Carbon removal for a just transition
Sara Nawaz, Duncan McLaren, Holly Caggiano, Andrew Dana Hudson & Celina Scott-Buechler Holly Caggiano (a CERC member from UBC Planning & Public Policy, Rutgers’ Bloustein School) and her co-authors published an article in the prestigious journal — Climate Policy, entitled “Carbon removal for a just transition” (PDF). Key policy insights
Congratulation to Prof. Shahab Sokhansanj for receiving BC Bioenergy Sector Researcher Award 2024
Dr. Shahab SokhansanjDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC On Friday, October 25th, 2024, BC Bioenergy Network announced the five winners of the 2024 BC Bioenergy Sector Awards during a virtual ceremony. This was the fourth annual celebration of the BC Bioenergy Sector Awards. These awards recognize outstanding leadership and contributions to British Columbia’s bioenergy […]
Congratulations to Prof. Jongho Lee and Prof. Feng Jiang for receiving UBC’s CoLab PhD Funding
Dr. Jongho LeeUBC Civil Engineering Dr. Feng JiangUBC Forestry Two CERC members — Dr. Jongho Lee from UBC Civil Engineering and Dr. Feng Jiang from UBC Forestry, along with Dr. Simcha Srebnik from UBC CHBE, are among the first cohort of researchers to receive $53,000 in annual renewable funding from the newly launched UBC Collaborative […]
2025 Research Facility Support Grants (RFSG) competition – Call for Application
The Research Facility Support Grants (RFSG) competition provides funding for the operation, maintenance, replacement, repair or upgrade of equipment used in UBC facilities to support research. It intended to enhance UBC research, training, and equipment sustainability. RFSGs provide up to $50,000 for a term of one year (1) to provide one-time bridge funding to support staff […]
2025 Eni Award Call for Proposal
Eni, in the framework of the 2025 Edition of the Eni Award Prizes, which aim to encourage a better use of conventional energy sources, to promote the gradual decarbonization of the energy system through the use of renewable sources, as well as to encourage research on environmental protection and to help new generations of researchers […]
2024 Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Grant – Call for Application
Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation has an opportunity for students who are Canadian or permanent residents. The “Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Grant” is awarded annually, at a value of $10,000. Depending on the caliber and worthiness of applicants and projects, the Foundation will award as many as three $10,000 grants each year. The […]
Congratulation to Prof. Fariborz Taghipour for receiving NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative grant
Dr. Fariborz TaghipourDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC Prof. Fariborz Taghipour (a CERC member), together with his UBC co-applicants — Prof. Mark MacLachlan (UBC Chemistry) and Prof. Sean Smukler (Faculty of Land and Food Systems) was awarded $2,640,000 grant through the NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative (SARI) for his project entitled “Development of a […]
Cross-campus Workshop: Integrating Building Circularity and Sustainability
Date: August 6th, 2024Location: Engineering, Management and Education Building (EME 4208), Okanagan Campus, UBC Purpose: The workshop was organized by Dr. Haibo Feng and Dr. Qian Chen with UBC CRMA funding, and further sponsored by Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC). The purpose of this workshop is to initiate collaborations among research groups on two campuses. […]
Congratulation to Prof. Xiaotao Bi for receiving International CFB and Fluidization Technology Achievement Award
Dr. Xiaotao Tony BiDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC Professor Xiaotao Bi of University of British Columbia, the CERC director has been presented the International Circulating Fluidized Bed and Fluidization Technology Achievement Award at the 14th International Circulating Fluidized Beds (CFB) and Fluidization Technology conference in Taiyuan, China (July 22-25, 2024). This award recognizes […]
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering professor Jian Liu, a CERC member to lead new Battery Innovation Centre
A new cutting-edge laboratory at UBC Okanagan – the Battery Innovation Centre, will provide a world-class space to advance battery innovations. It will be led by Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) member, Prof. Jian Liu with about $2M in funding provided by BC’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. For more details, please […]