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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Oya, Simon | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Privacy-enhancing technologies; Cybersecurity and privacy technologies; Signal processing for security and privacy; Encryption and cryptography; Mathematical optimization; Privacy; Computer Security; Anonymous communications; Machine learning security and privacy; Searchable encryption; Statistical analysis |
| Padoan, Alberto | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Dynamical systems and control theory; modelling, approximation and robustness of nonlinear systems; biological and data-driven applications |
| 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 | Metals and alloy materials engineering; Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy; Aluminum Alloys; Steels; Magnesium alloys; ICME |
| Poursartip, Anoush | Department of Materials Engineering | Polymer matrix composite materials |
| Rahmani, Mona | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Multiphase and Density Stratified Fluid Mechanics, Fiber Suspensions, Renewable Energy, Hydrodynamic Instability, Mixing |
| Ramsay, Scott | School of Nursing | impact of neurological disorders on children and youth, their families, and the health care system; health inequities; health and wellbeing of children and youth |
| Ranger, Manon | School of Nursing | Neurodevelopment; Clinical nursing, secondary (acute care); neurodevelopment; Early-adversity; Biomarkers of early stress exposure; Brain development; pain; Prematurity |
| Ripeanu, Matei | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Computer Systems; Data Analytics; distributed systems; Graph Analytics; High performance computing; Social Networks; Storage Systems |
| 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 | Natural sciences; Aerosols, air pollution and climate |
| Rohling, Robert | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical biotechnology; ultrasound; Robotics |
| Rojas, Orlando | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Wood Science | Nanopolysaccharides (based on cellulose, chitin, starches and others); Bacterial nanocelluloses; Cellulose derivatives; Lignins, colloidal lignins, nanolignins and their uses; Renewable biopolymers (hemicelluloses, proteins, chitin and chitosan, alginates and others); Multiphase systems (emulsions, foams, dispersed systems), gels, aerogels; Films, filaments and hybrid materials; Nanocomposites; Bioactive systems; Fiber processing; Pulp and paper |
| Rubin, Julia | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Computer engineering; Programming languages and software engineering; Computer Systems; software engineering; Software quality, security, and robustness; program analysis; Adversarial robustness, explainability, and interpretability of ML-based systems; Mobile and cloud software |
| Russolillo, Angela | School of Nursing | Health services research; health services use among individuals with psychiatric and substance use disorders |
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dr. Zhou contributed to light-matter interaction with polarization imaging and quantifications for biophotonics and biomedical research. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Gholami studied the problem of 3D human pose estimation. He proposed a framework utilizing multi-view images for training and reducing reliance on annotated data. Additionally, he proposed novel methods for synthetic data generation. He also studied the practical application of 3D pose estimation in monitoring Parkinson’s patients. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Hammer investigated the optimal printed circuit board design for novel Wide-Bandgap power semiconductors in renewable energy, battery, and e-mobility applications. His work introduces the paradigm-changing multi-pulse driving sequence, enabling advanced control of power semiconductors for extremely efficient power conversion applications. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Chi studied distributed and collaborative machine learning approaches that enable stakeholders to share insights encapsulated in knowledge graphs. Her work emphasized data privacy, security, and integrity in collaborations. Her research enhances the practicality of collaborative machine learning and promotes cross-domain knowledge sharing. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Ferraresso examined how blood clots contract to close wounds, crucial for managing severe bleeding in surgeries and trauma. Through his research, he developed novel computational models and experimental platforms to predict wound closure required to minimize bleeding. This paves the way for novel treatments to improve patient outcomes. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Darabi developed novel resource allocation schemes for eMBB and URLLC use cases in 5G and beyond networks. He investigated enabling technologies like intelligent reflecting surface and rate-splitting multiple access to address diverse users' QoS needs. His work offers insights into challenges and solutions for next-generation cellular networks. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Wang has developed an economical and efficient fabrication technology for producing high-crystal-quality, high-tensile-strained germanium thin films. This is crucial for investigating Ge's potential in light emission applications, particularly for Ge lasers used in on-chip optical interconnects. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Goodyear studied transitions in substance use and homelessness among LGBT youth. His research detailed the complex role of drugs in the lives of LGBT youth experiencing homelessness. This work increases awareness of the relationship between substance use and homelessness for LGBT youth and identifies prevention and intervention strategies. | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) |
| 2024 | The electron energy distribution plays a vital role in the performance of electron emitter. Dr. Chang studied the thermal emission from various materials, identifying the link between experimental energy distributions and the electronic properties of the emitters. His findings unveil new strategies for developing high-performance electron emitters. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Jayasinghe studied mechanical behavior of organic soils for engineering design of buried energy pipelines. She developed reliable methods to assess soil-pipe interactions in organic soils. The methodologies developed in her research can be applied to similar soils globally contributing to multi-faceted pipeline engineering problems. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |