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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Dr. Brosch developed artificial intelligence models to automatically analyze medical images. His methods found patterns in the brain images of multiple sclerosis patients that can help monitor their disease. His work will help researchers understand multiple sclerosis imaging features and evaluate new treatments more efficiently and accurately. | Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2016 | Dr. Nikbakht studied fibre suspension dynamics. He found that the addition of fibres reduces the drag of turbulent flow. This increases our understanding of fluid drag and turbulent flow and can be applied to the pulp and paper industry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2016 | Dr. Miao developed an effective imaging registration method to reveal motions of the patient and medical devices during medical imaging and treatment. His research enables motion corrected medical imaging, as well as advanced image guidance for life-saving minimally invasive procedures for treating cardiovascular diseases. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2016 | Dr. Sun demonstrated the novel concept of storing CO2 at shallow depths in depleted natural gas reservoirs in Alberta. His work showed that at these conditions, solid gas hydrate crystals form and lock the CO2 in place. His research could help mitigate the CO2 emitted from Alberta fossil fuel conbustion sources for more than 250 years. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2016 | Memories are basic components of computing systems and the bottleneck of computation performance. Dr. Abdelhadi developed parallel memory architectures to increase the performance and reduce the cost of compute-intensive systems. A variety of hardware accelerators can apply his techniques to solve some of the most important computational problems. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2016 | Dr. Ge investigated opportunistic scheduling to meet the growing demand of mobile data service with limited radio resources in wireless networks. Her work will benefit the appealing feature of "anywhere, anytime" wireless communication access, while making the most of the distributed architectures to maximize spectral efficiency. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2016 | Dr. Zhu is recognized internationally as an outstanding researcher in next-generation wireless communications. He proposed a ground-breaking secure massive MIMO architecture, which substantially improves throughput/energy-efficiency/security of wireless systems. His revolutionary research will find vast applications in the 5G wireless industry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2016 | Dr. Alsubaie studied electrical and computer engineering. He developed a resilience assessment framework for interdependent infrastructure systems, such as power and water networks. He used this framework to optimize the operations of critical infrastructure systems aimed at helping emergency responders during disasters. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2016 | With the rise in the number of people charging their electronics without cables, Dr. Cove characterized a highly effective technique for improving the quality of transmitters for wireless power transfer systems. His technique has improved transfer efficiency from 70% to 90% in low power applications, thereby decreasing charging times costs. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2016 | X-ray computed tomography is a central tool in medicine. A continuing concern is that the radiation can be harmful to the patient. Dr. Karimi showed that new mathematical techniques can be used to produce high-quality computed tomography images while reducing the radiation. His findings can benefit the health of the general public. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |