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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| 2009 | Dr Linga used a new approach to capture CO2 from a flue gas mixture emitted from conventional power plants. This process, using gas hydrate crystallization, was successfully demonstrated in a newly built state of the art large scale apparatus. His work is relevant to CO2 capture and storage, a promising approach for mitigating global warming. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Islam investigated the practical application of a two-dimensional mathematical model for gravel budget preparation for the Lower Fraser River, B.C. His work demonstrates how a model can be applied as a useful tool for future morphological change detection after gravel removal from the river as a flood control measure. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr. Lo explored the mechanism of emission of nitrous oxide from wastewater biological nutrient removal processes. He proposed strategies for reducing the emission of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas contributing significantly to global warming, by controlling aeration rate, feeding pattern and pH and by using hybrid systems in wastewater plants. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr. Mohsenian presented several simple, robust, and optimal resource management schemes for wireless access networks. Different from most of the previous heuristic design schemes in the literature, the algorithms in this thesis are designed within the unified analytical framework of network utility maximization, a concept borrowed from microeconomics. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr. Bungay explored the health problems and health management strategies of women who are street-involved and use crack cocaine. She found that women were active in managing their health but their options were limited due to extreme poverty, violence, and the discriminatory interactions they experienced within the health care system. | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr. Khabbazian designed and developed new reliable protocols for wireless ad hoc networks, the main communication option in scenarios where having a communication infrastructure is not practical or the existing infrastructure has been destroyed by for example a natural disaster such as earthquake or hurricane. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr. Hallbom developed a rheological model to explain the flow behaviour of non-settling slurry. He used this model to derive the engineering equations required for the hydraulic design of pipelines. His results were presented in a form that can foster an intutitive understanding of slurry pipe flow by practicing engineers. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr Daniel studied grain size and energy effects on the results of the Standard Penetration Test, the dominant index of soil behaviour in foundation engineering worldwide. He improved our understanding and interpretation of test results from gravelly sites, a challenge of widespread concern in earthquake engineering. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr. Kissinger developed an interregional ecology approach to sustainability in a globalizing, increasingly interconnected world. He documented trade related material flows, ecological footprints and ecological impacts, and analyzed their policy and planning implications for sustainability. | Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr Hennessey developed techniques for improving eye-gaze tracking and the ability to determine where one is looking in 3D space. The methods developed provide a novel means for human computer interaction, and may help to improve the quality of life of the disabled who use eye-gaze for communication. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |