With $2.25 million in provincial funding, the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has a new Tall Wood and Hybrid Structures Engineering Research Chair to drive innovative wood design and bolster its master of integrated wood design program.

Thomas Tannert, an expert in timber engineering design, comes to UNBC from the University of British Columbia, where he was the associate chair in wood building design and construction. He will establish an interdisciplinary research program at UNBC, building capacity to design and deliver innovative and sustainable hybrid engineering solutions.

Tannert’s research is being funded through the Leading Edge Endowment Fund, which was distributed through the BC Innovation Council, a provincial Crown agency.

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