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Home / News and Outreach / Years / 2018
  • Rick Hansen Institute supports research into spinal cord injury diagnostics

    December 11, 2018

    Engineering science professor Teresa Cheung has received funding from a joint initiative of the... read more

  • Incoming computing science professor named one of Canada’s inaugural CIFAR Artificial Intelligence Chairs

    December 03, 2018

    Angel Chang, who will be joining the School of Computing Science as an associate professor in... read more

  • Forbes names computing science professor one of five people building our AI future

    November 29, 2018

    Angelica Lim, a professor in the School of Computing Science, has been named one of ‘five people... read more

  • Forbes names mechatronics alumnus one of five AI entrepreneurs on the rise

    November 29, 2018

    Hassan Murad, an alumnus of the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, has been named by Forbes... read more

  • Mechatronics team wins Innovate BC award for tech that improves efficiency of light electric vehicles

    October 25, 2018

    Innovate BC awarded a team of researchers, led by mechatronic systems engineering professor Majid... read more

  • IEEE Technical Advisory Board recognizes engineering science professor emeritus

    October 01, 2018

    William (Bill) Almer Gruver, a long-time professor of the School of Engineering Science, was... read more

  • SFU’s ImageTech Lab at Surrey Memorial Hospital promises rapid innovations in brain health treatments

    September 19, 2018

    A new, world-class medical imaging research facility, SFU ImageTech Lab, was unveiled this week in... read more

  • New SFU Surrey building receives award for architectural excellence

    September 06, 2018

    SFU’s new home to the Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) program, slated to start in Fall 2019,... read more

  • New research gives you the ability to fly drones with your face

    July 24, 2018

    Communicating with a drone may soon be as simple as a wave of the hand or change in your facial... read more

  • Marinko Sarunic and Siamak Arzanpour receive MSFHR Innovation to Commercialization Awards

    July 13, 2018

    The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) awarded engineering science professor... read more

  • Computing science alumni’s start-up takes skin-cancer screening tech to Australia

    July 10, 2018

    MetaOptima Technology, a company founded by computing science PhD graduates Maryam Sadeghi and... read more

  • Engineering science professor Andrew Rawicz to complete ‘walk around the world’

    June 28, 2018

    Imagine walking over 40,000 kilometres — the circumference of the earth — to get to work. That’s... read more

  • Mechatronics team’s tiny sensors show promise for marine defense, pipeline-leak and earthquake detection

    June 26, 2018

    Mechatronics professor Behraad Bahreyni and his team have developed tiny sensors that are packing... read more

  • Mechatronics professor named MSFHR Scholar for mental health technology research

    June 13, 2018

    Mechatronic systems engineering professor, and Chair in Technology Innovations for Youth Addiction... read more

  • Computing science student start-up creates smart jewelry with personal security at heart

    May 25, 2018

    Keeping safe never looked so good. At least, not since SFU student start-up NERO came on the scene.... read more

  • B.C. girls build apps to address homelessness, ESL challenges and other community issues

    May 08, 2018

    SFU’s Faculty of Applied Sciences hosted the 2018 Technovation B.C. Regional Pitch... read more

  • Using data science to predict and prevent adverse drug reactions in children with cancer

    May 07, 2018

    Computing science professor Martin Ester is mining the full clinical and genomic adverse drug... read more

  • SFU graduate student applies engineering skills to advance national shelter system

    May 04, 2018

    Mechatronic Systems Engineering Professional Master’s Program student Sabinder Khara is... read more

  • Borealis AI appoints computing science professor to lead BC expansion

    April 23, 2018

    Borealis AI, an RBC research centre dedicated to machine learning innovation, has appointed... read more

  • New eBrain Centre to be created on SFU Surrey campus

    April 11, 2018

    Mechatronic systems engineering professor Faranak Farzan is one of three SFU recipients of the... read more

  • Minister Kirsty Duncan visits the SFU ROSIE Lab and Autonomy Lab

    April 09, 2018

    The Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, met with the Robots... read more

  • SFU engineering science professor receives BCIC Ignite Award for retinal imaging technology

    March 29, 2018

    Engineering science professor Marinko Sarunic and his team have been selected as recipients of the... read more

  • SFU introduces Canada’s first professional master’s program specializing in visual computing

    March 26, 2018

    The first cohort will begin classes in September 2018, and applications are being accepted until... read more

  • eCo-op sends mechatronics student start-up to China’s largest hardware accelerator

    March 22, 2018

    Members of Zennea Technologies, a student start-up composed of students from the School of... read more

  • Engineering science alumnus named Top 30 Under 30 for smart parking tech

    March 16, 2018

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  • SFU summer AI program for young women aims to close STEM gap

    March 13, 2018

    Computing science professor Angelica Lim is leading a new summer artificial intelligence program at... read more

  • SFU Leadership Award recognizes engineering science’s Tara Smith

    March 02, 2018

    Tara Smith is the manager of academic and administrative services for the School of Engineering... read more

  • Mechatronics student receives President’s Award for Leadership in Sustainability

    February 28, 2018

    Mechatronic systems engineering student Raaj Chatterjee has been selected as the student recipient... read more

  • Companies from mechatronics and engineering take home top prizes at SFU's largest entrepreneurship competition

    February 20, 2018

    Zennea Technologies and BioInteractive Technologies were among the top winners at the Coast Capital... read more

  • Gesture recognition device to fast-track with company's invite to Techstars accelerator

    February 07, 2018

    Lukas-Karim Merhi and Gautam Sadarangani's company, BioInteractive Technologies, has been accepted... read more

  • SFU professor selected as Brain Pool Fellow by National Research Foundation of Korea

    February 05, 2018

    As a part of the fellowship, professor Woo Soo Kim recently travelled to Seoul, South Korea and... read more

  • The Next 36 selects three SFU students for 2018 cohort

    February 02, 2018

    SFU has more students participating this year than any other Canadian post-secondary institution.... read more

  • Support for tech seats to advance new SFU program in Sustainable Energy Engineering

    January 16, 2018

    Melanie Mark, the Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, visited SFU Surrey’s... read more

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