FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE ENGINEERING NEWS / SPRING / SUMMER 2010 LESSONS LEARNED FROM CHILE’S 8.8 EARTHQUAKE UBC Professors Carlos Ventura and Perry Adebar travel to Chile to observe the effects of the quake and plan how to 4 better prepare BC for a similar one. CLEAN ENERGY FOR UBC New bioenergy project to fuel campus, research and learning. 8 INGENUITY Spring 2010 / Summer 2010 WELCOME INGENUITY / SPRING 2010 / SUMMER 2010 Dean’s Message INGENUITY is published by the Faculty of Applied Science, Taking a moment to reflect upon this past term and year within the Faculty of The University of British Columbia. Applied Science, we’ve experienced very joyous moments — the School of www.apsc.ubc.ca Contents Engineering at the Okanagan campus graduating its first class and receiving EDITOR AND WRITER ErinRose Handy accreditation, our first annual Engineering Excellence Celebration to recognize the Communications Manager FEATURES P hoto contributions of alumni and future alumni and Canada’s Olympic success, supported Email:
[email protected] C 4 redit Lessons Learned from Chile’s 8.8 Earthquake by our Own the Podium research, to name just a few. And we’ve experienced a truly CONTRIBUTING WRITERS : J : anis UBC Professors Carlos Ventura and Perry Adebar travel to Chile to observe sad moment — the untimely passing of one of our top faculty members, Professor Wendy Barthel fran Alaya Boisvert the effects of the quake and plan how to better prepare for a similar one. Chad Bennington, a young star who has truly left his mark on the pulp and paper K Lauren Chang lin industry, revolutionizing how it runs, and in the process, ensuring the continued Tracey Charette Dr.