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Protecting polar bears aim of new and improved radar technology
October 18, 2023Researchers from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Brigham Young University (BYU) have collaborated... read more
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Twins graduate together from School of Engineering Science
October 03, 2023Twins Basil and Joanna Giannopoulos have shared many experiences and aspirations, so their... read more
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Engineering researcher receives CIHR Project Grant
July 31, 2023Engineering science professor Mirza Faisal Beg and his research team have received $956,250... read more
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Engineering student receives top prize at the Canadian Engineering Competition
April 05, 2023Engineering science student Aru Bhola and SEE student Erin Flood outperformed 200 engineering... read more
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Using the Body's Smallest Clues to Detect Disease
March 29, 2023Engineering science professor Michael Adachi was recently featured in SFU's Scholarly Impact... read more
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Graduate students compete in 2023 Three Minute Thesis
March 03, 2023This week, the annual Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) heat Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2023 was... read more
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Engineering students take first-place at the Western Engineering Competition
February 23, 2023Last month, students from across Western Canada gathered at Simon Fraser University's Surrey campus... read more
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SFU scientists developing early Alzheimer’s disease detection sensor
January 18, 2023Researchers from the SFU Nanodevice Fabrication Group are developing a new biosensor that can be... read more
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Meet our October 2022 Graduands
October 03, 2022Meet some of our amazing students who are graduating in the Faculty of Applied Sciences from our... read more
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Engineering science researcher receives Michael Smith Health Research BC 2022 Scholar award
September 15, 2022Announced today, professor Michael Adachi from the School of Engineering Science is a... read more
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SFU engineering students create technology to optimize brace design to help children with scoliosis
July 19, 2022It is estimated that 2-3% of children or teens will develop scoliosis, a condition that causes... read more
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Combining genetics and brain MRI can aid in predicting chances of Alzheimer’s disease
June 28, 2022In a recent study, SFU engineering researchers in the Functional and Anatomical Image... read more
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SFU professor Jie Liang Elected as Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
June 14, 2022SFU professor Jie Liang from the School of Engineering Science has been elected as Fellow of the... read more
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He shoots, he scores! Engineering graduate leaves lasting impact at SFU through robot soccer
June 06, 2022Arvin Amini’s journey to his long-awaited walk across the stage at Convocation Mall starts all the... read more
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Meet our June 2022 Graduands
June 06, 2022Meet some of our amazing students who are graduating in the Faculty of Applied Sciences from our... read more
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Dr. Herath Gedara Chinthaka Pathum Dinesh receives Governor General's Gold Medal
June 01, 2022PhD graduate Dr. Herath Gedara Chinthaka Pathum Dinesh from the School of Engineering Science is... read more
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Polar bear conservation research aided by SFU radar technology
May 30, 2022Engineering students from SFU’s Synthetic Aperture Radar Laboratory (SARlab) have been working with... read more
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Welcoming back FAS alumni
May 02, 2022Meet some of our amazing students who are graduating in the Faculty of Applied Sciences from our... read more
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Engineering student advances to SFU Three Minute Thesis Final
March 22, 2022Engineering MASc student Ghazal Mirabnahrazam was announced as the first-place winner of the... read more
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The SFU connection to the James Webb Space Telescope
December 22, 2021When NASA’s latest space apparatus—the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)— blasts into space on... read more
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In memory of Tom Calvert, professor emeritus
October 15, 2021We are sad to announce the passing of Tom Calvert, professor emeritus in SFU’s Schools of Computing... read more
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Dr. Faisal Beg was PI on a MSFHR commercialization award for AI systems to measure body composition form routine CT scans
November 01, 2020Dr.Faisal Beg was PI on a 2020 MSFHR (Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research) Innovation to... read more
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Dr. Bonnie Gray is part of an NRC-IRAP for $300K to support a BC company Metabolic Insights in modify its device technology to detect Covid-19 in Siliva
October 01, 2020Dr. Bonnie Gray is one of the collaborators on the project of developing a prototype point-of-care... read more
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Four ENSC faculty, Drs Faisal Beg, Ivan Bajic, Jie Liang and Marinko Sarunic received a CFI-JELF $500K award to build a AI Engineering and Visualization Lab
