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FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE | ISSUE 37 | WINTER 2018 COMMUNITY & REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE & LANDSCAPE WHATENGINEERING NURSING PLANNINGWILLARCHITECTURE BRING?TOMORROW CONTENTS 20 FEATURES 18 The Modern Treaty Process in BC What’s actually going on at negotiation tables? Who’s involved? And what happens next? 20 HATCH: A Next Step in the Entrepreneurial Journey HATCH gives entrepreneurs the realistic, comprehensive support they 10 14 18 need to address the world’s challenges and launch their ventures NEWS ISSUE 37 23 Donor + Recognition 4 24 Flexible Sensor: Engineering Deconstruction 4 Bits and Bites A new, inexpensive sensor that you 6 New Faculty can fold into the size of a phone and Q&A with new Applied Science put away in your pocket faculty members 26 The Next 100 Years of 10 Dawn of the Learning Factory Applied Science Integrating advanced manufacturing Applied Science faculty and students with basic and applied research at predict the future of their disciplines UBC Okanagan — in and outside the classroom 11 UBC and KalTire 30 So Close, Yet So Far Research Partnership How the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Developing technology and innovative will strengthen technological collabo- 24 30 solutions for the mining tire industry ration between Vancouver and Seattle 12 FIRCOM: A Vast 32 Clear Image, Dark Well Sanctuary in Nature DarkVision Technologies turns entre- Students plan and construct functional preneurial light on the oil sector while structures on Gambier Island providing valuable work experience to current engineering students 14 Better Nights, Better Days This online resource from sleep expert 34 Work 2 Give Wendy Hall will give parents greater Indigenous men incarcerated in federal control over their children’s sleep prisons craft beds, drums, moccasins, knitted hats and mittens for families in 16 UBC Rocket the Tsilhqot’in region The student design team that launched a homemade rocket 10,000 feet COMMUNITY NEWS 17 Optimal Walking and 36 Cycling Speeds Learn what pace to travel at in order 36 In Memoriam 26 to minimize inhalation of air pollution 39 Reunion Highlights while still getting the health benefits of exercise 41 Upcoming Events 36 Ingenuity Asks... ON THE COVER INGENUITY | ISSUE 37 | WINTER 2018 The Next 100 Years of Applied Science: Feature 32 on page 26. Illustration by Raymond Biesinger. 2 ISSUE 37 FROM THE DEAN Published by the Dean’s Message UBC Faculty of Applied Science www.apsc.ubc.ca EDITORS Wendy McHardy What do nurses, architects, planners and engineers have in common? On the surface, maybe not that much. Clare Kiernan Most nurses don’t design buildings, for example, and architects usually don’t treat patients. But if one looks a little [email protected] deeper, at least one major commonality becomes apparent: they all use science and design thinking to improve our CONTRIBUTORS daily lives. Providing clean water to rural communities, developing smarter, more sustainable cities and increasing Matt Barron Clare Kiernan Amanda Bidnall Laura Lam resilience and health equity among vulnerable populations are just a few of the goals that UBC applied scientists Lou Corpuz-Bosshart Wendy McHardy are advancing every day. Matthew Grant Tara Newell Diane Haynes Anoush Poursartip Working with APSC students, faculty members and alumni, I am continually struck anew by their ingenuity, Thomas Horacek Craig Wilson passion and entrepreneurial spirit. Although 2017 was a year of significant change — among other developments, ILLUSTRATIONS Dean Marc Parlange and Associate Dean Elizabeth Croft took their formidable talents overseas, and we gained a Raymond Biesinger Tom Froese new School of Biomedical Engineering (led by renowned researcher Dr. Peter Zandstra) that will offer an undergrad- DESIGN uate degree program in the subject — I believe one feature of the Faculty will always remain the same: its extraordi- Marasigan Design nary people, whose integrity, intelligence, collegiality and shared sense of purpose are second to none. THE FACULTY INCLUDES: School of Architecture and In the pages that follow, you will find stories about the work of several outstanding members of the APSC Landscape Architecture community — work that builds on a deep foundation of knowledge and support laid over the past 100-plus School of Biomedical Engineering School of Community and years. From uniquely impactful research initiatives and triumphant student clubs to innovative educational and Regional Planning entrepreneurial endeavours, the groups highlighted in this issue will themselves educate, engage and otherwise School of Engineering inspire students and colleagues long into the future. School of Nursing Engineering departments and programs Speaking of the future, this edition of Ingenuity explores some forward-looking questions: Can the Cascadia Biomedical Engineering region become the next major tech innovation hub? And where might the applied sciences take us over the next Chemical and Biological Engineering Civil Engineering 100 years? In another article, valuable insights into the important, complex subject of BC treaty negotiations are Electrical and Computer Engineering offered by two experts affiliated with Indigenous Community Planning, a pioneering master’s degree program Engineering Physics offered by the School of Community and Regional Planning. We also meet some recent additions to the APSC Environmental Engineering Geological Engineering faculty and say goodbye to dear, departed friends. Integrated Engineering Materials Engineering Global health, artificial intelligence, clean energy and bioproducts, social justice — these are some of the crucial Mechanical Engineering areas in which APSC members are making tremendous progress. But of course we are not doing it alone. It is only Norman B. Keevil Institute of by forming meaningful connections with institutions, companies, communities and individuals like you that Mining Engineering Office of the Dean we’ve been able to accomplish the things we have. We are deeply grateful for your continued generous support for Business and Administration the work that we do, and welcome new and inspiring connections. Centre for Instructional Support Development and Alumni Relations Engineering Co-op Engineering Student Services Best regards, Research centres and laboratories Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory (AMPEL) Capacity Research Unit Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) James Olson, PEng, PhD, FCAE Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry Critical Research in Health and Healthcare Dean Pro Tem, UBC Faculty of Applied Science Inequities (CRiHHI) Gerontological Education Research & Outreach (GERO) Institute for Computing, Information and To view past issues of Ingenuity, visit apsc.ubc.ca/publications. 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One such bioma- terial is gelatin methacrylate (GelMA), a chemically modified hydrogel that serves as a bioink and building block in bioprint- ing and bioassembly processes. Cell adhesion and proliferation in 2D cultures with GelMA hydrogels from different sources Read more at apsc.ubc.ca/research/ better-cheaper-bioink 3D-PRINTED BONES | A UBC 3 TIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATE Okanagan researcher has discovered a NURSES | What are the top three things new artificial bone design that can be current Chair of the UBC Alumni Associ- customized and made with a 3D printer ation Board of Directors Faye Wightman for stronger, safer and more effective (BSN ‘81) would recommend current nurs- bone replacements. ing students do before they graduate? Hossein Montazerian, research assistant 1. Get as much real life experience as pos- with UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineer- SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION sible in a health care experience — even ing, has identified a way to model and create AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL | In if that means volunteering — it gives a artificial bone grafts that can be custom October 2016, students from the School true picture of what life will be like. printed. Montazerian says human bones of Community and Regional Planning 2 Explore a different culture than the one are incredibly resilient, but when things (SCARP) travelled to Ecuador to represent you were brought up in — gives you a go wrong, replacing them can be a painful Canada as part of the official delegation different experience through someone process, requiring multiple surgeries. to Quito for Habitat III, the United Nations else’s eyes. Conference on