MSc/MASc Student in Combined Risk for Earthquakes and Fires in Mass Timber Buildings (Deadline: July 31, 2025)
Job Post: UBC Forestry is offering a fully funded MSc/MASc position in Combined Risk for Earthquakes and Fires in Mass Timber Buildings. Apply now.
Trust-based philanthropy
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.
In the Spotlight: Dr. Felix Wiesner
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.
In the Spotlight: Dr. Minghao Li
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.
Faculty of Forestry Supports UBC Team to Design Sitka Spruce Aircraft Model for International Competition
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.
UBC Forestry’s International Bamboo Conference Attracts Hundreds from Around the World
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.