Topics: Engineering
Never A Dull Moment With Engineering
| Spotlight
Joses' experience in Civil Engineering and how he proceeded to work with the City of Vancouver.
States siphoned away $750 million in infrastructure law climate funds
Washington Post | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi said congestion-reducing technology is not the most efficient way to cut emissions as unclogging roads encourages people to drive more.
What courses do you need to get into engineering?
| Spotlight
If you’re thinking about studying engineering, it’s good to know what the prerequisites are so that you can meet the admissions criteria. Taking the high school courses you’ll need will enable you to keep all your options open when it comes time to…
UBCO researchers recover vital resources from wastewater sludge
| Announcement
Using a combination of heat, water and phase separation, these researchers have developed a cost-effective method to concentrate phosphorous—which can be efficiently recovered by extraction—from wastewater sludge.
Next-gen mass timber touted as way for buildings to ascend to 20 storeys
Daily Commercial News | | Media coverage
Civil and mechanical engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang is working on a government-funded that will make mass timber construction buildings of up to 20 storeys economically and technically feasible by 2028.
Would you rather get there more quickly or more safely?
Research2Reality | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Tarek Sayed is developing a new algorithm approach which identifies the safest possible route in an urban network using real-time crash risk data, and can be incorporated into navigation apps such as Google Maps.
UBCO researchers recover vital resources from wastewater sludge
Castanet | | Media coverage
UBCO civil engineering professor Dr. Cigdem Eskicioglu led a study that investigated how to extract phosphorus from wastewater sludge.
New algorithm maps safest routes for city drivers
| Announcement
UBC engineering researchers are developing a new algorithm approach which identifies the safest possible route in an urban network using real-time crash risk data, and can be incorporated into navigation apps such as Google Maps.
Funky website reveals the stinkiest smells around Vancouver
Daily Hive Vancouver | | Media coverage
A project led by mechanical engineering researchers called “Smell Vancouver” is tracking the worst and weirdest odours around Metro Vancouver.
B.C. professor pushes to protect marbled murrelet habitat in old growth
CTV News | | Media coverage
Chemical and biological engineering professor emerita Dr. Royann Petrell and others are calling on the government to increase wildlife habitat areas in Vancouver Island old-growth forests to save the threatened marbled murrelet.