CHBE Welcomes CCEC 2022 Delegates
UBC is excited to host the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CCEC) in Vancouver, taking place October 23rd – 26th, 2022. CCEC brings together 900+ delegates from Canada and around the world in one place. Join the delegates at CCEC to: Registration is now closed. Find schedule details in the Program Overview. The Conference’s technical program […]
Special Seminar: Catalytic Gasification of Waste – Oct 28
The Clean Energy Research Centre and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering invite you to their seminar. Title: Catalytic gasification of waste: economic and technical feasibility Speaker: Dr. Josephine Hill, University of Calgary, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Date: October 28th, 2022 Time: 1p.m. Location: CHBE 102, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver Abstract “What […]
Jasmeen Kaur Receives MANA Best Poster Award
Jasmeen Kaur, CHBE Postdoctoral fellow, has received the best poster award and travel grant at the Metabolomics Association of North America’s (MANA) 4th annual conference in Edmonton. Dr. Kaur received the award for her poster “Metabolic profiling of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by the Corpse plant using GC×GC-TOF MS”, research carried out in Dr. […]
Virtual Graduate Fair
The Canadian Graduate Engineering Consortium (CGEC) is hosting a virtual graduate fair on Oct 6, 2022. Students attending the event will be able to meet faculty, admissions experts, and students at Canada’s top graduate engineering schools. If you interested in pursuing graduate studies in Chemical and Biological Engineering, come see the CHBE live booth at […]
Industry Night October 19
UBC Envision, the CHBE Undergrad Council and the Environmental Engineering Student Association invite you to our virtual Engineering for the Environment and Sustainability Industry Night on October 19th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Join Us: Zoom Link Passcode: 957318 Under the mentorship of Solaris in 2020, a Capstone group designed a small-scale Liquified Natural Gas […]
Jane Hill Elected Chair of International Association of Breath Research
Chemical & Biological Engineering Professor and Canada Research Chair in Breath Science and Technology (Tier 1), Jane Hill, has been elected incoming Chair of the International Association of Breath Research (IABR). The IABR was established in 2005 and has members from around the world. The IABR organizes conferences, meetings, and works closely with the Journal […]
Seminar August 31st – Dr. Paul Stuart
Presented by: UBC BioProducts Institute Time & Date: Wednesday, August 31st from 12:30pm – 1:30pm PDT Location: CHBE 202, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver 2022 is not 2010: Important Trends and Creating Competitive Advantage in the Forest Bioeconomy Abstract Canada has significant inventories of forest biomass, and with this, an opportunity to develop the bioeconomy in […]
Dr. James Piret Receives William F. Meggers Award
Chemical & Biological Engineering and Michael Smith Laboratories Professor James M. Piret has been selected to receive the 2022 William F. Meggers Award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), which will be presented at the FACSS SciX Conference this October at the Northern Kentucky Convention Centre in Greater Cincinnati. The award, established in 1960, […]
Seminar July 26th – Dr. Ahmed F. Ghoniem
Presented by: Clean Energy Research Centre Time & Date: Tuesday, July 26th at 3:00pm PDT Location: CHBE 202, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen Production using a Reactor-Train System Abstract Hydrogen, as a fuel or a fuel component in ammonia, LOHC, etc., is set to become a major chemical energy carrier in long-haul (ground, […]