Topics: Engineering
Weekend rainstorm a warning to Metro Vancouver municipalities: Infrastructure upgrades are needed
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Civil engineering Adjunct Professor Dr. Troy Vassos discussed how municipalities have historically built infrastructure to handle rainfall.
UBCO students pioneering space laser communications: UBC Engineering Capstone highlights
The Phoenix News | | Media coverage
Hayley Scherpenisse, Abrar Mahir, Alex Ede, Alexandra Rybka, Tarek Alkabbani and Aiden Rowe of the StratoLaser UBC Engineering Capstone team were highlighted for their project.
Three UBC engineering students receive Engineers Canada's 2024 Leadership Scholarship
| Announcement
Ruth Yu, Joyce Xi and Farah Sadek were recognized as demonstrating potential to be leaders in advancing engineering in Canada.
UBC civil engineers' advanced monitoring techniques to study and preserve heritage sites
| Announcement
A team from UBC Civil Engineering, led by Dr. Carlos Ventura, are using advanced monitoring techniques to study and preserve heritage sites.
Noise-dampening tech could make ships less disruptive to marine life
The Economist (subscription) | | Media coverage
MECH's Dr. Rajeev Jaiman and team are developing a way to reduce shipping noise pollution by incorporating flexible polymers into metal propeller blades.
Texting trouble: Study finds distracted walkers at higher risk of road injury
Global News | | Media coverage
New research by civil engineering researchers led by Dr. Tarek Sayed found that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks than undistracted pedestrians when crossing busy roads.
Is sustainable development possible? Only if we take a unified approach
| Announcement
Dr. Davide Elmo (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) wrote about the need for global collaboration to achieve sustainable development.
Texting while walking puts pedestrians in danger: UBC engineering study
| Announcement
New UBC engineering research analyzed actual pedestrian interactions with vehicles on busy streets and concluded that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks compared with undistracted road users.
Three Applied Science doctoral students join UBC's Public Scholars Initiative
| Announcement
Applied Science members Esther Roorda, Michelle Gagnon and Meghna Mohandas have joined UBC's Public Scholars Initiative.
Bulking and foaming bacteria: Improving wastewater pollution removal
Water Canada | | Media coverage
CIVL's Dr. Ryan Ziels discusses research he co-led on activated sludge processes to help Canada's wastewater treatment processes.