Topics: Engineering
Mining would see financial boon under global carbon tax – so why is industry fighting it?
Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage
When the mining industry fights carbon taxes, it is arguing against its own economic interests, suggests new research from UBC's Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and school of public policy and global affairs. Study…
Two UBC Engineering students named 2022 Cansbridge Fellows
| Announcement
The Cansbridge Fellowship program has named Coralie Tcheune, a fourth-year UBC biomedical engineering student, and Callum Woznow, a fourth-year UBC mechanical engineering student, as two of its newest fellows.
UBC spin-off secures $10M investment from Bill Gates-led fund
| Announcement
A University of British Columbia spin-off company that has found a sustainable way to boost the global supply of battery-grade lithium has received $10 million in funding from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the investment fund founded by Bill Gates…
Mining would see financial boon under global carbon tax — so why is industry fighting it?
North Shore News | | Media coverage
When the mining industry fights carbon taxes, it is arguing against its own economic interests, suggests new research from UBC's Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Study…
Sewage plant samples show Omicron infections dropping in Lower Mainland
North Shore News | | Media coverage
Dr. Ryan Ziels, a professor of civil engineering, was quoted about using wastewater samples to extract information about the prevalence of COVID-19 and its variants within a region.
UBC researchers develop way to produce lithium for EV batteries, address supply crunch
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Postmedia highlighted Mangrove, a company co-founded by UBC engineering professor Dr. David Wilkinson and members of his research group at the Clean Energy Research Centre. The start-up has developed a way to…
CIHR Project Grants awarded to UBC Engineering research tackling stroke, spinal deformity and more
| Announcement
Four projects led or co-led by UBC Engineering researchers have been awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants: Fall 2021 competition. The CIHR’s Project Grant program aims to support…
Pandemic or endemic: Where is COVID heading next?
Al Jazeera | | Media coverage
Dr. Anna Blakney, a professor at UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories and school of biomedical engineering, says if something is a pandemic or an epidemic, we have to take certain precautionary measures against it to…
UBC Applied Science to help accelerate progress toward "Mine of the Future" in new $16.6M biomining project
| Announcement
Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster, a British Columbia-led consortium of which the University of British Columbia is a founding member, has launched a $16.6 million project aimed at developing "breakthrough biomining…
Researchers at UBCO working on next-generation battery
Global News | | Media coverage
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Jian Liu was interviewed about developing and designing a smaller and more powerful battery than what’s currently available in today’s markets.