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AMPEL engineering professor awarded Canada Research Chair

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…

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

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

This UBC professor is spinning the stuff of electric dreams
AMPEL-SBQMI Bike Team Shares UBC’s Commuter Challenge Trophy

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 […]

New ARCAM Q20Plus Electron Beam Melting Machine, BRIM 248

  New to the Brimacombe building is a medical and industrial grade 3D metal printing system. A GE/ARCAM Q20Plus Electron Beam Melting (EBM) machine and a Spectra H Powder Recovery System (PRS) have been installed and commissioned as part of the Additive Manufacturing lab in AMPEL. The commissioning process was completed in March 2020. The […]

Greening Our World Through Automation

An interview with Project Ada researchers: Curtis Berlinguette, Professor, UBC Chemistry, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, AMPEL Fraser Parlane, Graduate Student, UBC Chemistry
 Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, AMPEL Curtis Berlinguette I am co-leading Project Data, where we are developing the world’s first selfdriving robot for accelerating and optimizing thin film materials. Thin film materials […]

The Tale of the Accidental Heat Trap

An interview with Alireza Nojeh, Professor, UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, AMPEL My research is in the area of nanotechnology. Roughly speaking, think about scaling me down by a billion times, you would get a nanomaterial. In particular, my group looks at the excitation and transport of electrons within materials, […]