Two SALA projects awarded SSHRC funds
Two SALA projects awarded SSHRC funds matthew.wattier Fri, 09/13/2024 - 14:35 SALA External This article originally appeared on UBC Research + Innovation. Strategic Priority Areas...
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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.
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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.
Recent Thesis Submissions
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Design recipe automation for silicon photonics (EECE - MASC)
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Energy distribution of thermal electron emission (EECE - PHD)
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Towards a unified electro-optic circuits co-simulation (EECE - MASC)
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Low-cost scanning electron microscope (EECE - MASC)
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 |
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| 2010 | Dr. Tran defined a protocol for performing ultrasound-guided epidural needle insertion and developed methods to improve the image quality of lumbar ultrasound images and automatic segmentation of features in the ultrasound images. These techniques have been successfully tested in two clinical trials at BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Chen investigated signal design for wireless communication systems with multiple transmit and multiple receive antennas. He developed several novel low-complexity methods for enhancing the data rate and reliability of these systems by exploiting different forms of channel state information at the transmitter. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Ali designed novel authentication protocols that perform remarkably well compared to existing protocols while preserving high-security qualities. His work solves the problem of achieving fast and secure Internet connections for mobile users. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Albert examined the roles of surgical and morphological parameters on problematic implant migration after hip replacement. She showed that the extent of bone cement penetration into the graft has a larger effect on displacement than does the degree of graft compaction, and that excessive migration is attributed primarily to slippage between the graft and the host bone. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Mahdi Eynian developed an experimental identification of models that predict forces that arise due to the tool's vibration during machining. Based on these models, he developed analytical vibration stability prediction methods for turning and milling operations. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Mitchell developed a new and innovative experiment which promotes the casting defect known as hot tearing in aluminium alloys. Using this experiment and applying the optical technique of digital image correlation, he was able to evaluate the evolution of strain during localisation of hot tears in several commercial alloys. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Ersahin developed new techniques for segmentation and classification of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar data. These techniques are based on perceptual organization and spectral graph partitioning, and automate the Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar data interpretation utilizing both polarimetric and visual information cues. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Gedig developed methods for the conceptual engineering design of industrial and architectural structures. The methods use image processing, pattern recognition and mathematical optimization techniques to help create, explore, and reason with structural forms. The research facilitates the rapid and cost-effective development of structural design concepts. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Sweeney has developed an innovative model to analyze industrial events in the mine workplace by profiling cognitive error. He subsequently applied this methodology to case studies of historical mine disasters, as well as to a contemporary operating mine, revealing that cognitive profiling is both descriptive and predictive of human error. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Zhou studied interfacial deformation in viscoelastic liquids. He studied how viscoelastic stress can have unusual and sometimes counter-intuitive effects on interfacial deformation. These findings lead to an important new method for measuring elongational viscosity of low-viscosity liquids. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |