Researchers have developed a predictive energy management framework for megawatt-class parallel hybrid-electric regional aircraft, showing how coordinated control of engines, electric motors, and aircraft dynamics could improve both environmental and operational performance. The study suggests that hybrid-electric propulsion in regional aviation may gain a meaningful advantage not only from hardware electrification itself, but from how intelligently power is allocated throughout a flight mission.

UBC researchers have developed a natural, biodegradable wash that removed up to 96 per cent of pesticide residue and slowed browning and moisture loss in tested apples and grapes.

Researchers have developed a multi-fidelity framework for lithium-ion battery lifespan prediction that combines coupled degradation mechanisms with machine learning, aiming to improve early prediction of both battery knee point and remaining useful life. The work addresses a major challenge in battery management: how to make reliable forecasts before long-term aging data have accumulated, when operators still have time to act on the results.

Researchers have developed a nonlinear galloping-driven triboelectric-electromagnetic hybrid generator for harvesting low-speed wind energy, offering a new route toward self-powered sensors and distributed energy devices that can operate under weak and fluctuating airflow. The system, referred to as NG-TEHG, combines triboelectric and electromagnetic conversion with a nonlinear galloping structure, and the results suggest that this hybrid design can work over a relatively wide wind-speed range while producing enough power to support practical electronics such as wireless sensing nodes.