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The Province
UBC researchers discover way to filter microplastics out of water using plants

Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Orlando Rojas led BioProducts Institute researchers in developing a device that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water.

August 17, 2023
Washington Post
How heading a soccer ball can hurt the brain

Media mentioned a study led by mechanical engineering professor Dr. Lyndia Wu which found that redirecting a soccer ball with your head results in 22g of acceleration or more.

August 16, 2023
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Researchers develop cheaper way to make carbon fibers from oil sands byproducts

Materials engineering assistant professor Dr. Yasmine Abdin has developed a method to turn asphaltene into carbon fibre.

August 10, 2023
CTV News
UBC students bring Mario Kart to life with robotics competition

UBC engineering students brought Mario Kart to life by creating autonomous robots to race around a track.

August 10, 2023
The Weather Network
What B.C. is learning about earthquakes from the 2023 disaster in Turkey

A team of civil engineering researchers are investigating why some buildings collapsed and not others during the February 2023 earthquake in Turkey.

August 9, 2023
Global News
The feds bought a pipeline for $5B. How did the cost balloon to over $30B?

Civil engineering professor Dr. Nemkumar Banthia commented on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

August 9, 2023
CKNW Mornings with Simi
A navigation app that suggests the safest route

Civil engineering professor Dr. Tarek Sayed has developed a navigation app with an algorithm that suggests the safest route.

August 8, 2023
Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
UBC 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.

August 8, 2023
Castanet Kamloops
UBC 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.

August 7, 2023
Research2Reality
Would 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.

August 4, 2023

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.