In the Media
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Global NewsConcrete toboggan earns UBC Okanagan engineering students top honours in race
A team of 28 UBC Okanagan engineering students won this year's Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race in Newfoundland. Each team designed and built a toboggan with concrete sliding surfaces, a safety roll cage and a mechanical steering and braking system.
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UBC Okanagan School of Engineering NewsVictory by design: UBC Okanagan Engineering students take national toboggan title
A team of 28 UBC Okanagan engineering students won this year's Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race in Newfoundland. Each team designed and built a toboggan with concrete sliding surfaces, a safety roll cage and a mechanical steering and braking system.
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UBC Okanagan NewsPeople want to age at home, UBC Okanagan can help them stay healthy
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering's Dr. Amir Ardestani-Jaafari used strategic approaches to research how health-care providers can create robust yet flexible home-care networks to meet future demands.
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The ProvinceCan you save money driving an electric vehicle? UBC researchers crunched the numbers
A new study led by professor Dr. Amanda Giang (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability; mechanical engineering) and PhD student Bassam Javed (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability) explored electric vehicle costs across different provinces and territories.
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Squamish ChiefStudents learn critical mine safety skills in unique Sea to Sky simulation event
UBC engineering students came second place in a competition where they had to respond to emergencies resulting from a simulated earthquake.
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The Globe and MailBC biotech boom: Vancouver looks to join the global big leagues of modern medicine
BC's biotechnology industry is starting to boom and UBC researchers are at the forefront, with support from the university. Multiple spinoffs and researchers, like UBC School of Biomedical Engineering's Dr. Peter Zandstra and Dr. Megan Levings, were quoted.
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Business in VancouverB.C.’s net-zero, multibillion-dollar engineering challenge
Electrical and computer engineering professor Dr. José Martí said the increased deployment of electric vehicles, EV charging stations and electric heat pumps will strain on BC's electricity distribution systems.
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UBC Graduate Studies NewsPhD CoLab pilot program announces awardees
Five teams of collaborating PhD students and faculty members at UBC have received funding from the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) new PhD CoLab pilot program. Awards range from $30,000 to $100,000 and total nearly $340,000 during this pilot year.
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UBC Research + InnovationResearch Excellence Clusters funded in 2024/25
Ten research excellence clusters led by Applied Science researchers will be supported through UBC's Research Excellence Clusters initiative in 2024/25.
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Interesting Engineering3D-printed ‘Space-age’ antenna could be face of satellite communication
Researchers from UBC Okanagan’s school of engineering co-created a new compound that can be used to 3D print telecommunication antennas and other connectivity devices.