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Vancouver Is Awesome
UBC researchers run bad smell test on Metro Vancouverites

Engineering researchers have released the first results of their Smell Vancouver app, which highlighted how collecting odour data can inform air quality management policies.

August 1, 2024
CTV News Vancouver
Evacuation orders, flood warnings issued after landslide blocks BC's Chilcotin River

Dr. Davide Elmo (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) discussed how to remediate the damage caused by a landslide near BC’s Farwell Canyon.

July 31, 2024
CTV News Vancouver
Province funds battery research centre at UBC

UBC Okanagan received a $2 million investment from the BC government for the Battery Innovation Centre led by engineering prof Dr. Jian Liu.

July 29, 2024
CBC News
Vancouver odour app chronicles people's behavioural responses to bad smells

MECH postdoctoral researcher Dr. Sahil Bhandari co-authored a study which showed how collecting odour data can help shape policies that manage air quality.

July 23, 2024
UBC Okanagan News
The carbon costs of the construction industry

School of Engineering's Dr. Shahria Alam hopes to tackle the building industry’s climate challenge through more sustainable materials.

July 22, 2024
Tech and Science Post
New concept explains how tiny particles navigate water layers

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Gwynn Elfring found that density layers influence the swimming direction of tiny particles.

July 15, 2024
Labiotech
Universities in Canada to build a career in biotech in 2024

UBC's School of Biomedical Engineering was recognized for its convergent research and education, as well as its interdisciplinary collaboration.

July 12, 2024
The Globe and Mail (subscription)
After Calgary’s water crisis, a Globe analysis finds trouble brewing in Canada’s pipes

Civil Engineering Adjunct Professor Dr. Troy Vassos explained how cities assess their water infrastructure.

July 11, 2024
Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver gets one bidder for contract in $10B Iona sewage plant replacement

Civil Engineering Adjunct Professor Dr. Troy Vassos commented on the lack of bidders for the project.

July 11, 2024
Kelowna Now
Kelowna councillor pushing for electric light rail line linking Osoyoos and Kamloops

UBC Okanagan School of Engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove studied the technical and economic feasibility of a hydrogen-fueled passenger train in the Okanagan.

July 10, 2024

UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.