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WiEGS Held Their First Ever Meet
Date: November 17, 2022. WiEGS had their first kick-off today towards a victorious footfall at the first “Women in Engineering Graduate Student” event. Everyone is hopeful about creating a robust and resilient team of friendship, support, and also connections that will encourage a healthy experience for the women engineers in grad school. This event received […] Read More
Unlocking Economic Opportunities Through Disaster Resiliency Research
Date: November 16, 2022. The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister, responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan), announced $1.04 million in funding to the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO) to help local businesses implement innovative circular economy practices. Minister Harjit Sajjan came to UBC Okanagan campus on the […] Read More
Dr. Lisa Tobber is being awarded the BC Housing Professorship in Resilient Reinforced Concrete Buildings to lead interdisciplinary work to construct safer, disaster-resilient buildings.
Date: October 20, 2022. As part of ShakeOut 2022, the Professorship in Resilient Reinforced Concrete Buildings has been founded. This is made possible through a partnership between BC Housing and the The University of British Columbia Faculty of Applied Science. Structural engineering expert Dr. Lisa Tobber, will be leading research to improve the resiliency of […] Read More
Asset Group is growing rapidly!
Date: August 08, 2022. Our diverse group consists of different nationalities in Post-Doc, Ph.D., Masters’, Bachelor’s degree and interns. With a common goal, we are engaged in research and activities in various fields such as precast structures, tall building, timber structures, environmental civil engineering, sustainability and resiliency under the supervision of Dr. Lisa Tobber. Fresh […] Read More
ASSET Group participation in the 12th annual CSCE
Date: May 25, 2022. During the 12th annual Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) conference held in Whistler in May 2022, ASSET Group members, alongside Dr. Tobber, presented four papers in different sessions. The information on the papers can be found here. As a cutting to edging research group in the structural and earthquake engineering […] Read More

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Unlocking Economic Opportunities Through Disaster Resiliency Research

BC Housing Professorship in Resilient Reinforced Concrete Buildings

Unwinding At Nerve

ASSET Group participation in the 12th annual CSCE

Top Research Projects

BC Housing Professorship in Resilient Reinforced Concrete Buildings

Development of Canadian seismic design procedures for precast concrete shear wall buildings

Seismic design of high-rise buildings using precast core walls

Seismic design of Outriggered Tall Building

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Upcoming Events

Tour to Langley Concrete Group

The Langley Concrete Group and the Canadian Concrete Pipe & Precast Association invite the ASSET Group to the Langley Concrete Group Precast Plant in Chilliwack British Columbia.

A guest lecture from CCPPA

The ASSET Group has invited experts from CCPPA to present at UBC-O.

Stay tuned!

We will conduct interesting events soon…

WiEGS Held Their First Ever Meet

Unlocking Economic Opportunities Through Disaster Resiliency Research

Dr. Lisa Tobber is being awarded the BC Housing Professorship in Resilient Reinforced Concrete Buildings to lead interdisciplinary work to construct safer, disaster-resilient buildings.

Asset Group is growing rapidly!

ASSET Group participation in the 12th annual CSCE

Tour to Langley Concrete Group

A guest lecture from CCPPA

Stay tuned!