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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.
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.
| Year | Citation | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dr. Shu addressed power management issues in a mobile sensor network, with specific application to automated water quality monitoring. He developed energy-efficient methods to prolong the lifetime of the sensor network, which could be applied to various other environmental monitoring systems. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2020 | Dr. Azimi developed an efficient representation for digital colors based on the human visual system in order to improve the color quality of HDR videos without increasing the required bandwidth. Her results showed that her method can be effectively used for efficient compression in video transmission, outperforming current practices. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2020 | Dr. Ghaffari Touran investigated one of the main fundamental mechanisms affecting the separation of multi-component ores. She showed how prolonged conditioning and gradual dissolution of salt-type minerals destroy the selectivity of the separation process. Her findings will help to improve product quality in the mineral industry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
| 2020 | Dr. Jana explored the application of faster-than-Nyquist technology to compete with the skyrocketing traffic demands in the existing fixed transmission networks, which serve as the backbone for the Internet and the cellular data traffic. The powerful signal processing techniques he designed can significantly enhance the capacity of these networks. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2020 | Dr. Cheng studied the spectral design of silicon waveguide-based integrated Bragg gratings (IBGs), which are used as filters to block certain wavelengths, or as wavelength-specific reflectors. This work facilitates the use of IBGs in applications where customized spectral responses are required, like optical communications and signal processing. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2020 | Dr. Yun studied and developed high-performance integrated optical couplers and filters on silicon photonics chips. He proposed novel sub-wavelength waveguide structures and used low-cost, silicon-based technology to improve device performance. This work can be applied in next generation optical communications and sensing systems. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2020 | Dr. Giang studied a new class of computer applications that run in fog computing infrastructure, which exploits devices across the edge network (e.g. smartphones), the access network (e.g. Wi-Fi routers, cell towers), and the cloud. His work will impact the development of data intensive applications such as real-time AI-powered video processing. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2020 | Dr. St-Arnault studied the weathering mechanisms of mine waste-rock using automated mineralogy and long-term leachate geochemistry data. This research improves the characterization of mine waste-rock and predictions of mine drainage quality. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
| 2020 | Dr. Jayhooni developed a novel side-viewing Raman endoscopic catheter enabled with a micro-stepping actuator for detecting cancers in the respiratory system and other human organs. This catheter works for angle-resolved local Raman analysis with no aid of tissue labeling and can detect lesion-induced biochemical changes in vivo and in real-time. | Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2020 | Dr. Chen investigated the removal of hemicellulose sugars from pine and the use of such sugars by the pulp and paper industry. She developed a model to track changes in hemicellulose size during extraction, and used these sugars to increase paper strength. Her thesis identifies important strategies for adding value to existing biorefinery products. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |