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AMPEL Founder Keith Brimacombe Elected to the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

Professor Keith Brimacombe was a teacher and leader who advocated university-industry partnerships and interdisciplinary research.  His efforts had a profound impact on metallurgical engineering, and through his career he carried a vision of a multidisciplinary facility for “processing that cuts across the entire spectrum of metals and materials‘ and ‘tools of process engineering that will […]

AMPEL to host UBC Year of Light Celebration

As part of the UBC Department of Physics & Astronomy’s Year of Light celebrations, AMPEL will be hosting tours of its light-related labs on Saturday, October 17.  In addition, AMPEL Faculty members will be presenting talks on a variety of light-related subjects, including the use of Light for Communications, and the development of Quantum Optical […]

Dr. Dan Bizzotto wins Prix Jacques Taccusel

AMPEL Faculty and Executive Committee member Dan Bizzotto has been awarded the Prix Jacques Taccusel Congratulations Dan!

AMPEL marked our 20th anniversary celebration of innovation and collaboration on May 29 with Synergy Day 2015.

SYNERGY DAY 2015 Highlights

See All Synergy Day 2015 Abstracts AMPEL marked our 20th anniversary celebration of innovation and collaboration on May 29 with Synergy Day 2015.  Over 40 abstracts were submitted as poster presentations and “Rapid Fire Research” talks, with the best abstracts judged to be: Best “Rapid Fire Research” Talk: Mohammad Ali Mahmouzadeh, Ashwin R. Usagaocar and […]

AMPEL QMI Extension Construction Updates

Updates for construction of the AMPEL/QMI Extension, including anticipated disruptions, can be found here: 16-03-05 Look Ahead Schedule