Topics: Engineering
Burning bright: laser physics and forest fires
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I’m a recent graduate of Engineering Physics with a minor in Commerce. At UBC, I’ve been focused on developing rigorous scientific skills and applying them to environmental, social and business situations.
Engineering is a team sport
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"It was important for me to know that when I came to campus I would be engaged as part of a community, not just as part of a class."
Shifting perspectives: This biomedical engineering student’s path to innovation and accessibility
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Max Arsenault sees the world from a different perspective. As a full-time manual wheelchair user, this cellular bioengineering student is a steadfast advocate for improving the health research sphere and transforming how we plan for equity,…
B.C. gas projects could triple emissions target by 2030, finds report
Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage
Chemical and biological engineering adjunct professor Dr. Roland Clift commented on a report that B.C. will blow its oil and gas emissions target.
New water treatment zaps forever chemicals ‘once and for all’
The Independent | | Media coverage
Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni developed a way to eliminate harmful chemicals that usually break down over hundreds of years.
This van takes air pollution testing right to the source
The Weather Network | | Media coverage
Mechanical engineering's Dr. Naomi Zimmerman is researching a cost-effective way to measure air pollution through a mobile laboratory (PLUME).
UBCO researchers aim to energize fruit waste
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UBCO engineers are squeezing energy from discarded fruit using microbial fuel cells.
Is the future of mining electric? As mines transition equipment, new risks emerge
CBC | | Media coverage
Dr. Ali Madiseh (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) discussed how electrification can reduce the mining industry's carbon emissions.
When the chips are up
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Few people can claim, as Colin Harris can, to have been part of a team that contributed, in the 1990s, to the evolution of the Internet. But given the complexity of his company’s innovation, many of us may need Google to understand it. While any…
Engineers develop water filtration system that permanently removes 'forever chemicals'
NBC News | | Media coverage
Research led by chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni discovered a way to eliminate harmful chemicals that usually take hundreds of years to break down.