March 01, 2020Four Faculty of Engineering Science professors receive $500k from the Canada Foundation for... read more
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Engineering alumna Sharlene Carslon featured as part of #30YearsLater30Engineers campaign
December 05, 2019Sharlene Carlson is one of 30 women featured in a campaign led by Engineering Deans Canada (EDC) to... read more
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SFU celebrates the life of Steve Whitmore
November 16, 2019SFU engineering science senior lecturer Steve Whitmore passed away on November 7. Whitmore had been... read more
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SFU engineering students devise smart solutions for ACL injuries
October 07, 2019When tasked to devise a capstone project in the School of Engineering Science, two student teams... read more
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Engineering science summer research intern develops super power—learns to see through skin
September 12, 2019Undergraduate student Yutian Zhang spent her summer as part of a research team that's developing a... read more
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Engineering, computing researchers receive funding for flexible solar cells and big data computing
August 12, 2019The Canada Foundation of Innovation (CFI) has awarded $500,000 to three researchers from the... read more
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Moon-measurer, laser inventor celebrated for Apollo 11 contributions
July 16, 2019When NASA scientists wanted to measure the distance from Earth to the moon for the first time, they... read more
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SFU graduate advances smartphone solution to perform diagnostic testing in rural, remote areas
June 26, 2019An SFU researcher is hoping to help women in rural areas access information about their... read more
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Engaged graduand builds resilience, skills from Earth to Space
June 04, 2019“I was pretty shy when I first started university,” says graduand Tristan May. “But being a part of... read more
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Hands-on experience fast tracks graduand to dream degree
June 04, 2019In high school, Thomas Krammer knew he wanted to study engineering at SFU. What he didn’t know is... read more
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Moon-measurer, laser inventor remembered at International Day of Light
May 16, 2019When NASA scientists wanted to measure the distance from Earth to the moon for the first time, they... read more
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Engineering PhD student nominated as a YWCA Woman of Distinction
April 12, 2019Metro Vancouver YWCA nominated Careesa Liu, a PhD student in the School of Engineering Science, for... read more
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Engineering, mechatronics researchers receive defense and security funding
March 15, 2019Three applied sciences researchers have received funding from the Department of National Defence’s... read more
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Student teams battle their sustainable waste-sorting robots at the second annual FAS Competition
March 04, 2019The competition challenged students to build a sustainably-designed robot capable of sorting... read more
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Meet the Faculty of Applied Sciences’ new Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
February 07, 2019Engineering science professor Parvaneh Saeedi has been appointed the new Associate Dean, Research... read more
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Rick Hansen Institute supports research into spinal cord injury diagnostics
December 11, 2018Engineering science professor Teresa Cheung has received funding from a joint initiative of the... read more
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IEEE Technical Advisory Board recognizes engineering science professor emeritus
October 01, 2018William (Bill) Almer Gruver, a long-time professor of the School of Engineering Science, was... read more
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SFU’s ImageTech Lab at Surrey Memorial Hospital promises rapid innovations in brain health treatments
September 19, 2018A new, world-class medical imaging research facility, SFU ImageTech Lab, was unveiled this week in... read more
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Marinko Sarunic and Siamak Arzanpour receive MSFHR Innovation to Commercialization Awards
July 13, 2018The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) awarded engineering science professor... read more
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Engineering science professor Andrew Rawicz to complete ‘walk around the world’
June 28, 2018Imagine walking over 40,000 kilometres — the circumference of the earth — to get to work. That’s... read more
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SFU engineering science professor receives BCIC Ignite Award for retinal imaging technology
March 29, 2018Engineering science professor Marinko Sarunic and his team have been selected as recipients of the... read more
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SFU Leadership Award recognizes engineering science’s Tara Smith
March 02, 2018Tara Smith is the manager of academic and administrative services for the School of Engineering... read more
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Companies from mechatronics and engineering take home top prizes at SFU's largest entrepreneurship competition
February 20, 2018Zennea Technologies and BioInteractive Technologies were among the top winners at the Coast Capital... read more
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Gesture recognition device to fast-track with company's invite to Techstars accelerator
February 07, 2018Lukas-Karim Merhi and Gautam Sadarangani's company, BioInteractive Technologies, has been accepted... read more