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German President's visit to UBC highlights clean energy and climate change solutions

| Announcement

UBC Applied Science research is making waves - with the President of Germany visiting UBC to see the practical solutions that Applied Science researchers are developing to address complex challenges like climate change and clean energy.

Third rockslide this year comes down from Whistler Peak

Pique News Magazine | | Media coverage

UBC Mining Engineering Professor Davide Elmo explains the workings behind the unusual activity at Whistler Peak resulting in a series of small rockslides.

UBC Engineering's Dr. Bern Klein receives Metsoc Research Excellence Award

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UBC Mining Engineering Professor Bern Klein has been awarded the 2026 Metsoc Research Excellence Award in recognition of original and fundamental contributions to ore sorting and energy‑efficient comminution.

Campus, co-op and first place at the Canadian Mining Games

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How did you get interested in engineering? My high school hockey coach once offhandedly told me he thought I would make a good engineer. To be honest, I hadn’t really thought about it before. I enjoyed math and science in high school and knew…

From Vantage to CHBE

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How did you become interested in engineering? In high school, chemistry and biology were my favourite courses. I got even more interested in this area after doing a summer camp on gene editing, where I saw what gene editing actually looks like…

Engineering as a pathway to medicine

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Why did you want to study biomedical engineering? Both of my parents are engineers – my dad is a computer engineer and my mom is a mechanical engineer –  so I always knew what engineering was about and considered it as an option. In high…

After the flames, wildfires pollute drinking water for years

Water Canada | | Media coverage

UBC Civil Engineering Professor Loretta Li challenges the common perception of wildfires and claims that, for many communities, the most important damage begins after the fire has passed.

UBC Engineering teams sweep podium at Simon Cox Student Design Competition 

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Students from UBC Okanagan and UBC Vancouver recognized for assistive technologies designed to improve lives and advance accessibility. 

UBC Engineering Co-op students are in record demand

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For UBC Engineering students in co-op, the job market is a place of opportunity. Across both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses, employer interest is at an all‑time high, with local, national and international companies posting record numbers of…

A seaweed-based, fully biodegradable wound-healing bandage

| Spotlight

UBC students design a biodegradable bandage.

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