New Frontiers in Research: Cannabis, Air Quality, Health and Community Impact
Cannabis cultivation in Canada: Assessing the air, health, and equity impacts of a growing and uncharted industry | Nominated Principal Investigator: Naomi Zimmerman, Co-Principal Investigator: Amanda Giang On October 17, 2018, Canada became the second country in the world to federally legalize cannabis. Ten months later, the legal cannabis industry had grown by 185 per […]
Alumnus’ startup helps pharmacies with asymptomatic COVID-19 testing
In the fall of 2018, when Nicholas Hui was taking Applied Science’s New Venture Design course as part of his final undergraduate year in Mechanical Engineering, he had no idea he would co-found a company providing services in response to a global pandemic. The former AeroDesign Team Captain hadn’t considered a startup as his first […]
New Publication on head impacts in American football by Dr. Lyndia Wu
Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Lyndia Wu has co-authored a paper in the Journal of Biomechanics, “Analysis of head acceleration events in collegiate-level American football: A combination of qualitative video analysis and in-vivo head kinematic measurement.” Building off previous work she was involved in at Stanford University, the study looks at head impacts in football, combining […]
Open UBC interview with Dr. Agnes d’Entremont
Dr. Agnes d’Entremont was named one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions for her commitment to accessible education through Open Educational Resources (OER). Learn more about Dr. d’Entremont’s open education projects in Open UBC’s latest interview in their Chatting with Champions series.