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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
Madden, John Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; artificial muscle; electrochemical devices; electronic skin; Functional and Intelligent Materials; medical devices; smart materials; supercapacitors; wearables
Madiseh, Ali Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Mining engineering; Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation; Heat and mass transfer operations; energy systems; Renewable energy systems; Energy storage; Energy decarbonization; Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Maijer, Daan Department of Materials Engineering Metals and alloy materials engineering; Liquid metal processing; Casting processes; additive manufacturing; Directed Energy Deposition; Powder Bed Fusion; Light Metals Processing; Aluminum Alloys; Titanium Alloys; Mathematical Process Modeling: Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow, Mechanical Deformation
Marti, Jose Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Computer modelling of response to disasters, Infrastructures Interdependencies Simulation (I2Sim) project, electric power, Energy systems
Martinez, Mark Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Chemical engineering; Complex fluids; Flow visualization; Fluid mechanics
Mérida, Walter Department of Mechanical Engineering Clean energy, Electrochemical energy conversion, Thermodynamics, Low carbon fuels, Fuel cells and hydrogen
Mesbah, Ali Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Programming languages and software engineering
Meyboom, Annalisa School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Transportation Infrastructure and Public Space; use of structural behaviour algorithms in the generation of architectural form
Michelson, David Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering wireless communications, Propagation and channel modeling, low profile antenna design, wireless communication system performance, EMI/EMC
Militzer, Matthias Department of Materials Engineering Multi-scale modelling of microstructure evolution, Physical metallurgy of advanced high strength steels
Mirabbasi, Shahriar Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Analog and mixed-signal intergrated circuits and systems design, intergrated circuit design with an emphasis on high-speed data communication and signal processing applications
Miskovic, Sanja Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Mining engineering; Mineral Processing; multiphase systems; Production and Process Optimization; Optimization, Control and Operations Research; Prefeasibility and Pilot Scale; R&D and Innovation; Technological Innovations; Sensors and Devices; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Critical Elements Extraction; Embedded Sensors; Experimental Fluid Dynamics; High performance computing; IIoT; Industrial Big Data; Minerals Processing; Multiphase Flows
Miskovic, Ilija Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Multi-physics of Geo-materials, Big Data
Mohseni, Madjid Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Chemical engineering; Water quality engineering; Drinking Water; Chemical Pollutants; Used Water; Clean Technologies; Advanced oxidation; Drinking water quality and treatment; Electrochemical water treatment processes; UV based water purification and treatment; Water re-use; Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Molina Hutt, Carlos Department of Civil Engineering Earthquake engineering, performance-based seismic design, seismic resilience, risk analysis, high-rise buildings, innovative structural systems
Murphy, Enda Department of Civil Engineering Hydraulic engineering; Marine engineering, n.e.c.; Nearshore processes and coastal oceanography; Estuarine oceanography; Coastal and estuarine system dynamics; Nature-based solutions; Whole system thinking; Coastal systems engineering; Transdisciplinary research; Numerical modelling; Physical modelling; Coastal flood and erosion hazard risk
Nagamune, Ryozo Department of Mechanical Engineering Systems control and automation; Manufacturing engineering; control engineering; data-driven modeling and control; robust and linear parameter-varying control; modeling and control of floating offshore wind turbines and wind farms; modeling and control of metal additive manufacturing processes; modeling and control of solar themal systems; modeling and control of automotive engines; optimization
Nair, Prashant Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Reliability, security, and performance-power efficient memory systems; System-level and architecture-level optimization to enable efficient and practical quantum computers
Nasiopoulos, Panos Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Interactive multimedia (eg, iDTV, DVD), video broadcasting and streaming, multimedia middleware, video indexing and retrieval, digital video watermarking, next generation video and audio processing and compression
Neumann, Oliver School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Digital Fabrication, Concepts of Context, Wood Construction, Contemporary Architecture Discourse, Digital technology in the building process, contemporary fabrication technologies
Nojeh, Alireza Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Nanostructures (esp based on carbon nanotubes), controlled nanofabrication, electron emission phenomena, electron microscopy, modeling and simulation of nanoscale systems
Ojukwu, Emmanuela School of Nursing Health sciences; Social sciences; Humanities and the arts; Racial and gender health disparities and inequities; African, Carribbean and Black Immigrant Health; Women, Maternal-Infant, Youth Health; Psycho-social and Socio-ecologic determinants of health; Mental health, HIV/AIDS and other STIs; intersectionality
Oliffe, John School of Nursing Care; Sociology and related studies; Men's Health Promotion; Male Depression and Suicide; Psychosocial Prostate Cancer Care; Smoking Cessation
Ollivier-Gooch, Carl Department of Mechanical Engineering Aerodynamics (except hypersonic aerodynamics); Computational fluid mechanics; Algorithm Development for Computational Fluid Dynamics; Applied Aerodynamics; Numerical analysis; Unstructured Mesh Generation; Error and Stability Analysis for Unstructured Mesh Methods; Computer Sciences and Mathematical Tools; Fluid mechanics
Olson, James Department of Mechanical Engineering Application of Physics and Fluid Mechanics to Problems Associated with the Pulp and Paper Industry, Mechanical Energy Reduction in Mechanical Pulping

