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School of Biomedical Engineering awarded $5 million for a new Biodevice Foundry

UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | | Media coverage

SBME received $5 million from PacifiCan to launch the new Biodevice Foundry, a state-of-the-art facility for designing and testing biodevices to help accelerate biomedical innovation.

Five Applied Science members receive Sustainability Education Fellows Grants

UBC Sustainability | | Media coverage

Drs. Sara Jacobs, Tamara Etmannski, Paul Lusina, Christoph Sielmann and James Connolly received the grant for incorporating sustainability content in their teaching.

BC smart-glass developer Miru lands $27M Series A financing

Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage

CHBE Professor Dr. Curtis Berlinguette founded Miru, which came out of the Creative Destruction Lab.

UBC students compete to build best burger-serving robots

CTV News Vancouver | | Media coverage

UBC Engineering Physics students took part in a cooking competition using autonomous robots inspired by the video game Overcooked. 

School of Engineering professor to lead new Battery Innovation Centre at UBC Okanagan

| Announcement

UBC Okanagan to establish a new Battery Innovation Centre, led by Dr. Jian Liu, after Josie Osborne announced $2 million in funding from the provincial government.

Province funds battery research centre at UBC

CTV News Vancouver | | Media coverage

UBC Okanagan received a $2 million investment from the BC government for the Battery Innovation Centre led by engineering prof Dr. Jian Liu. 

New concept explains how tiny particles navigate water layers

Tech and Science Post | | Media coverage

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Gwynn Elfring found that density layers influence the swimming direction of tiny particles.

Universities in Canada to build a career in biotech in 2024

Labiotech | | Media coverage

UBC's School of Biomedical Engineering was recognized for its convergent research and education, as well as its interdisciplinary collaboration.

UBC Faculty of Applied Science 2024 appointments

| Announcement

Dr. Sheryl Staub-French, Dr. Charles Haynes and Dr. Scott McDougall are leading three engineering departments or program, effective July 1, 2024.

UBC mechanical engineering professor appointed to Order of Canada

| Announcement

Dr. Yusuf Altintas, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC’s Vancouver campus, is one of four UBC community members to be named an Officer of the Order of Canada this week.

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