Media Coverage & Insights
Can infrastructure keep pace with immigration?, Business Inteligence for BC, June 30, 2023
Building Back Better Requires Rethinking Construction, Hill Times, August 25, 2021
Sensor Network Can Protect Roads, Bridges from Damage Caused by Flooding, Journal of Commerce, March 7, 2022.
Fighting Climate Change — with Data, Canadian Business, February 25, 2022
Sensor Warning System Could Predict B.C. Mudslides, Bridge Collapse, Glacier Media Group – Vancouver Is Awesome,
December 17, 2021
Carbon-neutral coating could give new life to ailing sewer pipes, UBC News, May 10, 2021
Sprayable earthquake-resistant concrete could ‘save lives,’ researchers say, CBC News, October 12, 2017
BC researchers develop spray-on solution to combat costly quakes, Globe and Mail, October 10, 2017
B.C. researchers develop eco-friendly, affordable, quake-resistant concrete, The Province, October 11, 2017
B.C. researchers develop eco-friendly, affordable, quake-resistant concrete, Vancouver Sun, October 11, 2017
UBC researchers unveil earthquake-proof concrete, Vancouver Courier, October 11, 2017
BC researchers develop eco-friendly, affordable, quake-resistant concrete, CTV News, October 10, 2017
Postmedia: National Post, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Times Colonist, Montreal Gazette, Saskatoon Star Phoenix,
Winnipeg Free Press, Regina Leader Post, News 1130, Kelowna Daily Courier
Researchers Develop Eco-Friendly Affordable Quake Resistant Concrete, National Post, October 10, 2017
BC researchers develop eco-friendly, quake-resistant concrete, News1130, October 10, 2017
BC researchers develop spray-on solution to costly quake conundrum, Metro News: Life/Technology, October 10, 2017
CBC Video UBC researchers test a wall that was not sprayed with the earthquake-resistant concrete to show how the wall
crumbles CBC Video UBC researchers test a wall that was not sprayed with the earthquake-resistant concrete to show how the wall
crumbles
A concrete spray that keeps walls from crumbling in a quake is being tested in BC, Global News, October 10, 2017
UBC researchers unveil earthquake-proof concrete, Global News: BC News Hour, October 10, 2017
Big earthquakes are coming in 2018, and this new concrete could save billions of lives, Seeker Media (Video: 2 Million
views), December 3, 2017
A spray-on material can retrofit walls to save lives in earthquakes, Physics Today, December 2, 2017
New earthquake-resistant concrete to be used in school retrofit World Cement, November 29, 2017
Daily Planet, filmed EDCC application, demo project at Jamieson Elementary, aired November 27
Internal copy for review only
Материал, который может спасти тысячи жизней!, Russian Lifehacker, (Facebook video: 29,000 views), November 27,
2017
Trailblazer, Trek Magazine: Fall 2017 Issue
Researchers Have Invented Earthquake-Resistant Concrete, GineersNow, November 3, 2017
Spray-on, earthquake-resistant concrete could help prevent building collapse and save lives, GE Reports (Facebook
video: 48,000 views), November 1, 2017
University of British Columbia’s Top Scientific Research Of 2017: A Year In Review, Science Trends, January 4, 2018
Big earthquakes are coming in 2018, and this new concrete could save billions of lives, Seeker Media (Video: 2 Million
views), December 3, 2017
A spray-on material can retrofit walls to save lives in earthquakes, Physics Today, December 2, 2017
New earthquake-resistant concrete to be used in school retrofit World Cement, November 29, 2017
Daily Planet, filmed EDCC application, demo project at Jamieson Elementary, aired November 27
Internal copy for review only:
Материал, который может спасти тысячи жизней!, Russian Lifehacker, (Facebook video: 29,000 views), November 27,
2017,
Trailblazer, Trek Magazine: Fall 2017 Issue
Researchers Have Invented Earthquake-Resistant Concrete, GineersNow, November 3, 2017
Spray-on, earthquake-resistant concrete could help prevent building collapse and save lives, GE Reports (Facebook
video: 48,000 views), November 1, 2017
This concrete is earthquake proof, Mehr News, October 14, 2017
Roorkee school set to get quake-proof shield, The Tribune, October 18, 2017
Novo concreto deixa construções fortes o suficiente para suportar terremotos de magnitude 9
UBC researchers develop earthquake-resistant concrete, UBC Oublic Affairs (YouTube video: 62,000 views), October 10,
