
Pranav Shrestha
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
Developing a point-of-care diagnostics platform
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Name | Academic Unit(s) | Research Interests |
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Militzer, Matthias | Department of Materials Engineering | Multi-scale modelling of microstructure evolution, Physical metallurgy of advanced high strength steels |
Mirabbasi, Shahriar | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Analog and mixed-signal intergrated circuits and systems design, intergrated circuit design with an emphasis on high-speed data communication and signal processing applications |
Miskovic, Ilija | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering | Multi-physics of Geo-materials, Big Data |
Miskovic, Sanja | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering | Mining engineering; Mineral Processing; multiphase systems; Production and Process Optimization; Optimization, Control and Operations Research; Prefeasibility and Pilot Scale; R&D and Innovation; Technological Innovations; Sensors and Devices; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Critical Elements Extraction; Embedded Sensors; Experimental Fluid Dynamics; High performance computing; IIoT; Industrial Big Data; Minerals Processing; Multiphase Flows |
Mohseni, Madjid | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemical engineering; Water quality engineering; Drinking Water; Chemical Pollutants; Used Water; Clean Technologies; Advanced oxidation; Drinking water quality and treatment; Electrochemical water treatment processes; UV based water purification and treatment; Water re-use |
Molina Hutt, Carlos | Department of Civil Engineering | Earthquake engineering, performance-based seismic design, seismic resilience, risk analysis, high-rise buildings, innovative structural systems |
Moss, Margaret | School of Nursing | American Indian health; Aging; Health Policy; health disparities with a focus on social and structural determinants of health |
Nagamune, Ryozo | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Systems control and automation; Manufacturing engineering; control engineering; data-driven modeling and control; robust and linear parameter-varying control; modeling and control of floating offshore wind turbines and wind farms; modeling and control of COVID-19 outbreak; modeling and control of solar themal systems; control of automotive engines; optimization |
Nair, Prashant | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Reliability, security, and performance-power efficient memory systems; System-level and architecture-level optimization to enable efficient and practical quantum computers |
Nasiopoulos, Panos | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Interactive multimedia (eg, iDTV, DVD), video broadcasting and streaming, multimedia middleware, video indexing and retrieval, digital video watermarking, next generation video and audio processing and compression |
Neumann, Oliver | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture | Digital Fabrication, Concepts of Context, Wood Construction, Contemporary Architecture Discourse, Digital technology in the building process, contemporary fabrication technologies |
Noh, Minkyun | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical engineering; Mechatronics; Control System; Electric and Electronic Systems; Servo-Control; robotics and automation; Instruments; Machinery; Sensors and Devices; Actuators; Bearingless motors; Control; Electric machines and drives; Instrumentation; Magnetic bearings; Magnetic levitation; Mechatronic system design; Precision engineering; Robotics; sensors |
Nojeh, Alireza | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Nanostructures (esp based on carbon nanotubes), controlled nanofabrication, electron emission phenomena, electron microscopy, modeling and simulation of nanoscale systems |
Ojukwu, Emmanuela | School of Nursing | Health sciences; Social sciences; Humanities and the arts; Racial and gender health disparities and inequities; African, Carribbean and Black Immigrant Health; Women, Maternal-Infant, Youth Health; Psycho-social and Socio-ecologic determinants of health; Mental health, HIV/AIDS and other STIs; intersectionality |
Oliffe, John | School of Nursing | Care; Sociology and related studies; Men's Health Promotion; Male Depression and Suicide; Psychosocial Prostate Cancer Care; Smoking Cessation |
Ollivier-Gooch, Carl | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Aerodynamics (except hypersonic aerodynamics); Computational fluid mechanics; Algorithm Development for Computational Fluid Dynamics; Applied Aerodynamics; Numerical analysis; Unstructured Mesh Generation; Error and Stability Analysis for Unstructured Mesh Methods; Computer Sciences and Mathematical Tools; Fluid mechanics |
Olson, James | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Application of Physics and Fluid Mechanics to Problems Associated with the Pulp and Paper Industry, Mechanical Energy Reduction in Mechanical Pulping |
Ordonez, Martin | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Energy systems, renewable energy, wind power, solar power, battery systems, fuel cells, electric vehicles, smart grid. |
