Topics: Engineering
UBCO unveils art installation on day of action for violence against women
Castanet | | Media coverage
UBCO students gathered to unveil an art installation that remembers the 14 women that were killed at a school in Montreal in 1989. The art piece, titled For Future Matriarchs, was created by Syilx artist Krista-Belle Stewart and Secwépemc artist…
Decades of work remain long after the shaking ends
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang discussed the Vancouver buildings that don't meet high-performance earthquake standards.
B.C. man reunites with the Space Age hovercraft he built in the 1960s
CBC News | | Media coverage
David Scott, 85-year-old mechanical engineering alumnus, was reunited with a hovercraft that he built in the 1960s.
Engineering students and faculty honour École Polytechnique victims at 14 Not Forgotten ceremony
Ubyssey | | Media coverage
Applied science students and faculty members held a memorial on December 5 to honor the victims of the École Polytechnique mass shooting.
UBC’s first IBET Momentum Fellow aims to decolonize engineering design and project delivery
| Announcement
When Danilo Caron returned to school for an engineering degree, he never imagined how much his new career and research would support his personal journey to connect with his Anishinaabe culture.Years spent working as a masonry contractor in his…
'One piece of the puzzle': UBC Sustainability Hub and SFU Sustainability host post-COP27 discussion
Ubyssey | | Media coverage
Materials engineering student Rynn Zhang spoke to her experience at the UN Conference of the Parties 27 (COP27) and reflected on the urgency for action and bringing attention to Canada as a global emitter.
Acid-base chemistry makes fuels from air possible
| Spotlight
I was raised in Kelowna, BC and received my BSc in Chemical Engineering Co-op at the University of Alberta. I joined the Berlinguette group at UBC in 2018 to pursue my PhD in Chemical & Biological Engineering. There, we…
‘It was transformative’: Nelson residents reflect on attending COP27
Today in BC | | Media coverage
Electrical and computer engineering graduate student Gideon Berry discussed their "transformative" experience at COP27.
Over $5M awarded to UBC Engineering research advancing climate change mitigation
| Announcement
Two UBC Engineering research projects that aim to understand and quantify transportation emissions in Canada are receiving over $5 million in funding from the Government of Canada.
‘I basically live in a construction site’: UBC scientist leads research on disaster-resilient building
Journal of Commerce | | Media coverage
Dr. Lisa Tobber, a civil engineering professor, is the head of a research project that will test new building materials for disaster resilience and try to create the perfect equation for construction optimization.