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From left: Kevin Golovin, Abbas Milani, Feng Jiang and Jeremy Wulff and part of the COMFORTS network, a team of researchers from UBC, UVic and the University of Alberta.

New ‘hyper glue’ formula developed by UBCO and UVic researchers

By Patty Wellborn on December 4, 2019

With many of the products we use every day held together by adhesives, researchers from UBC’s Okanagan Campus and the University of Victoria hope to make everything from clothing to medical implants and residential plumbing stronger and more corrosion-resistant thanks to a newly-developed ‘hyper glue’ formula.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, School of Engineering

UBCO professors explain the brilliance behind this year’s Nobel Prize winners

UBCO professors explain the brilliance behind this year’s Nobel Prize winners

By Patty Wellborn on December 2, 2019

Planets, poverty, peace and powerful batteries. The science and activism behind all of these are tied together this year by the lasting legacy of Alfred Nobel’s annual recognition for game-changes.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Computer Science, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic, Physics, Political Science, School of Engineering, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

A student pitches his donation bin redesign to judges at last year’s competition.

Engineering for a better, safer community

By Patty Wellborn on November 27, 2019

Nearly 400 first-year engineering students will unveil their design projects Friday as they wrap up their first semester at UBCO’s School of Engineering.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged School of Engineering

Foresight Cleantech collaborates with Okanagan College and UBC

Foresight Cleantech collaborates with Okanagan College and UBC

By Chris Guenard on September 26, 2019

Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre, Okanagan College and UBC Okanagan have established a new collaboration to create jobs and intellectual property, and grow the cleantech ecosystem in B.C. and Canada.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged School of Engineering

A growing industrial demand for multifunctional bio-friendly raw materials is pushing researchers to develop value-added and energy-saving biocomposites and processes.

UBC engineers create ways to keep stone waste out of landfills

By Patty Wellborn on September 19, 2019

Using polymers and natural stone slurry waste, researchers at UBC Okanagan are manufacturing environmentally friendly stone composites.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Research, School of Engineering

UBC research has shown that fungal growth significantly affects the physical and mechanical properties of moisture-exposed drywall.

UBC study finds health isn’t the only issue with bacteria growth

By Patty Wellborn on September 12, 2019

Microorganisms growing inside aging buildings and infrastructure are more than just a health issue, according to new research from UBC Okanagan.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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