Erin Anker
Master of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner (MN)
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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 |
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Britton, Ben | Department of Materials Engineering | Metals and alloy materials engineering; Manufacturing engineering; Materials characterisation & microstructure; Metallurgy; Electron diffraction & microscopy; Deformation; Microstructure/property models; Manufacturing |
Brown, Helen Jean | School of Nursing | Maternal-infant and women |
Browne, Annette | School of Nursing | Health inequalities, indigenous peoples, women's health, cultural safety, primary health care interventions to improve health outcomes, marginalized populations, health policy |
Bungay, Vicky | School of Nursing | sexuality, sex work, harm reduction, drug use, intersectionality, ethnography, communication technologies, community based research, Health inequities affecting men and women working in the commercial sex industry and people who are street-involved, leadership, public health nursing, mental health, sexual health, HIV, and harm reduction programming |
Bushe, William Kendal | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation; Automotive combustion and fuel engineering (including alternative and renewable fuels); Hypersonic propulsion and hypersonic aerodynamics; Aerospace engineering, n.e.c.; Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion; Reacting Flows; Energy Conversion Systems; clean energy |
Byrne, Fionn | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture | Landscape architecture; Design innovation; Landscape studies (except architecture); Landscape design; Landscape ethics |
Caggiano, Holly | School of Community and Regional Planning | |
Campbell, Suzanne | School of Nursing | Clinical nursing, primary (preventive care); lactation support; interprofessional health professional education; health communication; Interpersonal Communication; leadership in nursing; Community Health / Public Health; Health Promotion; Educational Technologies; Health Care Technologies; simulation nursing education; social determinants of health; Adult Education and Continuing Education; global maternal-infant-child health |
Campbell, Heather | School of Community and Regional Planning | Urban and regional planning; how academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance impact of research; how academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance the relevance of research; how ethical values can be incorporated into public policy relating to city and regional planning |
Cao, Yankai | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemical engineering; optimization; Artificial Intelligence; Renewable energy systems; Process Control |
Carey, Trevor | Department of Civil Engineering | Geotechnical earthquake engineering, Static and dynamic liquefaction and its effects on geosystems, Laboratory testing of soils, Development of numerical tools |
Carmichael, Jeffrey | Engineering and technology; environmental economics; wastewater treatment and energy recovery; engineering economics; greenhouse gas emission management and reduction | |
Chang, Stephanie | School of Community and Regional Planning, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability | All other social sciences, n.e.c. |
Chen, Yu Christine | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Engineering and technology; energy systems; Electric power system modelling, control, and operation; Renewable energy sources; electricity markets |
Chiao, Mu | Department of Mechanical Engineering | MEMS, Micro Sensors, Micro Actuators, BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering, Electronic Packaging, Nanoscience, Energy sources for micro-electro-mechanical systems |
Chrostowski, Lukas | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Optics and Photonics; Micro and Nanoelectronics; Nanotechnologies; Manufacturing Processes; biophotonics; biosensors; optics; optoelectronics; photonics; quantum computing; semiconductor lasers; silicon photonics |
Clare, Adam | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Manufacturing technologies and approaches for a sustainable future; Additive manufacturing (materials, processes, design and application); Electrical discharge machining, electrolyte jet machining, electron beam and laser processes; Stochastics in engineering design and manufacture; Machine design and build; Manufacturing for high value and high integrity applications (aerospace, biomedical, tool & nuclear) |
Clark, Drew | School of Nursing | Health sciences; healthcare ethics; Health Equity; healthcare decision making; transgender health |
Clifford, Amanda | Department of Materials Engineering | |
Clifton, Kelly | School of Community and Regional Planning | transport and land use interactions, travel behaviour, pedestrian modeling, equity in transportation policy |
Cockcroft, Steven | Department of Materials Engineering | Clean Energy Research, Physical phenomena in non-ferrous casting, hot tearing, Optimization of industrial casting processes, Mathematical modeling |
Condon, Patrick Michael | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture | Sustainable urban design, landscape architecture, sustainable communities |
Connolly, James John Timothy | School of Community and Regional Planning | |
Cretu, Edmond | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Nano-technology; Electronics; Medical and biomedical engineering; microsystems and nanotechnology; sensor clusters and networks; Signal processing and control; Ultrasound Imaging; Microinstrumentation; Inertial measurement units; wearable systems |
Currie, Leanne | School of Nursing | Nursing; Health Care Technologies; Health information systems; Artificial Intelligence; Biomedical Technologies; decision making; Computer Architecture; Software Development; Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare; Biomedical and Health Informatics; data science; Human Computer Interaction and Design |
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 |
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2023 | Dr. Courteau-Godmaire advanced simulations used in composites manufacturing. These structures begin as soft stacks of carbon fibre sheets. When heat and pressure are applied, they solidify, but can also wrinkle. His mechanistic model captures the slippery behavior of these layers, streamlining simulations for better design. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
2023 | Dr. Soltani examined the behavior of materials at the atomistic scale. He used computer simulation of atoms and machine learning algorithms to understand how the dynamic processes derive the evolution of micro-structure of materials and how these processes determine the properties of materials like glasses and metals. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
2023 | Dr. English developed new electrodes for use in the demanding conditions required for the electrochemical treatment of industrial wastewater. This contribution enriches our understanding of how such materials behave, providing insights into how to design more resilient technologies. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
2023 | Dr. Moynihan tested the theoretical framework of a nursing intervention designed to reconnect sexually exploited runaway adolescents to supportive family and school relationships. Findings suggest the intervention works as theorized. Promoting supportive relationships may improve health problems, such as emotional distress and substance misuse. | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) |
2023 | Dr. Yiting Tsai developed a Deep Learning model to extract latent features for clinical and bio-engineering problems. He applied the method to two cases involving COVID-19 and Scleroderma patients, which resulted in significantly improved diagnosis accuracy, as well as discovering key biomarkers associated with main disease pathways. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
2023 | Dr. Jain studied the application of low-cost air quality sensors, using them as a tool to improve our understanding of how air pollution varies in space and time. Her research also included assessments of how these variations could impact exposure estimates for humans. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
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) |