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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| 2019 | Dr. Lopez studied the real time simulation of complex systems, focussing on disaster response scenarios. He explored critical infrastructure interdependencies, machine learning, and parallel processing and was able to test over hundreds of scenarios within a couple of minutes. This research provides first responders with a tool to help them save lives. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2019 | Dr. Manav studied the mechanics of polymeric soft active materials using a combination of theory, molecular simulations, and experiments. His research established a relationship between the molecular scale properties of these materials and their macroscale mechanical properties. His work enables the application of these materials in the biomedical industry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2019 | Dr. Chen's research aimed at optimizing sensor deployment locations for environmental monitoring. He developed information-based sampling techniques so that sensor nodes can retrieve maximum information from the environment. This research can lead to better sampling strategies and result in reduced costs and increased efficiency. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2019 | With participation of 121 homecare nurses, Dr. Al-Masslawi studied barriers to their work, their problem solving strategies, and developed new patient documentation software that was inspired by their creative problem solving. The software used speech recognition, wearable technology, and smart phones, which nurses found very useful and easy to use. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2019 | Dr. Yumagulova examined how cities and regions can build their resilience to disasters and climate change using the Metro Vancouver region as her case study. Her research shows the importance of collaboration and learning to ensure coordinated, multi-level governance of risk. | Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD) |
| 2019 | Using experimental and modeling methods, Dr. Medrano studied aluminum alloys for automotive applications. His work linked the strength of the alloy to the formation of nanoclusters during processing, and their relationship with the material's defects. This study supports the use of these alloys to produce vehicles with less environmental impact. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2019 | Dr. Ashtari evaluated the performance-based seismic design provisions of the 2014 Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code for reinforced concrete bridges. She identified, for the first time, the challenges of implementing the provisions in practice and addressed them with regards to design framework, performance criteria, analysis, and performance verification. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2019 | Dr. Pan developed a novel numerical model to simulate the creping process, a key operation in the manufacturing of tissue paper. The study has helped the industry to better understand the creping process and potentially improve the tissue paper quality. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2019 | Dr. Ebrahimi developed new and computationally efficient models of power-electronic converters which allow faster simulations for studying power systems. These models will be widely used in the simulation software industry and by thousands of engineers around the world to conduct studies of power systems in less amount of time. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2019 | Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology is gaining attention in a variety of computer applications, but is challenged by resource intense debugging processes. Dr. Eslami worked on enhancing existing verification and debugging techniques to help designers identify functional bugs and ensure the correct functionality of designs implemented on FPGAs. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |