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Techcouver
Innovate BC awards $1.5M to advance cutting-edge R&D projects

Rockburst Technologies and Mining Engineering's Dr. Bern Klein received $300,000 to design a CO2-based method to pulverize ore, cutting emissions and energy use in mineral extraction.

November 29, 2024
Design Engineering
UBC, Seaspan launch new Chair in Robotics for Marine Vessels

Dr. Adrien Desjardins was appointed as the Seaspan Chair in Robotics for Marine Vessels.

November 27, 2024
The Globe and Mail
UBC addressing real-world problems with innovation in chemistry

CHBE's Dr. Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos helped form A2O Advanced Materials Inc. to manufacture high performing, longer-lasting dynamic bonding products.

November 22, 2024
Global News
Shaping BC: Innovations in sustainable building

CIVL research associate Dr. Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki spoke about innovations in sustainable building and construction.

November 21, 2024
Canadian Healthcare Technology
BC researcher wins award for remote ultrasound

ECE PhD student David Black received the Mitacs Innovation Award – Outstanding Innovation for his work on a remote ultrasound technology.

November 20, 2024
Techcouver
Innovator wins Mitacs Award for life-changing water system

Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi received a Mitacs Innovation Award for his work providing clean water solutions to a school in his home region in Kenya.

November 19, 2024
CBC News
Why is everything 'quantum' now?

A CBC reporter spoke to ECE's Dr. Joseph Salfi at UBC’s Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute to learn more about quantum science.

November 16, 2024
Techcouver
UBC, Genome BC, and STEMCELL partner to advance stem cell therapies

SBME's Dr. Nozomu Yachie and collaborators hope to unlock faster and more effective treatments for a wide range of diseases.

November 14, 2024
CBC News
Some private Vancouver buildings are at serious risk of earthquake damage, professor says

CIVL's Perry Adebar says some older buildings in Vancouver are in a frightening state, after the city released a report on the seismic risk in privately owned properties.

November 12, 2024
Interesting Engineering
CO2 to fuel: New thermoelectric generators could power Mars colonization

CHBE's Dr. Curtis Berlinguette described how his team have found a way to power chemical reactions that, if scaled to an industrial scale, could sustain life on Mars.

November 8, 2024

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