Topics: Engineering
Free-flowing pipes: Detergent lipase to break down kitchen oils
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Students design an enzyme solution to unclog drains.
A bioprocess to produce stem-cell-derived CAR-T cells for cancer treatment
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Capstone team design a bioprocess to deliver 22,000 CAR-T cancer treatments annually.
Closing the loop: Turning textile waste into feedstock
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UBC capstone team finds innovative way to turn old clothes into glucose.
UBC Applied Science researchers receive investment from New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration competition
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This funding supports researchers to conduct innovative high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research.
Six UBC Applied Science experts announced as Canada Research Chairs
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Researchers from UBC Engineering and UBC Nursing have been named or renewed as Canada Research Chairs, representing an investment into UBC Applied Science's impactful, innovative work.
The living blueprint
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Dr. Chen, an assistant professor of civil engineering who leads the Construction Integration and Digitalization (CID) lab at UBC Okanagan, focuses on “digital construction”—not just robots on the ground, but the systems that tell robots (and humans…
The instant high-rise
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UBC Civil Engineering Professor Tony Yang is the director of UBC’s Smart Structures Lab, a hub for next-generation infrastructure research. In Dr. Yang’s vision, the construction site of the future looks less like organized chaos and more like…
SBME welcomes Dr. Govind Kaigala as Director pro tem of the School of Biomedical Engineering
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Dr. Govind Kaigala has been appointed as Director pro tem, School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME). His work has opened new avenues for research and industry to have an impact within health systems.
Stress lines
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UBC Civil Engineering professor Lisa Tobber sticks concrete beams into industrial crushers in an effort to help future homes and high-rise buildings stay upright during earthquakes, from minor tremors to major shakes.
Want an EV for under $5,000? How about this option?
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Alex Bigazzi, a civil engineering associate professor at UBC who has been studying BC e-bike trends, expects "robust growth" in e-bike adoption over the next five to 10 years, but there are some potential barriers.