Business

Kelowna City Council goes on the road to UBC Okanagan

By Nathan Skolski on November 15, 2019

UBC’s Okanagan campus will be host to Kelowna City Council as they hold their first-ever official city council meeting away from City Hall. Mayor Colin Basran and Kelowna's eight city councillors will be on campus for the meeting, which is free and open to the public.

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Engineering Assoc. Prof. Kevin Golovin chats with Kelowna-Lake Country MP Stephen Fuhr in the STAR Hub facility at UBC Okanagan. Golovin is principal investigator of the COMFORTS research network, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Alberta, University of Victoria and industry partners.

UBC Okanagan awarded $1.5M to develop high-performance body armour

By Bud Mortenson on September 4, 2019

The age-old technique of dressing in layers is a tried and tested way to protect from the elements. Now thanks to $1.5M in new funding for UBC’s Okanagan campus, researchers are pushing the practice to new limits by creating a high-tech body armour solution with multiple layers of protection against diverse threats.

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UBCO engineering students Peter Zhao and Huibing He examine the component of a tiny lithium-tellurium battery along with assistant professor Jian Liu (right).

UBCO teams with industry to develop next-generation battery

By Patty Wellborn on August 21, 2019

Researchers at UBC Okanagan are collaborating with Fenix Advanced Materials of Trail, BC, to design and develop a battery that is smaller and more powerful than what’s currently available.

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Doctoral student Sajjad Mohammadnejad with a mixed gas burner used by engineering researchers in the Combustion for Propulsion and Power Laboratory at UBC Okanagan.

Researchers examine how hydrogen affects natural gas combustion

By Bud Mortenson on July 23, 2019

In the search for cleaner and more efficient energy, researchers from UBC and the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada are investigating the benefits of injecting hydrogen into natural gas distribution networks.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, College of Graduate Studies, Research, School of Engineering

Big changes to Food Services at UBC Okanagan

By Patty Wellborn on June 25, 2019

A whole new way of delivering food services is coming to UBC’s Okanagan campus starting July 1.

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UBC doctoral student Hossein Montazerian takes a close look at a tiny sensor embedded into a fibre.

UBC researchers create washable sensor that can be woven into materials

By Patty Wellborn on May 16, 2019

Forget the smart watch. Bring on the smart shirt.

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Safer donation bins a step closer to reality

By Patty Wellborn on May 9, 2019

A project to prevent people from getting trapped in clothing donations bins has received a boost in funding.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Business, Research, School of Engineering

UBC engineer Kevin Golovin says ice buildup may become a thing of the past.

Clearing an icy windshield is about to get easier, says UBC engineer

By Nathan Skolski on April 26, 2019

Scraping an icy windshield can be a seasonal struggle for those that live in colder climates. But engineers from UBC’s Okanagan campus are aiming to ease that winter frustration with a new surface coating that can shed ice from large areas using little effort.

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Host Pat Kennedy listens while Dr. Meghan Grant explains the up and down journey she endured on her way to becoming a gold medal cyclist for Canada.

Gold-medal cyclist shares stories of tragedies and triumph

By Patty Wellborn on April 8, 2019

Anybody who has ever endured a miss-step or a bit of bad luck could have taken away a message of encouragement from Canadian cyclist Meghan Grant Friday morning.

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