In the Media
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Hakai MagazineThe price of paper
Chemical engineering and wood science professor Dr. Orlando Rojas noted the big shift in making pulp and paper mills more diversified.
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Journal of Commerce
The big one: Victoria’s housing stock and the next earthquake
Armin Bebamzadeh, a research associate with the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility at the UBC, gave an overview of some of the risks facing Victoria’s housing stock.
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Ubyssey
Students paint engineering cairn in honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance
UBC's LGBTQ+ engineering club, "Gears and Queers", paints the Engineering Cairn for Trans Day of Remembrance to commemorate those who were lost and those who live through violence and transphobia.
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Innovation News Network
A new paradigm for Canadian battery metals supply
Dr. W. Scott Dunbar, professor of mining engineering, examined the actions needed for Canada to secure its place as a global supplier of battery metals.
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Globe and Mail
Nature-made
UBC's BioProducts Institute (BPI) is dedicated to unlocking the full potential of nature-based materials. BPI director and professor of chemical and biological engineering Dr. Orlando Rojas discussed materials from nature that can compete with engineered materials.
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CTV News
B.C. researchers on mission to prevent malnutrition in space
Food scientist Dr. John Frostad, an assistant professor in chemical and biological engineering, is spearheading efforts at UBC to develop techniques to keep Omega-3 fatty acids in astronauts during future space missions.
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IEEE Spectrum
One way to stop the social spread of disinformation
Owning your data is key, says wireless pioneer Siavash Alamouti, a graduate from UBC's electrical engineering program, and winner of this year's Marconi Prize.
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CBC
Prevalence of Omicron BQ.1 subvariant rising in Saskatoon, wastewater data suggests
Civil engineering professor Dr. Ryan Ziels explains why wastewater is a useful tool in helping control the pandemic.
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Global News
UBCO students drawing attention to Iranian protest movement
A group of students at UBC Okanagan repainted the engineering faculty's letter 'E' in the colours of the Iranian flag to raise awareness of government repression in Iran.
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Vancouver Tech Journal
Arthur Chen is climate-proofing agriculture
Arthur Chen, co-founder of Verdi and engineering physics alumnus, is saving farmers millions of litres of water, and has his eyes set on holistically adapting farms to climate change.