Topics: Women in Engineering
Learning to welcome change: One massive change at a time
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Chat with HannahThroughout my degree I’ve gone through a lot of changes – covid lockdown during my first year, switching my course focus from cellular bioengineering to biomedical informatics and extending my degree to name a few! My journey has…
UBC Engineering students set to launch ‘sailbot’ to Hawaii
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Built and developed by passionate students from the UBC Sailbot engineering design team, Raye will navigate and sail 2,308 nautical miles (4,274 km) across the Pacific Ocean, without a human crew.
Micromanipulator for Mandibular Reconstruction Surgery
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Our project Mandibular reconstruction surgery involves removing cancerous portions of the jawbone, which leaves the patient with a gap in their jaw. To allow patients to regain jaw functionality for eating, speaking and aesthetic purposes,…
Hardware and Software Biofeedback for Physiotherapy
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Our project PhysViz is an exercise-based telerehabilitation system. The package includes a Bluetooth-enabled load sensor and mobile application for providing biofeedback to patients. It also includes a clinician-facing web portal for…
UBC Engineering deploys mobile air pollution laboratory
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An “air pollution lab on wheels”, PLUME will be used to measure air pollutants across Vancouver including carbon monoxide, ground-level ozone, black carbon, methane, volatile organic compounds, and various sizes of ultrafine particles.
Polymer-Based Sensor for Cortisol Detection in Sweat
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Our project Cortisol is known as the stress hormone as it is elevated during periods of psychological stress. Monitoring and controlling cortisol levels has implications for managing stress-related diseases and has shown to be…
Unmanned Water Testing Vehicle
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Our project Our delivered product was a prototype that is capable of autonomously navigating to multiple locations on a body of water and taking a variety of water quality readings at different depths. This technology improves safety by…
Evaluating Contaminant Management Technologies for Application in Mine Waste Rock
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Our project Mining plays a critical role in our daily lives, as minerals and metals serve as the foundation for virtually all human goods. However, there are significant adverse environmental impacts that can arise from mining. In Elk…
Bioprocess and Biomaterial Applications in Retinal Regeneration
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Our project Maxwell Therapeutics Inc. is a UBC-incubated startup that is developing biotechnology to regenerate multiple co-dependent retinal layers for the treatment of retinal degeneration or trauma. Our project focused on developing a…
UBC Engineers develop nano-copper to quickly kill superbugs
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A team of UBC researchers led by Dr. Amanda Clifford (she/her), an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering, have designed a nano-copper coating that includes bacteria-killing nanoscale features and zinc.