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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.
 

Graduate Degree Programs

Research Supervisors in Faculty

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Name Academic Unit(s) Research Interests
Salcudean, Tim Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering Biomedical technologies, Haptic interfaces, teleoperation and simulators, medical robotics, imaging and interfaces, optimization-based design, prostate cancer
Salfi, Joseph Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Quantum Physics; Quantum Information; Solid State Physics; Electronic Transport; Mesoscopic Physics; Nanoelectronicx; Micro Technologies; Nano Technologies; Quantum information science and technology; Quantum computers; Quantum Simulators; Machine Learning; Information security
Satterfield, Blair School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture use of second stream materials in construction, providing designers and the community with greater access to digital design and fabrication processes, and the design and application of energy and material efficient methods for construction
Sayed, Tarek Department of Civil Engineering transportation engineering, Transportation, Full Bayes safety models, Automated safety analysis using computer vision techniques, Safety evaluations, Traffic conflicts techniques, Pedestrian modeling, and ITS
Schajer, Gary Department of Mechanical Engineering Solid mechanics; optical metrology; residual stress measurement; ESPI; DIC; wood mechanics
Scholes, Rachel Department of Civil Engineering Environmental chemistry; Trace contaminants; Water reuse; Nature-based treatment systems; Stormwater treatment; Green Chemistry
Senbel, Maged School of Community and Regional Planning Urban design, environmental planning, climate change planning, public engagement, urban agriculture, multi-media, social media and youth engagement
Servati, Peyman Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems, Emerging Micro/Nano Technologies
Shahrad, Mohammad Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Computer engineering; Computing systems; cloud computing; serverless computing; Resource Management; Sustainable computing; data center efficiency
Shekhar, Sudip Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Chip design, radio communication, mobile communication, data links, integrated circuits, photonics, CMOS, wireless, electronics, Internet of Things.
Sinclair, Chadwick Department of Materials Engineering Materials engineering
Soules, Matthew School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture relationship between contemporary capitalism and the built environment; three interrelated topics that collectively constitute a significant constellation within capitalism
Srebnik, Simcha Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Chemical engineering; Bioinspired engineering and biomimetic design; Carbon nanotubes; Developing models for interfacial polymerization membraned; Diffusion in nanostructured materials; Functional materials; Hierarchical modeling; Mechanical properties of polymers melts and polymer networks; Molecular simulation of polymers and composite materials; Molecular simulations; Optimization of protein-imprinted polymers; Polymers and biopolymers; Protein folding and stability; Statistical thermodynamics of polymers and biopolymers; Understanding polymer-carbon nanotube interactions
Staub-French, Sheryl Department of Civil Engineering Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), Building Information Modeling (BIM), collaboration and integrated project delivery, design and construction coordination, 4D (3D + time) visualization, interactive workspaces
Steen, John Thomas Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Strategy; Innovation; Network analysis; Projects; Mining industry
Stevens, Sara School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture history and theory of architecture and urban design, urban history, economic theory, and the history of infrastructure
Stevens, Mark School of Community and Regional Planning evaluating the effectiveness of local and regional government land use planning efforts, with a goal of producing new knowledge that can help communities anticipate and adapt to changes according to the principles of sustainable development; plan-making and implementation, growth management, natural hazard mitigation, and legal issues in planning; (1) a study of municipal climate change planning in BC, (2) a meta-analysis of environmental policy adoption, (3) a plan evaluation study of award-winning plans, and (4) a study on the content and delivery of quantitative methods courses in urban planning programs
Stoeber, Boris Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Microelectromechanical Systems, MEMS, Microfluidics, Sensor Technology, Biomedical Microdevices, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Microflow Phenomena, Sensor technology, Integrated microsystems for biomedical applications and for environmental control
Swei, Omar Department of Civil Engineering Asset Management, Life Cycle Modeling, Optimization Methods, Real Options, Reinforcement Learning, Risk Analysis, Sequential Decision-Making, Stochastic Modeling, Sustainable Infrastructure Management, Time-Series Methods, Uncertainty Estimation and Propagation
Taghipour, Fariborz Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Artificial Photosynthetic Systems, UV Photoreactors, Modeling of Chemical and Biochemical Reactors, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Taiebat, Mahdi Department of Civil Engineering Geomechanics; Geotechnical engineering; theoretical and computational geomechanics; constitutive modeling of engineering materials; physics and mechanics of granular materials; geotechnical earthquake engineering; seismic soil-structure interaction
Tak, Thena School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Takahata, Kenichi Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Biomedical Technologies, Emerging Micro/Nano Technologies
Tang, Shuo Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Medical devices; Optical instrumentation (including sensing and metrology); biophotonics; Biomedical imaging
Tavasoli, Alex Department of Mechanical Engineering Chemical engineering; Materials engineering; Mechanical engineering; industrial decarbonization; community-based and/or distributed infrastructure; chemical and materials manufacturing processes; carbon dioxide capture and conversion; photocatalysis

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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.

