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Smart Microgrid featured at IEEE WiE-YP Conference on Clean Energy in Vancouver

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Dr. Hassan Farhangi, Director of the Smart Microgrid Applied Research Team, will be one of the featured speakers at the IEEE WiE-YP Conference on Clean Energy in Vancouver Nov 16-17, 2017. The one-and-a-half day conference is featuring the engineering and clean energy communities. The main objectives of the conference are: Providing an overview of the clean energy industry in […]

The World of 3D Printing in Prosthetics and Orthotics

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The BCIT MAKE+ team held a Makeathon at the Centre of Applied Research and Innovation (CARI) Saturday, September 23, 2017, in partnership with the Technical University of Munich’s – Munich Centre for Technology in Society. On hand were prosthetists, designers, and sociologists.  They collaborated directly with amputees translating ideas into novel 3D printed prototypes from sketches to physical prototype […]

BC Municipal Delegates Test Electric Vehicles and Tour SMART Microgrid

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Forty-eight municipal delegates toured the BCIT SMART Microgrid on Monday, September 25 as part of a study tour for the 2017 Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) Convention held at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The tour began with a journey on an electric bus to BCIT. Here the delegates learned how solar renewables have been integrated into EV charging and […]

8th Round of BCIT Institute Research Funds Awards

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We are pleased to announce the Institute Research Committee (IRC) recently approved the following 4 proposals, as recommended by their School Research Committees. The IRC received 5 applications for this round of funding, and while all were worthy of consideration, it was the Committee’s decision to approve 4 proposals. Dr. Djamel Khelifi (SoCAS) – $25,000 […]