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. Under the mentorship of Solaris in 2020, a Capstone group designed a small-scale Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant in parallel to Solaris […]
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, […]
Dr. David Wilkinson Receives Award from the Electrochemical Society
CHBE Professor, Associate Head and Canadian Research Chair in Clean Energy and Electrochemical Technologies (Tier 1), David P. Wilkinson, received the Canada Section Electrochemical Award from The Electrochemical Society in June of 2022. The award, established in 1981 and awarded every four years, recognizes significant contributions to the advancement of electrochemistry in Canada. Recipients of […]
Ibrahim Yousef wins DYCOPS 2022 Young Author Award
CHBE Graduate Student, Ibrahim Yousef, received the DYCOPS 2022 Young Author Award at the 13th International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems. The official announcement of the award was made during the conference banquet in Busan. The symposium “provides a forum for professionals, theorists, researchers, engineers, […]
Seminar June 29th – Dr. Guangqing Liu
Presented by: China-Canada Bioenergy Network and Clean Energy Research Centre Time & Date: Wednesday, June 29th from 4:00pm – 5:00pm PDT Location: Zoom The Development of Biomass Heating in China – Technologies, Standards and Policies Abstract China attaches great importance to clean heating in rural areas. China has plenty of agricultural and forestry biomass resources. […]