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The applied sciences – architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, nursing, and planning – change society's conception of what is possible as a matter of course. Applied scientists make dreams real, turn ideas into practice. We embody the interface between present and future.

The Faculty of Applied Science comprises a unique constellation of professional disciplines including; Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Engineering, Nursing and Community & Regional Planning. The core purpose shared across all of our four disciplines is to discover, create and apply knowledge, provide unwavering top-tier education and champion a community of responsible professionals devoted to serving a thriving, sustainable and healthy society. Our work and the professions which our graduates represent span the entire human-centred built environment. 

The disciplines within the Faculty of Applied Science are celebrated for the scope, strength and impact of their research activities. Our Faculty claims the spotlight in the global arena for our research in clean energy, communication and digital technologies, health and health technology among many others. We offer disciplinary-specific research based graduate programs as well as a range of professional graduate programs and pride ourselves on our ability to open doors of opportunity to students beyond their time within our Faculty.

Mission
We shape the people and the professions that shape the world.
 

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Graduate Degree Programs

Research Supervisors in Faculty

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Name Academic Unit(s) Research Interests
Brown, Helen Jean School of Nursing Maternal-infant and women
Browne, Annette School of Nursing Health inequalities, indigenous peoples, women's health, cultural safety, primary health care interventions to improve health outcomes, marginalized populations, health policy
Bungay, Vicky School of Nursing sexuality, sex work, harm reduction, drug use, intersectionality, ethnography, communication technologies, community based research, Health inequities affecting men and women working in the commercial sex industry and people who are street-involved, leadership, public health nursing, mental health, sexual health, HIV, and harm reduction programming
Bushe, William Kendal Department of Mechanical Engineering Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation; Automotive combustion and fuel engineering (including alternative and renewable fuels); Hypersonic propulsion and hypersonic aerodynamics; Aerospace engineering, n.e.c.; Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion; Reacting Flows; Energy Conversion Systems; clean energy
Byrne, Fionn School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture; Design innovation; Landscape studies (except architecture); Landscape design; Landscape ethics
Caggiano, Holly School of Community and Regional Planning
Campbell, Suzanne School of Nursing Clinical nursing, primary (preventive care); lactation support; interprofessional health professional education; health communication; Interpersonal Communication; leadership in nursing; Community Health / Public Health; Health Promotion; Educational Technologies; Health Care Technologies; simulation nursing education; social determinants of health; Adult Education and Continuing Education; global maternal-infant-child health
Campbell, Heather School of Community and Regional Planning Urban and regional planning; how academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance impact of research; how academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance the relevance of research; how ethical values can be incorporated into public policy relating to city and regional planning
Cao, Yankai Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Chemical engineering; Machine Learning; optimization; Renewable energy systems; Process Control
Chang, Stephanie School of Community and Regional Planning, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability All other social sciences, n.e.c.
Chen, Yu Christine Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Engineering and technology; energy systems; Electric power system modelling, control, and operation; Renewable energy sources; electricity markets
Chiao, Mu Department of Mechanical Engineering MEMS, Micro Sensors, Micro Actuators, BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering, Electronic Packaging, Nanoscience, Energy sources for micro-electro-mechanical systems
Chrostowski, Lukas Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Optics and Photonics; Micro and Nanoelectronics; Nanotechnologies; Manufacturing Processes; biophotonics; biosensors; optics; optoelectronics; photonics; quantum computing; semiconductor lasers; silicon photonics
Clare, Adam Department of Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing technologies and approaches for a sustainable future; Additive manufacturing (materials, processes, design and application); Electrical discharge machining, electrolyte jet machining, electron beam and laser processes; Stochastics in engineering design and manufacture; Machine design and build; Manufacturing for high value and high integrity applications (aerospace, biomedical, tool & nuclear)
Clark, Drew School of Nursing Health sciences; healthcare ethics; Health Equity; healthcare decision making; transgender health
Clifton, Kelly School of Community and Regional Planning transport and land use interactions, travel behaviour, pedestrian modeling, equity in transportation policy
Cockcroft, Steven Department of Materials Engineering Clean Energy Research, Physical phenomena in non-ferrous casting, hot tearing, Optimization of industrial casting processes, Mathematical modeling
Condon, Patrick Michael School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Sustainable urban design, landscape architecture, sustainable communities
Connolly, James John Timothy School of Community and Regional Planning
Cretu, Edmond Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Nano-technology; Electronics; Medical and biomedical engineering; microsystems and nanotechnology; sensor clusters and networks; Signal processing and control; Ultrasound Imaging; Microinstrumentation; Inertial measurement units; wearable systems
Currie, Leanne School of Nursing Nursing; Health Care Technologies; Health information systems; Biomedical and Health Informatics
Dahinten, Susan School of Nursing Social determinants and processes of child development, identification, intervention and the prevention of developmental problems
Dahmen, Joseph School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture technical methods and cultural effects of resource use at the scales of architecture and territory.
Desjardins, Adrien Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering Imaging and sensing, Robotics, Photonics, Ultrasound, Machine learning, Marine and biomedical applications, Development of imaging and sensing modalities and autonomous robotics, Biomedical Technologies, Emerging Micro/Nano Technologies
Dev, Rubee School of Nursing Pediatrics and reproductive medicine, n.e.c.; Nursing; women's health; maternal & child health; sexual & reproductive health; chronic disease prevention & management; health system & services

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Graduate Student Stories

Liam Murdock

Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering (MASc)

Micromanipulator Design for Mandibular Reconstruction Surgery

Esther Roorda

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Developing sustainable practices in consumer electronic design and repair through community, education and technical design

Meghna Mohandas

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Private space as sites of ‘othering’: Housing experiences of Indigenous migrant women in Bengaluru, India

Michelle Gagnon

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy as Experienced by Patients and Providers in Canada: A Narrative Inquiry

Genevieve Bonnor

Master of Applied Science in Biomedical Engineering (MASc)

Mitigating dynamic soft tissue artifacts in lower extremity inertial measurement unit systems using kalman filtering

Bonnie Leung

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Cancer treatment decision-making with racialized older immigrants with cancer

Arash Mousemi

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

Numerical simulation of turbulent reactive flows

Juri Kim

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Examining the impacts of barriers and facilitators on post-pandemic economic recovery in Vancouver neighbourhoods
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Alumni on Success

Jorge Octavio Virues Delgadillo

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) [2008]

Job Title
Full Time Professor

Employer
Facultad Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Veracruzana

Bernard Ng

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) [2011]

Job Title
Research Associate

Employer
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics

Arash Takshi

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) [2007]

Job Title
Associate Professor

Employer
University of South Florida

Freddy Pina

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) [2011]

Job Title
President

Employer
PBRV Consulting Ltd.

Hooman Rezaei

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) [2013]

Job Title
Senior Research Scientist

Employer
FPInnovations

Heather McDonald

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) [2011]

Job Title
Health Director

Employer
Seabird Island Band

Sandra Lauck

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) [2013]

Job Title
Clinician Scientist

Employer
St. Paul's Hospital

Lauren Irving

Master of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner (MN) [2013]

Job Title
Family Nurse Practitioner

Employer
Northern Health, Central Interior Native Health Society, UNBC (part-time Faculty)
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Recent Publications

This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by UBC faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Applied Science.

 

High strength kami-ito yarns from microbial cellulose biofilms
Publication: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
UBC Author(s): Orlando Rojas Gaona (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01418130
Volume: 307
Publication Date: May 2025

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Residual stress prediction in machining of parts fabricated by directed energy deposition
Publication: Additive Manufacturing
UBC Author(s): Adam Clare (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 104
Publication Date: 25 April 2025

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Efficacy of Laundry Practices in Eliminating Mpox Virus From Fabrics
Publication: Journal of Infectious Diseases
UBC Author(s): Sara Beck (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00221899
Volume: 231
Page Range: e607-e614
Publication Date: 15 April 2025

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Influence of carbon and sulfur on austenite grain boundary mobility
Publication: Acta Materialia
UBC Author(s): Matthias Militzer (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 13596454
Volume: 288
Publication Date: 15 April 2025

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Next-generation green intelligent self-sensing geopolymer composites for enhancing construction security and sustainability: A review
Publication: Composites Part B: Engineering
UBC Author(s): Nemkumar Banthia (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 13598368
Volume: 295
Publication Date: 15 April 2025

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Magnetoresponsive Cellulose Nanofiber Hydrogels: Dynamic Structuring, Selective Light Transmission, and Information Encoding
Publication: ACS Nano
UBC Author(s): Orlando Rojas Gaona (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 19360851
Volume: 19
Page Range: 14063-14072
Publication Date: 15 April 2025

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Neonatal Sucrose and Internalizing Behaviors at 18 Months in Children Born Very Preterm
Publication: JAMA Network Open
UBC Author(s): Manon Ranger (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 8
Publication Date: 10 April 2025

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Training of construction robots using imitation learning and environmental rewards
Publication: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
UBC Author(s): Tsung-Yuan Yang (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 10939687
Volume: 40
Page Range: 1150-1165
Publication Date: 4 April 2025

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Polymorphism and Mechanical Behavior in Hot-Pressed 3D-Printed Polyamide Composite: Effects of Pressure and Temperature
Publication: Polymers
UBC Author(s): Sergii Kravchenko (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 17
Publication Date: April 2025

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Aseptic loosening is associated with medial tilting and anterior translational migration of the tibial implant in mechanically aligned total knee arthroplasty
Publication: Clinical Biomechanics
UBC Author(s): Antony Hodgson (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 02680033
Volume: 124
Publication Date: April 2025

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Cutting mechanics of soft compressible solids – Force-radius scaling versus bulk modulus
Publication: Mechanics of Materials
UBC Author(s): Mattia Bacca (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01676636
Volume: 203
Publication Date: April 2025

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Antithrombotic coating with sheltered positive charges prevents contact activation by controlling factor XII–biointerface binding
Publication: Nature Materials
UBC Author(s): Dana Grecov (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 14761122
Volume: 24
Page Range: 626-636
Publication Date: April 2025

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Evaluation of low-cost techniques to detect sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia: an open-label, international, multicentre study
Publication: The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
UBC Author(s): Boris Stoeber (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 35
Publication Date: April 2025

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Microstructural characterization to reveal evidence of shock deformation in a Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment
Publication: Materials Characterization
UBC Author(s): Thomas Benjamin Britton (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 10445803
Volume: 222
Publication Date: April 2025

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Seismic properties, calculation method, and equivalent model of internal connection in modular steel building
Publication: Journal of Building Engineering
UBC Author(s): Tsung-Yuan Yang (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 99
Publication Date: 1 April 2025

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Towards a more sustainable future: Transitioning from thermochemical to electrochemical processes in clean energy technologies relevant to hydrogen-containing fuels
Publication: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
UBC Author(s): David Wilkinson (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00084034
Volume: 103
Page Range: 1602-1622
Publication Date: April 2025

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Morphological trapping of neurotransmitters in synaptic clefts: A new dimension in neural plasticity
Publication: Biophysical Journal
UBC Author(s): Mattia Bacca (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00063495
Volume: 124
Page Range: 1035-1037
Publication Date: 1 April 2025

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Helping men build better intimate partner relationships: Canadian provider perspectives
Publication: Health Education Journal
UBC Author(s): Emily Ochi (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00178969
Volume: 84
Page Range: 280-292
Publication Date: April 2025

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Youth and young adult cannabis research – Critical approaches to advancing the field
Publication: International Journal of Drug Policy
UBC Author(s): Emily Ochi (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 09553959
Volume: 138
Publication Date: April 2025

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Advanced chitosan hybrid dye labels for dynamic monitoring of shrimp and milk freshness
Publication: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
UBC Author(s): Earl Foster (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01418130
Volume: 302
Publication Date: April 2025

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Interventions to support caregivers of older adults undergoing surgery: A systematic review
Publication: American Journal of Surgery
UBC Author(s): Kristen Haase (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00029610
Volume: 242
Publication Date: April 2025

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Graph embedded patch-sense autoencoder with prior knowledge for multi-component system anomaly detection
Publication: Reliability Engineering and System Safety
UBC Author(s): Zhen Wang (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 09518320
Volume: 256
Publication Date: April 2025

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Designing afro-emancipatory qualitative research with and for Black people
Publication: Qualitative Research
UBC Author(s): Emmanuela Ojukwu (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 14687941
Volume: 25
Page Range: 520-542
Publication Date: April 2025

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Designing afro-emancipatory qualitative research with and for Black people
Publication: Qualitative Research
UBC Author(s): Emmanuela Ojukwu (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 14687941
Volume: 25
Page Range: 520-542
Publication Date: April 2025

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Analysis of preferences and responses to recall in adolescent and young adult head and neck cancer survivors treated with radiotherapy
Publication: Supportive Care in Cancer
UBC Author(s): Amanda Howard (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 09414355
Volume: 33
Publication Date: April 2025

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Recent Thesis Submissions

Doctoral Citations

A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
Year Citation Program
2024 Dr. Cetin studied the ore sorting potential of a block cave mine. He developed an evaluation method applicable to other cave mining operations, exploring sensor-based pre-concentration. His findings contribute to reducing the environmental impact of the mining industry and facilitating its digital transformation. Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Sallinen developed a computational model for analyzing data about evolving activities on networks, like social media interactions or financial transactions. His work advances the capabilities of real-time investigation and analysis into large scale data. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Askari has developed a minimally invasive near-infrared spectroscopy sensor for spinal cord hemodynamic assessment in spinal cord injury patients. This innovative sensor aids in managing hemodynamics and has been successfully implemented and implanted. The sensor was able to provide the regional hemodynamic metrics of the spinal cord. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Iworima optimized differentiation protocols to produce stem cell-derived islets, offering a potential therapy for type 1 diabetes. She addressed manufacturing bottlenecks and identified key parameters associated with the generation of pancreatic cell types. Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Gupta investigated the rheology and flow dynamics of wormlike micellar gels. His experiments revealed previously unknown complex features in the flow of such fluids and will aid the synthesis, design and manipulation of similar soft matter. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Hasan studied the electrodeposition, corrosion, and catalytic behavior of molybdenum coatings. Despite the challenges associated with molybdenum and water, the work has produced nanostructured molybdenum coatings which demonstrates good corrosion resistance and catalytic performance. Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Tai developed a hybrid physics and data-driven method for spindle health monitoring. He combined digital spindle twins with a machine-learning method to make machine tools more intelligent in health diagnosis. These comparative studies assist machine tool manufacturers or spindle repair companies in increasing their maintenance efficiency. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Shrestha studied the insertion of needles into soft solids, the injection of fluid through microneedles and the detection of diseases like sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. The findings can help optimize drug or vaccine delivery through microneedles, and can provide a low-cost automated tool to detect diseases in low-resource settings. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Baidya's research explored the potential of flue gas injection in mine wastes for large-scale carbon capture. His innovative approach optimized energy usage and proposed a cost-effective solution, advancing sustainable practices in the mining industry. Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Kalia devised computer vision techniques for augmented reality in robotic surgery, aligning patients' MRI or Ultrasound images with the surgical camera view. This enables clinicians to do a real-time assessment of cancer margins and anatomy, to optimize clinical decisions and thus, reducing the incidents of incomplete cancer removal. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

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