The project aims to develop a process to design houses using locally sourced materials and labor. This process can be transferrable to other communities in the future when they approach a new housing project in their region. This would be culturally and aesthetically in line with the vernacular. The design will incorporate passive systems that […]

Vancouver’s rental market is Canada’s most expensive. Financial constraints and need for more space often push families outside of the down-town area towards suburban areas. This research intends to suggest a new type of housing likely to increase Vancouver’s retention capabilities towards this type of inhabitants. According to my preliminary research, 14% of new families […]

The work proposed will lead to mechanisms for reducing or eliminating selected Cognitive Biases – automatic, unconscious elements of the human reasoning system known to cause decision errors. While Cognitive Biases have been studied for decades, there has been almost no research into how to reduce or eliminate their effects. The end goal of the […]

Cloud computing has revolutionized the way organizations consume computing power as a service. Infrastructure as a Service allows a company to move away from purchasing computing, networking, and storage resources to purchasing from a service provider in a public cloud. This project will research and develop off-site encrypted virtual machine storage and disaster recovery planning […]

The proposed research is a collaboration between Virtro and SFU’s iVizLab to collaboratively work on ways to understand the processes involved in analyzing and visualizing 3D spatial data. iVizLab’s research focuses on AI based computational models, in this case a data visualization tool that help users analyze 3D spatial data. In creating this user interface, […]

In Canada healthcare is being modernized and transformed through a range of new healthcare information technologies and systems. Applications of information systems such as electronic health records (EHRs), electronic medical decision support and an increasing range of mobile health applications promise to transform and improve healthcare and increase patient safety. However, although such technology has […]

The South Island Prosperity Partnership (SIPP) is a non-profit organization that serves as Greater Victoria’s economic development agency. As a public/private alliance with over 65 members, SIPP’s governance structure is very unique in Canada. 11 municipal governments, nine First Nations, three post-secondary institutions, several business and industry associations, NGOs, and over 30 of the region’s […]

Covid-19 has impacted vacancies and cash-flow of properties under management and has caused HomeSphere Capital to be delayed by uncertain economic markets and potential fluctuations to real estate property values. We will be working to develop a rent deferral program for commercial tenants, as well as create a risk mitigation plan to help prepare and […]

PigeonBox is e-commerce delivery solutions company, offering online shoppers a convenient pickup locations. PidgeonBox is currently located in 3 Skytrain stations across the lower mainland and at the beautiful UBC campus. PigeonBox has also added a PigeonBox Delivery service, where we are helping local retailers fulfil their local deliveries. PigeonBox is looking for a Marketing […]

I’ll be helping ShapeMeasure create software that will help with scaling the business and improving process efficiency.

A bank’s Value at Risk (VaR) determines the amount of capital that it must set aside to satisfy bank regulations. VaR relates to the size of potential trading losses; the greater the VaR, the greater a trading loss the bank could suffer and consequently the more capital it must set aside. This reduces the probability […]

The project will focus on growing the company’s digital education initiatives. Marketing aspects of the project will focus on lead capture and customer acquisition. Strategy aspects of the project will focus on building business cases for software integrations and solutions.