Topics: Engineering
Students paint engineering cairn in honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance
Ubyssey | | Media coverage
UBC's LGBTQ+ engineering club, "Gears and Queers", paints the Engineering Cairn for Trans Day of Remembrance to commemorate those who were lost and those who live through violence and transphobia.
Two Engineering faculty members receive Dean's Awards
| Announcement
Prof. Carol Jaeger (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Dr. Sabine Weyand (UBC Okanagan School of Engineering) are two of the 2022 Dean's Faculty Awards for Service.
UBC Engineering: A program so nice, I joined it twice
| Spotlight
I graduated from UBC’s Chemical and Biological Engineering undergraduate program in 2020. I loved my time in the department so much that I ended up staying for an additional two years to complete my Master's. My Master's research focused…
Back to Graduate: Life as an Applied Science alum
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Though he attended his MEL degree’s virtual graduation, Abhijeet was keen to celebrate the achievement in person. “A lot of universities don’t offer this, so it’s a special milestone,” he says. “Some friends from my course are travelling from…
New research improves the coolness factor for athletes
| Announcement
UBC Okanagan and Lululemon are partnering with Canadian universities and organization to up the game and explore sweat management activewear.
Unlocking material solutions from nature
| Announcement
UBC's BioProducts Institute is a research centre dedicated to unlocking the full potential of nature-based materials like trees, plants, agricultural residuals and waste biomass, to engineer solutions for textiles and plastic alternatives.
UBC Okanagan Engineering leads research to explore new net zero home
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UBCO School of Engineering collaborating with Okanagan College, community partners, to create an energy-efficient, high-performance home to achieve net zero energy.
B.C. researchers on mission to prevent malnutrition in space
CTV News | | Media coverage
Food scientist Dr. John Frostad, an assistant professor in chemical and biological engineering, is spearheading efforts at UBC to develop techniques to keep Omega-3 fatty acids in astronauts during future space missions.
UBC research could help astronauts eat well on future Mars missions
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Dr. John Frostad, an assistant professor in chemical and biological engineering who studies the science of food, leads a team that is creating new ways of encapsulating omega-3 fatty acids so that they can go the distance.
Engineering is an opportunity to make a difference
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Building and being part of a community has always been really important to me, which is one reason I’ve really enjoyed my work as Vice-President of Student Life with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Society.