Topics: Research Excellence
German President's visit to UBC highlights clean energy and climate change solutions
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UBC Applied Science research is making waves - with the President of Germany visiting UBC to see the practical solutions that Applied Science researchers are developing to address complex challenges like climate change and clean energy.
Research Excellence Clusters led by UBC Engineering receive GCRC funding
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Four Research Excellence Clusters led by UBC Engineering faculty members will receive funding through UBC's Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competition.
11 UBC Applied Science companies to present at Innovation UBC’s 2026 Venture Showcase
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This year’s teams span therapeutics and biotech, medical devices and diagnostics, clean technology, mining, and advanced hardware, software and AI.
UBC engineering researchers, industry teaming up to help hydrogen fuel cells take flight
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A fuel cell powerful enough to help propel an aircraft needs to be light enough to leave the ground—and durable enough to keep working in the demanding conditions of flight.UBC engineering researchers and BC-based Unilia (Canada) Fuel Cells Inc. are…
17 UBC Applied Science graduate students supported with government awards
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Six nursing, one SCARP and 10 engineering doctoral students are being supported through Tri-Agency funding competitions.
How Dream Photonics is helping to transform advanced tech manufacturing in BC
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A UBC engineering spin-off company begun by Dr. Lukas Chrostowski and Dr. Sudip Shekhar is tackling a critical manufacturing bottleneck, helping companies scale and commercialize advanced technologies.
UBC researchers uncover new cyber threat to water and energy networks
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Researchers warn that hackers could identify and block vital communications to essential infrastructure without ever breaking its encryption
Setting up for interdisciplinary success
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Dr. Naoko Ellis and Dr. Xun Liu are UBC Applied Science's 2026 Marshall Bauder Chairs in Innovation in Interdisciplinary Education.
Using operations research to build sustainable and resilient systems
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Mohammad Reza Khodoomi, a doctoral student of mechanical engineering in UBC Okanagan, is one of UBC's newest Public Scholars.
Dream Photonics wins the 2026 New Ventures BC Competition
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The UBC spin-off co-founded by Drs. Lukas Chrostowski and Sudip Shekhar aims to enable chipmakers to build faster, cheaper hardware to power the global AI boom.