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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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Name Academic Unit(s) Research Interests
Green, Sheldon Department of Mechanical Engineering Fluid Mechanics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; building ventilation; railroads; papermaking
Gutierrez Monroy, Tania School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Identity intersection
Gyenge, Elod Lajos Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Electrochemical engineering, fuel cells, batteries, electrodes
Haase, Kristen School of Nursing Nursing, n.e.c.; oncology; Older Adults; Geriatric oncology; Health systems research; Mixed Methods Research; Qualitative research; Self-management; E-health
Harten, Julia School of Community and Regional Planning
Hatzikiriakos, Savvas Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Polymer melt and suspension rheology, food rheology, polymer melt processing, superhydrophobicity, surface science, winter sports expert, ski/skate performance and snow/ice friction.
Haukaas, Terje Department of Civil Engineering Structural engineering; Earthquake engineering; Structural Reliability; Sensitivity Analysis; Earthquake Engineering; Nonlinear Structural Analysis
Havaei, Farinaz School of Nursing Nursing; factors that influence nurses’ ability to provide effective patient care; health human resource optimization
Herrington, Susan School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Children’s outdoor play environments, Playgrounds, Natural play environments, Risky play, Landscape architecture, Landscape architecture history, landscape theory, Comtemporary theory, globalization and contested theory, design and history of landscapes
Hill, Jane Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Hirani, Saima School of Nursing Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; Mental health nursing; Social sciences; mental health; Mental health promotion; psychosocial interventions; Vulnerable Groups; social support; resilience
Hodgson, Antony Department of Mechanical Engineering Image guided surgery systems; computer assisted orthopaedic surgery; Medical Imaging; surgical navigation; orthopaedics; biomechanics; surgical robots; Image Processing; Machine Learning
Holuszko, Maria Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering minerals characterization as it applies to mineral processing; recovery of metals from industrial and municipal waste streams
Hooper, Michael School of Community and Regional Planning Social sciences; Urban planning; Urban Policy; Comparative Politics; Spatial Planning and Policy; International development; Disasters; Displacement; Densification; Organizations
Howard, Fuchsia School of Nursing health service needs of vulnerable, high-risk survivors of acute life-threatening illness, specifically, cancer survivors and survivors of critical illnesses; hereditary cancer prevention and risk management and psychosocial and ethnocultural factors that shape health and illness experiences
Huemoeller, James School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Hung, Lillian School of Nursing Geriatric nursing; Medical and biomedical engineering; Impact of technology and environment on the care experiences of persons with dementia; dementia education; quality improvement; Participatory action research
Ivanov, Andre Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering microelectronics; integrated circuits, computer chip design, smart grid, engineering curriculum, Computer and Software Systems, Emerging Micro/Nano Technologies
Jacobs, Sara School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Jaeger, Nicolas A Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Integrated-optics, fiber-optics, optical sensors, optical measurement of voltage and current in power substations, ultrahigh-speed electro-optic modulators, ultrahigh-speed measurement techniques
Jaiman, Rajeev Department of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering; Bluff-body flows and flow-induced vibration; Computational methods and numerical analysis; Data-driven computing; Flow control and drag reduction; Fluid-structure interaction; Model order reduction; Multiphase Flows
Jatskevich, Juri Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Power and energy systems, smart energy grids, power electronic systems and converter circuits, electrical machines and drives, controls, electromagnetic transients, computer modeling and simulation, distributed and parallel simulation
Jelovica, Jasmin Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering Civil engineering; Mechanical engineering; Finite element analysis; Machine Learning; Metals and Alloys; Production and Process Optimization; Sandwich structures; Solid Mechanics; Stress Analysis; Structural optimization; Ultimate, fatigue and impact strength; Welding and joining of metals
Jenkins, Emily School of Nursing optimizing mental health and substance use outcomes; collaborative mental health promotion strategies; health services and policy development and redesign; knowledge translation approaches; healthy public policy development
Jin, Xiaoliang Department of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering; Manufacturing Processes; Solid Mechanics; Machining Mechanics and Dynamics; Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Materials; Material Characterization; Surface Integrity; Vibration Assisted Machining

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Graduate Student Stories

Ahmed Kabil

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Development and functional diversity of innate lymphoid cells

Musanna Galib

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

Dendrite inhibition strategy using hetero-epitaxy in thin film deposition mechanics

Sammy Iammarino

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Complex health systems and power: responding to the toxic drug poisoning crisis through harm reduction and overdose prevention and response in nursing practice.

