Seminar Series
Scheduled Speakers
Welcome to the 2026/27 season of the Sustainability Seminar Series brought to you by the Department of Civil Engineering.
September 18, 2026
Affiliation:
Civil Engineering
Title of talk:
The Graduate Seminar Series: Skills, Scholarship, and Community
October 2, 2026
Affiliation:
Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia
Title of talk:
Engineers and Geoscientists BC Student Program Info Session
October 9, 2026
Affiliation:
Civil Engineering
Title of talk:
Schumpeter's Missing Tsunami
October 16, 2026
Affiliation:
Toronto Metropolitan University
Title of talk:
A Holistic Approach to Developing Stormwater Retrofit Plans in Canada
October 23, 2026
Affiliation:
CDM Smith Research and Testing Laboratories
Title of talk:
Using Applied Science and Innovation to Help Utilities Protect Public and Environmental Health
October 30, 2026
Affiliation:
The Lax Ganeda (Frog) Clan of the Gitksan peoples
Title of talk:
UNDRIP and Place-Based Research
November 6, 2026
Affiliation:
Civil Engineering
Title of talk:
Navigating the doctoral research process: "Resilient cities in a warming world: Quantifying the cooling benefits of urban adaptation strategies under future climate."
November 27, 2026
Affiliation:
Civil Engineering
Title of talk:
From searching to learning to reasoning: applying optimization, machine learning and GenAI to low-energy buildings
January 30th, 2026
Affiliation:
Univeristy of Victoria Department of Civil Engineering
Title of talk:
Multi-scale modelling of composites in structural applications: Challenges and Opportunities
February 6th, 2026
Affiliation:
University of Victoria
Title of talk:
Safe Green Alternatives for Biofouling Prevention: Optimizing Desalination Technology to Promote Water Conservation and Equitable Clean Water Access
February 6th, 2026 Postponed
Affiliation:
CDM Smith Research and Testing Laboratories
Title of talk:
Using Applied Science and Innovation to Help Utilities Protect Public and Environmental Health
February 13th, 2026
Affiliation:
TU Dresden Institute of Groundwater Management
Title of talk:
The Karst and the Curious – Keeping Calm with Hydrology in Karst and Beyond
February 27th, 2026
Affiliation:
WSP Canada
Title of talk:
A Water-Energy-Food nexus approach for understanding groundwater depletion in southern India
March 6th, 2026
Affiliation:
RDH Building Science
Title of talk:
Heat Pumps: Principles and Suitability for Extreme Cold Climates
March 20th, 2026
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia (Okanagan)
Title of talk:
Magnetic Biochar: Smart Materials Fighting Microplastic Pollution