Topics: Engineering
Never A Dull Moment With Engineering
| Spotlight
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
| Spotlight
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
| Spotlight
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,…
Master's of Engineering Leadership 2021 - 2nd reunion
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We gathered at Spanish Banks after a couple of months of everybody been extremely busy. I thought it was about time to reconnect with an in-person activity close to where we all met, UBC, so Spanish Banks was selected. Folks took their family…
Chemical and Biological Engineering Sushi and Games Night
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In the heart of the city of Vancouver, eight old friends from Chemical and Biological Engineering finally reunited after years of separation. Each had embarked on unique career paths, but their bond remained intact. Their love for sushi and board…
UBCO researchers recover vital resources from wastewater sludge
| Announcement
Using a combination of heat, water and phase separation, these researchers have developed a cost-effective method to concentrate phosphorous—which can be efficiently recovered by extraction—from wastewater sludge.
Next-gen mass timber touted as way for buildings to ascend to 20 storeys
Daily Commercial News | | Media coverage
Civil and mechanical engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang is working on a government-funded that will make mass timber construction buildings of up to 20 storeys economically and technically feasible by 2028.
Would you rather get there more quickly or more safely?
Research2Reality | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Tarek Sayed is developing a new algorithm approach which identifies the safest possible route in an urban network using real-time crash risk data, and can be incorporated into navigation apps such as Google Maps.
UBCO researchers recover vital resources from wastewater sludge
Castanet | | Media coverage
UBCO civil engineering professor Dr. Cigdem Eskicioglu led a study that investigated how to extract phosphorus from wastewater sludge.