Strategic Priority Areas: University for the Future
BC invests $25M into new School of Biomedical Engineering facility
| Announcement
UBC is building a new purpose-built facility for the school, aided by this $25 million grant from the Government of British Columbia. The province’s investment will result in better health care for all British Columbians.
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.