Research

UBCO graduate students Kiana Mirshahidi and Ben Wiltshire demonstrate how small and portable the tiny ice detection senor is. The device has many ramifications, especially for the airline industry.

UBC-developed sensor provides next-generation ice detection

By Patty Wellborn on August 8, 2019

A new sensor, that can detect ice accumulation in real-time, might be a game-changer when it comes to airline safety and efficiency.

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

UBCO students put cosmic ray research aloft

By Bud Mortenson on July 24, 2019

A group of UBC Okanagan students have won the opportunity to launch a science experiment into the stratosphere with help from the Canadian Space Agency.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Computer Science, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Research, School of Engineering

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

Okanagan College President Jim Hamilton, left, with UBC engineers Rehan Sadiq, Kasun Hewage and Shahria Alam discusses green technology educational opportunities during a tour of the college’s Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence.

UBC and Okanagan College create green construction centre

By Patty Wellborn on July 18, 2019

A formal partnership between UBC Okanagan and Okanagan College has established a Green Construction Research and Training Centre (GCRTC) that will provide new research options and create hands-on practical training opportunities for students.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Research, School of Engineering

During the international expedition to Peru, Ben Stacey a doctoral student from Cardiff, United Kingdom conducts a blood vessel function test on a local Andean resident. Researchers are trying to understand how some Andeans, who live at high altitude, develop altitude sickness.

Global research expedition begins release of 15 major studies

By Patty Wellborn on July 16, 2019

A group of international researchers went to great heights to better understand how high altitude affects both newcomers and Indigenous populations.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Research, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Jasmin Ma is a recent doctoral graduate from the School of Health and Exercise Sciences.

Partnership key to fitness success for people with spinal cord injury

By Patty Wellborn on July 9, 2019

New co-created research at UBC’s Okanagan campus has resulted in ground-breaking increases in physical activity and fitness for those living with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Research, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Genetic tagging can be an economical, ethical tool

By Patty Wellborn on July 4, 2019

They’re the central questions of ecology—why are there so many species and where are they found?

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Biology, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Research

Announcing $1 million in funding for Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR) are, from left, Kelowna-Lake Country MP Stephen Fuhr, UBC Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal Deborah Buszard, Professor of Health and Exercise Sciences Paul van Donkelaar and Kelowna Women's Shelter Executive Director Karen Mason.

Groundbreaking UBC project studies brain injury in women abused by partners

By Chris Guenard on June 28, 2019

The Government of Canada is providing $1 million to fund a unique research collaboration studying traumatic brain injury (TBI) in women who have experienced violence and abuse at the hands of an intimate partner.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Health, Research, School of Health and Exercise Sciences