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Q&A with Andrea Sainz Mapes, an Environmental Engineering alumna
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Andrea participated in the International Service Learning program, Global Engineering Leadership course, in 2017 and was placed in Bangalore, India at SELCO Foundation. One of the many things in which SELCO Foundation partakes in is tackling design…
UBC Seismic wins bronze at international competition
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The UBC Seismic Design Team has placed third out of 51 teams and won the Egov Popov Structural Innovation Award at this year's Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition (SDC). It was not only the team’s best performance at the SDC, but also the…
MECH student receives Geyer Family Award in Biomedical Engineering
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Julia Hudea, a fourth-year student in the UBC mechanical engineering program’s biomedical concentration, has been awarded the Geyer Family Award in Biomedical Engineering. The award recognizes biomedical engineering undergraduate students “with an…
UBC Engineering students win local World's Challenge Challenge competition
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A team that includes two UBC Engineering students has won the UBC chapter of the World’s Challenge Challenge. Hosted by the UBC Global Lounge, the competition invites participants from diverse backgrounds and study areas to come together and devise…
Engineering prof elected to US National Academy of Engineering
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Rabab Ward, a professor emerita in UBC’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elected a Foreign Member of the United States’ National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for her “innovative applications of signal processing to…
UBC named “entrepreneurial powerhouse” in national business competition
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Rashmi Prakash, a master’s student in UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering, has placed first in the graduate track of the BMO Financial Group Apex Business Plan Competition. Gareth Kaczkowski, a fourth-year integrated engineering student, and…
UBC Applied Science profs receive UBC research awards
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Four members of the UBC Applied Science faculty have received 2019 UBC Faculty Research Awards. Aimed at recognizing outstanding UBC researchers in the arts, business, applied science, science and medicine, the awards are selected annually by UBC’s…
New device identifies high-quality blood donors
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Blood banks have long known about high-quality donors — individuals whose red blood cells stay viable for longer in storage, and in the recipient’s body. Now, a new device developed at UBC is showing promise as a method to identify these “super”…
UBC Applied Science researchers awarded over $1.3M in CIHR Project Grants
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Researchers in UBC’s faculties of nursing and mechanical engineering have been awarded more than $1.3 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the agency’s Project Grant Program’s 2019 fall competition. The Project…
Media advisory: Mars rover challenge today at 11 a.m.
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Event: Mars rover challengeDate/Time: Wednesday, January 29 | 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.Location: Fred Kaiser Building (map), Room 1180, 2332 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4Parking: Health Sciences Parkade (map)