Topics: Engineering
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
| Announcement
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
| Spotlight
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
| Spotlight
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
| Spotlight
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
| Announcement
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
| Spotlight
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.