Topics: Engineering
Engineering as a pathway to medicine
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Why did you want to study biomedical engineering? Both of my parents are engineers – my dad is a computer engineer and my mom is a mechanical engineer – so I always knew what engineering was about and considered it as an option. In high…
After the flames, wildfires pollute drinking water for years
Water Canada | | Media coverage
UBC Civil Engineering Professor Loretta Li challenges the common perception of wildfires and claims that, for many communities, the most important damage begins after the fire has passed.
UBC Engineering teams sweep podium at Simon Cox Student Design Competition
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Students from UBC Okanagan and UBC Vancouver recognized for assistive technologies designed to improve lives and advance accessibility.
UBCO Engineering’s Dr. Zheng Liu named CAE Fellow
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UBC Okanagan School of Engineering professor Dr. Zheng Liu has been awarded one of the Canadian Academy of Engineering’s highest honours.
UBC Applied Science researchers receive investment from New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration competition
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This funding supports researchers to conduct innovative high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research.
Six UBC Applied Science experts announced as Canada Research Chairs
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Researchers from UBC Engineering and UBC Nursing have been named or renewed as Canada Research Chairs, representing an investment into UBC Applied Science's impactful, innovative work.
The living blueprint
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Dr. Chen, an assistant professor of civil engineering who leads the Construction Integration and Digitalization (CID) lab at UBC Okanagan, focuses on “digital construction”—not just robots on the ground, but the systems that tell robots (and humans…
The instant high-rise
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UBC Civil Engineering Professor Tony Yang is the director of UBC’s Smart Structures Lab, a hub for next-generation infrastructure research. In Dr. Yang’s vision, the construction site of the future looks less like organized chaos and more like…
SBME welcomes Dr. Govind Kaigala as Director pro tem of the School of Biomedical Engineering
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Dr. Govind Kaigala has been appointed as Director pro tem, School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME). His work has opened new avenues for research and industry to have an impact within health systems.
Stress lines
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UBC Civil Engineering professor Lisa Tobber sticks concrete beams into industrial crushers in an effort to help future homes and high-rise buildings stay upright during earthquakes, from minor tremors to major shakes.