2017,
UBC researchers have developed a new, earthquake-resistant concrete, UBC Public Affairs, (Facebook video: 26,000
views), October 10, 2017,
Canada develops new seismic-resistant concrete, Xinhua Net, October 11, 2017
BC researchers develop spray-on solution to costly quake conundrum, The Daily Courier, October 11, 2017
BC Researchers Develop Eco-friendly, Affordable, Quake-Resistant Concrete, Darpan Magazine, October 10, 2017
BC researcher develops anti-earthquake spray, Canadian Manufacturing, October 10, 2017
New UBC super concrete will protect schools against megaquakes, The Georgia Straight, October 10, 2017
UBC Researchers Develop New Concrete That Resists Earthquakes, ArchDaily, October 10, 2017
UBC Researchers Develop New Concrete That Resists Earthquakes, ArchDaily, October 10, 2017
Vancouver researchers use tires to produce resilient concrete, Xinhua Net, June 16, 2017
Recycled tires creating stronger concrete at UBC, News 1130, June 13, 2017
UBC’s tire-fibre concrete could have big benefits for the environment, Business In Vancouver, June 13, 2017
Recycled tires create stronger concrete: ideal mix includes 0.35 per cent tire fibres, Voice Online, June 13, 2017
Nemkumar Banthia with smart concrete and sensors at UBC in Vancouver, Vancouver Sun, June 26, 2014
Nemkumar Banthia with smart concrete and sensors at UBC in Vancouver, Ottawa Citizen, June 26, 2014
IC-IMPACTS, Developing Green Concrete, UBC Media Relations, April 24, 2014
Canadian road technology in consideration to drive innovation in India, Daily Commercial News, May 29, 2020
UBC engineers steer road-building breakthrough, Business in Vancouver, March 13, 2020
2+0+1+6 = 9 awe-inspiring non-digital inventions that caught our eye in 2016, e27, December 23, 2016
Driverless Car, Meet Self Repairing Road, Quirks And Quarks, CBC Radio, January 7, 2017
The genius 15, Deccan Chronicle, January 2, 2017,
Bringing low-cost, long-lasting roads to India and Canada, Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada, November 17,
2016,
New Smart Road Technology Aims to Connect Rural Communities, Materials Performance, November 16, 2016
UBC prof paves way for nano-fibre roads that repair themselves, UBC Department of Civil Engineering, November 17,
2016
Prof Nemkumar Banthia FCAE of UBC’s Department of Civil Engineering and team test self-repairing roads, November 2,
2016
Attention! The road ahead of you is self-repairing, e27, October 13, 2016
IIT Alumnus Uses Radical Technology to Develop Roads That Self-Repair, The Better India, October 12, 2016
Indian-origin Canadian professor tests road that self-repairs in Karnataka
An IITian Invents Futuristic Roads That Can Repair Itself, Saying Truth, October 12, 2016
The Road that ‘Repairs’ Itself. Say Whaaat???, ZigWheels, October 11, 2016
An IITian, Now A Professor In Canada Invented Futuristic Roads For India That Can Repair Itself, India Times, October
10, 2016
This Indian professor from Canada has invented futuristic self-repairing roads for India, Think Change India, October 10,
2016,
An IITian created road that self-repair in Karnataka, All Story, October 10, 2016
This Indian Professor From Canada Has Created Roads That Repair Themselves & It’s Just What We Need, Scoop
Whoop, October 10, 2016,
Indian-origin Canadian professor tests road that self-repairs in Karnataka, Francais Express, October 9, 2016
Indian-origin Canadian professor tests road that self-repairs in Karnataka, Hindustan Times, October 9, 2016
Developing simple solutions for paving roads and providing water in India, June 26, 2015
India Beckons as Green Technology Market for B.C., Business In Vancouver, July 10, 2020
Dr. Nemy Banthia Receives 2018 Global Citizenship Award From Alumni UBC, Drishti Magazine Online Newsletter,
November 23, 2018
New $4M Canada-India initiative led by UBC researcher looks to jumpstart new tech, Vancouver Sun, November 20, 2016
UBC India research centre sees potential role in trade ties, Vancouver Sun, September 18, 2016
Dr. Nemkumar Banthia, The Harpeet Singh Show, Joy TV, July 2, 2014
Frost quake…or is it just your house?, Global news, January 3, 2014
Most BC bridges get passing grade from province, Vancouver Sun, June 12, 2013
BC’s bridges safe because of regular inspections and repairs: officials, Vancouver Sun, May 25, 2013
Building a better city, Maclean’s, November 28, 2011