High risk driving, (e.g., speeding, impaired, and distracted driving), is a major contributing factor to most traffic collision fatalities in Canada. An increase in perceived risk of being caught by police for risky driving has been shown to reduce the behaviour. Differences in the commitment to and effectiveness of enforcement is strongly impacted by the […]

3D printing has become a cornerstone technology for prototyping products during product development. However, the process is too slow for even small production runs. Pantheon Design in Vancouver has set out to increase the speed of extrusion printing by a factor of 10. To date, they have achieved a five-fold increase in print speed compared […]

With very few of the plant species used in agriculture supplying 90% of global food production, this lack of diversity exposes vulnerability to changes in climate (Kang and Banga, 2013; Labeyrie et al, 2021). Recent recognition has been given to perennial plants for agricultural use because of their resilience to dynamic conditions and contribution to […]

The industrial scale manufacturing automation largely works because of robotic systems which are preprogrammed to reliably carry out the same sequence of steps over and over again. As a result, when scenarios change, or become more complex, robotic systems need to be re-programmed. Moreover, in high value added manufacturing applications, it is impractical to program […]

The Long-Term Development (LTD) 3.0 framework and its previous versions have been distributed by Sport Canada to national sport organizations since 2005 to improve participation and physical activity levels across the country, although the LTD’s acceptance and rollout has not been evaluated. Therefore, the purpose of this study will be to speak with national and […]

Energy demand is expected to grow by more than 30% of current rates by 2040. As the era of relying on fossil fuels as the dominant source of energy is coming to an end, alternative sources like bio-ethanol are gaining momentum as a potential commercial feedstock due to its renewable nature and wide availability. The […]

Sea cucumber is part of the Inuit traditional diet in certain regions of the Canadian Arctic. Both sea cucumber and closely related sea urchins are among the favourite foods in the Arctic. Currently, there is currently no commercial fishery for sea cucumber or sea urchin anywhere in the Arctic, whereas harvests from the North Atlantic […]

Transportation services, ranging from public buses to private logistics fleets, could benefit significant from the introduction of Rogers’ 5G wireless networks. This project has a primary objective to support UBC’s efforts to achieve its 2050 emissions reductions goals, with an emphasis on a reduction of GHG and air pollutant emissions from transportation services.

The research proposed for this project will support community education efforts of the iMOVe Arts Association to support the re-integration of racialized and marginalized people who have been incarceration into community, help youth at risk avoid incarceration, and development of leadership skills to enable systems change to reduce racism, over-representation of racialized people in incarceration, […]

The aim of this project is to improve simultaneous EEG-fMRI techniques through the use of constrained principal component analysis (CPCA). The main problem with combining EEG measures and fMRI measures is that recording EEG in the MR scanner always injects noise into the data. CPCA partitions the variability of the data into systematic and error […]

Ubiquitous deployment of networked cameras has boosted the prevalence of video analytics. Leveraging machines to automatically analyze captured videos has become the driving force behind a variety of contemporary applications. However, it is known to be resource-hungry with highly dynamic demands, which mismatches the existing monolithic cloud service deployment with coarse-grained resource allocation. Recent advances […]

Several barriers continue impacting EV adoption, including vehicle driving range, cost, lifespan, and safety. These barriers are aggravated in extreme cold and hot climate settings due to the sensitivity of batteries and EV technologies to sub-zero and high temperatures (above 45°C). Partnering with Ford Canada, we will jointly develop battery thermal management innovations combining physics-based […]