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UBC Applied Science-led projects awarded over $1M in CIHR Project Grant support
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Two projects led by UBC Faculty of Applied Science researchers will receive more than $1 million through the Project Grants: Fall 2020 competition administered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
UBC Engineering-led projects awarded $6.6M in research infrastructure support
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Research projects led by UBC Engineering researchers will receive $6.6 million in funding support through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s 2020 Innovation Fund competition, the Government of Canada announced today.
John Grace inducted into UBC CHBE Hall of Fame
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John Grace, professor emeritus in UBC’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE), has received the inaugural CHBE Hall of Fame Award. The highest honour the department bestows, the award was established to recognize members of the…
UBC Engineering projects awarded over $6M in NSERC Alliance grants
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Twenty-two research projects led by UBC Engineering researchers have collectively been awarded over $6 million in Alliance grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC), the Government of Canada announced…
UBC Applied Science researchers named among world's top scientists
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More than 100 researchers affiliated with the UBC Faculty of Applied Science are among the 100,000 most-cited scientists across all scientific fields, or among the top two per cent of most-cited scientists in their respective subfields, according to…
UBC engineering prof appointed to Order of Canada
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David Wilkinson, a professor in UBC’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and an internationally recognized expert in electrochemical technologies, has been named a member of the Order of Canada “[f]or his contributions to…
UBC engineering physics student named 2021 Rhodes Scholar
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Brendon Tankwa, an engineering physics student and Mastercard Foundation Scholar at UBC, has received a Rhodes Scholarship. One of two recipients of the scholarship for Zimbabwe, Tankwa will head to the University of Oxford next fall to pursue…
Bauder Chairs in Experiential Learning and Leadership announced
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Jonathan Verrett and Jannik Eikenaar, assistant professors of teaching in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science, have been named the inaugural recipients of the Marshall Bauder Chairs in Experiential Learning and Leadership.
Steven Rogak receives $250k for COVID-19 research project
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Steven Rogak, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of British Columbia, has been awarded $250,000 through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Exceptional Opportunities Fund to "cover the urgent need for equipment" for…
2020 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award announced
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Andrew Wong, a mathematics teacher at Robert Cecil Palmer Secondary School in Richmond, has been awarded the 2020 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award by the UBC Faculty of Applied Science. The annual award aims to "[celebrate] teachers who…