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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. 

No more soft plastics as Yukon recyclers brace for major changes

CBC | | Media coverage

UBCO engineering professor Dr. Mohammad Arjmand is leading research on how to manipulate the properties of recycled plastics, making them more resistant to heat or corrosion, or conductive to electricity. 

Scientists develop unreal solution to get toxic microplastics out of our drinking water: ‘[They] pose a growing threat’

Yahoo News | | Media coverage

Dr. Orlando Rojas, Director of UBC’s BioProducts Institute, developed a device that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water with forestry and chemical and biological engineering researchers.

Tackling tailings with microbes

Elko Daily Free Press | | Media coverage

Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Vikramaditya Yadav discussed using microbes to clean up tailings water, a by-product of mining. 

Top 10 under 40: Meet Heather Trajano from University of British Columbia

Pulp and Paper Canada | | Media coverage

Chemical and Biological Engineering associate professor Heather Trajano named to Top 10 Under 40 by Pulp & Paper Canada.

Researchers simulating wildfire evacuations for five Western Canadian communities

The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage

Civil engineering professor Dr. Amy Kim is part of a study that will survey residents in the Alberta communities of Canmore and Whitecourt and the B.C. towns of Quesnel, Salmon Arm and Nelson on evacuations and decisions in disasters. 

Two UBC Engineering faculty members elected to Royal Society of Canada

| Announcement

Dr. Emily Cranston, a professor in chemical and biological engineering and wood science, and Dr. Jian Liu, an associate professor at the UBC Okanagan School of Engineering, are two of the Royal Society of Canada's newest Members.

How is the Miami River cleaned? New technologies to eradicate microplastics 

NBC Miami | | Media coverage

Media mentioned a device developed by forestry and chemical and biological engineering researchers that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water. 

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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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