In the Media
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The Globe and MailAre U.S. tariffs a threat to Canadian health sciences innovators – or a golden opportunity?
Peter Zandstra, director of the School of Biomedical Engineering, says Canada should seize the moment by actively recruiting star academics from the U.S.
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CBCNearly half of landslides during B.C. weather disaster linked to logging, wildfire, study finds | CBC News
UBCO School of Engineering Professor Dwayne Tannant comments on a new study on the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia’s atmospheric river disaster in November 2021.
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BC BusinessBC researchers are turning oil sands waste into carbon fibres
Producing large quantities of the usable green carbon fibres could prove challenging, says Material Engineering's Dr. Yasmine Abdin
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Business in VancouverAI-powered robotics are building smarter structures in B.C.'s backyard
UBC researchers devising faster, less costly construction methods to build more homes
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Global NewsUBC Okanagan plans to create widespread use of hydrogen as fuel
Dr. Will Hughes, Director of the UBC Okanagan School of Engineering, and associate professor Dr. Joshua Brinkerhoff describe the ambition of a cutting-edge hydrogen research lab.
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CTVNewsB.C. earthquake highlights Vancouver’s vulnerability should the ‘Big One’ arrive
Dr. Perry Adebar, a professor of structural engineering, discussed the challenges of preparing for a large-scale seismic disaster in B.C.'s densely populated South Coast.
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Vancouver Sun10-second wake-up call: Earthquake sparks urgent inspections of B.C. infrastructure
Dr. Tony Yang, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and part of the UBC Smart Structures lab, spoke about the region’s susceptibility to earthquakes following a quake in Sechelt felt throughout the Lower Mainland.
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SiteNewsUBC researchers team up with builders to expand circular economy
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering experts are joining forces with Axiom Builders and VEMA Deconstruction to maximize material recovery and reuse in construction.
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Business in VancouverB.C.-made critical mineral could be used as a 'reactive weapon' in trade war
Dr. John Steen, director of UBC’s Bradshaw Research Initiative in Minerals and Mining, explained that germanium could be used as a ‘reactive weapon’ against the US.
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T-Net British ColumbiaInnovation UBC announces 10 startup ventures joining HATCH Venture Builder Winter 2025
Two early-stage ventures co-founded by electrical and computer engineers Lukas Chrostowski and Sudip Shekhar, and mechanical engineer Hongshen Ma, are part of the new HATCH cohort.