Topics: Student Experience
From glucose to the hose: Fluorine-free firefighting foam concentrate production
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Firefighting foams contain PFAS. These engineering students proposed a greener option.
From carbon to the clouds: A methanol-to-jet fuel pathway
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Student team designs a process to turn captured CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel.
Hemp-based aerogel for apparel insulation
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UBC students design process to turn waste hemp into aerogel insulation.
A next-generation tablet coating
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UBC students develop an innovative coating to extend the life of pharmaceutical tablets.
BurgAir: A microbial meat alternative burger for a food-secure future
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Students design a burger that skips the farm.
Free-flowing pipes: Detergent lipase to break down kitchen oils
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Students design an enzyme solution to unclog drains.
A bioprocess to produce stem-cell-derived CAR-T cells for cancer treatment
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Capstone team design a bioprocess to deliver 22,000 CAR-T cancer treatments annually.
Closing the loop: Turning textile waste into feedstock
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UBC capstone team finds innovative way to turn old clothes into glucose.
The sustainable curriculum
CIM Magazine | | Media coverage
Tonia Welch, assistant professor and associate head of the undergraduate program at UBC’s Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering speaks on how UBC is teaching future miners to keep sustainability in mind.
How to build, destroy and rebuild a racecar
The Ubyssey | | Media coverage
Before this year, UBC Baja SAE, one of UBC Engineering’s six automotive design teams, hadn't made it to competition in seven years. Pandemic setbacks and a loss of institutional knowledge had left them unable to build a functional vehicle — until…