Keisha Maloney

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Navigating transitions: Remaking the planning engagement table with/by/for Indigenous peoples in Toronto (Tkaronto)
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Zitao Chen

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Making machine learning reliable, secure and private

Neha Suvindran

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

MELMET: A stable and sustainable Neural Interface (NI) to help neuroscientists understand the workings of the human brain and develop potential cures in chronic brain disease studies

Eunice Bawafaa

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Women’s experiences and perception of access to reproductive healthcare in rural Ghana

Sabina Staempfli

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Long-term care reform in action: A realist review and evaluation of nursing care delivery to improve quality of life for Canadian long-term care residents
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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.

 

The role of feeling understood in men's loneliness-depression pathway: Longitudinal findings over three assessment waves
Publication: Journal of Psychiatric Research
UBC Author(s): John Oliffe (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00223956
Volume: 183
Page Range: 47-51
Publication Date: March 2025

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Effect of fluidizing gases, humidity, and grounding on particle charging dynamics in gas-solids fluidized beds
Publication: Chemical Engineering Science
UBC Author(s): Xiaotao Bi (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00092509
Volume: 306
Publication Date: 1 March 2025

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Understanding Parenting and Pregnant Women’s Perceptions of Accessing, Utilizing, and Barriers to Seeking Social Support for Mental Well-Being
Publication: Behavioral Sciences
UBC Author(s): Victoria Bungay (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 15
Publication Date: March 2025

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Intimate partner relationship breakdown and suicidal ideation in a large representative cohort of Australian men
Publication: Journal of Affective Disorders
UBC Author(s): John Oliffe (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01650327
Volume: 372
Page Range: 618-626
Publication Date: 1 March 2025

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Improving parent-austenite twinned grain reconstruction using electron backscatter diffraction in low carbon austenite
Publication: Scripta Materialia
UBC Author(s): Thomas Benjamin Britton (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science), Warren Poole (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 13596462
Volume: 257
Publication Date: March 2025

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Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (2SGBTQ) men's suicidality in Canada: A Scoping Review
Publication: American journal of men's health
UBC Author(s): John Oliffe (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 19
Publication Date: 1 March 2025

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Scapula or Fibula?: Prospective data-driven decision criteria for flap selection in mandibular reconstruction planning
Publication: Oral Oncology
UBC Author(s): S Sidney Fels (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 13688375
Volume: 162
Publication Date: March 2025

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Cyclist safety assessment using autonomous vehicles
Publication: Accident Analysis and Prevention
UBC Author(s): Tarek Sayed (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00014575
Volume: 212
Publication Date: March 2025

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Geriatric assessment domains as predictors for clinical endpoints in older adults with cancer: Protocol for an updated systematic review
Publication: PLoS ONE
UBC Author(s): Kristen Haase (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 20
Publication Date: March 2025

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Can community-based participatory action research fulfill environmental justice principles in Newark, NJ?
Publication: Environmental Research Letters
UBC Author(s): Bavisha Kalyan (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 20
Publication Date: 1 March 2025

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the HIV care continuum and associated factors in middle-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review
Publication: HIV Medicine
UBC Author(s): Emmanuela Ojukwu (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 14642662
Volume: 26
Page Range: 350-381
Publication Date: March 2025

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Mechanical interaction between a hydrogel and an embedded cell in biomicrofluidic applications
Publication: Biomicrofluidics
UBC Author(s): James Jingtao Feng (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 19321058
Volume: 19
Publication Date: 1 March 2025

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Approach and avoidance: understanding men's depression and life satisfaction via explicit motives and pathological narcissism
Publication: Journal of Men's Health
UBC Author(s): John Oliffe (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 18756867
Volume: 21
Page Range: 1-10
Publication Date: March 2025

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Simulation of Crystallographic Texture After High Temperature Axisymmetric Extrusion of Aluminum Alloys
Publication: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
UBC Author(s): Warren Poole (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science), Matthias Militzer (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 10735623
Volume: 56
Page Range: 1099-1112
Publication Date: March 2025

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Cellulose-Based Switchable Circularly Polarized Light Emitter: Photo-Actuated Chiral Assemblies With Azobenzene Polymers
Publication: Aggregate
UBC Author(s): Orlando Rojas Gaona (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 27668541
Volume: 6
Publication Date: March 2025

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An improved thermomechanical model for the prediction of stress and strain evolution in proximity to the melt pool in powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
Publication: Computational Mechanics
UBC Author(s): Steven Cockcroft (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01787675
Volume: 75
Page Range: 953-974
Publication Date: March 2025

