Say goodbye to power outages, says UBC Okanagan engineer
With the goal of eliminating brownouts and blackouts, new research from UBC’s Okanagan School of Engineering is redesigning how electricity is distributed within power grids.
UBC Okanagan awarded Industrial Research Chair in advanced resource recovery from wastewater
UBC Okanagan announced today that Engineering Professor Cigdem Eskicioglu has been named the Senior Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in advanced resource recovery from wastewater.
When it comes to conservation, ditch the ‘canary in the coal mine’
With habitat loss threatening the extinction of an ever-growing number of species around the world, many wildlife advocates and conservation professionals rely on the proverbial ‘canary in the coal mine’—monitoring and protecting a single representative species—to maintain healthy wildlife biodiversity.
UBC researchers develop strategy to protect wine grapes from smoke-taint
It’s a problem plaguing grape-growers worldwide—in an ever-changing climate, how can they protect their crops from the undesirable effects of wildfire smoke exposure.
Study points to better medical diagnosis through levitating human blood
New research from the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, Harvard Medical School and Michigan State University suggests that levitating human plasma may lead to faster, more reliable, portable and simpler disease detection.
2019 CRET Funding Announcement
The Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation is pleased to announce the first round of funding for the Critical Research Equipment and Tools (CRET) program. This annual funding program helps improve the range and quality of our research infrastructure, enables us to keep pace with technology, and provides increased opportunities for student research […]
Feb 25 – Eminence Cluster Trainee Poster Session
The Eminence Clusters of Research Excellence are interdisciplinary networks of researchers working to solve pressing challenges facing society. The Inaugural Cluster Trainee Poster Session will provide trainees with opportunities to share their research, showcase their creativity, and update the campus community on ongoing Eminence Cluster research activities. Each trainee will have 30 seconds to ‘pitch their […]
Allison Hargreaves receives 2019 UBC Killam research prize
2019 ubc FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDS UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Faculty Research Awards. Winners were selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Award Committee, which spans arts and humanities, business, applied science, science, and medicine. UBC KILLAM RESEARCH PRIZE: Recognizing outstanding research and scholarly contributions. Up to ten prizes of $5,000 each […]
UBCO research team sniffs out competing cannabis breathalyzers
It’s only a matter of time before breath detection devices, targeting drivers who are too high to drive, will be in the hands of enforcement agencies.
Researchers test common garden practice on lodgepole pine forests
New research suggests a backyard gardener’s tried and true method of ‘thinning’ could be beneficiary to tree growth and water supply, and ultimately help fight climate change.