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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, […]

Translating world-class knowledge on composite materials and structures

  The CRN Knowledge Mobilization Centre (CRN-KMC) is seizing the opportunity to be Canada’s leader in translating world-class knowledge on composite materials and structures to industry quickly and effectively to benefit small businesses, their employees and the communities they serve. Headquarters University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia                                                             Network […]

Synergy Day 2019 Highlights

Synergy Day 2019 Highlights

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AMPEL’s Takahata, Tang, and Walus promoted to Full Professor

Congratulations to AMPEL Faculty members: Konrad Walus, Shuo Tang & Kenichi Takahata promoted to Full Professor. All three have made significant contributions in their respective fields. Konrad has been focusing in the area of nanotechnology and microsystems, specifically including quantum-dot cellular automata, lab-on-a-printer technology and 3D bioprinting, and nano-structured materials, andmicro-sensors. Ken has also been […]

Synergy Day 2018

Synergy Day 2018

AMPEL & The Brimacombe Extension - New Entrance

AMPEL & The Brimacombe Building Expansion!

As illustrated in the accompanying photographs, the east end of the original Brimacombe Building has now a brand new four story-plus-basement wing connected to it on the east end, running along East Mall.   Approximately 2/3 of the new laboratory and office space will house existing and soon-to-be hired SBQMI faculty members’ groups, with the […]

Mirza Saquib Sarwar

Research Development – Toward Foldable Touchscreens

Bend, Stretch, and Touch: Locating a finger on an actively deformed transparent sensor array UBC team leader Prof. John Madden and PhD Student Mirza Saquib Sarwar, have recently developed a foldable transparent material sensor, based on ion-containing hydrogel electrodes.   The development of bendable, stretchable, and transparent touch sensors is an emerging technological goal in […]

AMPEL and UBC to host PCAMM 2016

Saturday December 10, 2016 – 2020/2030 Kaiser Building at UBC (map) The Pacific Centre for Advanced Materials and Microstructures (PCAMM) brings together world-class expertise and sophisticated materials research infrastructure at The University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and The University of Victoria.  This collaborative venture seeks to ensure that developments in materials growth, fabrication, […]

International Workshop on Laser Ultrasonics for Metallurgy Returns to UBC

International Workshop on Laser Ultrasonics for Metallurgy Returns to UBC

  In 2013, UBC Materials Engineering and the Centre for Metallurgical Process Engineering (CMPE) hosted the first ever International Workshop on Laser Ultrasonics for Metallurgy.  This event attracted several researchers and industrial partners around the world to learn more about this technology and its possible application. The 2nd International Workshop on Laser Ultrasonics for Metallurgy […]