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Meet the B.C. lumberjacks who set out to build a hybrid electric logging truck

The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage

Electrical and computer engineering professor Dr. Martin Ordonez said safety certification is one of the most significant costs in the electric-vehicle sector. 

UBC engineering class of 1958 reunites

CTV Vancouver | | Media coverage

UBC engineering alumni, who helped to build many of the bridges and roads we use today, reconnected 65 years after their graduation. Dr. James Olson, dean of applied science, was interviewed. 

‘We are always there’: Indigenous people also practice self-care on Sept. 30

Global News | | Media coverage

Indigenous engineering PhD student Danilo Caron said spending time with family following September 30 is restorative.

Beyond wearing orange: How to meaningfully mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Global News | | Media coverage

An intergenerational march to recognize Orange Shirt Day will start at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC on Sept. 30. Civil engineering graduate student Danilo Caron (Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation) who is helping…

UBC research team developing new sensors to test mineral content

CIM Magazine | | Media coverage

A team of researchers from UBC has been awarded $520,000 in funding to develop new sensors that will better identify and classify the content of mineral core samples. The research team is co-led by Bern Klein at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of…

Are driverless cars more dangerous than humans? People say yes, but why?

The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage

Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi and PhD student Gurdiljot Singh Gill conducted a study which found that more than 40 per cent of British Columbians believe pedestrians will be less safe with self-driving cars on roadways.

UBCO researchers dive into ways to make public pools more environmentally sustainable

Castanet | | Media coverage

UBCO researchers are looking into the analytical data of public aquatic facilities in an effort to minimize environmental impacts and make them more energy efficient. Engineering postdoctoral researcher Dr. Michael De Coste was quoted. 

UBC engineering researchers dive into ways to make public pools more environmentally sustainable

| Announcement

UBC Okanagan School of Engineering researchers are analyzing data from public swimming pools to minimize environmental impacts and make them more energy efficient.

From here to Tesla - how UBC's Formula Electric Team builds the EV experts of the future!

Transport Evolved | | Media coverage

UBC’s Formula Electric Team, including engineering students, built an electric vehicle that was showcased at Fully Charged Live, a home energy and electric vehicle show. 

Meet a UBC student trying to make Vancouver more sustainable and accessible

CTV News | | Media coverage

Electrical engineering student Stephanie Quon has spearheaded dozens of projects and raised thousands of dollars in funding for community programs. 

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UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.

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