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The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) provides exciting opportunities to learn about the transformation of raw materials into valuable products by chemical, biochemical or physical processes.
The University of British Columbia received the 25th Anniversary Excellence Award and UBC Engineering student teams placed within the top-three of five categories at the 25th annual Western Engineering Competition (WEC). Congratulations to our CHBE students! [Read more]
A team from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has developed solutions for improving speed on ice and snow. Under the leadership of Prof. Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos, PhD candidates Anne-Marie Kietzig and Christos Stamboulides, co-supervised by Prof. Englezos, have been involved in a top secret project funded by Own The Podium (OTP) with the goal of providing a competitive edge for Canadian athletes. Read more at: INGENUITY Feature Article. Macleans Article. UBC Public Affairs Article. Vancouver Sun Article.
The CHBE Sustainability Club, in collaboration with our department, was awarded with the Xerox Workplace Sustainability Fund to generate sustainable solutions to workplace practices. [Read more]
Five UBC undergraduate students from CHBE and two from other disciplines attended the 8th World Congress and 59th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Montreal, Quebec this August. Four of them participated in the Chemical Reaction Car competition.
From left: Jine Jine Li (Vice President), Steve Huynh, Art Pithayachariyakul, Ben Starkey, Alexander Nguyen (Team Captain), Ole Bjornstad (President). In front: Caryn Liberman (4th Year Rep).
Peter Englezos, CHBE's new Head, has been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and was inducted into the Academy on Monday, July 13, 2009. Congratulations!! Other Professors from our department who have been inducted include Dr. Norman Epstein (2005), Dr. John Grace (2001), Dr. Richard Kerekes (1993), Dr. Paul Watkinson (2004), and Prof. David Wilkinson (2007).
Fahimeh Yazdanpanah, a PhD Candiate at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has recently received the Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Award for her paper "Effect of Moisture Content and Fine Material on Permeability of Wood Pellets to Airflow". Fahimeh presented her paper at the ASABE Conference in Reno/Nevada in June 2009. Congratulations!
As previously posted, Davis Chiu, a PhD candidate in CHBE, was selected to represent Canada at the 2009 G8 University Students' Summit in Palermo, Italy. Read about his experience from his point of view, and check out some photos from the Summit. Congratulations once again.
Dr. Shahab Sokhansanj (an Adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering and a member of the Clean Energy Center) was inducted as a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) at the Annual International Meeting of the Society in Reno, Nevada (June 20th-24th). The Fellow award is given to a member of unusual professional distinction with outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in, or related to, the field of agricultural, food, or biological systems engineering, a minimum of 20 years of active practice in or related to, the profession of engineering and a minimum of 20 years as a Member-Engineer or Member in ASABE.
Congratulations to Jimmy Feng, Professor in the CHBE Department, for receiving the Discovery Accelerator Supplement award from NSERC. Excellent news and well deserved. For more information on the award, please visit the NSERC website.
UBC Engineers dominate Western Engineering Competition
The University of British Columbia received the 25th Anniversary Excellence Award and UBC Engineering student teams placed within the top-three of five categories at the 25th annual Western Engineering Competition (WEC). Congratulations to our CHBE students! [Read more]
Engineering a Competitive Edge
A team from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has developed solutions for improving speed on ice and snow. Under the leadership of Prof. Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos, PhD candidates Anne-Marie Kietzig and Christos Stamboulides, co-supervised by Prof. Englezos, have been involved in a top secret project funded by Own The Podium (OTP) with the goal of providing a competitive edge for Canadian athletes. Read more at: INGENUITY Feature Article. Macleans Article. UBC Public Affairs Article. Vancouver Sun Article.
Kenneth L. Pinder PhD, P.Eng, F.C.I.C.
1929 - 2009
We've lost a marvelously skilled engineer and a lover of archeological digs.
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Xerox Workplace Sustainability Fund
The CHBE Sustainability Club, in collaboration with our department, was awarded with the Xerox Workplace Sustainability Fund to generate sustainable solutions to workplace practices. [Read more]
8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering
Five UBC undergraduate students from CHBE and two from other disciplines attended the 8th World Congress and 59th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Montreal, Quebec this August. Four of them participated in the Chemical Reaction Car competition.
From left: Jine Jine Li (Vice President), Steve Huynh, Art Pithayachariyakul, Ben Starkey, Alexander Nguyen (Team Captain), Ole Bjornstad (President). In front: Caryn Liberman (4th Year Rep).
Canadian Academy of Engineering
Peter Englezos, CHBE's new Head, has been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and was inducted into the Academy on Monday, July 13, 2009. Congratulations!! Other Professors from our department who have been inducted include Dr. Norman Epstein (2005), Dr. John Grace (2001), Dr. Richard Kerekes (1993), Dr. Paul Watkinson (2004), and Prof. David Wilkinson (2007).
Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Award
Fahimeh Yazdanpanah, a PhD Candiate at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has recently received the Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Award for her paper "Effect of Moisture Content and Fine Material on Permeability of Wood Pellets to Airflow". Fahimeh presented her paper at the ASABE Conference in Reno/Nevada in June 2009. Congratulations!
G8 University Students' Summit
As previously posted, Davis Chiu, a PhD candidate in CHBE, was selected to represent Canada at the 2009 G8 University Students' Summit in Palermo, Italy. Read about his experience from his point of view, and check out some photos from the Summit. Congratulations once again.
ASABE
Dr. Shahab Sokhansanj (an Adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering and a member of the Clean Energy Center) was inducted as a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) at the Annual International Meeting of the Society in Reno, Nevada (June 20th-24th). The Fellow award is given to a member of unusual professional distinction with outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in, or related to, the field of agricultural, food, or biological systems engineering, a minimum of 20 years of active practice in or related to, the profession of engineering and a minimum of 20 years as a Member-Engineer or Member in ASABE.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Jimmy Feng, Professor in the CHBE Department, for receiving the Discovery Accelerator Supplement award from NSERC. Excellent news and well deserved. For more information on the award, please visit the NSERC website. Latest Headlines
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