Awards and Recognition

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MTRL Faculty awarded through NSERC 2024 Discovery Research Program

Congratulations to our faculty members who have recently received Discovery Grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Pushing Performance Limits of Redox Flow Batteries for Clean Energy Storage and Conversion Dr. Kiana Amini Prediction of the Quantity and Quality of Mine Waste Rock Drainage Using a Physics-Informed Machine Learning Approach […]

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Graduate Teaching Assistant Awarded 2023/24 Killam Award

Congratulations Meet Upadhyay for winning the 2023/24 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award! We are proud to share that Meet, a Graduate Teaching Assistant in our Department of Materials Engineering, has been honored with this Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. Thank you Meet for your dedication and contribution in teaching! UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards […]

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MTRL Faculty Awarded Metal Chemistry Award

Congratulations to our faculty member – Prof. Edouard Asselin for receiving the 2024 Metal Chemistry Award at the recent Canadian Materials Science Conference in Edmonton, Alberta. Dr. Asselin’s research group focuses on aqueous metal extraction and electrometallurgy, addressing longstanding challenges in corrosion and extractive metallurgy.  The Metal Chemistry Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field […]

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Two MTRL Faculty Awarded 2024/25 TLEF Funding

Congratulations to two of our faculty members for receiving the 2024/25 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF)! The TLEF supports UBC’s strategic plan by advancing transformative learning at the university. This year, $2.2 million of TLEF will be supporting 62 new and returning TLEF projects across campus. Integration of Simulation Software Teaching Modules into Materials […]

UBC Volcan Wins for Historical Accuracy at TMS Bladesmith Competition

UBC Volcan Wins for Historical Accuracy at TMS Bladesmith Competition

The 2024 UBC Volcan Team made their mark at the annual Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Meeting & Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. This year, six student members had the opportunity to participate in the conference, accompanying their debut entry into the TMS Bladesmithing competition. TMS Bladesmithing is a biennial competition that combines the historical […]

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MTRL Faculty Awarded over $8M from CFI and NSERC

The Materials Engineering faculty members have secured over $8 million in research funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Innovation Fund and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance 2022-23. An interdisciplinary project, entitled “Materials for Net-Zero: Enabling the Clean Energy Transition”, co-led by Dr. Ben Britton and Dr. Amanda […]

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2024 MTRL Research Day Recap

The Materials Engineering Department recently hosted a research showcase day on February 21st, 2024, to present a variety of research efforts within the department. The event served as a platform for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, current and prospective students to explore a wide range of research activities and collaborative ventures. The showcase delivered 14 presentations […]