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German President's visit to UBC highlights clean energy and climate change solutions

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UBC Applied Science research is making waves - with the President of Germany visiting UBC to see the practical solutions that Applied Science researchers are developing to address complex challenges like climate change and clean energy.

Research Excellence Clusters led by UBC Applied Science receive GCRC funding

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Seven Research Excellence Clusters led by UBC Applied Science faculty members will receive funding through UBC's Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competition.

Where robotics meet the ocean: Advancing autonomous sensing

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UBC researcher Dr. Adrien Desjardins is developing AI-powered autonomous vehicles and sensing systems to enable persistent, large-scale monitoring of Canada's largely unobserved coastlines, supporting environmental, Indigenous, and national security…

One World Lithium Taps UBC Team to Advance Local Cleantech Innovation

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One World Lithium is collaborating with UBC Mechanical Engineering's Alex Tavasoli to accelerate research and development of the firm’s single-step Direct Lithium Carbonation Extraction Technology.

UBC Applied Science researchers receive investment from New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration competition

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This funding supports researchers to conduct innovative high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research.

Six UBC Applied Science experts announced as Canada Research Chairs

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Researchers from UBC Engineering and UBC Nursing have been named or renewed as Canada Research Chairs, representing an investment into UBC Applied Science's impactful, innovative work.

The living blueprint

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Dr. Chen, an assistant professor of civil engineering who leads the Construction Integration and Digitalization (CID) lab at UBC Okanagan, focuses on “digital construction”—not just robots on the ground, but the systems that tell robots (and humans…

The instant high-rise

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UBC Civil Engineering Professor Tony Yang is the director of UBC’s Smart Structures Lab, a hub for next-generation infrastructure research. In Dr. Yang’s vision, the construction site of the future looks less like organized chaos and more like…

Stress lines

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UBC Civil Engineering professor Lisa Tobber sticks concrete beams into industrial crushers in an effort to help future homes and high-rise buildings stay upright during earthquakes, from minor tremors to major shakes.

Are you addicted to your AI chatbot? It might be by design

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New research from UBC Computer and Electrical Engineering shows some people are developing addictive patterns of AI chatbot use—and it’s affecting their daily lives.

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