In the Media
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CBCQuebec company offers breath of carbon-neutral air with cement alternative
UBCO civil engineering professor Dr. Shahria Alam commented on sustainable concrete.
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Global NewsB.C. urban planner swings big, advocates for new housing on public golf courses
SALA professor Patrick Condon advocated for the conversion of some public golf courses into land for housing developments.
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The TyeeThe secret to real affordability? Trust in land
Dr. Penny Gurstein, SCARP professor emeritus and co-director of UBC’s housing research collaborative commented on non-profit housing.
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The Globe and MailMeet the B.C. lumberjacks who set out to build a hybrid electric logging truck
Electrical and computer engineering professor Dr. Martin Ordonez said safety certification is one of the most significant costs in the electric-vehicle sector.
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The UbysseyNot For Sale!: UBC architecture students bring Canadian housing justice to the international stage
In their exhibit Not For Sale!, AAHA - a national collective co-founded by UBC associate professor of architecture Dr. Matthew Soules- presented its ten demands and proposed strategies for addressing the Canadian housing crisis. Nastaran Sedehi, a second year student in the Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture program, was one of fifteen UBC students taking part in the summer studio.
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The Globe and MailAre driverless cars more dangerous than humans? People say yes, but why?
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi and PhD student Gurdiljot Singh Gill conducted a study which found that more than 40 per cent of British Columbians believe pedestrians will be less safe with self-driving cars on roadways.
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CastanetUBCO researchers dive into ways to make public pools more environmentally sustainable
UBCO researchers are looking into the analytical data of public aquatic facilities in an effort to minimize environmental impacts and make them more energy efficient. Engineering postdoctoral researcher Dr. Michael De Coste was quoted.
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CTV NewsMeet a UBC student trying to make Vancouver more sustainable and accessible
Electrical engineering student Stephanie Quon has spearheaded dozens of projects and raised thousands of dollars in funding for community programs.
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Yahoo NewsScientists develop unreal solution to get toxic microplastics out of our drinking water: ‘[They] pose a growing threat’
Dr. Orlando Rojas, Director of UBC’s BioProducts Institute, developed a device that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water with forestry and chemical and biological engineering researchers.
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CBCNo more soft plastics as Yukon recyclers brace for major changes
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Mohammad Arjmand is leading research on how to manipulate the properties of recycled plastics, making them more resistant to heat or corrosion, or conductive to electricity.