation
| Announcement
The UBC Faculty of Applied Science and the Fraunhofer’s Institute for Experimental Software Engineering and Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology have set up a research collaboration in the field of industrial digital transformation.
Waste wood chemically recycled to produce material stronger than steel
New Scientist | | Media coverage
Shaping water
| Announcement
Engineering researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a simple way to create soft structures of various shapes and sizes using oil and water.
Fire & Flood, Facing Two Extremes: Why B.C. can’t always build its way out of risks
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Landscape architecture professor Kees Lokman was quoted in a Vancouver Sun series on disaster planning and adaptation in BC.
Gelatin could hold the key to developing electronic ‘smart skins’: UBC study
Lake Cowichan Gazette | | Media coverage
UBC engineering researchers are working on creating smart skin that mimics the sensing capabilities of natural skin using hydrogels. Professor Dr. John Madden and former graduate student Yuta Dobashi were quoted.
UBC Applied Science grad students receive Killam teaching awards
| Announcement
Three teaching assistants in UBC Applied Science received Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards.
UBC Engineering profs receive UBC Faculty Research Awards
| Announcement
Three UBC Engineering researchers received 2021 UBC Faculty Research Awards.
UBC Engineering students awarded UBC Premier Undergraduate and Wesbrook Scholarships
| Announcement
Four UBC Engineering students — Phoebe Cheung, Tyler Lum, Cailin Ringstrom and Coralie Tcheune — have been named recipients of UBC Premier Undergraduate and Wesbrook Scholarships.
High-tech mouthguard tracks head impacts during varsity hockey playoffs
| Announcement
A high-tech mouthguard worn by Thunderbird hockey players is recording impacts, capturing data for UBC researchers who study concussions. The study is led by Dr. Lyndia Wu, an expert in brain injury biomechanics at UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science.