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John Madden


John Madden


Professor


Electrical & Computer Engineering


Director, AMPEL
Director, Molecular Mechatronics Lab


University of British Columbia


Dr. Madden worked as a research scientist at MIT before joining UBC in 2002. He completed his PhD work in the BioInstrumentation Laboratory at MIT. His bachelor’s degree is in Honours Physics, UBC and he has a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, McGill. John Madden and his team are investigating new and unusual electronic materials for application in printable electronics, sensors and as artificial muscle, using materials including conducting polymers, carbon nanotubes and electrospun carbon nanofibers.

Karen Cheung

 

 

Karen Cheung

 

Professor

 

Electrical & Computer Engineering; School of Biomedical Engineering

 

Associate Director, School of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Bio-Medical Micro Devices Lab

 

University of British Columbia

 

 

Dr. Cheung received her BSc and PhD degrees in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. From 2002–2005, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Her research interests include lab-on-a-chip systems for cell culture and characterization, inkjet printing for single cell dispensing, biosensors, and implantable neural interfaces.

 

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Mu Chiao

April 20, 2018


Professor


Mechanical Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Shuo Tang

October 4, 2018


Professor


Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Mohsen Akbari

December 1, 2020


Associate Professor


Mechanical Engineering


University of Victoria

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Claire Preston

July 2, 2020


Research Manager


Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Z. Jane Wang

October 4, 2018


Professor


Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Leanne Currie

January 13, 2023

      Leanne Currie   Professor Nursing   Nursing, Biomedical & Health Informatics   University of British Columbia   https://nursing.ubc.ca/our-people/leanne-m-currie/

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Sukhneet Dhillon

July 2, 2020


Research Manager


Biomedical Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Jay Kizhakkedathu

April 20, 2018


Professor


Chemistry


University of British Columbia

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Jaimie Borisoff

November 6, 2018


Research Director


British Columbia Institute of Technology

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Frank Ko

April 20, 2018


Professor


Materials Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Silvia Raschke

November 6, 2018


Project Leader


British Columbia Institute of Technology

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Agnes d’Entremont

January 16, 2023

      Agnes d’Entremont   Professor Mechanical Engineering   Biomechanics, Joint Kinematics & Mechanical Design   University of British Columbia   https://mech.ubc.ca/agnes-dentremont/

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John Madden

April 20, 2018


Professor


Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Nancy Paris

November 6, 2018


Director, MAKE+ and PART


British Columbia Institute of Technology

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Lyndia Wu

January 16, 2023

      Lyndia Wu   Professor Mechanical Engineering   Injury Biomechanics, Soft Tissue Biomechanics & Traumatic Brain Injury   University of British Columbia   https://mech.ubc.ca/lyndia-wu//

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Shahriar Mirabbasi

April 20, 2018


Professor


Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Brittany Pousett

November 14, 2018


Head of Research


Barber Prosthetics

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Robert Rohling

January 16, 2023

      Robert Rohling   Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering   Medical Imaging, Medical Information Systems & Ultrasound Imaging (2D & 3D)   University of British Columbia   https://ece.ubc.ca/robert-rohling/?login

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Carolyn Sparrey

April 20, 2018


Associate Professor


Mechatronic Systems Engineering


Simon Fraser University

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Dave Moe

November 14, 2018


Owner


Barber Prosthetics

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Carlo Menon

April 20, 2018


Professor


Health Sciences and Technology


ETH Zurich

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Boris Stoeber

April 20, 2018


Professor


Mechanical Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Victor Yang

November 14, 2018


Associate Professor


Neurosurgery


University of Toronto

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Gursel Alici

May 30, 2018


Professor


Materials and Mechatronic Engineering


University of Wollongong

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Machiel Van Der Loos

April 20, 2018


Associate Professor


Mechanical Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Edmond Cretu

November 21, 2018


Associate Professor


Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Mirella Dottori

October 4, 2018


Associate Professor


School of Medicine


University of Wollongong

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Konrad Walus

April 20, 2018


Professor


Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Babak Shadgan

July 29, 2019


Assistant Professor


Orthopaedics


University of British Columbia

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Geoff Spinks

November 6, 2018


Professor


Materials Engineering


University of Wollongong

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Ken Takahata

May 30, 2018


Associate Professor


Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Tania Lam

August 7, 2019


Professor


Kinesiology


University of British Columbia

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Gordon Wallace

November 6, 2018


Executive Research Director, ACES


University of Wollongong

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Rizhi Wang

May 31, 2018


Professor


Materials Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Anita Ho

September 7, 2019


Associate Professor


School of Population and Public Health


University of British Columbia

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Marc in het Panhuis

November 14, 2018


Professor


Chemistry


University of Wollongong

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Woo Soo Kim

July 6, 2018


Associate Professor


Mechatronic Systems Engineering


Simon Fraser University

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Christian Göritz

July 4, 2020


Principal Investigator


Department of Cell and Molecular Biology


Karolinska Institutet

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Stephanie Willerth

August 17, 2018


Professor


Mechanical Engineering


University of Victoria

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Alyson Fournier

July 4, 2020


Professor


Neurology and Neurosurgery


McGill University

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James Tour

July 7, 2020


Professor


Chemistry, Nanomaterials Engineering


Rice University

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Karim Fouad

July 4, 2020


Professor


Rehabilitation Medicine & Physical Therapy


University of Alberta

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Ziliang Ye

July 4, 2020


Assistant Professor


Physics & Astronomy


University of British Columbia

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Vanessa Noonan

September 7, 2019


Director


Research & Best Practice Implementation


Rick Hansen Institute

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Mattia Bacca

September 26, 2018


Assistant Professor


Mechanical Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Molly Shoichet

November 27, 2020


Professor
CRC in Tissue Engineering


Chemical Engineering


University of Toronto

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Chris McBride

January 9, 2022


Executive Director


Spinal Cord Injury BC

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Karen Cheung

April 20, 2018


Professor


Electrical & Computer Engineering


University of British Columbia

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Wolfram Tetzlaff

April 20, 2018


Professor


Surgery


University of British Columbia

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Dena Shahriari

July 4, 2020


Assistant Professor


Orthopaedics, Biomedical Engineering


University of British Columbia

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