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Marine Systems Research Cluster Workshop

Marine Systems Research Cluster Workshop

This full-day event on March 15, 2019 organized by the ICICS Marine Systems research cluster brought together academia, government and industry to consider some of the engineering challenges facing Canada’s shipbuilding and industrial marine sector. Featured speakers included: Rear-Admiral C. P. Donovan, Royal Canadian Navy Robert Louie, Vard Electro Mark Oakes, Alion Science and Technology […]

ICICS/ECE/Industry Dependable Computing Day

ICICS/ECE/Industry Dependable Computing Day

On February 27,  industry, academic and government researchers converged at UBC to address the challenges and opportunities in dependable computing. Presenters were from industry and government labs such as AMD, AT&T, IBM, Los Alamos, Microsoft, Nvidia and SAP. The event was organized by Professor Karthik Pattabiraman (ECE), and co-sponsored by ICICS and the department of Electrical […]

ICICS and the Next Generation of Bionics Devices

ICICS and the Next Generation of Bionics Devices

The ICICS Bionics Network  is focusing on the future of bionics and the next generation of bio-integrated devices. Led by ICICS member and electrical and computer engineering professor John Madden, the Bionics Network connects over two dozen principal investigators at UBC, Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria, working in areas such as advanced […]

ICICS Bionics Network Update
New Ventures Join HATCH
New Ventures Join HATCH

New Ventures Join HATCH

In January, a new cohort of ventures joined the  HATCH accelerator program. HATCH was established in 2016 as a joint effort between ICICS and entrepreneurship@UBC and to date has served over 30 ventures. In addition to office, lab, and a maker space, HATCH provides promising ventures with guidance, a community, and mentorship to develop and optimize […]

HATCH Company Set to Bring Clean Drinking Water to Millions

HATCH Company Set to Bring Clean Drinking Water to Millions

Circumstances sometimes bring the right people together to produce something very special. When Manoj Singh, president and CEO of Acuva Technologies, left the UBC-founded company Westport Innovations in 2014, he set off a chain of events that led to a water purification solution that is poised to have a major impact on the world. Looking […]

Startup Set to Bring Clean Drinking Water to Millions