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Engineering
UBCO researchers try to generate electricity from discarded fruit
Today In BC | | Media coverage
A team at UBC Okanagan's School of Engineering are feeding fruit scraps to microbes to generate electricity.
UBCO researchers aim to energize fruit waste
| Announcement
UBCO engineers are squeezing energy from discarded fruit using microbial fuel cells.
Engineering Students Showcase Capstone Projects at Design and Innovation Day
| Announcement
Design and Innovation Day is UBC Engineering's annual showcase for student engineering design projects. These capstone projects enable students to improve technical, teamwork and management skills while designing solutions to real-world…
Is the future of mining electric? As mines transition equipment, new risks emerge
CBC | | Media coverage
Dr. Ali Madiseh (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) discussed how electrification can reduce the mining industry's carbon emissions.
When the chips are up
| Spotlight
Few people can claim, as Colin Harris can, to have been part of a team that contributed, in the 1990s, to the evolution of the Internet. But given the complexity of his company’s innovation, many of us may need Google to understand it. While any…
UBC Engineering research awarded over $2 million from New Frontiers in Research Fund
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The Government of Canada has awarded over $2 million to research projects led by UBC Engineering faculty members through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF).
Engineers develop water filtration system that permanently removes 'forever chemicals'
NBC News | | Media coverage
Research led by chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni discovered a way to eliminate harmful chemicals that usually take hundreds of years to break down.
What the battle for Teck says about mining, ESG and the clean energy transition
BNN Bloomberg | | Media coverage
Dr. John Steen from the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering commented on the mining industry and clean energy.
UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
UBC student engineering and architectural team Third Quadrant Design’s new carbon-minimal hempcrete building was featured by the media. The team was advised by SALA associate professor Dr. Adam Rysanek.
Hydrogen-electric trams pitched to link Kamloops to US border
Castanet | | Media coverage
UBC Okanagan engineering Dr. Gord Lovegrove pitched a hydrogen-electric tram service that would connect Kamloops to the U.S. border.