Topics: Engineering
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
| Announcement
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
| Announcement
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
| Spotlight
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.
One way to stop the social spread of disinformation
IEEE Spectrum | | Media coverage
Owning your data is key, says wireless pioneer Siavash Alamouti, a graduate from UBC's electrical engineering program, and winner of this year's Marconi Prize.
Prevalence of Omicron BQ.1 subvariant rising in Saskatoon, wastewater data suggests
CBC | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Ryan Ziels explains why wastewater is a useful tool in helping control the pandemic.
Spending a co-op term working with the geology team on BC’s Site C hydro dam is just one of Katrijn Bjornson’s highlights at UBC Engineering
| Spotlight
“UBC has a lot of programs to support Indigenous students and they are working to better integrate Indigenous views in engineering. I’m excited about these changes.”
Arthur Chen is climate-proofing agriculture
Vancouver Tech Journal | | Media coverage
Arthur Chen, co-founder of Verdi and engineering physics alumnus, is saving farmers millions of litres of water, and has his eyes set on holistically adapting farms to climate change.