Phone Oximeter Wins Global Competition
A UBC invention that transforms a simple cell phone into a portable blood-oxygen tester was one of 19 proposals to receive funding from “Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development,” jointly funded by Grand Challenges Canada, the U.S. Agency for International Development, Norway’s Foreign Ministry, the World Bank, and the Bill and Melinda […]
Professor Vijay Bhargava Winner of the 2011 ACCS-CDAC Foundation Award
Professor Vijay Bhargava was announced the winner of the Advanced Computing and Communications Society – Center for Development of Advanced Computing Foundation (ACCS-CDAC) Award for 2011. The ACCS-CDAC Award, instituted in 2004, is presented to those whose outstanding contributions in computing and communications have had significant and demonstrable effects. Vijay Bhargava was awarded this year for […]
Nojeh Nanostructures Group
The Nojeh Nanostructure Group investigates the effects inherent to reduced scales and dimensions, such as the strong presence of quantum phenomena, to develop innovative devices and applications. This research group is particularly interested in how electrons and photons behave in nanostructures and interact with each other in them. Often they see unexpected effects that are […]
New Physical Properties Discovered in Nanotubes
Rubber is a good thermal insulator, but not a very good electrical conductor; copper, on the other hand, is a great electrical conductor, but it dissipates heat. A material that is a good electrical conductor and a thermal insulator is something new. Researchers in the Nojeh Nanostructure Group are looking for nano-materials that can be […]
Solving the Storage Bottleneck
Supercomputers bring together the computing capacity and speed of tens of thousands of computing nodes. Each of these computing nodes needs to access stored data to function. Reading data from storage, an inherently slower process than computing, can be a serious bottleneck inhibiting the efficiency of a supercomputer. Samer Al-Kiswany is a Ph.D. student working […]
Strain Sensors from Nanotube Log Jams
Imagine trying to control the placement of something as small as a carbon nanotube. Researchers working with nano-materials have to device creative ways to place and align these new materials. Carbon nanotubes are exceptionally strong and have fantastic electrical properties but these properties function along their length. Simon Beyer is a Master’s Student working with […]
Nothing prepares you for work like work
“Nothing prepares you for work like work.” Sounds like something a parent or grandparent might say; one of those gems of wisdom that only comes from experience. Well, that’s half true. In fact it was 20-something Jason Poon who uttered that shrewd quip. A recent graduate of UBC’s Electrical and Computer Engineering program (ECE), Jason […]
Professor Dave Michelson Joins Board of Directors at Wavefront
Congratulations to Professor Dave Michelson on his election as the Chair of the Wavefront Wireless Commercialization Centre’s Academic Advisory Board and to a seat on Wavefront’s Board of Directors. During his two-year term, Prof. Michelson and his team will help Wavefront develop and execute a strategy for helping universities connect with the wireless industry and […]
Veridae Systems Inc. Acquisition
Tektronix is a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products and solutions for engineers, with customers’ worldwide. Today, the company announced the acquisition of Veridae Systems Inc., previously, a privately held company founded to commercialize research from Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Veridae Systems, Inc. provides innovative debug and validation […]
Associate Professor Purang Abolmaesumi Awarded CIHR Grant
Congratulations to Professor Purang Abolmaesumi on being awarded the CIHR Operating Grant for a research project titled “Needle Guidance System for Neuraxial Analgesia and Anesthesia”. Along with co-investigators, Dr. Robert Rohling, Dr. Sugantha Ganapathy, Dr. Allaudin Kamani, Dr. Jill Osborn and Dr. Terence Peters, Professor Abolmaesumi will receive the $449,395 grant over the next four years. Congratulations on […]