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Engineering
Flood-ravaged B.C. braces for more rain amid hope that dike repairs will hold
Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
UBC chemical engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni gave comments about the water supply system in B.C. and how community water supplies could be at risk due to the flooding and mudslides of last week.
When surging floods meet expanding pipelines
The Tyee | | Media coverage
UBC civil engineering professor Dr. Dharma Wijewickreme gave comments about using pipelines to transport fluid over long distances, and the risks that floods pose to pipeline infrastructure.
Could mRNA make us superhuman?
BBC | | Media coverage
BBC interviewed Dr. Anna Blakney, a professor at UBC’s Michael Smith Laboratories and school of biomedical engineering, about mRNA vaccines.
mRNA vaccines changed the course of the pandemic. Now, they could cure all kinds of other diseases
Salon | | Media coverage
Dr. Anna Blakney, a professor at UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories and school of biomedical engineering, was quoted in an article about mRNA vaccines.
UBC Engineering’s Vikram Yadav named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40
Indo-Canadian Voice | | Media coverage
Dr. Vikram Yadav, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at UBC, has been named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 for his highly interdisciplinary and impactful innovation portfolio.
Could take weeks to begin repairing 'unprecedented' damage to B.C.'s road system, experts say
CBC | | Media coverage
Dr. Ahmad Rteil, a professor of structural engineering at UBCO, gave comments about repairing the highways washed out by heavy rains and flooding in B.C.
UBC post-doc entrepreneur’s invention wins nearly $2M prize from Royals, Elon Musk
| Announcement
The following article originally appeared on UBC News. The waste-burning emission reduction invention of a UBC post-doctoral chemical and biological engineering student now has royal recognition and the attention of one of Earth's most…
UBC Geering Up's climate change initiatives
| Announcement
UBC’s engineering outreach program, Geering Up, is made up of a team of UBC students who are working to shape pathways for K-12 youth to engage with the field of engineering in new an innovative ways and help fight climate change along the way.
The serendipitous world of fluid flows
| Spotlight
I am a graduate researcher at the Computational Multiphysics Laboratory at UBC. My work revolves around using computational methods to study complex flows in the oceans. When I am not busy solving fluid dynamics problems, you are most likely to…
Number of sites, looming winter, complicate 'unprecedented' B.C. highway repairs
National Post | | Media coverage
Dr. Ahmad Rteil, a professor of structural engineering at UBCO, gave comments about repairing the highways washed out by heavy rains and flooding in B.C.