Topics: Engineering
Made to stick: safe, simple additive could cut agrochemical pollution
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Adding a simple polymer to fertilizers or pesticides could dramatically reduce agricultural pollution, suggests a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia. When agrochemicals are sprayed onto crops, a large amount…
Celebrating women in engineering
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While the numbers of women enrolled in postsecondary engineering programs and working as professional engineers have increased over the past few decades, women continue to be significantly underrepresented in these areas.
UBC Applied Science-led projects awarded over $1M in CIHR Project Grant support
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Two projects led by UBC Faculty of Applied Science researchers will receive more than $1 million through the Project Grants: Fall 2020 competition administered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
UBC Engineering-led projects awarded $6.6M in research infrastructure support
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Research projects led by UBC Engineering researchers will receive $6.6 million in funding support through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s 2020 Innovation Fund competition, the Government of Canada announced today. …
UBC Engineering set record high for winter work placements
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UBC Engineering students secured more work placements for the 2021 winter term than they did for any winter term in the engineering program’s history. With guidance from UBC Engineering Co-op, 570 students found jobs for the…
John Grace inducted into UBC CHBE Hall of Fame
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John Grace, professor emeritus in UBC’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE), has received the inaugural CHBE Hall of Fame Award.The highest honour the department bestows, the award was established to recognize members of the…
UBC Engineering projects awarded over $6M in NSERC Alliance grants
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Twenty-two research projects led by UBC Engineering researchers have collectively been awarded over $6 million in Alliance grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC), the Government of…
From destruction to construction: Former nuclear bunker now hosts life-saving research
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A Cold War-era nuclear bunker buried 500 metres below the countryside in southern France hums with new life today as an epicentre of vital research in science and technology. The facility, built in the 1960s to house the nuclear command…
Remembering the UBC victims of UIA Flight PS752
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On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed shortly after takeoff from the Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, killing all 176 people on board. Among those who lost their lives were four members of the University…
New method helps pocket-sized DNA sequencer achieve near-perfect accuracy
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Researchers have found a simple way to eliminate almost all sequencing errors produced by a widely used portable DNA sequencer, potentially enabling scientists working outside the lab to study and track microorganisms like the SARS-CoV-2…