Tips for working from home
The Centre for Scholarly Communication has put together the following article and video to support you while you work from home. Tips for Navigating Working at Home. Have you been experiencing some pressure to “make the most of this time”? If this kind of thinking works for you, great! But it can also be damaging […]
Say goodbye to power outages, says UBC Okanagan engineer
With the goal of eliminating brownouts and blackouts, new research from UBC’s Okanagan School of Engineering is redesigning how electricity is distributed within power grids.
UBCO research team sniffs out competing cannabis breathalyzers
It’s only a matter of time before breath detection devices, targeting drivers who are too high to drive, will be in the hands of enforcement agencies.
Extreme weather conditions can tax urban drainage systems to the max
During a typical Canadian winter, snow accumulation and melt—combined with sudden rainfalls—can lead to bottlenecks in storm drains that can cause flooding. Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus have been examining urban stormwater drainage systems, and they too have concerns about the resilience of many urban drainage systems.
UBC doctoral student wins gold
UBC’s Rob Shaw served up victory for Canada at the recent Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru.