You may never lose your keys again | Franklin Antonio Intern Scholarship winner advances indoor mapping
As an intern at Qualcomm, Bader Alahmad worked on Indoor Map Technology and Indoor Localization. During his internship, he developed an indoor map solution that can pinpoint the location of assets inside a building. Bader received high praise from his mentor, An Chen, Senior Director of Engineering at Qualcomm, “Bader is one of the best […]
Microsoft Graduate Women’s Scholarship supports Angelica Ruszkowski’s robotics research
Angelica Ruszkowski, a MASc student working with Dr. Tim Salcudean, recieved the Microsoft Graduate Women’s Scholarship to support her research in ECE’s Robotics and Control lab. The focus of Angelica’s research will be on augmenting the sensory perception of a surgeon performing telesurgery with robotic surgical systems. Robotic surgery enhances a surgeon’s performance by improving patient outcomes, […]
LionsGate receives major funding to increase production/distribution
A medical technology invented by UBC faculty receives major funding to scale up production and distribution to the developing world. Developed by Mark Ansermino, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Guy Dumont, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Phone Oximeter measures blood oxygen levels through a […]
Helping Startups Thrive
Bill Tam joined the ECE Advisory Council recently. He is the President & CEO of the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) and has been guiding the success of entrepreneurial companies for over 20 years. Bill spoke to ECE about the BC’s technology ecosystem and the role post secondary institutions can play in helping that ecosystem thrive. […]
Department Heat for 3 Minute Thesis
Seven ECE graduate students competed in this year’s heat for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Presenters were given three minutes to explain their research in a way that even non-experts will understand. Judges evaluated presenters on clarity and comprehension, audience engagement, and communication style. This year’s topics varied from imaging systems to energy efficiency, […]
CIHR Funding Helps Improve Lives of Cancer Patients
Many men have received unnecessary radical treatments for prostate cancer, due to unreliable methods for assessing risk and metastasis. Dr. Mehdi Moradi, and Dr. Peter Black at the UBC Department of Urologic Sciences, hope to change this. Their latest project, which recently received $100,000 in research funding from CIHR, aims to build a tissue classifier […]