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Kinetic-embedded CFD modeling of integrated steam methane reforming and limestone calcination in a fluidized bed reactor
Publication: Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification
UBC Author(s): Naoko Ellis (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 02552701
Volume: 209
Publication Date: March 2025

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A cross-sectional safety evaluation approach using generalized extreme value models: A case of right-turn safety treatment
Publication: Accident Analysis and Prevention
UBC Author(s): Tarek Sayed (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00014575
Volume: 211
Publication Date: March 2025

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High-fiber content composites produced from mixed textile waste: Balancing cotton and polyester fibers for improved composite performance
Publication: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
UBC Author(s): Orlando Rojas Gaona (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01418130
Volume: 292
Publication Date: March 2025

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What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There: Critical History in Radical Black Re-imaginations of Canadian Nursing Histories
Publication: Canadian Journal of Nursing Research
UBC Author(s): Geertje Boschma (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science), Lydia Wytenbroek (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 08445621
Volume: 57
Page Range: 147-160
Publication Date: March 2025

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Sustained real-time and video-rate interventional optical ultrasound imaging
Publication: Journal of biomedical optics
UBC Author(s): Adrien Desjardins (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 30
Page Range: 036005
Publication Date: 1 March 2025

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An ML-Enhanced Laser-Based Methane Slip Sensor Using Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy
Publication: ACS Sensors
UBC Author(s): Patrick Kirchen (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 10
Page Range: 835-845
Publication Date: 28 February 2025

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Machine learning-based optimal design of fibrillar adhesives
Publication: Journal of the Royal Society Interface
UBC Author(s): Mattia Bacca (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 17425689
Volume: 22
Publication Date: 26 February 2025

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Beneficial effect of recycled tire powder incorporation on the tensile performance of strain-hardening alkali-activated concrete
Publication: Construction and Building Materials
UBC Author(s): Nemkumar Banthia (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 09500618
Volume: 464
Publication Date: 21 February 2025

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Wood Bark-Based Films as Electrical Insulators with Ultralow Dielectric Constant and Loss Factor
Publication: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
UBC Author(s): Orlando Rojas Gaona (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science), John Madden (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 19448244
Volume: 17
Page Range: 11187-11198
Publication Date: 19 February 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. Cao focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop interpretable and robust data-driven technologies. His work offers innovative frameworks for enhancing the monitoring, control, and optimization of industrial processes, leading to improved environmental sustainability and modernizing industrial applications. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Kunitskaya worked to advance economical and robust manufacturing of cancer treatments that are based on genetically modifying patient immune cells to target cancer cells. She studied the impact of process conditions on T-cells, a type of immune cells, and applied these findings to improve bioprocess operations and manufacturing technologies. Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Setayesh utilized machine learning techniques for resource allocation in wireless communication systems. He proposed a deep learning framework for network slicing in radio access networks, a federated learning algorithm to address data and device heterogeneity issues, and a novel 360-degree video streaming approach in terahertz wireless systems. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
2024 Exposure to environmental pollutants such as forest fire smoke poses a significant health risk. Dr. Bennet developed a microengineered in vitro model of the human small conducting airways that mimics the 3D ECM that can be used as a tool to advance our understanding of smoke-related risks to respiratory health and aids in the advancement of the organs-on-chip field. Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Karimi developed a physics-based digital model of machining thin wall blades enabling the development of optimization algorithms that autonomously adjust cutting parameters. This approach ensures both stability and precision in the machining process. These advancements significantly enhance the efficiency of blade machining. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Everard examined three natural convective flows, showing that ice onset near lake shores is delayed due to horizontal convective processes, that a temperature-dependent viscosity fundamentally changes boundary layer free convection dynamics, and that turbulence in organised canopies can be better described using a new approximation method. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Innis investigated the role of mining stakeholders in mitigating tailings storage facility failures through interdisciplinary research approaches. She developed a high-level empirical tailings flow model to improve transparency, risk communication and the state of mine tailings management at a global scale. Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Valverde developed a methodology using X-ray micro-computed tomography to characterize silt-size soil particles and their spatial arrangement at the micro-scale. The findings lay the groundwork for refining geotechnical engineering designs by considering the influence of micro-level particle organization on the macro behavior of silty soils. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Omidvar developed a way to make flexible ultrasound sensors using inexpensive polymers that can be rapidly produced in various shapes and sizes. His work opens a path for making new types of ultrasound devices to improve diagnosis and monitoring of a range of medical conditions. Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Kakoty investigated amplification effects of earthquake shaking in Metro Vancouver due to deep sedimentary basins and collapse risk of older concrete buildings in Vancouver, which have implications in future seismic policy of the city. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)

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