UBC Chemical & Biological Engineering News

Carbon Management Canada (CMC) – poster competition

ajamroz — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:16:00 +0000

Congratulations to PhD candidate Nagu Daraboina who won the poster competition at the second annual conference hosted by Carbon Management Canada (CMC) in Gatineau, Quebec from May 23-25, 2012. His winning poster is titled “Secure Storage of Impure Co2 in the Form of Solidy Hydrate in Depleted Pools in Northern Alberta”, with contribution from the [...]

Tapping into CHBE Expertise.

ajamroz — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:49:01 +0000

From Chemical & Biological Engineering to Biomedical Engineering

ajamroz — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:38:31 +0000

An interdisciplinary approach to solving real-world problems is a central attribute of the Biomedical Engineering Program – a program established in 2006 by Professor Ezra Kwok for the Faculty of Applied Science. Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering techniques and technologies to medical and healthcare problems. This specialty program at UBC has grown from [...]

Clean Energy Research Centre – Committed to clean and sustainable energy

ajamroz — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:29:49 +0000

Energy remains one of the biggest challenges for the 21st century. It lies at the nexus of water, health, food, and other issues. Some of the key challenges include resource sustainability, particularly for oil and gas, environmental damage and climate change, reduced affluence and urgency. To quote Richard Smalley (1996 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry) [...]

Dr. Susan Baldwin

ajamroz — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:13:21 +0000

“Bioremediation is about engineering what nature does naturally”. Read more here.

UBC REC League 2011-2012

ajamroz — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:56:33 +0000

Congratulations to “CHEM ENG HAWKS” for winning the championship in UBC REC men’s volleyball league. The Graduate Student Club coordinated and organized two volleyball teams (Men’s and Co-rec) and a futsall team to represent CHBE in UBC REC 2011-2012 leagues. CHBE is looking for players to join their sports teams for the next season and [...]

2011/12 UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

ajamroz — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:38:54 +0000

Congratulations James Butler! James has been selected as a recipient of the 2011/12 UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. The award recognizes a small number of graduate students at UBC for their outstanding contribution to teaching and learning. We are grateful for James’ contribution to our Department.

John R. Grace Graduate Scholarship

ajamroz — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:38:25 +0000

Congratulations to our graduate students James Butler and Nagu Daraboina who were awarded the John R. GRACE Graduate Scholarship in Chemical and Biological Engineering. This scholarship has been endowed in honour of Dr. John R. Grace by his wife, Dr. Sherrill E. Grace, for graduate students in Chemical and Biological Engineering who demonstrate academic [...]

Community Service Learning

ajamroz — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:41:43 +0000

Four 4th-year students (Heather Kempthorne, Wendy Cheng, Cherie Tan and Anastasia Gumelia) win the E-Fest 2012 Community Service Learning (CSL) Award for their outstanding contributions to community development while undertaking their 4th year problem based laboratory. The project relates to the development of a method to monitor carbon sequestration by eelgrass (photo). The [...]

CHBE Professional Development Seminar

ajamroz — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:02:04 +0000

CHBE Grad Club successfully held another CHBE Professional Development Seminar with Dr. David Wilkinson as the speaker on February 28. Dr. Wilkinson gave an excellent talk on career development titled as “Unexpected Passages and Connections”. Dr. Wilkinson was a competitive athlete when he was young and then he made tough decision to transit to science. [...]