Topics: Engineering
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…
UBC student becomes inventor to help brother with muscular dystrophy
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In response, Michael, currently in his fourth year in UBC’s engineering physics program, turned to technology and his knack for invention to help his brother do simple tasks and find a measure of enjoyment in life.Daniel, now 28, was diagnosed with…
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…
UBC T-cell therapy research gets boost from Collaborative Health Research Projects grant
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The article below originally appeared on the website of UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories.
UBC researchers design roadmap for hydrogen supply network across B.C.
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Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in British Columbia. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a hydrogen supply chain model that can enable the adoption of zero-emission, hydrogen-powered cars…
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.
Saving the Avengers at the 19th annual Engineering Physics robot competition
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Last week, good and evil faced off in “Robo-Avengers: Infinity Loop,” an Avengers-themed robot competition at UBC.Sixteen teams of second-year UBC Engineering Physics students — eight representing the evil Thanos, the other eight…
Projects co-led by APSC researchers to receive nearly 2M in federal health research funding
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UBC Engineering researchers and their collaborators in the UBC Faculty of Medicine will receive almost $2 million in funding from the Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program, a Government of…
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…