Topics: Engineering
Players get ‘sleepy’ brainwaves after soccer headers, UBC study finds
Global News | | Media coverage
Dr. Lyndia Wu's research revealed that impacts from heading a ball slows brain activity and produce brain waves associated with sleep and drowsiness.
Soccer headers briefly slow brain activity, UBC engineering study shows
| Announcement
Even mild heading has some measurable effects on the brain, finds lead researcher Dr. Lyndia Wu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
They found a huge pile of clothing dumped in an alley. Now they want to use AI to reduce fashion waste
National Observer | | Media coverage
Five computer engineering students are helping to develop an app that will make it easy to handle used clothing for their Capstone project.
Unsetting stones: How a UBC PhD student is working to decolonize civil engineering
The Ubyssey | | Media coverage
Doctoral student Danilo (Giniw) Caron's research is benefiting the communities that infrastructure serves by changing design methods and construction.
Dr. Adam Clare elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
| Announcement
UBC Mechanical Engineering Professor Adam Thomas Clare has been elected Fellow of the United Kingdom’s prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering.
A rare brief flowering of the enormous smelly corpse plant
BBC | | Media coverage
A 2023 study co-authored by CHBE Associate Professor Dr. Jane Hill studied how the volatile organic compounds emitted by corpse plant change through flowering.
Adding equity to environmental models, with Amanda Giang
Resources Magazine | | Media coverage
MECH's Dr. Amanda Giang discusses considering equity in computational models of systems that are at the interface of people and the environment.
Made-in-BC breakthrough a game changer for heart valve tech, say researchers
Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage
Dr. Hadi Mohammadi and a team of UBC Okanagan researchers have developed a mechanical heart valve that lasts a lifetime without the need for blood thinners.
CFI JELF funds five Applied Science-affiliated projects
| Announcement
Projects led by UBC Engineering's Drs. Kiana Amini, Dominic Liao-Mcpherson, Alexandra Tavasoli and Kefei Wen received funding through the CFI JELF competition.
UBC cleantech startup Fibernx recognized in BC and Alberta for carbon fibre innovation
Techcouver | | Media coverage
UBC Materials Engineering Assistant Professor Dr. Yasmine Abdin was recognized for their carbon fibre innovation at startup Fibernx Technologies.