Faculty of Applied Science

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.

A community of diverse disciplines on campuses in two cities, we recognize the promise inherent in our differences. We are at our best when faced with problems considered by most to be impossible to solve, for it is there that our varied approaches, practice cultures, and discipline-specific languages, combined, become our greatest strength.

We are a Faculty of leaders. We take the initiative. We are defined by our integrity, excellence, innovative mindset, and passionate spirit of engagement. We are ideally positioned to address some of the greatest challenges of our time. From nurses and engineers working in First Nations communities and in Africa improving healthcare, to architects, landscape architects and community planners improving the built environment, our graduate students enlist their skills and networks to truly make a difference. As part of one of the world’s premier universities, it is not just our vision to educate the next generation of leaders, it is our responsibility.

Innovation and its application is our passion in the Faculty of Applied Science. We take pride in our ability to transfer knowledge and contribute to economic growth through research and entrepreneurship.

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Mission

To create positive change in the world through the generation, professional embodiment, and innovative application of new knowledge.

1317

Master's Students

(2018)
577

Doctoral Students

(2018)
647

Graduate Degrees Awarded

(2018)
251

Full-Time Faculty

(2018)
73.8

million in Research Awards

(2017/2018)

Research Centres

Applied Science participates in a number of research centres and laboratories at UBC, some of which are inter-faculty collaborations and others of which are within Applied Science and involve inter-departmental collaborations.

Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Community & Regional Planning

Centre for Human Settlements

Engineering

Nursing

Research Highlights

Through leadership and the relentless charge to improve professional practice, Applied Science researchers – often in interdisciplinary and pan-professional collaborations – advance knowledge, policies and technologies, and solve the global challenges facing society. In any specific year, over 100 leading companies partner with UBC APSC to advance their research agendas.

The UBC Applied Science research enterprise helps drive the reputation of one of the top research-intensive universities in the world. Our researchers claim the spotlight in the global arena in the following research themes:

Graduate Degree Programs

Research Supervisors in Faculty

Name	Academic Unit(s)	Research Interests
Hutton, Thomas	School of Community and Regional Planning	theoretical and normative issues of urban and regional change among advanced and transitional societies
Isaacson, Michael D	Department of Civil Engineering	Coastal and offshore hydrodynamics, with a particular emphasis on ocean waves and their effects on structures.
Ivanov, Andre	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering	microelectronics; integrated circuits, computer chip design, smart grid, engineering curriculum, Computer and Software Systems, Emerging Micro/Nano Technologies
Jaeger, Nicolas A	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering	Integrated-optics, fiber-optics, optical sensors, optical measurement of voltage and current in power substations, ultrahigh-speed electro-optic modulators, ultrahigh-speed measurement techniques
Jaiman, Rajeev	Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jatskevich, Juri	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering	Power and energy systems, smart energy grids, power electronic systems and converter circuits, electrical machines and drives, controls, electromagnetic transients, computer modeling and simulation, distributed and parallel simulation
Jelovica, Jasmin	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering	Stress Analysis, Production and Process Optimization, Metals and Alloys, Solid Mechanics, Finite element analysis, Structural optimization, Welding and joining of metals, Sandwich structures, Ultimate, fatigue and impact strength
Jenkins, Emily	School of Nursing
Jin, Xiao Liang	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Manufacturing Processes, Solid Mechanics, Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Materials, Vibration Assisted Machining, Machining Mechanics and Dynamics, Surface Integrity, Material Characterization
Kellett, Ronald	School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture	Environmental quality, urban form, development of tools for urban design, green neighbourhoods
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
Ko, Frank	Department of Materials Engineering	Textile Structural Composites
Kruchten, Philippe	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering	software, software design, software development, engineering design, entrepreneurship, project management, profession, licensing, Architecture of large-scale, software-intensive systems Software development processes Software project management
Kryworuchko, Jennifer	School of Nursing	Nursing, Interpersonal Communication, Family and Care Givers, Decision-making, Health Communication, Palliative and End-of-life Care
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
Laval, Bernard	Department of Civil Engineering	physical limnology fluid mechanics environmental fluid mechanics underwater robotics, Field and 3D numerical modeling techniques to describe the spatial and temporal variations of physical processes and their impacts on transport in lakes and coastal waters
Lawrence, Gregory	Department of Civil Engineering	Environmental fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrodynamic stability and mixing, physical limnology, water quality management
Leaf, Michael	School of Community and Regional Planning	urbanization and social change in Third World countries, particularly southeast Asia and China, Analysis and planning for societies in the midsts of their urban transitions, with particular attention to cases in Asia, Infrastructure and urban environments in developing countries
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 communications, cellular systems, multihop mobile networks
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