Spotlight type: Program Spotlight
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban planning
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By Jordi Honey-Rosés, former Associate Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning, Director of the Water Planning Lab and former instructor in the MEL in Urban Systems The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought renewed attention to our…
Leading the transition to clean energy
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Explore how UBC's MEL in Clean Energy Engineering equips professionals with the technical and leadership skills to drive renewable energy innovation and climate action.
Meeting water management challenges in an uncertain future
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By Barbara Lence, former Program Director of the Master of Engineering Leadership in Integrated Water Management Freshwater resources are finite, by some estimates making up as little as 0.0007% of the earth’s total.
Optimizing information flow to better manage water flow
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Dr. Steven Weijs is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Without data, water resource managers are simply making decisions in the dark. Yet the data that we can access do not…
Decarbonizing the marine sector
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By Jon Mikkelsen, Professor of teaching and director of the MEL in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. When you compare the transport efficiency of moving an equivalent weight of goods by truck, train, airplane or ship, the shipping industry…
Building fail-safe software systems
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By Karthik Pattabiraman, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and head of UBC's Dependable Systems Lab Software systems are everywhere. And as their prevalence grows across every part of our lives, it’s essential that…
Students learn how to manage large infrastructure projects
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Water infrastructure projects are essential for ensuring the health and resiliency of communities. They are also large, complex and expensive. In Metro Vancouver alone, billions of dollars are currently being invested to upgrade water infrastructure…
Capstone projects deliver energy concepts for new building
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Through capstone projects, organizations leverage the expertise of graduate students to solve specific business challenges.