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Graduate Student Stories

Manpreet Thandi

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Using primary care electronic medical record data in British Columbia, Canada to implement an electronic frailty index

Pan Deng

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

Neutrophil inflammatory responses: neutrophil reverse migration and NETosis

Hiroshan Gunawardane

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

A Novel Microscale Soft Actuator for Medical Applications

Khadija Anjum

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Planning for food security of low-income groups amid rising food price volatility: A gendered analysis

Sara Hosseinirad

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Automated Closed-Loop System of Anesthesia

Sherry Kiafar

Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)

Physical Aging in Thermoset Composites

Uuganbadrakh Oyunkhishig

Master of Applied Science in Mining Engineering (MASc)

Critical analysis of Canadian environmental voluntary approaches in terms of protecting biodiversity: in case of Toward Sustainable Mining Initiative

Laura Stankiewicz

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Mapping T Cell Development in the Human Thymus
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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.

 

MMGPL: Multimodal Medical Data Analysis with Graph Prompt Learning
Publication: Medical Image Analysis
UBC Author(s): Xiaoxiao Li (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 13618415
Volume: 97
Publication Date: October 2024

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Photonic integrated interrogators for wearable fiber-optic sensing
Publication: Optics and Lasers in Engineering
UBC Author(s): Lukas Chrostowski (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01438166
Volume: 181
Publication Date: October 2024

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Colloidal interactions between nanochitin and surfactants: Connecting micro- and macroscopic properties by isothermal titration calorimetry and rheology
Publication: Carbohydrate Polymers
UBC Author(s): Orlando Rojas Gaona (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01448617
Volume: 341
Publication Date: 1 October 2024

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Ontology-Based Design Features for Representing Constructability in Architectural Design: Toward BIM in Off-Site Construction
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
UBC Author(s): Sheryl Staub-French (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 07339364
Volume: 150
Publication Date: 1 October 2024

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Microparticle dynamics in upper-ocean turbulence: Dataset for analysis, modeling & prediction
Publication: Data in Brief
UBC Author(s): Mona Rahmani (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 56
Publication Date: October 2024

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Influence of Flow-Induced Polymorphism and Fiber Morphology on Mechanical Behavior in Long Discontinuous Glass Fiber Polyamide Composites
Publication: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
UBC Author(s): Sergii Kravchenko (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 1359835X
Volume: 185
Publication Date: October 2024

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Explainable machine learning for assessing upper respiratory tract of racehorses from endoscopy videos
Publication: Computers in Biology and Medicine
UBC Author(s): Zhen Wang (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00104825
Volume: 181
Publication Date: October 2024

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An Optimized Assessment Pathway for Remote Patients: The Vancouver Facilitated Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Program
Publication: CJC Open
UBC Author(s): Sandra Lauck (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 6
Page Range: 1220-1226
Publication Date: October 2024

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The Subaltern: Illuminating matters of representation and agency in mental health nursing through a postcolonial feminist lens
Publication: Nursing Inquiry
UBC Author(s): Emily Ochi (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 13207881
Volume: 31
Publication Date: October 2024

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Trapping of Bubbles in Oil Sands Tailing Ponds
Publication: Energies
UBC Author(s): Ian Frigaard (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 17
Publication Date: October 2024

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Accuracy and precision of intraoral scanners for shade matching: A systematic review
Publication: Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
UBC Author(s): Shahriar Mirabbasi (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00223913
Volume: 132
Page Range: 714-725
Publication Date: October 2024

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Improved understanding of the growth of blocky alpha in welded Zircaloy-4
Publication: Acta Materialia
UBC Author(s): Thomas Benjamin Britton (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 13596454
Volume: 278
Publication Date: 1 October 2024

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Measuring and predicting the thermal properties of powder beds for electron beam additive manufacturing
Publication: Progress in Additive Manufacturing
UBC Author(s): Chadwick Sinclair (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 23639512
Volume: 9
Page Range: 1555-1566
Publication Date: October 2024

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Sclerotic prostate cancer bone metastasis: woven bone lesions with a twist
Publication: JBMR Plus
UBC Author(s): Rizhi Wang (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 8
Publication Date: 1 October 2024

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Determining Residual Stress Using Indentation and Surface Displacement Measurement
Publication: Experimental Mechanics
UBC Author(s): Gary Schajer (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00144851
Volume: 64
Page Range: 1249-1262
Publication Date: October 2024

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Multi-agent reinforcement learning for multi-area power exchange
Publication: Electric Power Systems Research
UBC Author(s): Yu Christine Chen (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 03787796
Volume: 235
Publication Date: October 2024

