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 and apply knowledge and to educate globally responsible professionals empowered to effect enduring, positive change for society.

1337

Master's Students

(2017)

596

Doctoral Students

(2017)

580

Graduate Degrees Awarded

(2017)

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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 clusters:

Schools / Departments

The Faculty of Applied Science houses:

Graduate Degree Programs

Research Supervisors in Faculty

Name	Academic Unit(s)	Research Interests
Mooney, Patrick	School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture	sustainable development; urban biological diversity; environmental restoration; wetland restoration; therapeutic landscapes; sustainable development; urban biological diversity; urban ecosystems; environmental management in urban planning; birds in urban environments; habitat management; Japanese gardens; habitats, Sustainable landscape planning, ecological restoration, design studio, evironmental issues
Nagamune, Ryozo	Department of Mechanical Engineering	control engineering, robust control, modeling, wind turbine control, solar themal system control, automotive engine control, optimization
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
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
Oliffe, John	School of Nursing	Suicide prevention, depression, smoking, mental health and illness, men's health, prostate cancer, masculinity, fathers, incarcertion, support groups
Ollivier-Gooch, Carl	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Numerical Analysis, Fluid Mechanics, Computer Sciences and Mathematical Tools, Algorithm Development for Computational Fluid Dynamics , Error and Stability Analysis for Unstructured Mesh Methods, Unstructured Mesh Generation, Applied Aerodynamics
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
Ripeanu, Matei	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering	Computer Systems, Distributed Systems, High Performance Computing, Storage Systems, Data Analytics , Graph Analytics , Social Networks
Rodney, Patricia	School of Nursing	Healthcare ethics; Nursing ethics; Nursing workplaces; Healthcare equity; Ethics and policy; Moral distress and moral climate
Roecker, Inge	School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture	Social Equity, sustainable forms of urban habitation, social and cultural entities, urban living and communities, comtemporary programming, cultural context, sustainable building
Roehr, Daniel	School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture	Sustainable communities, sustainable design, materials and construction, landscape architecture, integration of living roofs as holitstic system for stormwater management
Rogak, Steven	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Aerosols (their properties, strategies to minimize their creation and reducing aerosol concentrations where people spend most of their time
Rohling, Robert	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering	Medical Imaging, Medical Information Systems, Robotics, Interventional Ultrasound, 3D Imaging, Spatial Compounding, Robotic System Calibration, Elastography, BioMEMS, Biomedical Engineering, Medical imaging and information systems, robetics, ultrasound imaging in 2D and 3D, biomedical technologies
Rubin, Julia	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering	security and privacy in mobile applications, energy-efficiency in mobile and cloud software, compositional and collaborative software development, microservice-based applications
Rysanek, Adam	School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture	Environmental Systems
Saewyc, Elizabeth	School of Nursing	Homeless or street involved youth, sexual minority youth, sexual exploitation of youth, discrimination, trauma and resilience., Youth health issues, stigma, violence, trauma, adolescent health, protective factors, sexual minority, homeless, immigrant, indigenous