These are among thirty-four UBC Engineering projects awarded NSERC Alliance Discovery Grants, which received a total of $11 million in support.
MECH NSERC Discovery Grant Recipients
Towards Net-Zero Emissions: mechanics, processes and materials to support risk-based well decommissioning
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ian Frigaard
Well Integrity Canada 2030
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ian Frigaard
Adaptive Machining of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites Informed by Prior Manufacturing Processes
Principal Investigator: Dr. Xiaoliang Jin
Public Transit Fleet and Energy Transition: A Road Towards Net-Zero
Principal Investigator: Dr. Walter Mérida
Energy Recovery: Connecting Core Performance to Building Systems
Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Rogak
A project by associate faculty member Dr. Peter Cripton also received funding:
A novel approach to study occupant kinematics, muscle activity and cervical spine posture in vehicle rollovers
Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Cripton (School of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Faculty Member in Mechanical Engineering)
CFI Innovation Fund support for project with UBC collaborators
A study lead by the University of Waterloo in collaboration with UBC Mechanical Engineering researchers also received support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Innovation Fund. The CFI funds projects moving Canada towards its net-zero emissions targets and a circular economy.
Canadian Technology Accelerator for Digital Transformation of Manufacturing (CAN-DX)
Lead institution: University of Waterloo | UBC leads: Dr. Xiaoliang Jin and Dr. Yusuf Altintas