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Collaborative Expertise for Innovative Solutions

The science and research behind materials and manufacturing continue to evolve around the globe to such an extent that new discoveries and innovations have now become a common-place everyday occurrence in many technological sectors. Today’s research in the areas of advanced materials and manufacturing is all about making value-added products that are lighter, stronger, smarter, more durable and energy efficient, while minimizing environmental impacts and production costs. A key challenge, however, is to gain insight into what system-level multidisciplinary approaches can intelligently integrate emerging materials with emerging manufacturing technologies to get innovative products to market more rapidly and efficiently.

The Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) builds on the existing expertise, world-class facilities and centers at UBC and creates new multidisciplinary teams that conduct high-quality, high-impact research at the interface of basic and applied sciences, while closely supporting partnerships with industry and government as well as other research institutions. Made up of five clusters, participating researchers collaborate in the areas of aerospace and transportation, building and construction, biomedical and biological, electromagnetic and nanoscale, polymer and natural materials and manufacturing. Our basic and applied research under each cluster are pursued in parallel, but linked by a common thread which is, once integrated they significantly contribute to the economic prosperity and social well-being of communities and individuals.


Spotlight

Government invests in UBC’s circular economy initiative

NSERC CREATE funding awarded to UBCO for the first time

MMRI Director inducted into Royal Society of Canada

Industrial Research Chair in advanced resource recovery from wastewater


Research Stories

MMRI members receive HIFI Awards
HIFI Awards enable interdisciplinary groups of health researchers to undertake innovative activities that have the potential to create change.

New research improves the coolness factor for athletes
Researchers are working to develop a next-generation fabric that will keep a person warm, dry and comfortable regardless of temperature and level of exertion.

Artificial intelligence helps to make composite materials stronger, more reliable
Smart technology helps UBCO researchers measure integrity and strength of microstructures.


Publication Feed

Seismic performance-based design and risk analysis of thermal power plant building
Engineering Structures

Simultaneous displacement and force self-sensing of piezoelectric actuators
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical

Coupling strength of dangling bonds on hydrogen-terminated silicon surfaces
The Journal of Chemical Physics

A deformable x-ray CT polymer gel dosimetry system
Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2018

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Faculty of Applied Science, School of Engineering
EME 2131, 1137 Alumni Avenue
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
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