Topics: Engineering
UBC-led initiative protects salmon against toxic road runoffs
| Announcement
UBC engineers and their partners are working to identify and mitigate toxic hot spots in salmon habitats. The researchers are surveying streams across the Lower Mainland, hoping to build “green infrastructure” that can contain this toxin.
Energizing Sustainability
| Spotlight
Kaiser Foundation for Higher Education donates $10M to the future of sustainable energy at UBC Engineering.
MineSense co-founder gets Mitacs award
Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage
Bern Klein, a professor in the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and co-inventor of the technology used by MineSense Technologies, was recently recognized for his contributions to science with a Mitacs Award.
Climate change leads engineers to harness the power of green
| Announcement
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering researchers use several low-impact developments (LIDs), like this vegetative area outside the Commons building, that are intentionally created to help control and retain rainwater.
No spill response can eliminate risk to marine life in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Capital Daily | | Media coverage
UBCO engineering researcher Saeed Mohammaduin said that swift and efficient response to an oil spill is crucial to minimize the adverse consequences.
14 Not Forgotten ceremony honours École Polytechnique victims
The Ubyssey | | Media coverage
The UBC engineering community gathered outside the Fred Kaiser Atrium in remembrance of the 14 victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.
Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge selects successful projects
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
A UBC project led by materials engineering expert Dr. Yasmine Abdin is one of five to enter Phase III of Alberta Innovates' Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge.
UBC remembers École Polytechnique 34 years later
| Announcement
Memorials were held on both UBC campuses today for the 14 women who were killed at École Polytechnique de Montréal on December 6, 1989.
UBC engineering graduate receives the 2023 Order of the White Rose
| Announcement
Amelia Dai, a UBC chemical and biological engineering graduate, is the ninth recipient of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship. The annual $50,000 scholarship pays tribute to 14 women whose lives were lost at on December 6, 1989.
Engineering grad from B.C. awarded Polytechnique's Order of the White Rose
CTV News | | Media coverage
Chemical and biological engineering alumna Amelia Dai is the first UBC graduate to receive the Order of the White Rose, a scholarship set up in memory of the 14 women who died in the Ecole Polytechnique massacre.