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Influence of socio-contextual factors on the link between traditional and new media use, and young people's sexual risk behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa: a secondary data analysis
Publication: Reproductive health
UBC Author(s): Elizabeth Saewyc (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 21
Page Range: 138
Publication Date: 30 September 2024

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Effect of liquid crystal display glass powder to blast furnace slag ratio on the microstructure and mechanical properties of ultra-high-performance alkali-activated concrete
Publication: Construction and Building Materials
UBC Author(s): Nemkumar Banthia (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 09500618
Volume: 444
Publication Date: 20 September 2024

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Additive-free graphene-based inks for 3D printing functional conductive aerogels
Publication: Journal of Materials Chemistry A
UBC Author(s): Orlando Rojas Gaona (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 20507488
Volume: 12
Page Range: 25715-25729
Publication Date: 18 September 2024

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Opioid-specific harm reduction in the emergency department: how staff provide harm reduction and contextual factors that impact their capacity to engage in harm reduction practice
Publication: Harm reduction journal
UBC Author(s): Emily Ochi (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 21
Page Range: 171
Publication Date: 18 September 2024

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CFD stability improvement using dynamic mode decomposition of solution update vectors
Publication: Journal of Computational Physics
UBC Author(s): Carl Ollivier-Gooch (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00219991
Volume: 513
Publication Date: 15 September 2024

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Experimental investigation on high-temperature co-gasification and melting behavior of petrochemical sludge and bituminous coal in CO<inf>2</inf> atmosphere
Publication: Energy
UBC Author(s): Xiaotao Bi (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 03605442
Volume: 303
Publication Date: 15 September 2024

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Alternative proton exchange membrane based on a bicomponent anionic nanocellulose system
Publication: Carbohydrate Polymers
UBC Author(s): Orlando Rojas Gaona (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01448617
Volume: 340
Publication Date: 15 September 2024

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Semantic Constraint Inference for Web Form Test Generation
Publication: ISSTA 2024 - Proceedings of the 33rd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
UBC Author(s): Ali Mesbah (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Page Range: 932-944
Publication Date: 11 September 2024

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Machine Learning VLSI CAD Experiments Should Consider Atomic Data Groups
Publication: MLCAD 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Machine Learning for CAD
UBC Author(s): Steven Wilton (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Publication Date: 9 September 2024

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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. Pourabdollah developed a series of sophisticated numerical models for predicting the thermomechanical response of components produced using metal additive manufacturing, allowing for directly fabricating components from a digital file. The work contributes to improvements in the geometric tolerances that can be achieved with the process. Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Khoo's research explores how cities can better plan for longevity through a humanistic perspective. As an ethnography, it showcases how people cope with urban change as they age. It tells of sacrifices and reveals tensions between the political and the personal, a nation's strife for excellence and the acts of endurance in seniors' everyday lives. Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)
2024 Dr. Mirzaei delved into finding an environmentally friendly water treatment train for highly toxic chemicals called PFAS. Her thorough systematic experimental and theoretical work orchestrated the potential combination of UV based degradation and removal techniques and offered new mechanistic understanding and guidelines in the given application. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
2024 Dr. Reyes assessed the capabilities of soil constitutive models for predicting seismic liquefaction-induced displacements. He enhanced them for the simulation of undrained cyclic shearing under a wide range of initial and loading conditions. His research contributes to the field of performance-based earthquake engineering involving liquefaction. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Park studied optical systems used in head-mounted augmented reality devices. The outcomes of his study include novel optics designs that can greatly reduce the size of augmented reality glasses and improve the image quality. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
2023 Aneurysms are localized bulges of arteries and they can rupture with fatal consequences. The rupture risk of an aneurysm is related to its mechanical deformations. Dr. Hejazi's work addresses this intriguing behavior by combining experiments, simulations, and clinical studies. The findings of this study can improve the clinical management of aneurysms. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Badawy developed a smart fabric made by growing Zinc oxide nano-wires on yarns. This smart fabric can record in real-time applied deformation and identify its location and magnitude. It can be used in the health care system to improve the diagnosis process, create treatment plans, and monitor patients' health conditions during a hospital stay. Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Pandey developed a system, using ultrasound imaging, to guide orthopaedic surgeons to repair bone fractures accurately without the use of X-rays or ionizing radiation. This system could be used in future surgical procedures to more effectively and safely treat fracture patients. Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Bhonde investigated the potential of Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools to enhance design processes in building construction projects. His study provides practical recommendations for improving communication, efficiency, and collaboration among project stakeholders in the construction industry. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Krishnamoorthy estimated how a catalytic solute is distributed when applied to columns of low-grade copper ore. This work helps in optimizing a novel catalytic leach technology developed in UBC to liberate copper from primary copper sulfide ores such as chalcopyrite. Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)

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