In the Media
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Environmental Science & Engineering MagazineUBC explores hydrothermal liquefaction to extract phosphorous from municipal wastewater
UBCO civil engineering professor Dr. Cigdem Eskicioglu led a study that investigated how to extract phosphorus from wastewater sludge.
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Castanet KamloopsUBC Okanagan researcher is lifting virus detection to the next level
UBC engineering researcher Dr. Sepideh Pakpour is developing new technology using magnetic levitation to collect, purify and detect viruses in the air.
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Research2RealityWould you rather get there more quickly or more safely?
Civil engineering professor Dr. Tarek Sayed is developing a new algorithm approach which identifies the safest possible route in an urban network using real-time crash risk data, and can be incorporated into navigation apps such as Google Maps.
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Canadian GeographicPushing to protect the marbled murrelet
Chemical and biological engineering professor emerita Dr. Royann Petrell and others are calling on the government to increase wildlife habitat areas in Vancouver Island old-growth forests to save the threatened marbled murrelet.
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CBCOttawa's big LRT fix is redesigning train parts. What about the track?
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove commented on the shutdown of Ottawa’s LRT system.
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Surrey Now-LeaderVancouver man wins award for work aimed at improving air quality
Chemical and biological engineering postdoctoral researcher Dr. Kevin Kung received the Mitacs Environmental Entrepreneur Award.
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The Weather NetworkHere’s how Vancouver rain gardens are giving salmon a boost
A study co-authored civil engineering researchers found that specially designed gardens could reduce the amount of a toxic car tire chemical entering our waterways by more than 90 per cent.
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Daily Commercial NewsArtificial intelligence and the future of modular and pre-fab construction
Civil engineering research associate Puyan Zadeh commented on how AI could effect the general and modular construction industry.
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Washington PostStates siphoned away $750 million in infrastructure law climate funds
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi said congestion-reducing technology is not the most efficient way to cut emissions as unclogging roads encourages people to drive more.
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Daily Commercial NewsNext-gen mass timber touted as way for buildings to ascend to 20 storeys
Civil and mechanical engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang is working on a government-funded that will make mass timber construction buildings of up to 20 storeys economically and technically feasible by 2028.