UNB Engineering News
UNB Launches Second I-STEM Cohort to Help Researchers Commercialize Deep Technology
TME
Posted: September 18, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: , Research Spotlight
The Dr J Herbert Smith Centre is pleased to be partnering with George Washington University (GWU) for a second year to help bring research and deep technology to the marketplace through its I-STEM program. First launched at UNB in 2019, this targeted curriculum based on I-CORPS methodology teaches investigators how to identify and validate potential business ideas based on their academic research and begin the commercialization process. Originally developed in 2011 by the U.S....
A Summer of Research for Civil Engineering Undergraduate Students
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: September 14, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Spotlight , Student Spotlight
This summer as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to play out, undergraduate students in UNB’s civil engineering program took advantage of remote collaboration tools to come together and discuss research projects they’ve been working on for the past number of months. Dr. Jeff Rankin, chair of the Civil Engineering Department, says the department and faculty have been looking for more opportunities to incorporate experiential learning into the curriculum and student experience, and...
Building a Better Inspection and Prediction Model for NB Power's Generating Stations
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: May 11, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Spotlight , Research Spotlight
Cody Bradley (BScCE’14) brought a couple of unique strengths to the table when he entered the Bachelor of Engineering program at UNB as a mature student in 2010: he had experience in the business world with a startup company, and he was a photographer and filmmaker. These skills complemented those he would learn in the civil program, especially once he began working summers for Dr. Lloyd Waugh. Because of his photography background, Cody was able to help Dr. Waugh develop new virtual...
Innovative Real-Time Mobility Analytics Will Be Crucial for Smart Cities
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: April 12, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Spotlight
Dr. Monica Wachowicz, professor and Cisco Systems Chair for Big Data at UNB, says that we can and should do a better job of extracting the value of Big Data in order to act on it and provide better user experiences, create more efficient systems, optimize effectiveness in cities and sectors, and even create more jobs. As the Director of the People in Motion Lab within the Engineering Faculty at UNB, Dr. Wachowicz and her team of 24 researchers and students are combining the Internet of...
Dr. Ian Church Is Exploring and Mapping the Last Frontier on Earth
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: February 21, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research Spotlight
We know very little about our ocean floors; in fact, only 10-20% of the terrain is mapped to modern standards. Dr. Ian Church (BSCEng‘06, MScEng’08, PhD’14), head of UNB’s Ocean Mapping Group, says “we know more about the surface of Mars than our oceans.” Mapping the shape of the ocean floor – which includes dramatic mountains and gorges greater than even Mt. Everest or the Grand Canyon – is important for a few reasons. First of all is...
UNB Post-Doctoral Fellow Tanzina Huq is Breaking Ground With a New Use for Mushrooms
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: February 8, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research Spotlight
Who knew that one of UNB’s engineering labs was filled with mushrooms? Yes, there is indeed a fungi-filled space in the Dr. Jack McKenzie Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre on the Fredericton campus, and Dr. Tanzina Huq, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering at UNB, is surrounded by them daily. Huq is jointly sponsored by UNB (under the supervision of Dr. Yonghao Ni) and Mitacs, and she’s also the Chief Technology Officer at Chinova Bioworks, a Fredericton-based startup that...
Flipping the Healthcare System by Using New Brunswick as a Living Lab
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: December 1, 2017 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research Spotlight
Dr. Erik Scheme (BScEE’03, MScEE’05, PhD’13) is determined to flip Canada’s healthcare system on its head by shifting resources from costly treatment to proactive health intervention. As NB Innovation Research Chair in Medical Devices and Technologies, Scheme is amassing a cluster of individuals and organizations in the medical technologies and healthcare industries in New Brunswick to work on developing solutions to the growing healthcare crisis in the...
Transportation Research Into Rural Driver Programs in New Brunswick
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: November 22, 2017 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research Spotlight
You might not guess that programs for seniors in rural areas would be a hot research topic for an engineer. But that's exactly what they are for Dr. Trevor Hanson (BScCE'02, MScCE'04, PhD'10), P.Eng, and Associate Professor of Civil Engineering - and he's hoping his work will make a big impact right here in New Brunswick and around the globe. Over the last few years, Dr. Hanson, a member of the UNB Transportation Group, has developed a novel research area into rural older adult...
Felipe Chibante Wants to Change the World Using Nano-Enabled Clean Energy
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: October 24, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Spotlight
Dr. Felipe Chibante sits in his office and lab space at the University of New Brunswick with impressive credentials behind him. In addition to holding the Dr. Richard J. Currie Chair in Nanotechnology, receiving the NBIF R3 Innovation Award of Excellence and other numerous awards for his work, Chibante earned his PhD at Rice University in Houston under the tutelage of the late Professor Richard Smalley, the ‘father of nanotechnology’ who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996...
The Ecohydraulics of Dam Renewal: Dr. Katy Haralampides Research Has a Direct Impact in New Brunswick
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: September 16, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Spotlight
When NB Power realized that the Mactaquac Dam will reach a premature end to its service life by 2030 due to an alkali-aggregate reaction with the concrete (the dam is actually expanding), they called on the Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI) and its UNB/INRS members. The utility needed to decide by 2016 on a preferred option for the future of Mactaquac Generating Station, and so engaged the CRI to design and carry out a large multidisciplinary aquatic ecosystem study to support their...
EarthView3D Technology Is Changing Our View of the World
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: August 2, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Spotlight
The next generation of online mapping is changing the way we see the world. EarthView3D, developed by Dr. Yun Zhang and his team in the department of geodesy and geomatics engineering, is unlike current mapping technologies, such as Google Maps. It allows users to see the heights of mountains and the depths of valleys in three dimensions. “Using our EarthView3D technology, civil engineers can more easily foresee where future roads should be built; the military will be better equipped...
Jon Sensinger Turns His Childhood Dream into Reality
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: July 23, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Spotlight
For Jon Sensinger, associate director of UNB's Institute of Biomedical Engineering, a childhood dream has turned into an innovative career – one that is changing lives. “I'm always telling people that I love every aspect of my job,” says Sensinger. “Whether it's helping other staff in a managerial sense or teaching students and learning myself through the process, or whether it's interacting with patients or designing things. “I think my only regret is that all...
Impacting the World with Smart-Grid Research and Technology at UNB
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: June 23, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Spotlight
You may have heard that advanced smart grid technologies are poised to revolutionize conventional power grids worldwide. But you may not know that Dr. Liuchen Chang, UNB professor in electrical and computer engineering and lead researcher for the Emera and NB Power Research Centre for Smart Grid Technologies at UNB, has been working on renewable energy technologies and optimized distribution since the early 1990’s. For the past 20 years, Dr. Chang and his research group studied and...