News + events
Recent news
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UBC researchers lead $24 million project to treat spinal cord injury
January 12, 2022
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Some classes to resume in-person January 24, 2022
January 12, 2022
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Canada Research Chairs awarded to UBC nursing and engineering profs
January 12, 2022
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Dr. Peter Zandstra appointed to Order of Canada
January 6, 2022
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Two UBC profs honoured by Engineering Institute of Canada
January 4, 2022
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Classes moving online January 10-23, 2022
December 22, 2021
Upcoming events
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Jan 28
UBC Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) Industry Night
5:00pm
This event aims to connect industry professionals with the student body and allows students to expand their network and develop their professional career in engineering. Contact: trishasuayan@gmail.com
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Feb 01
Integrated Engineering Alumni Night
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Integrated Engineering Alumni Night: February 1st, 2022 at Craft Beer Market False Creek from 6 to 8pm, RSVP coming soon.
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Feb 02
Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) Career Fair
10:00am - 4:00pm (+2 days)
Connect with some of the best and brightest engineering students. The 2022 EUS Career Fair will be returning!
In the media
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Abbotsford and Sumas want to relaunch an international prevention group
RADIO CANADA | Dec 22, 2021
Dr. Nemkumar Banthia, a civil engineering professor at UBC’s faculty of applied science, was quoted about the need for new infrastructure to deal with disasters that will worsen in the future.
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Smell something funky? UBC researchers want to borrow your nose
CBC | Dec 22, 2021
UBC team researchers behind the Smell Vancouver project are looking for odour reports from people around Metro Vancouver and working to link odours with air pollution. Dr. Sahil Bhandari, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of mechanical engineering at UBC's faculty of applied science, was interviewed.
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Coquihalla Highway reopens today ahead of schedule
CBC THE CURRENT (12:35 MARK) | Dec 20, 2021
Dr. Amy Kim, a professor of transportation engineering at UBC’s faculty of applied science, spoke about making highways like the Coquihalla more resilient to climate change.
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Sensor warning system could predict B.C. mudslides, bridge collapse
NORTH SHORE NEWS | Dec 17, 2021
Dr. Nemy Banthia, a civil engineering professor at UBC’s faculty of applied science, developed a real-time monitoring system that detects flood-triggered mudslides and bridge failures together with his doctoral student Mohammed Farooq.