UBC Engineering Physics Grads Hit Above Their Weight in Tech Innovation
Graduates of UBC’s Engineering Physics program have a disproportionate influence on the tech innovation scene in Vancouver and beyond. Here’s why.
SWAVE Ultrasound Elastography Eliminates Need for Biopsies
June 15, 2019
ICICS researchers have invented a new technique to measure the health of tissue without a needle.
Blockchain Summer Institute 2019
The ICICS research cluster Blockchain@UBC held its annual Summer Institute from May 27-June 10. Two weeks of training sessions culminated in a two-day “Blockathon” on June 8-9, followed by the Blockchain@UBC Annual Conference on June 10. At the close of the conference, UBC Faculty of Applied Science Associate Dean Walter Merida announced that Canada’s first […]
“Calmer” Robot for Soothing Preterm Babies in Intensive Care Units
ICICS’ Designing for People (DFP) research cluster lead Karon MacLean is a co-inventor of a therapeutic robot known as “Calmer,” which mimics a parent’s heartbeat sounds, breathing motion and the feel of human skin, to reduce pain for premature babies in neonatal intensive care units. In a recent study at BC Women’s Hospital + Health […]