Topics: Engineering
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.
Construction tech adoption ‘more visionary than realistic’ without necessary advancements
Journal of Commerce | | Media coverage
SOE's Dr. Qian Chen discusses the future of technology in construction.
Ticketmaster privacy breach raises question of identity monitoring services: Are they worth it?
The Globe and Mail (Subscription) | | Media coverage
ECE professor Konstantin Beznosov discussed the usefulness of identity monitoring services.
UBC researchers run bad smell test on Metro Vancouverites
Vancouver Is Awesome | | Media coverage
Engineering researchers have released the first results of their Smell Vancouver app, which highlighted how collecting odour data can inform air quality management policies.
Smell reports reveal the need to expand urban air quality monitoring, say engineering researchers
| Announcement
Engineering researchers analyzed data reported to the Smell Vancouver app to understand how different odours can affect your wellbeing.
Evacuation orders, flood warnings issued after landslide blocks BC's Chilcotin River
CTV News Vancouver | | Media coverage
Dr. Davide Elmo (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) discussed how to remediate the damage caused by a landslide near BC’s Farwell Canyon.
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.
Dr. Luis Alberto Torres Cruz named Teck Professor in Tailings Management and Innovation at Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
| Announcement
Dr. Luis Alberto Torres Cruz is joining the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering as the Teck Professor in Tailings Management and Innovation.
The carbon costs of the construction industry
UBC Okanagan News | | Media coverage
School of Engineering's Dr. Shahria Alam hopes to tackle the building industry’s climate challenge through more sustainable materials.