Faculty Experts
Use the table below to connect with an expert in UBC Applied Science.
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What area of research are you interested in:
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Tor Aamodt | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Computer architecture including accelerators for deep neural networks and architecture of graphics processor units for non-graphics computing
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Morad Abdelaziz | School of Engineering (Okanagan campus) |
Smart grids; Power Systems operation and decarbonization; Electrification of the transportation system; Electric vehicles charging infrastructure; High Performance Computing
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Juan Abelló | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Rotorcraft aerodynamics, rotorcraft aeroacoustics and blade-vortex interaction (BVI) noise reduction
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Purang Abolmaesumi | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Biomedical Engineering with emphasis on computer-assisted surgery, image-guided therapy and medical image analysis
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Perry Adebar | Department of Civil Engineering |
Concrete structures: seismic design, high-rise buildings, shear design, evaluation and repair of structures
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Frances Affleck | School of Nursing | |
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Farshid Agharebparast | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Wireless and data networking technologies
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Ahmad Al-Dabbagh | School of Engineering (Okanagan campus) |
Networked control systems; fault diagnosis; cyber security; event-triggered communication and control; process monitoring and control; alarm systems
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Shahria Alam | School of Engineering (Okanagan campus) |
Smart materials, seismic rehabilitation of steel, concrete, and masonry, seismic analysis and building design
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Yusuf Altintas | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Chatter stability of machining operations, virtual machining process modeling, simulation and optimization, trajectory generation and motion control of high speed machine tools, dynamics of high speed spindles, precision machining, and sensors and actuators for machine tool testing and monitoring
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Lenora (Nora) Angeles | School of Community & Regional Planning |
Community and international development studies and social policy, participatory planning and governance, participatory action research, and the politics of transnational feminist networks, women’s movements and agrarian issues, particularly in the Southeast Asian region, women’s and gender studies
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Mohammad Arjmand | School of Engineering (Okanagan campus) |
Synthesis of multifunctional conductive and magnetic nanomaterials; Polymer processing and forming; Multifunctional polymer nanocomposites; Gas sensors; 3D printed polymer nanocomposites
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Edouard Asselin | Department of Materials Engineering |
Hydrometallurgy, electrochemistry, corrosion
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Nima Atabaki | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Loop heat pipes, two-phase fluid flow and heat transfer, effective thermal conductivity of fluid saturated sintered powder metal plates, and HVAC systems
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Mattia Bacca | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Continuum mechanics applied to synthetic and biological soft materials. Mathematical and computational modeling of the constitutive behavior of materials and experimental characterization of material properties. Fracture mechanics, adhesion, active deformation of cytoskeletal gels, damage mechanics, puncture mechanics, cutting
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S. Alireza Bagherzadeh | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
Engineering pedagogy, learning analytics, molecular and mathematical modeling, gas hydrates, unconventional energy sources, green flow assurance, anti-freeze proteins
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Elisabeth Bailey | School of Nursing | |
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Susan Baldwin | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
Bioprocess engineering, anaerobic fermentation, bioremediation, reactor modeling, biochemical reaction modeling, reaction kinetics
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Shernaz Bamji | School of Biomedical Engineering |
Formation, remodelling, elimination of brain synaptic connections; formation/plasticity disruptions & brain function; normalizing cognitive and functional abilities
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Nemkumar (Nemy) Banthia | Department of Civil Engineering |
Materials engineering; concrete; advanced composite materials; shotcrete, fibre reinforcement, rebound mechanics, kinamatic studies, optimization; supplementary cementing materials in concrete
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