Dr. Pillai joins OPERA as the Cluster Coordinator
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Anu Pillai to the OPERA Lab. Dr. Pillai will be coordinating our Eminence Fund Cluster in Comfort Enabling Technologies, as well as overseeing the project developing antimicrobial fabrics. We are very glad to have you Anu!
Eminence Fund Awarded
The OPERA Lab was awarded a UBC Eminence Fund for our Cluster of Research Excellence in Comfort-Enabling Technologies! This award is bringing together a handful of faculty and several industrial and municipal partners, with the following mission: This diverse team of researchers is working collaboratively with industrial partners to enhance human comfort in extreme and… Read more »
Dr. Im joins the OPERA Lab
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Wanhee Im as the latest edition to the OPERA Lab. Dr. Im comes to us from Seoul National University and will be developing high-strength, hydrophobic paper, both here in Kelowna and at the Pointe-Claire location of FPInnovations in QC. Welcome Wanhee!
Behrooz and Kiana attended CSChE
Behrooz and Kiana attended CSChE 2019, presenting their works on developing omniphobic surfaces and ice sensors. Sounds like both projects were very well received!
MURPH funds our anti-mosquito paint project!
Our collaborative work with Dr. Rheault recently received funding from the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Projects in Health (MURPH) program. MURPH is supporting two excellent undergraduate students, Helena Nunes and Giulia Rossi, on our project developing anti-mosquito paint for malaria prevention. Welcome to the group! https://mmri.ubc.ca/multidisciplinary-undergraduate-research-projects-in-health-murph/
COMFORTS Media Coverage
Global News did a story on the COMFORTS project: very impactful work! ‘It could help save their lives,’ B.C. university helping develop new, high-tech body armour
The OPERA Lab receives $1.5M to improve the comfort of soldiers
The Government of Canada announced today that UBCO has been awarded $1.5M to develop more comfortable gear for the Canadian military. Dr. Golovin is leading the Comfort Optimized Materials For Operational Resilience, Thermal-transport, and Survivability (COMFORTS) Micro-network! GoC official release UBC Media release Prof. Golovin explaining to MP Stephen Fuhr how athletic apparel companies and… Read more »
New PhD students!
The OPERA Lab welcomes two new PhD students, Sonia and Mohammad. Glad to have both of you here!
Dr. Golovin was featured in Trek Magazine
Prof. Golovin was featured in the Summer 2019 issue of Trek Magazine. Check out Engineering at the Edge!
NPU visiting students
UBCO had the pleasure of hosting 30 students from Northwestern Polytechnic University in Xi’an, China. Six students were interested in the OPERA lab and spent a few weeks getting a taste of OPERA research. A great experience overall and we hope to see them soon here as graduate students!
