Topics: Awards
Next-gen mass timber construction key to meeting Canada’s climate change, housing targets
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Civil engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang and his team are developing the tools and techniques to build safer, carbon neutral and quake-resilient buildings.
Dr. Nemy Banthia receives UBC’s highest academic honour
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A version of this article was originally published on the Department of Civil Engineering website.
Interdisciplinary health research with UBC Engineering awarded $175,000
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Seven interdisciplinary research projects involving UBC Engineering are each receiving $25,000 in funding for innovative health research.
Two UBC alumni receive 2022 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award
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Todd Ablett, a teacher of competitive robotics at West Vancouver Secondary School, and Joe Muise, a science teacher at St. Thomas More Collegiate, are being honoured with the 2022 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award by UBC Applied Science.
UBC Applied Science projects receive $3M in research infrastructure investment
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Twenty Applied Science-led research projects receive $3M in funding for research infrastructure and innovation from BC Knowledge Development Fund and the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Three Schulich Leaders join UBC Applied Science
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Three recipients of the 2022 Schulich Leader Scholarship — Sarthak Tyagi, Monorama Joshi, and Ethan Chan — have joined UBC Engineering.
Dr. David Wilkinson receives award from The Electrochemical Society
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Dr. David Wilkinson has been awarded the Canada Section Electrochemical Award from The Electrochemical Society for significant contributions to the advancement of electrochemistry in Canada.
CIHR Project Grants awarded to UBC Applied Science research on cancer therapy and heart disease
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$1.86 million has been awarded to two UBC Applied Science-affiliated projects through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Sudip Shekhar recipient of Schmidt Science Polymaths Award
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Dr. Shekhar will receive up to US $2.5 Million for interdisciplinary research support.
Governor General's Silver Medal awarded to Engineering Physics graduate James Wu
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Engineering Physics graduate James Wu is a recipient of one of the Governor General’s Silver academic medals, an award created in 1873 to encourage and recognize outstanding academic achievements.