Discover our exciting features for the Fall/Winter 2014 edition: read about how UBC Engineering faculty are protecting the environment using natural engineering; the take-off of the Survive and Thrive Applied Research facility - STAR - with engineering faculty fueling it up; a new microfluidic test that could squeeze more life into blood; and how Supermileage - a UBC Engineering record-setting student team - is getting back on the road. Also catch up on everything from the launch of a new tradition to Engineering Student Centre updates and alumni and upcoming events you can attend in spring 2015.