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John Madden – Biomedical Robotics

| Spotlight

Dr. John Madden’s innovative research is creating new electronic materials that have applications for everything from artificial skin to spinal cord repair.

B.C. gas projects could triple emissions target by 2030, finds report

Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage

Chemical and biological engineering adjunct professor Dr. Roland Clift commented on a report that B.C. will blow its oil and gas emissions target.

New water treatment zaps forever chemicals ‘once and for all’

The Independent | | Media coverage

Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni developed a way to eliminate harmful chemicals that usually break down over hundreds of years.

This van takes air pollution testing right to the source

The Weather Network | | Media coverage

Mechanical engineering's Dr. Naomi Zimmerman is researching a cost-effective way to measure air pollution through a mobile laboratory (PLUME).

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

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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

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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).  

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