Topics: Engineering
Making a difference: UBC students design low-cost ventilator for COVID-19
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BC engineering students have developed a simple, low-cost COVID-19 ventilator that may very well save lives. Their design — built around a modified BiPAP machine — is among the final 10 in the Code Life Ventilator Challenge, an international…
Creating a smarter city from home
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Physical distancing due to COVID-19 poses many new challenges for us as a society. But these challenges also present fresh opportunities for collaboration and creativity. One recent example is a virtual event involving students at the University of…
Biomedical engineering student receives J. Fred Muir Memorial Scholarship in Engineering
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Gabrielle Booth, a third year student in the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Biomechanics and Biomaterials research stream, has been awarded the J. Fred Muir Memorial Scholarship in Engineering. The scholarship was established through a…
Biomedical engineering student receives Charles and Jane Banks Scholarship
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Benjamin McMaster, a third-year student in the UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering program’s cellular bioengineering stream, has been awarded a Charles and Jane Banks Scholarship.The scholarship was established from a bequest to the…
B.C. wood fuel could cut coal power emissions by 85%
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Fueling power plants with wood pellets instead of coal could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 85 per cent, a recent University of British Columbia study has found. This is the case even after factoring in emissions caused by…
Feedback-based policy can help manage COVID-19 more effectively
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A team of applied science researchers at the University of British Columbia have joined the fight against COVID-19. They’ve developed a systematic feedback strategy they say can help public health authorities in their efforts to contain the virus…
Which types of copper surfaces can help stop the spread of hospital infections?
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Bacteria and other microorganisms thrive in health care settings, infecting hundreds of millions of patients — and costing health systems billions of dollars — every year. Now, new research from the University of British Columbia suggests that…
Q&A with Andrea Sainz Mapes, an Environmental Engineering alumna
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Andrea participated in the International Service Learning program, Global Engineering Leadership course, in 2017 and was placed in Bangalore, India at SELCO Foundation. One of the many things in which SELCO Foundation partakes in is…
UBC Seismic wins bronze at international competition
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The UBC Seismic Design Team has placed third out of 51 teams and won the Egov Popov Structural Innovation Award at this year's Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition (SDC).It was not only the team’s best performance at the SDC, but also the…
MECH student receives Geyer Family Award in Biomedical Engineering
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Julia Hudea, a fourth-year student in the UBC mechanical engineering program’s biomedical concentration, has been awarded the Geyer Family Award in Biomedical Engineering. The award recognizes biomedical engineering undergraduate students “with an…