Topics: Engineering
A Civil Engineer's Guide to Meaningful and Creative Work
| Spotlight
Making a sustainability impact through building envelope design. Story of Sameer as a Civil Engineer.
Canada’s housing crisis: Innovative tech must come with policy reform
The Conversation | | Media coverage
CIVL's Dr. Tony Yang wrote that a multifaceted strategy is needed to fix Canada’s housing issues.
Fueling the future of transit needs exact change
| Announcement
SOE's Dr. Kasun Hewage and his students in UBC Okanagan’s Lifecycle Management Lab are researching the effectiveness of electric and hydrogen powered buses.
Being bold: Andy Mular’s continued influence on the next generation of mining engineering changemakers
| Spotlight
In the late 1960s, Andy Mular was probably the first person to use time-share mainframe computing to solve mineral processing problems. Time-shares made these enormous and costly machines accessible to academics and engineers by allowing them to…
UBC addressing real-world problems with innovation in chemistry
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
CHBE's Dr. Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos helped form A2O Advanced Materials Inc. to manufacture high performing, longer-lasting dynamic bonding products.
Shaping BC: Innovations in sustainable building
Global News | | Media coverage
CIVL research associate Dr. Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki spoke about innovations in sustainable building and construction.
BC researcher wins award for remote ultrasound
Canadian Healthcare Technology | | Media coverage
ECE PhD student David Black received the Mitacs Innovation Award – Outstanding Innovation for his work on a remote ultrasound technology.
Innovator wins Mitacs Award for life-changing water system
Techcouver | | Media coverage
Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi received a Mitacs Innovation Award for his work providing clean water solutions to a school in his home region in Kenya.
UBC engineering researchers David Black and Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi receive 2024 Mitacs Innovation Awards
| Announcement
UBC engineering researchers David Black and Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi have each received a 2024 Mitacs Innovation Award.
Why is everything 'quantum' now?
CBC News | | Media coverage
A CBC reporter spoke to ECE's Dr. Joseph Salfi at UBC’s Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute to learn more about quantum science.