Strategic Priority Areas: Solutions for People
Madjid Mohseni - Water Systems
| Spotlight
Through a collaborative process of community engagement and co-creating innovative technologies, Dr. Madjid Mohseni is helping Indigenous and rural communities access safe drinking water.
Major mobile carriers report service outages
Dallas Express | | Media coverage
Electrical and computer engineering professor Dr. David Michelson said modern telecommunications networks are incredibly complex and require constant attention to keep them operating at high levels of service.
CIHR funds UBC engineering research on spinal injuries, more effective vaccines
| Announcement
Eight engineering research projects led by UBC researchers are being awarded more than $3.2 million through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants: Fall 2022 competition.
Interdisciplinary health research with UBC Engineering awarded $175,000
| Announcement
Seven interdisciplinary research projects involving UBC Engineering are each receiving $25,000 in funding for innovative health research.
Gemina Labs announces research collaboration on next generation biosensors
Yahoo Finance | | Media coverage
Dr. Amanda Clifford, materials engineering professor, has entered a collaborative research partnership with Gemina Laboratories Ltd. to focus on the development of wearable biosensors.
Lisa Tobber - Structural Systems
| Spotlight
Dr. Lisa Tobber says “I study how buildings will behave in earthquakes and then develop solutions to make them behave better.” Her research on structural systems is making our cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable.
Microencapsulation research is focused on scaling up feeding into space
Nutra Ingredients USA | | Media coverage
Dr. John Frostad, an assistant professor in chemical and biological engineering, leads a team that is creating new ways of encapsulating omega-3 fatty acids so that they can extend its shelf life.
UBC Okanagan working with Lululemon to create next-generation fabric
Kelowna Capital News | | Media coverage
Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Farzan Gholamreza from UBCO’s Cluster of Research Excellence in Comfort Enhancing Technologies discussed developing next-generation fabric to keep people warm, dry and comfortable, no matter the temperature…
New research improves the coolness factor for athletes
| Announcement
UBC Okanagan and Lululemon are partnering with Canadian universities and organization to up the game and explore sweat management activewear.
Unlocking material solutions from nature
| Announcement
UBC's BioProducts Institute is a research centre dedicated to unlocking the full potential of nature-based materials like trees, plants, agricultural residuals and waste biomass, to engineer solutions for textiles and plastic alternatives.