Dr. David P. Wilkinson Wins the 2025 Rio Tinto Award
We are excited to announce that Dr. David Wilkinson has been awarded the Chemical Society for Chemistry 2025 Rio Tinto Award. Dr. Wilkinson is a Professor in the UBC department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Clean Energy and Electrochemical Technologies. His research is primarily focused on the electrochemistry and […]
Mangrove Lithium secures $50.4M to construct lithium refining plant in BC
Mangrove Lithium has secured $35-million USD ($50.4-million CAD) to build North America’s first electrochemical lithium refining facility in Delta, British Columbia. The plant is expected to produce enough battery-grade lithium annually to power 25,000 electric vehicles (EVs), helping to strengthen North America’s battery supply chain. The funding round included new investors such as Mitsubishi, Asahi […]
Harnessing Clean Energy to Power an Innovative Future
The transition to clean energy is more urgent than ever, and UBC is at the forefront of pioneering solutions. As part of an upcoming alumni event, leading researchers and industry experts will explore how low-carbon systems and equity-based energy programs are shaping a sustainable future. Featuring speakers such as Dr. Naoko Ellis and Dr. Kasun […]
Clean Energy Research Centre Seminar January 24: Masahiro ITO
Title: Sewage Sludge Incineration Ash Treatment for Energy and Material Recycle Date and Time: Friday, January 24. 1:00 p.m. Location: CHBE Room 202 Speaker: Masahiro ITO, Ph. D, Professional Engineer, General Manager/R&D centre, Sanki Engineering Co., LTD Abstract Global warming, resource depletion, food crises, pandemics, and in Japan, population decline and deterioration of infrastructure have become […]
Dr. Peter Englezos Named 2025 Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
We are proud to announce that Dr. Peter Englezos, a professor in UBC’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been recognized as a 2025 Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). Dr. Englezos’ 35+ years of research experience in clathrate hydrates have made significant impact on carbon dioxide capture, desalination, energy storage, and […]
Heather Trajano, Xiaotao Bi, and Eric Lees Awarded Wall Research Awards
In December 2024, UBC announced the inaugural recipients of the Wall Fellowships and Wall Research Awards, funded by the $100M+ Peter Wall Endowment and totaling $4M annually. Three CHBE professors—Heather Trajano, Xiaotao Bi, and Eric Lees—have received $200,000 from the Wall Research Awards for their projects (detailed below), which focus on urban sustainability, the environmental […]
Paul Freemont Public Lecture – Nov 19, 2024
What if we could rewrite life itself to solve humanity’s biggest challenges? From sustainable materials to agriculture, biotechnology is redesigning life as we know it. Join us at UBC Robson Square to learn from Prof. Paul Freemont about how biotechnology is turning science fiction into tomorrow’s reality one gene, one cell, and one breakthrough at […]
Isabella Howley wins 3rd place for research presentation at AIChE Annual Student Conference
Congratulations to Isabella Howley, who presented her research on bacterial cellulose at the 2024 Annual Student Conference and won the 3rd place prize. Isabella had been selected to represent the Pacific Northwest Region after winning the regional technical research presentation in Idaho last spring. Isabella competed against the nine top presenters from each AIChE region, […]
ChemEcar wins multiple awards at AIChE Annual Student Conference
Congratulations to the UBC ChemEcar Team, who recently competed at the 2024 Annual Student Conference among 51 teams from all over the world. The team won the team video competition, as well as receiving 2nd place in the poster competition. In terms of the performance competition, UBC was the top Canadian team and placed 7th […]
Professor Johan Foster Featured on Quirks and Quarks
Professor Johan Foster from UBC’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering was recently featured in an interview on CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks! In the October 19th episode, Professor Foster discusses his team’s innovative work on PFAS, often called ‘forever chemicals,’ and how their research could make a big impact in addressing water contamination. The PFAS […]