CERC Research Seminar: Christina Hoicka
Title: Combining engineering and energy geography approaches to accelerate renewable energy transitions with the typification of renewable energy clusters Date and Time: Monday, February 12th at 11:00 a.m. Location: CHBE 202 (Zoom access available upon request) Abstract The renewable energy transition has societal implications, including opportunities for citizen participation, equity and justice in workforce transitions, and reconciliation. Renewable […]
Dr. Xiaotao Bi Receives Award Presented by the Engineering Thermochemistry Division in CIESC
Dr. Xiaotao Bi, Professor and Director of the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) at UBC, has received an award presented by the Engineering Thermochemistry Division in the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC). This annual award is bestowed upon a foreign researcher in recognition of their contribution to the engineering thermochemistry field in […]
Two CHBE Students Attending COP28
Two Chemical and Biological Engineering students have been chosen to be part of the UBC delegation of students, faculty and staff attending the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28), taking place in Dubai, UAE from November 30th to December 12th, 2023. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate […]
Seeing Systems: Workshop on Systems Mapping
Date: Tuesday November 28, 2023Time: 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.Location: CHBE Building (2360 East Mall), Room 214 – Norman Epstein Reading Room Workshop description:Dr. Emily Moore is an Associate Professor and a Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering at the University of Toronto. After more than 20 years in industry, she now […]
CHBE UG Thesis Proposal Presentation Schedule
DATE: November 29, 2023 TIME: 2:00PM – 5:30PM LOCATION: CHBE Room 202 Time slotPresenter’s nameSupervisorProposal Title2:00 – 2:15 pmSkylar GaoDr. Elod GyengeCarbon-Coating Investigation to Improve MnO2 Electrochemical Performance in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries2:15 – 2:30 pmAmy LaiDr. Emily CranstonSpray Drying Bio-based Nanoparticles for Plastic Microbeads Replacement2:30 – 2:45 pmNoor Ali-MohamadDr. Gabriel PotvinEvaluating Antimicrobial Peptide Incorporated Polymer Coatings […]
CHBE Student Wins CSChE 2023 Best Poster Presentation
Congratulations to CHBE Ph.D. student, Kanageswari Singaraveloo, who won the Best Poster Presentation in the Energy Division of the 2023 Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Calgary! Kanageswari’s poster, titled “Mild Thermal Treatment of Woody Biomass to Produce Binderless Carbonized Pellets“, presented research focused on the development of durable binderless biochar pellets by investigating the effects […]
CHBE Alumni Honoured at Applied Science Celebration
At the 2023 Applied Science Celebration, UBC will honour seven inspiring members of the Applied Science community for their remarkable contributions. Among the individuals recognized are two CHBE alumni: Patrick Daniel and Jacob Masliyah, who are receiving the Applied Science Dean’s Medal of Distinction. Patrick Daniel, former CEO of Enbridge Inc., played a pivotal role […]