In the Media
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UBC SustainabilityFive Applied Science members receive Sustainability Education Fellows Grants
Drs. Sara Jacobs, Tamara Etmannski, Paul Lusina, Christoph Sielmann and James Connolly received the grant for incorporating sustainability content in their teaching.
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Business in VancouverBC smart-glass developer Miru lands $27M Series A financing
CHBE Professor Dr. Curtis Berlinguette founded Miru, which came out of the Creative Destruction Lab.
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CTV News VancouverUBC students compete to build best burger-serving robots
UBC Engineering Physics students took part in a cooking competition using autonomous robots inspired by the video game Overcooked.
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Journal of CommerceConstruction tech adoption ‘more visionary than realistic’ without necessary advancements
SOE's Dr. Qian Chen discusses the future of technology in construction.
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The Globe and Mail (Subscription)Ticketmaster privacy breach raises question of identity monitoring services: Are they worth it?
ECE professor Konstantin Beznosov discussed the usefulness of identity monitoring services.
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Vancouver Is AwesomeUBC researchers run bad smell test on Metro Vancouverites
Engineering researchers have released the first results of their Smell Vancouver app, which highlighted how collecting odour data can inform air quality management policies.
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CTV News VancouverEvacuation orders, flood warnings issued after landslide blocks BC's Chilcotin River
Dr. Davide Elmo (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) discussed how to remediate the damage caused by a landslide near BC’s Farwell Canyon.
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CTV News VancouverProvince funds battery research centre at UBC
UBC Okanagan received a $2 million investment from the BC government for the Battery Innovation Centre led by engineering prof Dr. Jian Liu.
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CBC NewsVancouver odour app chronicles people's behavioural responses to bad smells
MECH postdoctoral researcher Dr. Sahil Bhandari co-authored a study which showed how collecting odour data can help shape policies that manage air quality.
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UBC Okanagan NewsThe carbon costs of the construction industry
School of Engineering's Dr. Shahria Alam hopes to tackle the building industry’s climate challenge through more sustainable materials.