Pattabiraman, Karthik | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Software Reliability, Computer Security, Fault-tolerant computing, Software Security, Computer System Reliability, Computer Failures, Safety-critical computer systems, software failures, software faults, hardware faults, hardware failures |
Pawlik, Marek | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering | Surface chemistry, Adsorption of polymers and surfactants, Process water and reagent chemistry, rheology of mineral suspensions, interparticle and interfacial phenomena |
Phani, Srikantha | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Dynamics of multiscale materials, structures and devices, Applied Mechanics, Micromechanics |
Phinney, Alison | School of Nursing | Capacities of older people for successfully coping with the functional consequences of aging and disease |
Ponga de la Torre, Mauricio | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Spallation in Metals; Sub-linear scaling methods for calculating crystal defects using DFT; |
Poole, Warren | Department of Materials Engineering | Advanced aluminum alloys, High strengths, high formable steels, Metal matrix composites, Microstructure/property models |
Poursartip, Anoush | Department of Materials Engineering | Polymer matrix composite materials |
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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2021 | Dr. Wang studied the technology of high pressure grinding rolls for improved energy efficiency in the mining industry. He developed models for sizing, circuit design and process simulation of this technology. His findings promote this technology and enable its evaluation with greater confidence and significantly lower sample and testing requirements. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
2021 | Dr. Kumar analyzed the non-metal fraction from the waste of printed circuit boards and the electronic waste recycling industry and showed the economic and environmental benefits of reprocessing. He proposed potentially cost-effective physical processing solutions to recycle non-metal fractions that would otherwise be landfilled or incinerated. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
2021 | Dr. Taipale studied patient recovery from minimally-invasive thoracic aortic surgery. Her findings showed that patients had a high level of chronicity resulting in vulnerability, uncertainty and significant complications, and underscored the need to further develop supports that address physical and emotional aspects of patient-centered recovery. | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) |
2021 | Dr. Retallick developed methods for understanding the dynamics of charges in large arrangements of field-coupled quantum dots. These methods were used to assess the feasibility of a nanoscale computational architecture which uses silicon dangling bonds. His work will aid future development of nanostructures for compact, low-power computation. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
2021 | Dr. Lee studied the moisture-related physical qualities of BC softwood pellets. His work suggested best practices for handling wood pellets in wet conditions. Dr. Lee's research also explored ways to minimize moisture adsorption, thus minimizing the degradation of wood pellets during storage and transport. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
2021 | Dr. Mendler developed a novel reliability-based method to determine the minimum structural damages that can be detected and localized based on ambient structural vibrations. This framework allows engineers to evaluate the performance of existing instrumentation on bridges, and to optimize the sensor placement for earthquake-specific damages | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
2021 | Dr. Cherom Kheirabadi's research involved developing mathematical models and control algorithms that allow offshore wind turbines to influence aerodynamic patterns and extract more energy from the wind. These methods raise wind farm efficiencies by 20%, thus making clean energy technology more competitive against fossil fuel-based sources. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
2021 | Harmful soot emissions from combustion engines are sensitive to conditions inside the cylinder. Dr. Kheirkhah developed a fast-response method for characterizing the cycle-resolved variation of soot concentration and correlated this with combustion energy, demonstrating the possibility of mitigating emissions by controlling combustion variability. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
2021 | Dr. Ou examined the associations between maternal-infant sleep quality and maternal anger and depression. She also advanced a grounded theory about how mothers develop and manage anger in the first two years after childbirth. | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) |
2021 | Dr. Arefi studied the transport of particles and cells within microfluidic devices that mimic biological systems. This research used computer simulations to help reveal the underlying physics of the phenomena, and its findings may contribute to the design of microfluidic devices that analyze particulate and cell transport through the endothelium. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |