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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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Pilot fatigue for those flying firefighting aircraft is the focus of a new research study underway with industrial partners and UBC Okanagan’s Survive and Thrive Applied Research lab. Photo credit: Larry Scholle

UBC research helps to improve firefighter pilot safety

By Matthew Grant on September 23, 2015

STAR researchers collaborate with Conair and partner institutions.

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The Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, on Tuesday announced funding of $3.801 million to establish the Survive and Thrive Applied Research (STAR) facility at UBC’s Okanagan campus in Kelowna.

UBC receives $3.8M for Survive and Thrive Applied Research facility

By Bud Mortenson on October 14, 2014

UBC has launched a new research innovation facility where industry and university researchers can pool their knowledge to rapidly develop novel technologies for human protection, survivability and performance in extreme or remote conditions.

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