Topics: Awards
Mangrove Water Technologies awarded $5 million in global carbon reduction competition
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UBC spin-off company Mangrove Water Technologies has won the Emissions Reduction Alberta Grand Challenge, a five-year, three-stage global competition aimed at accelerating the development of innovative technologies or processes that can turn carbon…
Three students awarded Canada's largest STEM scholarship
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Selected from a national pool of over 300,000 high school candidates, five students from the University of British Columbia have received the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarship. Three of the 2019 recipients are enrolled in Faculty of Applied…
Hongshen Ma receives support from Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
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Hongshen Ma, a UBC mechanical engineering professor, has received funding support from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) to develop technology that may bring protein-based medicines to market more quickly and cost-effectively…
Engineering prof elected to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
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UBC electrical and computer engineering professor Lukas Chrostowski has been named a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Canada’s “first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the…
Tropini named Cifar Azrieli Global Scholar
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UBC’s Carolina Tropini, an Assistant Professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, has been named as one of fourteen inspiring early-career researchers named across five CIFAR research programs.
David Riendl and Szandra Temesvari receive 2019 McEwen Teacher Award
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Established by Dr. James McEwen (BASc ’71, PhD ’75), P.Eng, and his family in 2011, the McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award is presented annually by the Faculty of Applied Science to recognize teachers that go above and beyond to ensure the…
John MacDonald receives alumni UBC Research and Innovation Award
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APSC alumnus John MacDonald has been named the recipient of alumni UBC’s Research and Innovation Award, one of the alumni UBC Achievement Awards. The Research and Innovation Award recognizes UBC or honorary alumni whose outstanding research or…
UBC Thunderbots triumph at RoboCup 2019
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The UBC Thunderbots placed first in their division at RoboCup 2019, an annual international robotics competition aimed at “[promoting] robotics and AI research by offering a publicly appealing but formidable challenge.” These challenges include…
Scott Dunbar reappointed head of Mining Engineering
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Scott Dunbar’s appointment as head of the UBC Department of Mining Engineering has been extended by three years. His new term will begin on July 1, 2019.
2019 Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Service
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Six members of the APSC community have received Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Service for their outstanding contributions to the Faculty. The three staff recipients are Karen Seddon, Michelle Tierney and Dave Torok, while the three faculty…