Faculty of Applied Science

The Faculty of Applied Science includes the School of Nursing, the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, six Departments of Engineering and five Engineering programs.

For our priority projects, please visit UBC Engineering, the School of Nursing, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the School of Community and Regional Planning for information about supporting priority projects in those Schools.
 
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Projects and Success Stories:

  • Priority Project

    Dr. Suzanne Hetzel Campbell Endowment for Nursing Student Leaders

    Dr. Suzanne Hetzel Campbell Endowment for Nursing Student Leaders

    Since 1919, UBC’s School of Nursing has prided itself on being an active, vibrant and dynamic member of our university community, our province and our country. UBC Nursing continues to more

    Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    UBC Engineering Student Competition Team Fund

    UBC Engineering Student Competition Team Fund

    “Only within engineering teams can students seize the opportunity to work at the cutting-edge of solutions to the world’s problems. The unique environment fosters invaluable hands-on collaboration more

    Community Engagement, Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    Chemical and Biological Engineering Field Trip

    Chemical and Biological Engineering Field Trip

    For the students in third-year year Chemical and Biological Engineering, the annual class field trip has become a cherished tradition. A great opportunity for students to forge bonds and build more

  • Priority Project

    Support UBC Mining Students to be Global Leaders

    Support UBC Mining Students to be Global Leaders

    “I learned so much on the field trip, from diamond trading and platinum ore processing to post-graduate study opportunities in South Africa that I never knew existed. But it wasn’t more

    Student Learning

  • Special Appeals

    UBC Materials Engineering: Celebrate 100 Years by Helping to Revitalize Undergraduate Labs

    UBC Materials Engineering: Celebrate 100 Years by Helping to Revitalize Undergraduate Labs

    The Department of Materials Engineering has been providing cutting edge education and research to serve our industries and communities for 100 years. To celebrate our centennial, we need your help more

  • Special Appeals

    Honouring Daphne Spencer

    Honouring Daphne Spencer

    Daphne Spencer joined the BC Centre for Disease Control in 1986, to provide HIV testing opportunities within the Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic. Over the next 29 years she became a more

  • Special Appeals

    In Memoriam: Verna Huffman Splane (Nov 23, 1914 – Jan 10, 2015)

    In Memoriam: Verna Huffman Splane (Nov 23, 1914 – Jan 10, 2015)

    A longtime resident of Vancouver, but a distinguished citizen of Canada and the world, Verna was one of the most pre-eminent and influential nursing policy leaders of her generation. A public more

  • Special Appeals

    West Coast Modern House Series

    West Coast Modern House Series

    Our region boasts an impressive collection of mid-century West Coast Modern residences. The School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) is leading an effort to preserve these significant more

  • Priority Project

    Yusuf Altintas Manufacturing Automation Graduate Scholarship

    Yusuf Altintas Manufacturing Automation Graduate Scholarship

    The Yusuf Altintas Graduate Scholarship supports efforts to recruit the world’s best graduate students for the Manufacturing Automation Laboratory (MAL). Please make your gift today. more

  • Success Story

    Dr. Larry Frank

    Dr. Larry Frank

    Dr. Lawrence Frank, Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning, was appointed the J. Armand Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation from 2003 to 2012. Over that nine year period, Dr. Frank’s research, which broadly addressed the relationships between transit investments and land use with environmental and health outcomes, was widely cited and quoted […] more

  • Success Story

    The “Smart Grid” Energy Storage System

    The “Smart Grid” Energy Storage System

      In April 2013, UBC joined partners Alpha Technologies and Corvus Energy to add a new Energy Storage System to the Campus as a Living Lab initiative. The project integrates one megawatt hour of stored energy — enough to power an average home for 1,000 hours — into a power grid that supports three major […] more

  • Success Story

    Wayne and William White Engineering Design Centre

    Wayne and William White Engineering Design Centre

    The Wayne and William White Engineering Design Centre (EDC) officially opened on November 2, 2011. more

Contact Us

Debbie Woo
Senior Director, Development and Alumni Engagement
Tel: 604.822.6856
Email: debbie.woo@ubc.ca

Darya Sawycky
Associate Director
Tel: 604.827.0081
Email: darya.sawycky@ubc.ca

Lindsay Barber (on leave)
Associate Director
Tel: 604.822.5854
Email: lindsay.barber@ubc.ca

Jonathan Doan
Associate Director
Tel: 604.827.4879
Email: jonathan.doan@ubc.ca

Andrea Walus
Development Officer
Tel: 604.822.1234
Email: andrea.walus@ubc.ca

Matthew Barron
Writing Specialist, Research and Proposals
Tel: 604.827.5572
Email: matthew.barron@ubc.ca

Karen Cheng
Development Coordinator
Tel: 604.822.9976
Email: karen.cheng@ubc.ca

Sarah Barclay (on leave)
Associate Director, Alumni Relations
Tel: 604.822.9454
Email: sarah.barclay@ubc.ca

Deanna Salituro
Manager, Alumni Engagement, Applied Science
Tel: 604.822.9454
Email: deanna.salituro@ubc.ca

Tara Newell
Alumni Relations Coordinator
Tel: 604.827.3870
Email: tara.newell@ubc.ca

RSS Faculty of Applied Science News

  • Four UBC profs inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering June 26, 2017
      Four UBC professors — Perry Adebar, PEng (Civil Engineering), Choon (Jim) Lim, PEng (Chemical and Biological Engineering), James Olson, PEng (Mechanical Engineering) and Marc Parlange, PEng (Civil Engineering) — have been inducted as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) in recognition of their "distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession."
  • In memoriam: John Friedmann, urban planning pioneer and honourary UBC professor, dies at 91 June 14, 2017
      The UBC Faculty of Applied Science mourns the passing of John Friedmann, 91, an honourary professor in UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP). Also a professor emeritus in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he served as head of the Urban Planning Program in the […]
  • When the rubber hits the road: recycled tires create stronger concrete June 13, 2017
    UBC engineers have developed a more resilient type of concrete using recycled tires that could be used for concrete structures like buildings, roads, dams and bridges while reducing landfill waste.
  • UBC students showcase rocket ahead of international competition June 13, 2017
      Event: Space rocket preview Date: June 14, from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Location: Fred Kaiser Bldg., Rm 2020/2030 Map: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=313 Parking: Health Sciences Parkade  
  • Biomedical Engineering Student Team annual showcase June 8, 2017
    On Monday, May 29, 2017 the UBC Biomedical Engineering Student Team (BEST) hosted its annual showcase to feature a number of the innovative solutions that its members have been developing. Medical professionals, UBC faculty, biomedical industry professionals and students were in attendance.