Topics: Engineering
Why study mining engineering?
| Spotlight
Mining engineering involves mineral extraction, sustainability, innovation, and leadership. UBC offers a top program with co-op opportunities, global networking, and specialization in areas like environmental impact, automation, and data analytics.
Imperial Metals facing 15 charges under federal Fisheries Act stemming from 2014 tailings dam spill in BC
The Globe and Mail (subscription) | | Media coverage
Dr. Scott Dunbar, a professor with the department of mining engineering, commented on the damage from a tailings dam spill.
Researchers use heat to recycle CO2 (French)
ICI Radio-Canada | | Media coverage
CHBE Dr. Curtis Berlinguette are leading research into recycling carbon dioxide as a way to tackle the climate and energy crises.
Why study materials engineering?
| Spotlight
Materials engineers create and improve materials to enhance performance, sustainability, and innovation across industries like aerospace, healthcare, and renewable energy. They optimize materials’ life cycles, address sustainability challenges, and…
Living the institutions: The École Polytechnique Montréal massacre anniversary compels action from us as individuals
The Ubyssey | | Media coverage
UBC Vancouver remembered 14 women who lost their lives at École Polytechnique Montréal on December 6, 1989.
UBCO remembers Polytechnique massacre
Penticton Herald | | Media coverage
UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering honoured the women whose lives were lost in the École Polytechnique massacre this week.
Taiwanese firm halts plan to build $1B battery plant in BC with federal support
CBC News | | Media coverage
Mining engineering's Dr. Scott Dunbar commented on the shelving of a plan to build a battery plant in BC.
Why study manufacturing engineering?
| Spotlight
Manufacturing engineering combines creativity, technology, and business to produce products sustainably. It offers diverse career paths in industries like aerospace, clean energy, and biomedical, leveraging automation, and Industry 4.0.
Dayag Sheykhkarimli awarded the H.L. Holmes Award from the National Research Council of Canada
| Announcement
Congratulations to SBME postdoctoral researcher Dayag Sheykhkarimli for receiving $100,000/year for two years from the H.L Holmes Award by the National Research Council of Canada.
Applied Science faculty, students receive inaugural Wall Legacy Awards for sustainability research
| Announcement
Applied Science faculty and graduate students received funding for projects centred around the climate transition, water systems and transportation efficiency.