2022 Capstone Awards
Congratulations to all CHBE students for completing their Capstone projects this year! You all should be extremely proud of the work that you produced. The undergraduate programs culminate in a significant student design experience delivered through a Capstone Design course. Students carry out the design and economic assessment of a major, environmentally-sound process in […]
Meghan Cooke Wins CEMF Undergraduate Ambassador Award
UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering student (CHBE), Meghan Cooke, is the recipient of the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) 2022 Rona Hatt Engineering Ambassador Award ! This $5,000 scholarship is awarded annually in memory of Rona Hatt, an alumna of the UBC Chemical Engineering program and recognized as the first Canadian female chemical engineering graduate. […]
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – Alec Jameson
Alec Jameson graduated with an MASc from Queen’s University in June 2018, and began a doctoral program in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UBC the following September under the supervisor of Dr. Előd Gyenge. His research focuses on electrochemical engineering, electrocatalysis, and energy engineering. Alec’s research goals are to combine aspects of chemistry […]
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – Yixiu Wang
Yixiu Wang is a first-year doctoral student in Chemical and Biological Engineering under the supervision of Professor Bhushan Gopaluni and Assistant Professor Yankai Cao. He received his master’s degree in Vehicle Engineering/Battery Management System from Tongji University in 2019. His major research interests are advanced process control and the design and implementation of large-scale local and […]
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – Samira Shirvani
Samira Shirvani received her BSc in Chemical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology in 2012 and then completed an MSc in Chemical Engineering at the University of Tehran in 2015. After graduation, she found an opportunity to work as a research assistant at Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI). During her three years of working at […]
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – Yu Pei
Yu Pei is a doctoral student and a Four Year Doctoral Fellowship recipient in the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. She began her studies at UBC in July 2018 under the supervision of Prof. Elod Gyenge and Prof. David Wilkinson. Yu was raised in Beijing and completed a dual degree: a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering […]