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  • AMPEL engineering professor awarded Canada Research Chair

    Dr. Wenying Liu, Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science, has been named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Battery Materials Extraction.Read more… Read More

  • Dr. Yasmin Abdin and her team in AMPEL are producing low-cost and high-value carbon fibres from low-value waste by-products.

    Dr. Yasmine Abdin and her team in AMPEL are producing low-cost and high-value carbon fibres from low-value waste by-products, including oil sands asphaltenes, in partnership with Alberta’s CarboMAT Inc. 4 million in funding is coming from Alberta Innovates and Emissions Reduction Alberta. “Our carbon fibre manufacturing breakthroughs pave the way for other innovations that can […] Read More

  • Dr. Anoush Poursartip with his team at CKN. (Credit: SiMing Zheng)

    Composites Knowledge Network receives $1.75M to help small- and medium-sized businesses

    PacifiCan announced a $1.75 million grant for the Composites Knowledge Network (CKN) within UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science. (Credit: SiMing Zheng) This article originally appeared on  Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan). On October 16, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada […] Read More

  • AMPEL researchers develop breakthrough ‘robot skin’ in collaboration with Honda researchers

    Smart soft sensor can improve prosthetics and enhance human-robot interaction Smart, stretchable and highly sensitive, a new soft sensor developed by UBC and Honda researchers opens the door to a wide range of applications in robotics and prosthetics. When applied to the surface of a prosthetic arm or a robotic limb, the sensor skin provides […] Read More

  • AMPEL-SBQMI Bike Team Shares UBC’s Commuter Challenge Trophy

    AMPEL-SBQMI 42-strong bike team was named among the 3-top performing UBC teams in HUB’s recent Spring Go-By-Bike-Week event, held May 30 – June 5, 2022.  UBC Campus and Community Planning awarded the UBC Commuter Challenge Trophy to 3 top performing teams, of which AMPEL-SBQMI was recognized for signing up the greatest number of new participants […] Read More

  • Wearable Ultrasound: Carlos Gerardo + Edmond Cretu & ICICS Director Robert Rohling demonstrated a device that may enable continuous monitoring of the heart and other organs at a fraction of the cost and size of traditional ultrasound.

    Could a DIY ultrasound be in your future? UBC breakthrough opens door to $100 ultrasound machine Read More

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New AMPEL Director
AMPEL engineering professor awarded Canada Research Chair
Dr. Yasmin Abdin and her team in AMPEL are producing low-cost and high-value carbon fibres from low-value waste by-products.
Composites Knowledge Network receives $1.75M to help small- and medium-sized businesses

Welcome to the Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory at UBC

We are a multidisciplinary research center at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The main goal of AMPEL is to bring together top level basic and applied research groups working in a synergistic manner on leading edge research of materials, devices and processing sciences in a collaborative environment sharing both their expertise and the most advanced research facilities.

AMPEL brings together the faculties of Applied Science and Science, involving the departments of Chemistry, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metals and Materials Engineering. You can learn more about the collaborative research and initiatives through these web pages.


 

AMPEL
Brimacombe Building
2355 East Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 822 4543
Fax 604 822 4750
Website ampel.ubc.ca
Email ampel-sec@apsc.ubc.ca
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