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HATCH Foundation Week
Theory, Applications, and Startups
UBC Engineering Physics Grads Hit Above Their Weight in Tech Innovation

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

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.

New Blockchain Graduate Program
Blockchain@UBC Summer Institute at ICICS
Blockchain Summer Institute 2019

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 Soothes Preterm Babies
“Calmer” Robot for Soothing Preterm Babies in Intensive Care Units

“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 […]

Marine Systems Research Cluster Workshop