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In The Spotlight: Tzeng Yih Lam

September 21, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

Tzeng Yih Lam joins the UBC Faculty of Forestry as an Assistant Professor of Forest Measurements in the Department of Forest Resources Management. His research interests are tree measurement, forest sampling, and quantitative silviculture.

Posted in: Highlights, In the Spotlight, News
Tagged with: Assistant Professor, Forest Measurements, Forestry, Research, Sustainability

David Brand Receives the 2023 Alumni UBC Entrepreneurship Award

August 2, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

We are pleased to announce that UBC Forestry alum Dr. David Brand, PhD’85, has been named this year’s recipient of the 2023 alumni UBC Entrepreneurship Award! With over 40 years of experience, Brand has become an internationally influential trailblazer in forestry investing in support of a sustainable future.

Posted in: Alumni, Awards, Branchlines Articles, Highlights, News
Tagged with: Alumni, Award, Forest Operations, Forestry

Taraneh Sowlati Receives the CORS Merit Award

June 15, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Professor Taraneh Sowlati on receiving the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) Merit Award! The Award of Merit is presented annually to a current or past member of CORS, acknowledging their noteworthy achievements and valuable contributions to the field of operational research.

Posted in: Awards, Highlights, Research Awards
Tagged with: Biomass, CORS Merit Award, Forest Sciences, Forestry, Wood Science

Hybrid Steel-CLT Composite Connection Design Enhances Capacity and Constructability in Timber Buildings

May 16, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

With the rapid growth of the mass timber construction industry, the challenges of making the building process more efficient through constructability, sustainability, and compliance with performance-based design regulations, are as prevalent as ever.  A new experimental study conducted at UBC by Samuel Shulman and Cristiano Loss examines the behavior and performance of innovative hybrid shear […]

Posted in: News, Research
Tagged with: Forest Sciences, Forestry, Mass Timber Construction, Research, Timber Building, Urban Forestry

Land One Student Q&A

April 17, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

Offered together by UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the Faculty of Forestry, Land One centers your university experience around experiential learning, personalized guidance and a sense of community. We caught up with Ronan Sheppard, a current Land One student, to learn more about the program and how you can apply!

Posted in: News, Students
Tagged with: Forestry, Indigenous, Land and Food Systems, Land One, Student Stories, Undergraduate

Professor Suzanne Simard receives Kew International Medal and Lewis Thomas Prize

April 7, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Dr. Suzanne Simard for winning the Kew International Medal! Dr. Simard has received the award in recognition of her work exploring and sharing the complexity and wonder of trees and forests.

Posted in: Awards, News
Tagged with: Forestry, Kew International Medal, Mother Tree Project, Tree Planting

Exploring the Secrets of Forestry: An Interview with Walter Yan

March 13, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

Meet Walter Yan, a MSc student at UBC Forestry, who is using his love of asking questions to explore the secrets of the forest ecosystem. In this interview, Walter shares his educational background, current research, and favorite experiences at UBC Forestry.

Posted in: News, Students
Tagged with: Climate Change, Forestry, Research, Student Stories, Students

Trimble Technology Lab

January 26, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

“The Trimble Technology Lab at UBC gives students and researchers access to some of the most sought-after digital tools that are being integrated into forestry practices across the industry,” says Prof. and Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing Nicholas Coops.

Posted in: Alumni, Branchlines Articles
Tagged with: Experiential Learning, Forest Education, Forestry, Modelling, Natural Resources, Research, Students, Sustainability, Teaching

UBC Establishes Trimble Technology Lab Serving the Faculty of Forestry

January 13, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

Building on a commitment to cultivate a highly-trained workforce that will drive the innovative solutions of tomorrow, Trimble and the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia (UBC) are collaborating to establish a state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Lab at UBC’s Forest Sciences Centre.

Posted in: News
Tagged with: Forest Sciences Centre, Forestry, Trimble Technology Lab

Stavros Avramidis Awarded 2022 Carola and Carl-Olof Ternryd Award

October 7, 2022 | Author: UBC Forestry

UBC Forestry warmly congratulates Professor Stavros Avramidis, recipient of the 2022 Linnaeus Academy Research Foundation’s Carola and Carl-Olof Ternryd Award, for significant contributions to research in forestry.

Posted in: Awards, News, Research Awards
Tagged with: Award, Department of Wood Science, Forestry, Professor, Research, Sustainability, Timber Building

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