the project concerns the preparation, characterization and in vitro evaluation of drug delivery systems.

The proposed project provides new nurses with the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to work in clinical practice settings in British Columbia, Canada and Internationally. The project will lead to the development of nurses who can not only articulate how nursing practice can be captured in health information systems (HIS) and telehealth applications, but can […]

The student can choose between two sub-projects. The first involves our recent discovery of optical trapping of nanoparticles that is 10000 times more efficient than past methods. With this improvement we can trap, detect and manipulate even single proteins. We are studying the capability of this unique trapping configuration, which will be the research task […]

The proposed project involves the design and construction of a real-time broadband infrared Mueller-matrix ellipsometer for the study of protein adsorption at the solid-liquid interface. By preparing an incident light field in a well-defined polarization state, and then characterizing the change in polarization that occurs upon interacting with a sample (for example, in a reflection […]

The project will focus on the development of computer interfaces, tools and applications that are directed at improving the quality of life and independence of persons with disabilities. The suit of tools under development include; 1) Task management and organizational apps, and journal (record keeping and diary) applications that support individuals with cognitive challenges- including […]

The X-ray X-tra Large (XXL) project is a astronomical research collaboration that aims to use a large X-ray survey of galaxy clusters to answer fundamental questions in cosmology and galaxy evolution. I am a key member of the XXL project and I specialise in using multi-wavelength observations of galaxies in X-ray emitting clusters to learn […]

The project aims to increase awareness associated with health related financial costs in aging; and enhance the capacity to self-manage post-retirement. In the first phase, a study was conducted assessing the health and financial related needs of rural residents in pre-retirement (45-70 years old). The objective was to identify gaps in knowledge related to health […]

When a group of particles is released in a fluid, they will disperse throughout the solution via diffusion. If we consider a solution that is “thick” (like honey) in some regions and “thin” (like water) in others, where will the particles end up? Will they become trapped in the honey, concentrated in the water where […]

Bacteria and cells have different swimming abilities and strategies. It has been shown that it is possible to design funnel-shaped fences in microfluidic systems that force swimming cells to concentrate on one side of the fence. This is not unlike how lobster are captured! In this project, we will simulate the swimming of hundreds of […]

Ultrafast lasers and especially femtosecond lasers offers new possibilities in the field of micromachining as they allow precise machining with almost no collateral damage around the machined features. Furthermore, the pulse duration (

In order to accurately predict the mechanical properties of materials, it is necessary to obtain the true stress-strain curve of the material until failure. If the material is heterogeneous, more parameters are required including the true stress strain curve of all phases in the material and the strength of the interface between the various phases. […]

Many microbial genomes have been completely sequenced. The presence/absence data for thousands of genes across a diverse array of species allow one to quickly identify genes that are functionally associated. Because of shared ancestry among biological species, such functional association needs to be phylogenetically controlled. The computation requires the construction of a reliable species tree, […]