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Assistant Professor of Teaching Dean Richert and student Ram Dershan prepare a work station that will be used in for the industrial automation micro-credential course.

UBC Okanagan launches micro-credential programs

By Patty Wellborn on February 25, 2021

With an increasing need for continued education among those looking to build their knowledge in high-demand fields, UBC Okanagan has launched two micro-credential programs as part of its career and personal education portfolio. The first of their kind at UBCO, the two new micro-credentials will focus on the fields of technical communication and industrial automation.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Earth and Environmental Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic, School of Engineering

Province partners with Interior universities for COVID-19 research solutions

Province partners with Interior universities for COVID-19 research solutions

By Nathan Skolski on February 18, 2021

The BC Ministry of Health is investing in BC Interior research universities to understand the harmful effects of COVID-19 and mitigate its impact on communities across the province.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Research, School of Engineering, School of Nursing, Southern Medical Program

The heart always matters, but especially on Valentine’s Day

The heart always matters, but especially on Valentine’s Day

By Christine Zeindler on February 10, 2021

UBC Okanagan faculty put their hearts into research and teaching. To mark Valentine’s Day, they are highlighting their expertise on matters of the heart—from what makes it tick to how to keep the emotions pumping.

Posted in News Features | Tagged Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, School of Engineering, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Associate Professor Hadi Mohammadi is the lead researcher at UBCO’s Heart Valve Performance Lab.

Breakthrough design at UBCO vastly improves mechanical heart valve

By Patty Wellborn on January 26, 2021

New research coming out of UBC’s Okanagan campus may take the current ‘gold standard’ for heart valves to a new level of reliability.

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

UBCO researchers Farhad Ahmadijokani and Mohammad Ajrmand have developed a cost-effective material that can help remove toxic chemicals, like cancer-treatment drugs, from water supplies.

New tool removes chemotherapy drugs from water systems

By Patty Wellborn on January 18, 2021

‘What goes in, must come out’ is a familiar refrain. It is especially pertinent to the challenges facing UBC researchers who are investigating methods to remove chemicals and pharmaceuticals from public water systems.

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

A UBCO student project developed a method to make shipping containers immediately identifiable by using artificial intelligence.

UBCO team creates live technology to track shipping containers

By Patty Wellborn on December 18, 2020

With hundreds of thousands of packages and shipments crossing the globe, especially during the holiday season, the industry has turned to UBC Okanagan researchers to develop better ways to track parcels.

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

UBCO researcher Mohammad Zarifi has made significant improvements to the real-time sensors that monitor frost and ice build-up on airplanes and turbines.

UBCO research takes the chill off icy build-up on planes and wind turbines

By Patty Wellborn on December 17, 2020

New UBC Okanagan research is changing the way aircraft and wind turbine operators are addressing the risks related to ice build-up.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Research, School of Engineering

Photo caption: UBCO researchers Negin Kazemian and her supervisor, Assistant Professor Sepideh Pakpour, are investigating the internal dynamics of fecal matter donors and recipients to determine the effectiveness of the therapy.

UBCO researchers suggest stool transplants can battle serious infections

By Patty Wellborn on December 9, 2020

Genetic analysis helps ensure successful fecal microbiota transplants

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Research, School of Engineering

UBC Okanagan hosts virtual Nobel Night event

UBC Okanagan hosts virtual Nobel Night event

By Nathan Skolski on December 7, 2020

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

UBCO Engineering Professor Solomon Tesfamariam (centre) examines wood used in mass-timber buildings.

Proverbial wolf can’t blow down modern timber high-rises, says UBCO researchers

By Nathan Skolski on December 3, 2020

With an increasing demand for a more sustainable alternative for high-rise construction, new research from UBC Okanagan, in collaboration with Western University and FPInnovations, points to timber as a sustainable and effective way to make tall, high-density, and renewable buildings.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, School of Engineering

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