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MineSense co-founder gets Mitacs award

Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage

Bern Klein, a professor in the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and co-inventor of the technology used by MineSense Technologies, was recently recognized for his contributions to science with a Mitacs Award.

ECS contributes to UBC Solar’s “Brightside” race car project: Electrical wire donation powers innovation and education in sustainable engineering

Canadian Electrical Wholesaler | | Media coverage

Electrical Cable Supply (ECS) is delighted to announce its recent contribution to UBC Solar – a student engineering design team at the UBC.

Climate change leads engineers to harness the power of green

| Announcement

UBC Okanagan School of Engineering researchers use several low-impact developments (LIDs), like this vegetative area outside the Commons building, that are intentionally created to help control and retain rainwater.

No spill response can eliminate risk to marine life in the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Capital Daily | | Media coverage

UBCO engineering researcher Saeed Mohammaduin said that swift and efficient response to an oil spill is crucial to minimize the adverse consequences. 

14 Not Forgotten ceremony honours École Polytechnique victims

The Ubyssey | | Media coverage

The UBC engineering community gathered outside the Fred Kaiser Atrium in remembrance of the 14 victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.

Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge selects successful projects

The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage

A UBC project led by materials engineering expert Dr. Yasmine Abdin is one of five to enter Phase III of Alberta Innovates' Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge.

UBC remembers École Polytechnique 34 years later

| Announcement

Memorials were held on both UBC campuses today for the 14 women who were killed at École Polytechnique de Montréal on December 6, 1989.

UBC engineering graduate receives the 2023 Order of the White Rose

| Announcement

Amelia Dai, a UBC chemical and biological engineering graduate, is the ninth recipient of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship. The annual $50,000 scholarship pays tribute to 14 women whose lives were lost at on December 6, 1989.

Adam Clare - Using Engineering To Democratize Design

| Spotlight

Dr. Adam Clare's experience from working on additive manufacturing for Rolls Royce to exploring the democratization of design in remote communities.

Engineering grad from B.C. awarded Polytechnique's Order of the White Rose

CTV News | | Media coverage

Chemical and biological engineering alumna Amelia Dai is the first UBC graduate to receive the Order of the White Rose, a scholarship set up in memory of the 14 women who died in the Ecole Polytechnique massacre. 

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