News and Events

PPC’s Monthly Review – newsletter

The Pulp and Paper Centre will now publish a monthly newsletter – PPC’s Monthly Review – in an effort to recognize the hard work and achievements of our faculty, students and staff, to announce upcoming events, and share updates that matter to all of us. Please enjoy our first issue here: January To submit items, […]

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ORIGAMI ENGINEERING – THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SELF-FOLDING PAPER As non-renewable resources diminish and landfills fill with plastics, we increasingly need new, sustainable materials for product designs. Enter 3-D paper. “Rather than using a non-recyclable material such as plastics, 3-D paper may be the new material best suited to produce resilient objects, such as […]

PPC Faculty Associates awarded over $5M from NSERC

University of British Columbia research in areas such as wearable electronics, fish ecology and oil spills received a $9 million boost through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The funding was announced on January 9th by Greg Rickford, Minister of State for Science and Technology, along with UBC President Stephen Toope, Vice […]

3D Holiday Cards

The Pulp and Paper Centre got a little creative with our Holiday cards this year. We sent our friends and colleagues snowflake designs on regular 2D paper and provided simple instructions to turn them into 3D decorations. “How” you ask? It’s simple – using a unique and novel method developed at the Pulp and Paper […]