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Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

New flexible sensor holds potential for foldable touch screens

Picture a tablet that you can fold into the size of a phone and put away in your pocket, or an artificial skin that can sense your body’s movements and vital signs.

Mar 15, 2017

Logging onto the Internet of Things

Logging onto the Internet of Things

A UBC professor says now is the time to pay attention as the Internet of Things transforms how we live and work.

Dec 2, 2014

Print this: human tissue

Print this: human tissue

UBC venture has a new approach to 3D bioprinting to create human cells for drug trials.

Mar 17, 2014

Scientists create powerful artificial muscle with fishing line

Scientists create powerful artificial muscle with fishing line

Researchers use fishing line and sewing thread to create cheap artificial muscles for use in medical devices, robots and fabrics.

Feb 20, 2014

Going nuclear

Going nuclear

Two UBC professors have joined forces for a new course that challenges students to ask big questions about nuclear weapons.

Jan 15, 2014

UBC awarded $9M in research funds to tackle societal challenges

UBC awarded $9M in research funds to tackle societal challenges

UBC research in fish ecology, oil sands, energy efficient buildings and wearable electronics received a $9-million boost today through NSERC.

Jan 9, 2014

New technology can prevent cellular overload, dropped calls

New technology can prevent cellular overload, dropped calls

A UBC graduate student has developed a solution to ensure that calls don’t get dropped and texts make it to their destination.

Oct 11, 2013

Vancouver campus deploys new $5.1M ‘smart grid’ energy storage system

UBC President Stephen Toope today unveiled a new energy storage system, or prototype smart grid, created in partnership with Alpha Technologies Ltd. and Corvus Energy.

Apr 19, 2013

A new generation of solar power, Part 2.

UBC researchers have discovered a potential new way to trap heat with nanotechnology that promises more efficient solar power.

Dec 18, 2012 - by Alireza Nojeh, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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