Topics: Engineering
How AI-powered robots can help B.C.'s construction industry
Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage
Structural engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang and his team at the Smart Structures Lab developed AI robots that can perform basic construction tasks on site.
Artificial intelligence helps unlock advances in wireless communications
| Announcement
UBCO researchers are clearing the way for the next generation of wireless technology.
Fast Forward: Will cars always need batteries?
Science World | | Media coverage
Dr. Yasmine Abdin, materials engineering assistant professor at UBC, and her team have discovered a way to make carbon fibres out of a by-product of the oil and gas industry called asphaltenes.
UBC students design engineering solutions for humanitarian projects
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Students from the faculties of applied science and arts teamed up to design solutions to humanitarian challenges on behalf of non-governmental organizations.
Fungi could one day make up the walls of our homes
CBC | | Media coverage
Joe Dahmen, associate professor at UBC SALA and Dr. Nicholas Lin, postdoctoral fellow, talked about their research into engineered living materials and the potential of mycelium to reduce the environmental impact of construction materials. The team…
Here are 16 positive environmental stories from 2023
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
The top 16 environmental stories include researchers at UBC who discovered how to filter microplastics from water using biodegradable forest byproducts such as bark and wood dust.
Engineering 1958 - 65th Reunion
| Spotlight
On Thursday, September 28, the UBC Engineering class of 1958 celebrated its 65th Reunion. Of the 200 or so young engineers who graduated in 1958, the reunion committee still keeps in touch with about 80 colleagues scattered around the world, with…
New Marshall Bauder Chairs aim to enhance the UBC Engineering learning experience
| Announcement
Dr. Christoph Sielmann and Dr. Alon Eisenstein, assistant professors of teaching in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science, have been named the 2023 recipients of the Marshall Bauder Chairs in Experiential Learning and Leadership.
Humanitarian engineering course host first ever student showcase
The Ubyssey | | Media coverage
APSC 367, Humanitarian Engineering: Politics and Practice, recently hosted their first ever showcase of student projects at Orchard Commons. The interdisciplinary course, jointly created and taught by the departments of international relations and…
UBC team probing tire chemical linked to salmon death wins $1.8M in funding
Global News | | Media coverage
A UBC-led project aiming to protect B.C.’s declining salmon population by identifying and mitigating toxic road runoff has received a $1.8 million grant from Canada’s Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative and the B.C. government. Civil engineering…