The Applied Research Liaison Office hosted the 2018 BCIT New Innovations Applied Research Symposium on Friday, June 8 at the BCIT Burnaby Campus. This event brought together staff, faculty, students, and researchers from all schools and the services that support applied research at BCIT. Presentations focused on BCIT’s Applied Research successes and the exciting projects on the horizon.
Featured researchers and their projects came from:
- recent BCIT Institute Research Funds awards,
- current projects from our CARI research groups
- our three Canada Research Chairs.
Presentations
- Building advanced learning technologies for improving girls’ and women’s participation in STEM
Dr. Mirela Gutica
Faculty, Technical Programming / Computing, SoCAS - Redesigning a biosand filter for pesticide removal in drinking water in developing countries
Dr. Colleen Chan
Faculty, Civil Engineering, SoCE - Green Machine or Tropical Breeze-What’s in a name when talking Cannabis? (Short) (Full)
Dr. Paula Brown
CRC Phytoanalytics, Director, Natural Health and Food Products Research Group - Investigation of Anti-cancer Bioactive Polyacetylenes from Devil’s Club
Dr. Djamel Khelifi and Dr. Dave Hasman
Faculty, Chemistry, SoCAS - 3-D Mapping with Drones – BCIT to Antarctica (Short) (Full)
Dr. Eric Saczuk
Faculty, Geomatics, SoCE - Keeping it ethical: controversies and solutions in research ethics
Dr. Allison Kirschenmann
Faculty, Basic Health Sciences, SoCAS, Chair, BCIT Research Ethics Board - Engaging Indigenous communities to successfully implement technical projects for government and industry
Dr. Shannon Kelly
Program Head, Communication, SoCAS - Synchronization of Wireless BLE Devices
Dr. Amir Yousefi & Dr. John Dian
Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering Technolog, SoE - Innovations in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Joey Dabell/Clay Howey/Kelly Carmichael
SMART - Bikube
Johanne Mattie/Gordon Thiessen
MAKE+ - Wheeled Mobility Research and Development at BCIT’s REDLab (Short) (Full)
Dr. Jaimie Borisoff
CRC, Rehabilitation Engineering Design - Welcome to ERRTH
John Dymond
Business Development Manager, SoT - Hygrothermal Performance of Wall Systems in Marine Climates (Short) (Full)
Dr. Fitsum Tariku
CRC, Whole Building Performance, SoCE