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The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) provides exciting opportunities to lear

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) provides exciting opportunities to learn about the transformation of raw materials into valuable products by chemical, biochemical or physical processes.

09/06/2026

The start of the 2026-2027 school year is just around the corner! What better way to kick things off than with some games, good company, and a chance to connect.

🎲 Join us for Board Game Night!

📅 Wednesday, September 9
🕔 5:00 p.m.
📍 Room CHBE 318

Whether you’re a new 2nd year student just joining CHBE, a returning student, or a faculty member, everyone is welcome!
Come by to meet new people, catch up with familiar faces, and enjoy a relaxed evening of board games and socializing.

Snacks will be provided.

We hope to see you there!

07/20/2026

Congratulations to CHBE PhD candidate Mostafa Hashemi who has been awarded the Friedman Award for Scholars in Health, recognizing his innovative research to develop non-invasive breath-based diagnostics for children with chronic wet cough using advanced mass spectrometry and machine learning.

Read the full story here: https://chbe.ubc.ca/news/2026/mostafa-hashemi-wins-friedman-award-for-scholars-in-health/

06/26/2026

Apply for a unique course for 2026W Term 1: APSC 367 is interdisciplinary, project-based course that will have students from Engineering (any discipline), Political Science, and International Relations work together in mixed teams to tackle real-world humanitarian/development challenges in collaboration with partnering NGOs.
This presents a unique opportunity to use your engineering skills in cross-disciplinary collaboration and to explore your work and your field in a broader sociotechnical context while having a real-world impact, with some of the course projects currently successfully deployed around the world.

APSC 367 satisfies the "Impact of Engineering on Society, Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship" requirement for graduation in engineering for all programs (note that for CIVL students you will need special permission from your department), except for ENVL and ENVE, for which this counts as a technical elective.

Applications will be accepted until July 15th, 2026: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0IdMssOiLOqaA98

06/02/2026

A team of UBC CHBE students have won the 2026 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Plant and Process Design Competition held in Toronto! Team members are: Jasmine Martinez, Jordan Huang, Basil Rohlfs, Nasrullah Shakil, Gabriel Vela and Justin Woodhall

Jordan, Basil and Justin attended the conference to present their design for a CO2-to-jet-fuel process using a methanol pathway. Their project investigated the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of producing aviation fuel from captured carbon dioxide.

The Plant and Process Design Competition is a prestigious event organized annually as part of the Student Program of the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CSChE).

Find out more on the chbe.ubc.ca/news-events

Congratulations!

06/01/2026

In their first year competing, the UBC ChemE Cube Team has been selected by an industry panel as one of 24 teams to participate in the 6th Annual ChemE Cube Competition powered by RAPID® | ExxonMobil. The team will be demonstrating their direct air carbon capture system at the final competition in Minneapolis in November 2026 during the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)’s Annual Student Conference.

Good luck UBC ChemE Cube!

Find out more on our website: chbe.ubc.ca/news-events

05/30/2026

Congratulations to Carapex, a student-led startup from UBC Chemical & Biological Engineering (CHBE), who placed 4th in the Undergraduate Business Plan Competition at the Stu Clark New Venture Championships, one of Canada’s largest business plan competitions, which was held in April 2026 in Winnipeg, MB. The team advanced to the final round and received a $1,500 prize.

Carapex is developing InfinityCoat™, a biocompatible pharmaceutical tablet coating that extends shelf life while replacing fossil-fuel-derived polymers such as PVA.

Find the full story on our website: chbe.ubc.ca/news-events

04/29/2026

Congratulations to the CHBE Graduate Student Council, recognized as the Most Active Affiliated Organization by the GSS at their annual gala in April 2026!

The CHBE GSC organizes a wide variety of events that foster networking, build community, support academic and professional development, and promote wellbeing among graduate students.

Find out more here: https://chbe.ubc.ca/news/2026/chbe-graduate-student-council-recognized-at-the-gss-gala/

04/24/2026

Congratulations to CHBE student Rajalakshmi Narasimhan on winning 1st place in the Research Poster Presentation Competition at the AIChE Pacific Northwest Student conference!

Rajalakshmi presented work on Identification of Burkholderia Species Causing Infection in People with Cystic Fibrosis Using Headspace Volatilome Profiling. The work was done under the supervision Dr. Jane Hill.

The conference was held at Washington State University on April 10 and 11, 2026.

Congratulations Rajalakshmi!

04/17/2026

Congratulations UBC Chem-E-Car for their award-winning performance at the AIChE Student Conference in April 2026!

The team entered two vehicles: Yosh-E-Car and Max Carstappen.

Yosh-E-Car came in 1st place in the performance competition, achieving an impressive come-from-behind victory after a non-start in its first run. This win qualifies the team for the annual AIChE conference next year in Minneapolis. Max Carstappen also performed strongly, earning 3rd place in the performance competition.

In the poster competition, Yosh-E-car placed 2nd and Max Carstappen took 3rd.

Congratulations to Chem-E-Car!

04/15/2026

Congratulations to Professors Heather Trajano and Alireza Bagherzadeh on receiving 2026 UBC Killam Teaching Awards!

Drs Trajano and Bagherzadeh join a remarkable group of CHBE faculty who have received a Killam Teaching Prize over the past 6 years, including Professors Naoko Ellis, Gabriel Potvin, Jonathan Verrett, and Vikram Yadav.

They will receive their award officially during the UBC graduation ceremony in May 2026.

Congratulations!

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