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Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)
Towards equitable stroke care: learning from young women's experiences
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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.
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| Name | Academic Unit(s) | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Jenkins, Emily | School of Nursing | optimizing mental health and substance use outcomes; collaborative mental health promotion strategies; health services and policy development and redesign; knowledge translation approaches; healthy public policy development |
| Jin, Xiaoliang | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical engineering; Manufacturing Processes; Solid Mechanics; Machining Mechanics and Dynamics; Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Materials; Material Characterization; Surface Integrity; Vibration Assisted Machining |
| Kamizaki, Kuni | School of Community and Regional Planning | Architecture; Community development / social planning; Displacement; EDI perspectives and practice; housing; Planning theory |
| Kellett, Ronald | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture | Environmental quality, urban form, development of tools for urban design, green neighbourhoods |
| Kim, Amy | Department of Civil Engineering | Land transportation systems engineering, n.e.c.; Traffic and highway engineering |
| Kirchen, Patrick | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Thermochemical Energy Conversion, Combustion, Internal Combustion Engines, Ion Transport Membranes, Emissions, Fuel Injection |
| Klein, Bern | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering | processing of precious minerals; processing of industrial metals, Ultrafine grinding, high pressure grinding rolls, hydraulic transport of non-Newtonion mineral slurries, industrial minerlas, mine-mill integration, continuous centrifugal gravity concentration, improved technologies for artisinal andsmall scale gold miners, metal leaching from waste rock, rheology of mineral suspensions |
| Kravchenko, Sergii | Department of Materials Engineering | Polymers and polymer composites; Multi-functional composites; High-throughput manufacturing process modelling of composites; Multi-scale, multi-physics, probabilistic computational modelling of composites; Manufacturing-informed performance simulation of composites; Machine learning methods in composites manufacturing and performance analysis; Composite structures for renewable energy & unmanned vehicles; additive manufacturing |
| Lampe, Lutz | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Communication Systems, Wireless Communications, Mobile Communications, , Communication and information theory, Smart Grid, Grid diagnostics, Ultra-wideband (UWB), Wireless sensor networks, Localization and tracking, RFID, Cognitive radio, Power line communications, Compressed sensing, Machine Learning |
| Lau, Anthony K | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Environmental engineering, waste-to-resource recycling, composting, odor control, biohydrogen energy |
| Lauck, Sandra | School of Nursing | health service delivery to support the implementation of innovative approaches to cardiac disease, minimally invasive treatment of valvular heart disease |
| Laval, Bernard | Department of Civil Engineering | Civil engineering; Oceanography |
| Lawrence, Gregory | Department of Civil Engineering | Environmental fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrodynamic stability and mixing, physical limnology, water quality management |
| Lee, Jongho | Department of Civil Engineering | Membranes, Water/Wastewater Treatment, Desalination, Resource Harvesting, Nanoporous Media, Electrokinetics |
| Lemieux, Guy | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | vector processors, parallel programming, programmable logic devices (PLDs, FPGAs), computer architecture, computer arithmetic, custom computing hardware, computer engineering, Programmable logic and computing systems, multiprocessor and computer architecture |
| Lence, Barbara Jean | Department of Civil Engineering | Hydrotechnical, Optimizing design and operational strategies of water resources projects, reliable withdrawal-treatment strategies for contaminated groundwater supply systems, asset management strategies for mid-sized water utilities with limited break data, water distribution system operational procedures to meet hydraulic and water quality objectives |
| Leung, Cyril | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Wireless communication systems; digital communication networks; Wireless communications; network security; ageless aging technologies |
| Li, Loretta | Department of Civil Engineering | Contaminated site investigation and management, environmental monitoring, risk and impact assessment, soil-contaminant interactions, mobility and migration of contaminants, remediation technology, mine tailings waste disposal and treatment processes |
| Li, Xiaoxiao | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Explainable AI; Trustworthy AI; Privacy and Security; Medical image analysis; Bioinformatics |
| Liao, Renjie | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Statistical Learning Theory, Computer Vision, Machine Learning for Programming Languages, Natural Language Processing, Self-Driving |
| Liao-McPherson, Dominic | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical engineering; Predictive and Constrained Control; Multi-agent Systems; algorithmic game theory; Real-time, Embedded, and Distributed Optimization; Energy Systems, Manufacturing, and Robotics |
| Lis, Mieszko | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Computer and Software Systems |
| Liu, Wenying | Department of Materials Engineering | Use of sea water in heap leaching; Release of selenium and associated toxic elements from mine waste materials; Heap leach modelling |
| Lokman, Kees | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture | design studios in the landscape architecture |
| Low, Margaret | School of Community and Regional Planning | Urban and regional planning; Indigenous community planning; Indigenous sovereignty; Reconciliation |
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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.
Recent Thesis Submissions
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Low-cost scanning electron microscope (EECE - MASC)
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. Crosby developed a novel methodology to improve the prediction accuracy of occupants thermal comfort. Dr. Crosby's work suggested that predictions of thermal comfort can be improved by adding measurements of CO2 levels. Ventilation rates can be increased with minimal building energy demand increase while keeping thermal comfort maintained. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Le examined the structural hierarchical effects in electronic textiles, and their influence on performance of wearable sensors used for health monitoring. Contributions include functional materials development to address long-term performance and durability. Her findings will inform future e-textile materials evaluation, selection, and design. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Huang revealed how the next-generation wireless networks can benefit from machine learning and artificial intelligence. He developed machine learning-based algorithms to push the limits of wireless networks, making it more intelligent, reliable, and efficient. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Nikzad has developed a model to simulate the performance of Liquid Crystals (LCs) in the devices with rubbing surfaces, such as journal bearing, to improve the energy efficiency. The results of his research provided us with a deeper understanding on how chiral and non-chiral LCs behave under complex flows. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Chen developed a novel method to mimic bone mineral structure on a polymer membrane as a coating. She applied this coating for bone health, osteoporosis treatment, and cancer-induced bone metastases studies. Her research provided a new platform for bone-related investigation and improved the understanding of the bone resorption process. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Song develops a mechanics model to investigate the chip formation mechanism in machining of CFRP with different fiber alignment configurations. The models developed can be used to instruct and optimize the practical machining process planning, by selecting proper fiber orientation, cutting tool geometry, and process parameters. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Zakani developed a new class of water-based lubricants. These lubricants are environmenta-friendly and possess improved lubricity compared to other industrially available, water-based lubricants. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Tarazona developed a method for interfacing two different types of simulators for large electric networks. A hybrid simulator operating with such a method offers an accurate and efficient alternative for modeling the future electric networks which will have a high percentage of renewable energy sources. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Kuppusamy developed a process of extracting rare earth elements from waste material. These elements are essential for the manufacturing of EV motors & wind turbines and are critical for the transition to green energy-economy. Because of Dr. Kuppusamy's work, these elements can be co-produced from BC coal deposits in a sustainable manner. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
| 2023 | Dr. Ojerinde investigated the cervical screening experiences of Black African immigrant women in BC. She found that the participants' social identities interact with different contexts of Canadian society and the healthcare system to create barriers to cervical screening uptake. Her findings may have implications for practice. | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) |