Program Schedule
*This page is for participants’ reference only. Please note that the program below is subject to change.
Monday March 16, 2026
- 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM AMS Nest Buckham Lounge
- Welcome Lunch & Meet Mentors: Orlando Rojas & Mentors* (30 min)
- LEGO LCA Exercises: Qingshi Tu & Mentors (30 min)
- 1:10 PM – 1:25 PM CHEM D417 Hudson Lab
- Luminescent Materials: Making Bright and Colourful Molecules: Angelica Pym, Dusty Cadwallader (15 min)
- 1:35 PM – 1:50 PM FNH 260 Wang Lab
- Microbial Culturing with Colored Agar Plates & Peppetting: Siyun Wang, Melinda Ren (15 min)
- 2:00 PM – 2:35 PM PPC #101 & #127
- Molecular Gastronomy: Biopolymer to Boba: Elizabeth Dobrzanski, Clara Kramer, Cecilia Cancellera, Martin Galambos (15 min x 2 repeats)
- Handsheet from Wood Pulp: Daniela Figueroa, Lukas Bauman (15 min x 2)
- 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM PPC #308
- Fiber Morphology Under Microscope: Yeedo Chun (15 min x 2)
- Triboelectric Nanogenerator: Araz Rajabi (15 min x 2)
- 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PPC #210
- Bacteria Cellulose for Beverage (Mogu Mogu) : Marina Mehling (15 min)
- 3:35 PM – 3:45 PM PPC #210
- Refreshment Break for guests
- 3:55 PM – 4:10 PM CAWP
- Machine Lab Demo: Lief Eriksen, Brandon Chan (15 min)
- 4:20 PM – 4:35 PM FSC 4330 Renneckar Lab
- From Wood to a Greener Future: Minghui Han, Hyeonjeong Kim, Spencer Nigoghossian (15 min)
- 4:35 PM – 4:40 PM Totem Pole
- Group Photo: Everyone
- 4:50 PM – 6:00 PM Beaty Biodiversity Museum
- Guided Museum Tour: Museum Interpreters (30 min)
- Dinner & Reflection: Orlando Rojas, Mentors, UBC Staff (40 min)
*Mentors: Marina Mehling, Lukas Bauman, Araz Rajabi, Sara Rostami, Yeedo Chun, Azadeh Zandieh, Elizabeth Dobzranski, Clara Kramer, Cecilia Cancellera, Martin Galambos
If you have any questions, please contact us at contact.bpi@ubc.ca.
