Above: UNBC professor Jianbing Li (at far right) participates in thefunding announcement with BC Premier Gordon Campbell and federalinternational affairs minister, David Emerson.
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July 9, 2008
Three UNBC professors are among the first to establish researchpartnerships with China as part of a British Columbia InnovationCouncil program.
UNBC Environmental Science and Engineering professors Jianbing Li andRon Thring are collaborating on research that will help to developnovel bioremediation techniques and technologies forpetroleum-contaminated soils. The UNBC research will focus onidentifying the effectiveness of different non-toxic and biodegradableagents using the University’s advanced Northern Soil and GroundwaterRemediation Research Laboratory. Drs. Li and Thring will work with Dr.Yuefei Huang of Tsinghua University on the project, which will addressthe shortage of cost-effective and environmentally friendly remediationtechniques.
Shared BC-China concern for the Pacific Ocean has initiated a researchproject involving UNBC Canada Research Chair Dr. Youmin Tang and Dr.Guihua Wang of China’s Second Institute of Oceanography. The twoprofessors will develop advanced ocean simulation techniques that willimprove the ability of scientists to predict oceanic conditions andtheir effects on climate.
The UNBC projects are among 13 that recently received funding from a $4million innovation development fund established by the BC InnovationCouncil and China’s Ministry of Science and Technology. Theprojects explore topics related to health, technology, the environment,forest management, and fuel cell production.
More details about the projects and the innovation fund are availablefrom the BC Innovation Council website: http://www.bcic.ca/media-and-press.
Contact:
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622
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