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Front L to R: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Buller, Fraunhofer Institute and UBC President Stephen Toope. Back L to R: Thomas Rachel, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and Mike Lake, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry. Photo creditL Franka Burns

The University of British Columbia today forged a formal partnership with Germany’s Fraunhofer, Europe’s largest research institution for applied research, to focus on renewable-energy technologies.

Applied Science

biomass

cirs

clean energy

clean energy research centre

greenhouse gas emissions target

hydrogen and biofuels

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Author(s): Jonathan Bloom, Samantha Schmidt

Faculty: School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies: Victoria Lemieux

Staff: University Archives: Alan Doyle

Course: ARST 516

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Report: Records Management - Texas A&M, UBC.pdf

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Author(s): Cayley Van Hemmen, Christian Hajen, Rocky Zhang, Ricky Sangha, Bobby Gu, Ralph Mercado

Faculty: School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture: Greg Johnson

Staff: Building Operations: Brannen Bell

Course: CIVL 201

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Report: UBC Farm Egg Carton Storage Facility Project to SEEDS library jvd.pdf

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Malcom Shield brought a broad skills set, including laser diagnostics techniques, to his work as a Greenest City 2020 Scholar.

When you’re asked to help tackle a formidable challenge – like, say, addressing climate change on a city-wide scale -- it helps to have a varied skills set and the vision to look beyond your academic discipline to find solutions.

Just ask Malcolm Shield, a mechanical engineer and PhD candidate at UBC who, in the summer of 2010, worked with the City of Vancouver as one of 10 Greenest City 2020 Scholars.

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