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Engineering
UBC Okanagan working with Lululemon to create next-generation fabric
Kelowna Capital News | | Media coverage
Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Farzan Gholamreza from UBCO’s Cluster of Research Excellence in Comfort Enhancing Technologies discussed developing next-generation fabric to keep people warm, dry and comfortable, no matter the temperature or level of…
The price of paper
Hakai Magazine | | Media coverage
Chemical engineering and wood science professor Dr. Orlando Rojas noted the big shift in making pulp and paper mills more diversified.
The big one: Victoria’s housing stock and the next earthquake
Journal of Commerce | | Media coverage
Armin Bebamzadeh, a research associate with the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility at the UBC, gave an overview of some of the risks facing Victoria’s housing stock.
A new paradigm for Canadian battery metals supply
Innovation News Network | | Media coverage
Dr. W. Scott Dunbar, professor of mining engineering, examined the actions needed for Canada to secure its place as a global supplier of battery metals.
Nature-made
Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
UBC's BioProducts Institute (BPI) is dedicated to unlocking the full potential of nature-based materials. BPI director and professor of chemical and biological engineering Dr. Orlando Rojas discussed materials from nature that can compete with…
Students paint engineering cairn in honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance
Ubyssey | | Media coverage
UBC's LGBTQ+ engineering club, "Gears and Queers", paints the Engineering Cairn for Trans Day of Remembrance to commemorate those who were lost and those who live through violence and transphobia.
Two Engineering faculty members receive Dean's Awards
| Announcement
Prof. Carol Jaeger (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Dr. Sabine Weyand (UBC Okanagan School of Engineering) are two of the 2022 Dean's Faculty Awards for Service.
UBC Engineering: A program so nice, I joined it twice
| Spotlight
I graduated from UBC’s Chemical and Biological Engineering undergraduate program in 2020. I loved my time in the department so much that I ended up staying for an additional two years to complete my Master's. My Master's research focused…
Back to Graduate: Life as an Applied Science alum
| Spotlight
Though he attended his MEL degree’s virtual graduation, Abhijeet was keen to celebrate the achievement in person. “A lot of universities don’t offer this, so it’s a special milestone,” he says. “Some friends from my course are travelling from…
New research improves the coolness factor for athletes
| Announcement
UBC Okanagan and Lululemon are partnering with Canadian universities and organization to up the game and explore sweat management activewear.