Pavement Laboratory

Crushing rocks, injecting CO₂ underground, and burning trees; UC researchers are finding solutions to Aotearoa New Zealand’s 100 million tonne carbon problem.

How much risk are you willing to accept when you step on a plane, or get into your car?

Researchers at the University of Canterbury have developed a new decision-making tool to help identify how to make wastewater treatment more sustainable. 

UC Professor Santiago Pujol is leading research to provide vital insights for improving construction standards.

New international rankings have placed three University of Canterbury (UC) subjects in the Top 100 of all universities globally.

Surviving a 6.1 magnitude earthquake as a child set an academic researcher on the path to becoming an international expert in quake engineering based in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Waste mussel shells could become a low-tech, natural tool to filter pollutants from New Zealand waterways if field testing by University of Canterbury engineers proves successful.

New Zealand engineering researchers are working on an innovative modular system to revolutionise the way we construct buildings; not just more rapidly, but also more environment-friendly, quake-resilient and recyclable.