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Engineering
Developing period products that are healthier for the body — and the planet
Toronto Star | | Media coverage
Biomedical engineering professor Rashmi Prakash and her team are learning to create compostable period products.
Next-gen mass timber construction key to meeting Canada’s climate change, housing targets
| Announcement
Civil engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang and his team are developing the tools and techniques to build safer, carbon neutral and quake-resilient buildings.
UBC Applied Science and Teck announce $4M for mine tailings research and education
| Announcement
UBC Applied Science and Teck announced a $4 million investment into a new professorship focused on enhancing safety and sustainability in mine tailings management.
UBC enhances tailings management education for engineers
Canadian Consulting Engineer | | Media coverage
UBC and mining company Teck Resources are investing $4 million to support a new tailings management professorship.
UBCO researchers improve cell service by using 'smart' surfaces
Castanet | | Media coverage
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Anas Chaaban is leading research into ways to improve wireless communications using smart surfaces, which can improve network sensing abilities.
Micro mobility revolution races ahead as policymakers and police try to keep up
Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi discussed the micromobility revolution.
Researchers test smart surfaces to improve wireless communication and localization
| Announcement
UBC Okanagan researchers are testing reconfigurable intelligent surfaces—smart surfaces—that can serve as reflectors to improve cell service with existing wireless networks.
4 universities around the world pioneering sustainable mining
Study International | | Media coverage
UBC's Normal B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering was named as one of the four universities making it their mission to produce graduates who can and care about making the mining industry more sustainable.
Cloud Solutions Architect Molina Sharma reflects on her career journey
| Spotlight
UBC Engineering alumna Molina Sharma’s enthusiasm for engineering is limitless. Now working as a Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft, Molina’s career trajectory is testimony to her enthusiastic embrace of new opportunities and commitment to being…
Metro Vancouver takes 2nd spot for worst metro traffic in North America: TomTom
City News | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi cautioned against using traffic indices as an indicator of transportation system performance.