Topics: Engineering
Pushing to protect the marbled murrelet
Canadian Geographic | | Media coverage
Chemical and biological engineering professor emerita Dr. Royann Petrell and others are calling on the government to increase wildlife habitat areas in Vancouver Island old-growth forests to save the threatened marbled murrelet.
Chemical Engineering Alumni Tour Around UBC Campus
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We started our day on campus off with reliving the challenges of parking like in the old days. It was a challenge finding a spot not in the old B lot but in a 4 level parkade. We tried to find something down low but ended up at the top of the…
Ottawa's big LRT fix is redesigning train parts. What about the track?
CBC | | Media coverage
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove commented on the shutdown of Ottawa’s LRT system.
Vancouver man wins award for work aimed at improving air quality
Surrey Now-Leader | | Media coverage
Chemical and biological engineering postdoctoral researcher Dr. Kevin Kung received the Mitacs Environmental Entrepreneur Award.
Here’s how Vancouver rain gardens are giving salmon a boost
The Weather Network | | Media coverage
A study co-authored civil engineering researchers found that specially designed gardens could reduce the amount of a toxic car tire chemical entering our waterways by more than 90 per cent.
Artificial intelligence and the future of modular and pre-fab construction
Daily Commercial News | | Media coverage
Civil engineering research associate Puyan Zadeh commented on how AI could effect the general and modular construction industry.
Never A Dull Moment With Engineering
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Joses' experience in Civil Engineering and how he proceeded to work with the City of Vancouver.
States siphoned away $750 million in infrastructure law climate funds
Washington Post | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi said congestion-reducing technology is not the most efficient way to cut emissions as unclogging roads encourages people to drive more.
Engineering Alumni in Ottawa
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Six of us, all Applied Science alumni and a few of us meeting for the first time, went out for drinks at a local pub in Ottawa. It was great getting to know everyone and we had a good time talking about work and life in Ottawa. We all had a great…
Engineering Alumni 2020 in San Francisco
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A wholesome, sunny afternoon picnic at Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco. As Canadians living, working, and even studying in California, the warmer weather is appreciated! Wilson, Divya, and Hannah now work in the tech industry in the Bay Area,…