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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.
| Name | Academic Unit(s) | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Thrampoulidis, Christos | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | |
| Torres Cruz, Luis Alberto | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering | Geotechnical engineering; Mining engineering; Geotechnical stability of Tailings Storage Facilities; Tailings management; Remote sensing of tailings facilities; In situ and laboratory geotechnical testing |
| Trajano, Heather | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemical engineering; Biomass (Energy); Wood; Pulp and paper; Biochemicals; Biomass extractives recovery and utilization; Biorefining; catalysis; Hemicellulose; Kinetics; Pretreatment |
| Tran, Martino | School of Community and Regional Planning | systems science, predictive modelling and simulation for understanding and tackling societal challenges in energy and sustainability |
| Upham, David Chester | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemical engineering; Energy Transformation and Energy Using; catalysis; Energy; Greenhouse gas mitigation |
| Van Duzer, Leslie | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture | Body and Space, Contemporary Theory, Design Thinking |
| Vaziri, Reza | Department of Civil Engineering | Finite element analysis, Mechanics of composite materials, Constitutive modeling of engineering materials, Plasticity, Damage mechanics, Process modeling of composite structures, Analysis of impact and blast loading of metallic and composite structures |
| Ventura, Carlos Estuardo | Department of Civil Engineering | Earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, full scale vibration testing, shake table testing Seismic risk evaluation and hazard management studies Investigation of earthquake effects on man-made structures |
| Vujosevic, Tijana | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture | Architecture; History and theory of architecture; Modern period, with special expertise in art and architecture of socialism |
| Walus, Konrad | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Nanoelectronic devices and circuits, quantum-dot cellular automata, single-electron transistors, quantum mechanical simulations |
| Wang, Zhen | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Signal processing theory and applications, bioinformatics |
| Wang, Lele | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Mathematics of data science; Machine Learning; information theory; Coding theory; Combinatorics; Communication theory; Random graphs |
| Wang, Rizhi | Department of Materials Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering | Functional materials in materials engineering sciences; Regenerative medicine (including stem cells and tissue engineering); Orthopaedic implants, drug delivery biomaterials, anti-infection solutions.; Additive manufacturing, 3D structural designing.; Bone structure, mineralization and mechanics, bone metastasis, hip fracture and prevention. |
| Weijs, Steven | Department of Civil Engineering | Civil engineering; Water; Hydrological Cycle and Reservoirs; Drinking Water; Fresh Water; Information; Hydroelectricity; Ice and Snow; control of water systems; droughts; experimental hydrology; floods; Hydrological Prediction; Hydrology; information theory; mountain hydrology; sensors; uncertainty; water resources management |
| Wen, Kefei | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Kinematics, dynamics, and control of parallel mechanisms; Parallel continuum robots; Physical Human-robot cooperation |
| Wijewickreme, Dharmapriya | Department of Civil Engineering | Geotechnical, pipeline geotechnical engineering |
| Wilkinson, David | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemical engineering; Electrochemistry; carbon dioxide conversion; clean and sustainable energy and water; Electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, electrochemical power sources, advanced electrolysis,; hydrogen production and storage; solar fuels; waste water and drinking water treatment |
| Wilton, Steven | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Integrated Circuits; Computer Architecture; Computer Hardware; Computer-Aided Design Algorithms; Field-Programmable Gate Arrays; High-Level Synthesis |
| Wong, Vincent | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Telecommunication networks; Computer Systems; Network Analysis (Information); communication systems; energy systems; Internet; Internet of Things (IoT); Machine Learning; mobile computing; protocol design; smart grid; wireless networks |
| Wong, Sabrina | School of Nursing | Primary Health Care, Primary Care, vulnerable populations, marginalized groups, ethno-cultural, patient experiences, quality of care, Organization and delivery of health care, informing practice and system level interventions that seek to decrease health inequalities among Canadian residents, including people who face multiple disadvantages in accessing and using the health care system such as those who have language barriers and live in poverty |
