Topics: Awards
UBC among winners of 2023 Design and Build Challenge
Mechanical Business | | Media coverage
UBC engineering and architecture student team Third Quadrant Design was among the winners of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2023 Build Challenge.
Over $10 million in NSERC funding for UBC Applied Science quantum research, engineering training
| Announcement
Over $10 million in NSERC funding have been awarded to UBC Applied Science for quantum computing research and innovative new training programs in biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and materials engineering.
UBC Geering Up wins Actua Award for Excellence
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UBC's Geering Up Engineering Outreach was presented with the Actua 2022 Award for Excellence.
Next-gen mass timber construction key to meeting Canada’s climate change, housing targets
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Civil engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang and his team are developing the tools and techniques to build safer, carbon neutral and quake-resilient buildings.
Dr. Nemy Banthia receives UBC’s highest academic honour
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A version of this article was originally published on the Department of Civil Engineering website.
Interdisciplinary health research involving UBC Applied Science awarded $225,000
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Nine interdisciplinary research projects affiliated with UBC Applied Science are each receiving up to $25,000 in funding for innovative health research.
2022 UBC Applied Science Dean’s Faculty Awards for Service
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Professor Carol Jaeger, Dr. Mark Stevens and Dr. Sabine Weyand were honoured with Dean's Awards for their exceptional contributions to the UBC Applied Science community.
Canada Research Chair awarded to UBC Nursing associate professor
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Dr. Emily Jenkins, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Socioecological Approaches to Mental Health and Substance Use. She is one of 15 UBC researchers appointed to a new chair.
Two UBC alumni receive 2022 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award
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Todd Ablett, a teacher of competitive robotics at West Vancouver Secondary School, and Joe Muise, a science teacher at St. Thomas More Collegiate, are being honoured with the 2022 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award by UBC Applied Science.
UBC Applied Science projects receive $3M in research infrastructure investment
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Twenty Applied Science-led research projects receive $3M in funding for research infrastructure and innovation from BC Knowledge Development Fund and the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.