Brian Keane was a creator at his core, he joined the BCIT MAKE+ team in the late 1990’s. Prior to BCIT, Brian worked in Denmark creating in the auto industry then moved to educate students at Emily Carr. Brian was introduced to Ivan Li, (one of the first team members of what is now MAKE+). […]
MAKE+ taps resources for MedTech
Check out the November/December issue of Electronic Products and Technology Magazine featuring the a story about the MAKE+ team!
Silvia Raschke MAKE+ Researcher Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Prosthetics and Orthotics Journal
Silvia Raschke, Ph.D., Project Leader, MAKE+, Orthopaedic and Assistive Devices is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Prosthetics and Orthotics Journal (CPOJ) and was the Editor of the recent CPOJ Special Issue: Health Economics in Prosthetics & Orthotics in the Canadian Prosthetics and Orthotics Journal. It is the first collection of works published in academic literature […]
Congratulations CARI Researchers!
Two researchers at the Centre for Applied Research and Innovation (CARI) have successfully defended their Masters’s thesis this spring. Rebecca Robertson, Research Associate, Natural Health and Food Products Research Group (NRG) earned her Masters of Food Science from the University of British Columbia. Garrett Kryt, Research Analyst, MAKE+ and Product and Process Applied Research Team completed his Masters in Mechatronics Systems Engineering from Simon Fraser University.
BCIT’s MAKE+ research group releases face shield design guidance document in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Many individuals and small to medium sized enterprises are looking for ways to utilize their skills and equipment to help address the shortage of PPE caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic. One of the items they are focusing on is face shields, and while intentions are good, producing these items on the fly and without expert […]