 

Publication: Journal of Clinical Nursing
UBC Author(s): Farinaz Havaei (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 09621067
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
UBC Author(s): Alexander York Bigazzi (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 13619209
Volume: 138
Publication Date: January 2025

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Publication: IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
UBC Author(s): Juri Jatskevich (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 11
Page Range: 121-134
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: Advances in Neonatal Care
UBC Author(s): Manon Ranger (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 15360903
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: World Futures
UBC Author(s): Naoko Ellis (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 02604027
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
UBC Author(s): Xiaoxiao Li (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 21682194
Volume: 29
Page Range: 1189-1198
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
UBC Author(s): Cyril Leung (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 16617827
Volume: 22
Publication Date: January 2025

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Publication: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
UBC Author(s): Dominic Liao-McPherson (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00189286
Volume: 70
Page Range: 203-218
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: Disability and Health Journal
UBC Author(s): Jennifer Baumbusch (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 19366574
Volume: 18
Publication Date: January 2025

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Publication: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
UBC Author(s): Xiaoxiao Li (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 03029743
Volume: 15092 LNCS
Page Range: 38-56
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
UBC Author(s): Walter Merida-Donis (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 09521976
Volume: 139
Publication Date: January 2025

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Publication: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
UBC Author(s): Annette Browne (School of Nursing / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 10361073
Volume: 36
Publication Date: January 2025

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Publication: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
UBC Author(s): Yankai Cao (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 15455955
Volume: 22
Page Range: 2909-2922
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: Building and Environment
UBC Author(s): Adam Rysanek (School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 03601323
Volume: 267
Publication Date: 1 January 2025

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Publication: Construction Management and Economics
UBC Author(s): Sheryl Staub-French (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 01446193
Volume: 43
Page Range: 85-112
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
UBC Author(s): Cyril Leung (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00189545
Volume: 74
Page Range: 2927-2940
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
UBC Author(s): Sergii Kravchenko (Materials Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 1359835X
Volume: 188
Publication Date: January 2025

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Publication: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
UBC Author(s): Septimiu Salcudean (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 03029743
Volume: 15186 LNCS
Page Range: 14-23
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
UBC Author(s): Tsung-Yuan Yang (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00988847
Volume: 54
Page Range: 346-362
Publication Date: January 2025

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Publication: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
UBC Author(s): Septimiu Salcudean (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 03029743
Volume: 15186 LNCS
Page Range: 47-57
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: Reliability Engineering and System Safety
UBC Author(s): Tsung-Yuan Yang (Civil Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 09518320
Volume: 253
Publication Date: January 2025

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Publication: Neurocomputing
UBC Author(s): Zhen Wang (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 09252312
Volume: 611
Publication Date: 1 January 2025

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Publication: Progress in Materials Science
UBC Author(s): Orlando Rojas Gaona (Chemical & Biological Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 00796425
Volume: 147
Publication Date: January 2025

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Publication: BioResources
UBC Author(s): James Olson (Mechanical Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
Volume: 20
Page Range: 1820-1837
Publication Date: 2025

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Publication: IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
UBC Author(s): Zhen Wang (Electrical & Computer Engineering / Faculty of Applied Science)
ISSN: 10577149
Volume: 34
Page Range: 441-454
Publication Date: 2025

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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
2023 Dr. Huo designed automated diagnostics schemes for electric cables. These studies enable preventative measures to be taken to avoid electricity grid service failure. This lowers the maintenance cost and ensures a smooth operation for the future smart grid. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Devane examined youth peer support services in a mental health service context. Using a research community partnership model, she identified key opportunities to strengthen and scale youth peer support services across the provincial organization, Foundry. Her research positions Foundry as a strong leader for further innovation in this field. Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)
2023 Dr. Degioanni explored AC-DC three-phase power converters used in grid-connected systems, developing innovative tools and solutions for their modelling and control. His work enables seamless integration of technologies like renewables, electric vehicles, and battery chargers, shaping the future of the electric grid. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Yu's work focuses on addressing challenges in training models with limited annotation, unveiling strategies to optimize weakly labeled data use. This work plays a crucial role in refining and developing more accurate and efficient multi-label image analysis models, marking a notable advancement in the domain. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Kalantari proposed a heat recovery system for mine intake air heating. Conducting experimental and numerical studies he has proven that implementation of the proposed heat recovery system results in significant carbon footprint reduction and energy cost savings. Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Akaabre studied traditional leasehold tenure in Ghana and found that the leasehold model is not equitable and secure, and in consequence, undermines investment in housing improvements and redevelopment. His study led to the development of a "famivest 80-20" model, aimed at securing improved tenure and financing housing redevelopment in cities. Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)
2023 Dr. Min has played a pivotal role in advancing the e-mobility sector through his innovative work for bidirectional battery chargers, an essential link between renewable energy networks and electric vehicles. His pioneering enhancements have opened up new possibilities for a seamless energy exchange between electric vehicles and the power grid. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Cheng developed a highly accurate and efficient computational method to simulate the multiphase flows. He conducted a series of direct numerical simulations of particle-laden flows, and employed two data-driven methods to predict the corresponding hydrodynamics. His research will improve the accuracy of the unresolved large-scale models. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Huang pioneered a novel instrument for measuring interfacial dilational rheology. Designed, fabricated, and patented, this innovation promises to impact industries by offering unique insights into interfacial properties, with the potential to be the main instrument for future fluid and interface research in dilational rheology. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
2023 Dr. Wafa advanced light field technology by improving spatial resolution in plenoptic cameras. Using epipolar image insights and deep-learning, she optimized image quality. She also developed methods to reduce light field data by creating virtual views. This work can revolutionize entertainment, VR/AR, and digital health sectors. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

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