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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dr. Chan examined the enabling mechanisms for optimizing lean, spark-ignition for natural gas engines. His research demonstrated stable ultra-lean combustion using a novel spark-ignition strategy. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Shoa investigated an artificial muscle actuator device and characterized and modeled its physical properties. She studied the feasibility of using this device for guiding a catheter through arteries. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Fattah developed control strategies for operating a reactor that can be used to recover phosphorus from wastewater, in the form of struvite, that provides a sustainable source of slow-release fertilizer. The chemical and process control models developed will enable easier, increased yield and higher operational efficiency of the process. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Srikongsri developed a hydromechanical framework to explain the onset of retention incompatibility between soil and a geotextile filter in cyclic flow conditions. The framework is used to examine the inherent margin of safety in recommended design criteria, and thereby enhance confidence in the use of geotextile filters in engineering practice. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Bahadoorsingh compared the nitrification rates in different wastewater treatment processes. Her research related specific nitrification rates of membrane and conventional treatment processes to various parameters and the bacteria community structure and abundance. The research is significant as it clarifies that the nitrification performance between the two wastewater treatment processes is similar. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Tran defined a protocol for performing ultrasound-guided epidural needle insertion and developed methods to improve the image quality of lumbar ultrasound images and automatic segmentation of features in the ultrasound images. These techniques have been successfully tested in two clinical trials at BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Chen investigated signal design for wireless communication systems with multiple transmit and multiple receive antennas. He developed several novel low-complexity methods for enhancing the data rate and reliability of these systems by exploiting different forms of channel state information at the transmitter. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Ali designed novel authentication protocols that perform remarkably well compared to existing protocols while preserving high-security qualities. His work solves the problem of achieving fast and secure Internet connections for mobile users. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Albert examined the roles of surgical and morphological parameters on problematic implant migration after hip replacement. She showed that the extent of bone cement penetration into the graft has a larger effect on displacement than does the degree of graft compaction, and that excessive migration is attributed primarily to slippage between the graft and the host bone. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Mahdi Eynian developed an experimental identification of models that predict forces that arise due to the tool's vibration during machining. Based on these models, he developed analytical vibration stability prediction methods for turning and milling operations. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |