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UBC Faculty of Forestry > Engineering

Engineering

Trust-based philanthropy

June 21, 2024 | Author: UBC Forestry

The Heller family established funds supporting UBC Forestry education, research, and outreach. Their flexible donations aid innovative projects, student success, and advancing wood science and sustainable forestry practices.

Posted in: Branchlines Articles, Giving, News
Tagged with: Engineering, Fellowship, Fund, Graduate, Wood Science

In the Spotlight: Dr. Felix Wiesner

September 28, 2022 | Author: UBC Forestry

As a leader in sustainable timber engineering, UBC Forestry warmly welcomes Dr. Felix Wiesner to our Department of Wood Science as an Assistant Professor in Sustainable Timber-Built Environment – Fire Safety.

Posted in: In the Spotlight, News
Tagged with: Assistant Professor, Department of Wood Science, Engineering, Fire, Timber Building, Timber-Built Environment, Wood

In the Spotlight: Dr. Minghao Li

September 16, 2022 | Author: UBC Forestry

UBC Forestry welcomes Dr. Minghao Li, Associate Professor in Sustainable Timber-build Environment, to the Department of Wood Science. With an extensive research background in high-performance engineered wood products and connection systems, multi-story mass timber and timber-steel hybrid structures, Dr. Li joins the newly formed Wood Building Science and Technology Cluster to continue to advance innovative solutions to complex structural issues.

Posted in: In the Spotlight, News
Tagged with: Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science, Engineering, Mass Timber, PhD, Sustainability, Timber-Built Environment, Wood

Faculty of Forestry Supports UBC Team to Design Sitka Spruce Aircraft Model for International Competition

September 14, 2022 | Author: UBC Forestry

UBC Forestry recently joined forces with the UBC Faculty of Applied Science and their UBC AeroDesign (UBCAD) team to provide space for and help design an aircraft model that featured balsa and Sitka spruce wood in one of its fixed wings.

Posted in: News
Tagged with: AeroDesign, CAWP, Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, Competition, Engineering, Sustainability, UBCAD, Wood, Wood Products Processing

UBC Forestry’s International Bamboo Conference Attracts Hundreds from Around the World

June 16, 2022 | Author: UBC Forestry

The virtual, first-of-its-kind Engineered Bamboo for Sustainable Construction Conference UBC Forestry co-hosted earlier this spring with World Bamboo Organization and Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University attracted over 800 registrants representing 84 countries from around the world.

Posted in: News
Tagged with: Bamboo Forests, Commonwealth, Conference, Construction, Engineering, International, Sustainability

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