UNB Research
Kicking off our third annual Research Celebration Week
UNB Research
Posted: October 7, 2024 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Partnerships , Research Services , Accolades , Innovation & Commercialization
Just over two years ago, we launched our first Research Celebration Week to shine a spotlight on the impactful research taking place at UNB, and especially the people who make it happen. That focus on celebrating our people and their accomplishments, and on recognizing the important contributions of research in our communities and our world, continues to be our driving force today as we kick off our third annual event. I was inspired to create this event by all the wonderful stories of...
Four new books highlight depth and breadth of arts research excellence at UNB.
UNB Research
Posted: July 22, 2024 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Accolades , Publications
The department of history and politics on the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Saint John campus has recently been a hotbed of activity. In a one year span, four of its eight faculty members have published new books on topics ranging from women’s suffrage to online teaching. “This department is a tremendously active one,” said acting dean of arts Dr. David Creelman. “Seeing four new books published in the same time frame among eight scholars is certainly a...
UNB research administration staff honoured for contributions to innovation ecosystem
UNB Research
Posted: June 18, 2024 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Partnerships , Innovation & Commercialization , Accolades , Research Services
Three current and former University of New Brunswick (UNB) research administrators have been recognized for their contributions to Springboard Atlantic and its support for research and innovation in the region. The celebrations occurred as Springboard marked its 20th anniversary of working in the region. Hart Devitt, director of research and innovation partnerships, has been a part of Springboard Atlantic since its early days. He joined UNB’s Office of Research Services in 2008 after a...
Recognizing 2022 Award for Excellence in Research recipient, Dr. Shelley Doucet
UNB Research
Posted: October 4, 2023 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Accolades
As part of our 2023 Research Celebration Week, we are highlighting the most recent recipients of two of UNB’s major research awards: The University Research Scholar award, and the Award for Excellence in Research. Dr. Shelley Doucet is the 2022 recipient of the Award for Excellence in Research. The following is an excerpt from vice-president (Saint John), Dr. Petra Hauf’s comments when she presented Dr. Doucet with the award: Dr. Doucet joined the UNB faculty in 2010 and has...
Recognizing 2023 University Research Scholar, Dr. Donald Wright
UNB Research
Posted: October 4, 2023 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Accolades , Partnerships , Research , Innovation & Commercialization
As part of our 2023 Research Celebration Week, we are highlighting the most recent recipients of two of UNB’s major research awards: The University Research Scholar award, and the Award for Excellence in Research. Dr. Donald Wright is the 2023 recipient of UNB’s University Research Scholar award, which "honours members of the active faculty complement of the University of New Brunswick (UNB) who have demonstrated a consistently high level of scholarship, and whose research is, or...
Welcome to the 2023 UNB Research Celebration Week
UNB Research
Posted: October 3, 2023 6:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Partnerships , Accolades , Research , Innovation & Commercialization
UNB’s annual Research Celebration Week is an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the efforts and contributions of our institution's research community: the faculty, students and staff who help make the world better through their scholarly work. It's also an opportunity for us to recognize some of the organizations and individuals that help make that research possible: our funders and partners in government, industry and community. In addition to the events we are hosting this week,...
This photo of a tiny worm is one to keep an eye on
UNB Research
Posted: September 15, 2023 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Accolades , Publications , Research
Natasha Hynes is a graduate student at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), where she is completing her master of science in biology. Hynes is also a finalist in this year’s NSERC Science Exposed contest, an annual contest organized by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and devoted exclusively to images of scientific research, in all fields of study. It is intended to showcase research images and foster interest in science and scientific curiosity. Through...
UNB master’s student one of 2023’s top research storytellers in national competition
UNB Research
Posted: May 11, 2023 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Accolades , Research
Zyrene Estallo, a master’s student in education at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), is one of this year’s 25 finalists in the annual Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Storytellers Challenge competition. The Storytellers Challenge “asks postsecondary students to show Canadians, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our future for the better,” and helps increase...
The inaugural UNB Research Celebration Week
UNB Research
Posted: October 3, 2022 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Accolades , Research
Welcome to the inaugural UNB Research Celebration Week! This week is an occasion to shine a special spotlight on the impactful research taking place, and the people who make it happen, at our institution. In my role as vice-president of research, I have the great privilege of hearing about many of our researchers’ accomplishments and supporting their endeavors. To all the researchers here at UNB – faculty, staff and students – offer a heartfelt thank you. Thank you for...
Remembering - and celebrating - visionary trailblazers: the inaugural CRCP Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity
UNB Research
Posted: August 3, 2022 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Accolades
Those who knew Dr. Wendy Robbins knew her as a trailblazer and an ardent advocate for equity and human rights. Today, nearly four decades after the start of her career and five years since her death, that spirit and her legacy are being celebrated by a new national award named in her honour. The award will support visionary projects that advance equity in academia, a cause that drove much of Dr. Robbins’ work. Dr. Robbins was a faculty member in English at the University of New...
Meet the chair: Dr. Catherine Bigonnesse, CRC in Healthy Aging
UNB Research
Posted: June 2, 2022 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Accolades
The Government of Canada recently announced new and renewed Canada Research Chairs, as well as research infrastructure funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation's John R. Evans Leaders Fund. Among the new chairs is UNB's Dr. Catherine Bigonnesse, a political scientist working to make sure we take the best care possible of aging Canadians. We spoke with her about how she came to work in this field, and what having the chair means for her research: Who are you? My name is Dr....
New UNB research may solve 50-year-old black hole mystery
UNB Research
Posted: April 26, 2022 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Accolades , Publications , Category , Research
A new paper published by researchers at UNB might create some big shockwaves in the study of black holes. In their research, published in Physics Review Letters 128(12), Dr. Viqar Husain, Jarod Kelly, Robert Santacruz and Dr. Edward Wilson-Ewing describe the creation of a simulation that might just resolve a question that has stumped physicists for five decades: the so-called black hole information paradox. For the benefit of those of us without advanced degrees in quantum physics, we asked...
UNB researcher recognized for outstanding book
UNB Research
Posted: January 28, 2022 7:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Publications , Accolades
What a way to end the year! In December, UNB’s Dr. Hepzibah Muñoz-Martínez, an associate professor of history and politics at UNB in Saint John, was recognized for her book Uneven Landscapes of Violence: Geographies of Law and Accumulation in Mexico, which was named to the 2021 Choice list of Outstanding Academic Titles. Choice is a publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), which is a division of the American Library Association and an important...
Meet the chair: Dr. Mohsen Mohammadi, CRC in Marine Additive Manufacturing
UNB Research
Posted: January 17, 2022 7:00:00 AM AST
Category: Innovation & Commercialization , Accolades , Partnerships , Research
Meet the chair: Dr. Mohsen Mohammadi, CRC in Marine Additive Manufacturing On January 12, the Government of Canada announced research funding that included $151 million in funding for 188 new and renewed research chairs at 43 institutions across Canada. We’re proud to have two of these new chairs here at UNB, joining the 9 other Canada Research Chairs at UNB. Dr. Mohsen Mohammadi is the new CRC in Marine Additive Manufacturing, where we will continue his focus on this innovative area at...
Meet the chair: Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, CRC in Resilient Communities
UNB Research
Posted: January 14, 2022 7:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Accolades
Meet the Chair: Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, CRC in Resilient Communities On January 12, the Government of Canada announced research funding that included $151 million in funding for 188 new and renewed research chairs at 43 institutions across Canada. We’re proud to have two of these new chairs here at UNB, joining the 9 other Canada Research Chairs at UNB.Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik is the new Canada Research Chair in Resilient Communities, and she’s dedicated to making a positive...
UNB researcher receives book, journal awards for groundbreaking work on race and disability
UNB Research
Posted: December 10, 2021 7:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Accolades , Publications
What happens when disability and race intersect? For Dr. Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy, it opens a window into an entire area of history previously left to the margins. Dr. Hunt-Kennedy is an associate professor of Caribbean, Atlantic World and Disability history at the University of New Brunswick, and the author of Between Fitness and Death: Disability and Slavery in the Caribbean (University of Illinois Press, 2020). She’s also the recipient of the 2021 Disability History Association (DHA)...
UNB PhD student wins 2021 NSERC Science Exposed photo contest
UNB Research
Posted: November 22, 2021 7:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Accolades
If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you’ve likely seen Gina Lonati’s photos of whales in the Bay of Fundy. Last week, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) announced her as one of four winners of their 20201 Science Exposed photo contest. She was awarded one of the three Jury Prizes selected by a group of experts in research and culture. The annual contest is organized by NSERC and devoted exclusively to images of scientific research, in...
Two UNB engineering faculty members receive American Concrete Institute Foundation awards
UNB Research
Posted: August 18, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Accolades , Research
This spring, two University of New Brunswick engineering faculty members were recognized by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation. Dr. Michael Thomas, professor of civil engineering, received the Robert E. Philleo Award, and Dr. Ashlee Hossack, adjunct professor at UNB and materials engineer at GEMTEC Consulting Engineers and Scientists Limited, received the Young Member award for Professional Achievement. Dr. Thomas, a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, was awarded the...
UNB researchers explore augmented reality and high-speed data to support first responders
UNB Research
Posted: June 23, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Innovation & Commercialization , Accolades
A team of University of New Brunswick-affiliated researchers has recently won a 5G-focused event to develop and implement potential solutions to municipal issues using leading-edge network technology. The Fredericton Innovation Partnership/Rogers 5G BOOST Innovation Camp took place the week of May 31st, with the winning team announced following pitch presentations on Friday, June 4. Led by Dr. Scott Bateman, an expert in human-computer interaction who specializes in virtual and augmented...
Meet the Chair: Dr. Kalikinkar Mandal, NB Power Cybersecurity Research Chair
UNB Research
Posted: April 30, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Accolades
Dr. Kalikinkar Mandal has recently been appointed as the NB Power Cybersecurity Research Chair, supported by $500,000 in funding from NB Power. During his five-year term, his research agenda will focus on minimizing cybersecurity risks and improving privacy in the emerging smart grid realm. Today’s electrical grid was built in the 1890s as a network of power transmission lines serving only to deliver electricity from the powerplant to a home or business. Since then, power grids have...
UNB research team awarded IBM CAS 2020 Project of the Year
UNB Research
Posted: April 7, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Partnerships , Accolades , Innovation & Commercialization
University of New Brunswick students in the faculty of computer science and professor Dr. Kenneth Kent were awarded the 2020 Project of the Year Award by the IBM Center for Advanced Studies for Project 1035: OMR in Resource Constrained Environments (Embedded/ IoT/ Mobile OMR). The project is the second largest ever conducted by the Centre of Advanced Studies –Atlantic (CAS–Atlantic). The research team successfully enabled numerous existing, non-native applications to run on the...
UNB research team recognized with best paper award from IBM
UNB Research
Posted: February 26, 2021 7:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Partnerships , Publications , Accolades
Britta Sennewald, a UNB graduate student in computer science, and Dr. Kenneth Kent, professor of computer science, were recognized with the Best Paper award at the 30th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CASCON'20) for their work, Voting for Authorship Attribution Applied to Dark Web Data. The paper was also authored by Rainer Herpers and Marco Hülsmann, both at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (BRSU). Ms. Sennewald previously...
UNB researcher awarded editor’s choice recognition for quantum gravity article
UNB Research
Posted: February 19, 2021 7:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Publications , Accolades
Banner image: NASA image of the Crab Nebula, which was formed by a star going supernova, that combines data from five different telescopes. Read more about the nebula on NASA's site. Dr. Edward Wilson-Ewing is one of three authors of a paper titled, “Resolving the H0tension with diffusion,” published in General Relativity and Gravitation 53, 7, that recently received the issue’s Editor’s Choice designation from the journal. We asked him to tell us a bit about himself,...
UNB’s Dr. Rongxing Lu named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
UNB Research
Posted: January 13, 2021 7:00:00 AM AST
Category: Accolades , Research
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction to Dr. Rongxing Lu, associate professor of computer science at UNB. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and a significant achievement. The Fellow designation is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number...
Congratulations to this year's SSHRC doctoral awards recipients!
UNB Research
Posted: November 2, 2020 7:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Accolades
Today, The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced this year’s SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship recipients. Among the 540 recipients across Canada are seven UNB PhD students: Auralia Brooke, awarded $80,000 for Youth Narratives of Isolation, Belonging and Resistance in New Brunswick Schools; Mary Germaine, awarded $80,000 for Crisis, Crisis: Climate, Ecopoetics, and Kierkegaardian Repetition; Olena Gryshchuk, awarded $80,000 for Police officers'...
UNB graduate wins award for journal article along his journey to clean the world's water
UNB Research
Posted: October 14, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Publications , Accolades , Research
UNB alumnus Ogbogu Kalu has been awarded a 2019 Acta Student Award valued at $2,000 for a paper authored as a graduate student at UNB. Mr. Kalu completed a bachelor of engineering at UNB in 2016, and his master of science in engineering in 2018. He currently works for Michelin in Bridgewater, N.S.Mr. Kalu’s paper, “A novel approach to the sol-gel synthesis of titanium dioxide-coated SBA-16 type silica mesoporous microspheres for water purification,” was published in Acta...
“Hey Google… What’s an ODIN-II Partial Mapper for Yosys?”
UNB Research
Posted: September 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Accolades
University of New Brunswick researcher Dr. Kenneth Kent has been awarded funding from Google that will be used to help create new tools for designing special computer chips. Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are a special type of computer chip that can be reconfigured after manufacturing to create different functionality. The flexibility and reconfigurability of these chips makes them especially appealing for space-restricted applications, like mobile devices and data centres, and in...