| Wu, Lyndia | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Biomechanical engineering; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Biomedical signal processing; Mechanical characterization (including modeling, testing, and monitoring); Injury biomechanics; Soft Tissue Biomechanics; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sleep Biomechanics; Sensors and Instrumentation; Data Mining and Machine Learning; Wearable Sensing |
| Wytenbroek, Lydia | School of Nursing | History of medicine and health care; Nursing; Nursing/Health History; Gender/Women's History; Social justice; Science and Technology |
| Xia, Guangrui | Department of Materials Engineering | Elemental semiconductors; Semiconductor devices; SiGe materials, processing, modeling, and devices, Si photonics, Ge-based lasers, and Ge lasers |
| Yadav, Vikramaditya | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering | Chemical engineering; Genomics; Medical and biomedical engineering; Bioactive Molecules; Biocatalysis; Bioinformatics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biomass (Energy); Biomaterials; Bioprocess engineering; Bioremediation; Biotechnology; drug delivery; Drug discovery & development; Medical biotechnology; Metabolic engineering; Structural Tissue Engineering / Biomaterials; Synthetic biology; Technoeconomics; Tissue Engineering; Vaccines |
| Yang, Tsung-Yuan | Department of Civil Engineering | Seismic behavior and design of steel, concrete and composite structures, seismic behavior and design of tall buildings, develop performance-based evaluation methodology and code design procedures for new and existing structures, using innovative structural component and systems to improve structural performance, including the use of innovative active, semi-active and passive energy dissipation systems, develop accurate and cost effective experimental methods to analyze structural response under extreme loading conditions. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Motivated by ship-ice interactions in the Arctic environment, Dr. Mao has developed novel methods and a unified mechanics framework to simulate the coupled dynamics between floating ice and moving ships. His research paves the way for accurate resistance and extreme loads analysis, which is crucial to the efficiency and safety of ice-going ships. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Dsouza's doctoral studies focused on designing representation learning methods for genomic datasets. The genomic representations he designed shed light on the structural and functional activities of the genome and are useful for studying the effect of genetic variants causing disease. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Romualdi investigated the effect of chemical composition and thermal cycles on the weld heat affected zone of line pipe steels as a critical aspect of pipeline integrity that will remain significant for future applications including carbon capture and a hydrogen fuel energy matrix. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Fahimi developed a numerical model for process simulation of polymeric composite materials with innovative techniques for material characterization and modelling gas transport.His research empowers the design of optimized and cost-effective manufacturing processes leading to enhanced quality and better dimensional stability of the final product. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Ramsay explored concussions among children and youth in British Columbia. He found that most children and youth with a concussion do not receive follow-up and those with a delayed follow-up visit were more likely to experience poor health. This research provides new evidence to support the importance of timely follow-up after a concussion. | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Heydari conducted research on how groups of stem cells behave together. He showed that we can use mathematics to understand and predict their behavior. This newfound knowledge can be used to develop better methods for creating tissues and organs in stem cell research. | Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Rippon studied operating data from pyrometallurgy and kraft pulping processes to address troublesome process faults. By combining process knowledge and historical data with novel applications of machine learning and data visualization, his research contributes to improving operating outcomes of industrial processes. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Torkaman studied eco-conscious gold extraction for artisanal mining, aiming for cleaner, more efficient methods and a mercury-free future. Her work offers site-specific, cost-effective alternatives that can reshape the industry, benefit miners, and safeguard the environment. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Chegounian studied the biological treatment of oil sands process-affected water from Alberta, Canada. She developed an innovative biological treatment technology that can help oil industries and regulators develop and evaluate a more sustainable approach to treating tailings ponds and safely releasing the water back to the environment. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Zhou examined the lithium deposition behavior and lithium corrosion behavior in lithium metal battery. She also applied her conclusion to the modification of liquid electrolytes. Her research promotes the development of lithium metal batteries and energy storage systems. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |