How the Rogers-UBC Partnership is Building Smarter Transportation and Healthier Cities
June 8, 2022
Rogers and its research partners are working on several projects related to intelligent transportation, leveraging UBC’s AURORA connected vehicle testbed.
Governor General’s Gold Medal awarded to ICICS Member’s PhD Student Mohammad Jafari
June 7, 2022
Mohammad’s high-achieving studies took place under supervisor and ICICS member Purang Abolmaesumi at the Robotics and Control Laboratory, where he studied deep learning for medical imaging.
UBC Ventures Working to End Plastic Pollution
This story originally appeared on UBC News The end of plastic pollution—in the oceans, on land and in our air—is within reach with two UBC ventures working hard on solutions that could make this vision a reality. “Tonnes of plastic waste pollute our land and oceans,” says Dr. Jordan MacKenzie, co-founder and CEO of Bioform […]
ICICS Researchers Develop Ionic Materials with Bionic Potential
This story first appeared on the Faculty of Applied Science website ICICS Bionics Network co-lead John Madden is leading research on new soft piezoelectric materials that generate a voltage in response to pressure, with potential applications in artificial skin and other areas such as implants and drug release. His former student, Yuta Dobashi, who started the work as […]
ICICS Director on Advisory Board of Proposed Rogers THINKLab
April 28, 2022
As Relationship Manager of the UBC-Rogers partnership on 5G research, ICICS Director Robert Rohling will contribute his knowledge of matching academic and industry needs in his role on the Advisory Council.
Blockchain@UBC Cluster Featured on CBC TV
Dr. Vicki Lemieux, who leads the Blockchain@UBC ICICS research cluster, was featured in a recent CBC Vancouver TV story about blockchain technology. Dr. Lemieux discussed her team’s work on a “Personal Health Wallet” that allows individuals to take control of their health records. The interview with Dr. Lemieux starts at 4:40 in this video from […]
Media Coverage: UBC-Rogers Partnership Projects Highlighted in Business in Vancouver
April 7, 2022
An article in Business in Vancouver includes a report on president and CEO of Rogers Communications, Tony Staffieri’s, recent visit to UBC’s Vancouver campus.