UBCO researcher receives prestigious award for polymer innovation
Dr. Mohammad Arjmand, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering has been honoured for his transformative research that is helping build a path to a more sustainable future. Dr. Arjmand is a 2025 recipient of the Morand Lambla Award which is bestowed upon an outstanding young researcher in the field of polymer […]
SoE Professors receive 2024 Faculty Research Awards
UBC’s Office of the VP Research and Innovation (VPRI) has announced recipients of the 2024 Faculty Research Awards. UBCO VPRI highlighted the Okanagan campus recipients. On behalf of the School of Engineering, congratulations to all awards recipients across both campuses, and special congratulations go to the following SoE faculty members who received awards: Shahria Alam, […]
UBC researchers collaborating with City of Richmond and industry to reduce construction and demolition waste
Researchers at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering and UBC’s Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) have embarked on a groundbreaking interdisciplinary project to advance sustainable practices in the construction industry. Their focus? Tackling the significant environmental challenges posed by construction and demolition (C&D) waste. The project, “Application of the Circular Economy to Demolished or Deconstructed […]
Dr. Mohammad Arjmand named member of Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College
A total of fifteen UBC faculty members have been announced by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as new Fellows and as Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Dr. Mohammad Arjmand, Assistant Professor with UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering, is one of eight UBC faculty members named as Members of the College […]
Graduate Students awarded CERC Fellowships
Kishoare Tamanna and Amir Ahmadian have been awarded John Tiedje Fellowships in Clean Energy and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation from UBC’s Clean Energy Research Centre.