In the Media
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The Phoenix NewsUBCO students pioneering space laser communications: UBC Engineering Capstone highlights
Hayley Scherpenisse, Abrar Mahir, Alex Ede, Alexandra Rybka, Tarek Alkabbani and Aiden Rowe of the StratoLaser UBC Engineering Capstone team were highlighted for their project.
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The Economist (subscription)Noise-dampening tech could make ships less disruptive to marine life
MECH's Dr. Rajeev Jaiman and team are developing a way to reduce shipping noise pollution by incorporating flexible polymers into metal propeller blades.
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Global NewsTexting trouble: Study finds distracted walkers at higher risk of road injury
New research by civil engineering researchers led by Dr. Tarek Sayed found that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks than undistracted pedestrians when crossing busy roads.
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Water CanadaBulking and foaming bacteria: Improving wastewater pollution removal
CIVL's Dr. Ryan Ziels discusses research he co-led on activated sludge processes to help Canada's wastewater treatment processes.
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BC BusinessMentorship: e@UBC's Chang Han puts his heart into in BC startups like CanDry
ECE alumna Maddie Aliasl and CHBE alumnus Hamid Rezaei were recognized for their statup company, CanDry Technologies.
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The TyeeThe future of home heating? It’s in the dishwater
CHBE's Dr. Anthony Lau commented on energy systems that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Global NewsPlayers get ‘sleepy’ brainwaves after soccer headers, UBC study finds
Dr. Lyndia Wu's research revealed that impacts from heading a ball slows brain activity and produce brain waves associated with sleep and drowsiness.
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National ObserverThey found a huge pile of clothing dumped in an alley. Now they want to use AI to reduce fashion waste
Five computer engineering students are helping to develop an app that will make it easy to handle used clothing for their Capstone project.
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The UbysseyUnsetting stones: How a UBC PhD student is working to decolonize civil engineering
Doctoral student Danilo (Giniw) Caron's research is benefiting the communities that infrastructure serves by changing design methods and construction.
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BBCA rare brief flowering of the enormous smelly corpse plant
A 2023 study co-authored by CHBE Associate Professor Dr. Jane Hill studied how the volatile organic compounds emitted by corpse plant change through flowering.