Topics:
Engineering
Is there something in the air? These UBC researchers want to know: Q&A
| Announcement
We all know air quality can sometimes be imperfect. The smells and aromas produced by traffic, businesses and industry, and thousands — if not millions — of people living in close proximity can combine to produce an olfactory experience that’s less…
Seismic guidelines underestimate impact of ‘The Big One’ on Metro Vancouver buildings
| Announcement
Scientists examining the effects of a megathrust earthquake in the Pacific Northwest say tall buildings across Metro Vancouver will experience greater shaking than currently accounted for by Canada’s national seismic hazard model.
UBC engineering prof appointed to Order of Canada
| Announcement
David Wilkinson, a professor in UBC’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and an internationally recognized expert in electrochemical technologies, has been named a member of the Order of Canada “[f]or his contributions to…
UBC engineering physics student named 2021 Rhodes Scholar
| Announcement
Brendon Tankwa, an engineering physics student and Mastercard Foundation Scholar at UBC, has received a Rhodes Scholarship. One of two recipients of the scholarship for Zimbabwe, Tankwa will head to the University of Oxford next fall to pursue…
Steven Rogak receives $250k for COVID-19 research project
| Announcement
Steven Rogak, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of British Columbia, has been awarded $250,000 through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Exceptional Opportunities Fund to "cover the urgent need for equipment" for…
Virtual UBC Engineering Open House to take place this Saturday
| Announcement
On November 7, UBC Applied Science will host one of its biggest events of the year: the annual UBC Engineering and SALA Open House. Engineers and architects are playing key roles in efforts to tackle global challenges like climate change and…
2020 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award announced
| Announcement
Andrew Wong, a mathematics teacher at Robert Cecil Palmer Secondary School in Richmond, has been awarded the 2020 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award by the UBC Faculty of Applied Science. The annual award aims to "[celebrate] teachers who…
Global steel innovator helps forge student ventures in chat analytics, extended solar power and data-driven winemaking
| Announcement
Three UBC students pursuing commercial technologies — data sensors for wine production, a chip-based wireless power transfer system and software for the analysis of customer feedback — are the inaugural recipients of a fellowship established by an…
Quantifying the bond between SARS-CoV-2 and human cell receptors
| Announcement
The following article originally appeared on the website of UBC's Department of Mechanical Engineering.
UBC Geering Up to offer free virtual engineering-themed workshops for high school girls
| Announcement
This Saturday, October 17, UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach will launch a series of free monthly online workshops targeted at girls in grades 8 to 12. Designed and led by current UBC Engineering students, the “All-Girls Events”, which were…