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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dr. Guzel's research characterised the mechanisms governing the flow of industrial fluids, such as hair gel or drilling mud, and the factors determining whether they flow in a smooth laminar way or as a turbulent mixture. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Wrinch developed an inexpensive protective sensor for alternative energy power sources to prevent electrical shock and fire. This sensor works with installations of small to medium sized three phase electricity generators. The sensor is called an anti-islanding detector. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr Elyasi developed a comprehensive method for the simulation and performance evaluation of UV photoreactors used in water treatment. His work can directly be applied to enhance the performance of industrial UV reactors and reduce the production cost, making this technology more affordable around the world. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr Sheikhaei studied the circuit techniques for speed and power improvement of analog-to-digital converters, a ubiquitous block in communication systems. Using current mode logic and pipelining as well as reformulating the conventional encoding function, he achieved more than 2 times improvement in power as compared to the state-of-the-art designs. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Pillutla looked at ways to improve the performance of wireless networks. He used novel techniques to improve energy efficiency and channel usage of general wireless networks. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Stefanova designed a novel transparent probe to study heat transfer in a gas-solid particle system. She showed the effect of a key change in flow structure on heat transfer in laboratory and industrial scale units and developed a probabilistic heat transfer model. Her findings are important for the design of gas-solid reactors. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr Linga used a new approach to capture CO2 from a flue gas mixture emitted from conventional power plants. This process, using gas hydrate crystallization, was successfully demonstrated in a newly built state of the art large scale apparatus. His work is relevant to CO2 capture and storage, a promising approach for mitigating global warming. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Islam investigated the practical application of a two-dimensional mathematical model for gravel budget preparation for the Lower Fraser River, B.C. His work demonstrates how a model can be applied as a useful tool for future morphological change detection after gravel removal from the river as a flood control measure. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr. Lo explored the mechanism of emission of nitrous oxide from wastewater biological nutrient removal processes. He proposed strategies for reducing the emission of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas contributing significantly to global warming, by controlling aeration rate, feeding pattern and pH and by using hybrid systems in wastewater plants. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2008 | Dr. Mohsenian presented several simple, robust, and optimal resource management schemes for wireless access networks. Different from most of the previous heuristic design schemes in the literature, the algorithms in this thesis are designed within the unified analytical framework of network utility maximization, a concept borrowed from microeconomics. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |