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Producing Hepatitis B virus-like-particle vaccines using Pichia pastoris

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Our projectWe wanted to develop an innovative process to produce a vaccine for hepatitis B, a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. Our approach is to create a virus-like particle, a molecule that resembles a virus but…

Engineering Is About Developing Effective And Accessible Solutions

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Goksu's interest in CHBE and experience working on the Chem E-Car and in the Zandstra Laboratory.

Enriching Health Through Engineering: Madhini's Story

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Madhini's interest in improving lives through healthcare and how engineering helped her achieve that dream.

Ask Me Anything: Admission to UBC Engineering for International Students

Nov 22, 2024 | 8:00am - 9:00am | Event

Are you an International student and have questions about applying to UBC Engineering? Join our advisors to have all of your questions answered before you submit your application!

Never A Dull Moment With Engineering

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Joses' experience in Civil Engineering and how he proceeded to work with the City of Vancouver.

Applying Your Knowledge To Positively Impact The World

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Roger's decision to pursue electrical engineering and how that led him to working at General Motors.

Co-op Chronicles: Thriving in Computer Engineering

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Arya's experience with Computer engineering and her co-op journey.

Recycling and injection moulding of aeronautical post-consumer low density polyethylene

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The challengePassengers journey to the edge of space inside a pressurized capsule that is lofted by a helium-filled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) balloon.

Designing a completely compostable diaper

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The challengeNinety percent of a disposable diaper consists of plastic, and each year, more than 30 billion disposable diapers end up in North American landfills.

Recycling an innovative material into lightweight, abrasion-resistant shin pads

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The challengeALUULA Composites is a high-performance material manufacturing company that creates composites with high tear and stretch resistance that are used in many products across a range of markets.

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