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UBC Concrete Canoe wins first place at ASCE PNW competition
By Lee on May 11, 2022
The team’s victorious finish this year was the result of perseverance and hard work.
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Professor Tony Yang receives $1 million NSERC Alliance Missions grant
By Lee on April 27, 2022
Dr. Yang and his team of researchers received the grant to develop advanced structural and robotic technologies.
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Global structural materials expert awarded top UBC research prize
By Lee on March 30, 2022
Professor Nemy Banthia has been awarded the Jacob Biely Research Prize, UBC’s highest research accolade.
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UBC Civil PhD students compete in Department Heat of Three Minute Thesis competition
By Lee on March 16, 2022
Presenters had three minutes to showcase their research to a non-specialist audience.
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Professor Susan Nesbit retires after 22 years at UBC Civil Engineering
By Lee on February 22, 2022
Dr. Nesbit’s passion for education transformed the way sustainability education is conceptualized and delivered.
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UBC Civil In The Media – Artist paints Vancouver Chinatown’s historic buildings to shed light on once ‘thriving’ neighbourhood
By Lee on February 15, 2022
Donna Seto was featured on CBC for her paintings of Vancouver Chinatown’s historic buildings.
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How UBC women in STEM are supporting each other to succeed
By Lee on February 11, 2022
In honour of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, UBC profiled a number of outstanding women scholars, including Dr. Sheryl Staub-French.
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UBC Civil In The Media – Sewage plant samples show Omicron infections dropping in Lower Mainland
By Lee on February 8, 2022
Assistant Professor Ryan Ziels talks about his research on detecting COVID in wastewater.
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UBC Civil students participate in E-Week
By Lee on January 27, 2022
Check out pictures from this year’s E-Week, which annually brings together students from across all UBC Engineering departments to compete and have fun.
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Two years after UIA Flight PS752 tragedy, UBC Civil Engineering remembers Dr. Mehran Abtahi
By Lee on January 10, 2022
Two years ago, Dr. Mehran Abtahi was among those who were tragically lost in the Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crash.
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Professor Dharma Wijewickreme honoured by the Engineering Institute of Canada
By Lee on December 21, 2021
Professor Dharma Wijewickreme has been awarded the prestigious 2022 John B. Stirling Medal by the Engineering Institute of Canada.
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UBC Civil In The Media – B.C. Flooding and Landslides
By Lee on December 20, 2021
UBC Civil faculty spoke to media to offer their analysis and expertise on the challenges ahead with infrastructure rebuilding.
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BC Natural Disaster Technical Briefing – Webcast Recording
By Lee on December 17, 2021
Watch a recording of the webcast featuring our faculty members sharing their observations on the impact of the recent BC natural disasters.
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UBC Civil In The Media – Engineers say better forecasting, co-ordinated warnings could protect B.C. from disasters
By Lee on December 15, 2021
Faculty members from the Department share their preliminary observations on the November BC floods.
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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Feedback
By Lee on December 7, 2021
The Faculty of Applied Science invites your feedback regarding your EDI experiences.
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Congratulations to the 2021 recipients of the 4YF Awards
By Lee on November 3, 2021
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) Award.
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Professor Dharma Wijewickreme honoured by the Canadian Geotechnical Society
By Lee on October 7, 2021
Professor Dharma Wijewickreme has been recognized with the 2021 G. Geoffrey Meyerhof Award by the Canadian Geotechnical Society.
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