Fouad Elgamal Wins K. B. MATHUR Prize for Final Oral Thesis Presentation
Congratulations to CHBE undergraduate Fouad Elgamal for winning the K. B. MATHUR Prize last week! Fouad gave the best final oral thesis presentation in CHBE’s undergraduate thesis course. Students who are also in the top category include: Zichen Wang, Afonso Canedo Magalhaes Mendonca, and Sasha Plichta. CHBE undergraduate thesis courses (CHBE 492, 494, and 496) […]
Dr. Vikram Yadav and Dr. Vladan Prodanovic Recognized at the BC Cleantech Awards
Foresight Canada, the BC Net Zero Innovation Network and KPMG, have awarded the Masters of Engineering Leadership (MEL) Clean Energy Engineering program (CEEN) at UBC as the Training Institution of the Year, and Dr. Vikram Yadav as Educator of the Year during their 2024 BC Cleantech Awards event on March 27, 2024. The MEL CEEN […]
Dr. Vikram Yadav Receives 2023 UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
Dr. Vikram Yadav, CHBE Associate Professor and Director of MEL Program in Sustainable Engineering, has been awarded the 2023 UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship. This fellowship is one of many awards included in the 2023 Faculty Research Awards that recognize the research excellence and scholarly achievements of faculty from across all disciplines. Award recipients are […]
Dr. Naoko Ellis, Part of Systems Beings Lab, Receives $20,000 PHH Priority Thematic Research Incubator Grant
CHBE professor Dr. Naoko Ellis, part of a team led by Dr. Derek Gladwin, recently received a $20,000 UBC Public Humanities Hub (PHH) Priority Thematic Research Incubator Grant for their project, “Sustainable Sound Installations: Harmonizing Aesthetics, Education, and Upcycling.” The project and team are affiliated with the Systems Beings Lab, a transdisciplinary research collective centered upon systems and […]
CHBE Professors Win 2023 UBC Campus as a Living Lab Grand Challenge Award
This past February, CHBE professors Dr. Naoko Ellis, Dr. Sergio Berretta, and Dr. Xiaotao (Tony) Bi won one of two $250,000 prizes from the 2023 UBC Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Grand Challenge Awards. CLL is collaborative framework for researchers, students, staff, and external partners to use UBC’s campus to explore, develop, and test new […]
Marina Mehling and Akash Madhav Gondaliva enter 3MT Semi-Finals
Congratulations to CHBE finalists Marina Mehling and Akash Madhav Gondaliya for making it to the 3MT semi-finals! Marina will be presenting in semi-final 1 (10 a.m. – 12 p.m.), and Akash will be presenting in semi-final 2 (3 p.m. – 5 p.m.). The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate […]
Dr. Johan Foster Receives 2024 ACS POLY Fellows Award
Dr. Johan Foster, CHBE Associate Professor and NSERC Canfor Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Bioproducts, has been awarded the 2024 ACS POLY Fellows Award. The Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) Program was established within the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2009 to recognize POLY members that advance the field of polymer science through scientific achievements […]
Innovation OnBoard Pitch Competition Winners 2024
Established in 2017, Innovation Onboard (IOB) is a student-led initiative that fosters entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary collaboration among science, engineering and business students. This 6-month program includes workshops, lectures, an innovation fair, and a pitch competition with cash prizes. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place were of $5000, $3000 and $2000 respectively. Congratulations to the top […]
