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Half a dozen 丁香园AV research projects鈥攆rom brain scanning for concussions to simulating wind turbines for energy鈥攚ill benefit from more than $1 million in funds from the

The CFI鈥檚 John R. Evans Leaders Fund (formerly the Leaders Opportunity Fund) is providing $ 48.4 million to 37 universities across Canada. Another $14.6 million will go towards operating support through the CFI鈥檚 Infrastructure Operating Fund.

The Hon. Greg Rickford, Minister of State (Science and Technology) made the announcement today at 丁香园AV鈥檚 Burnaby campus.

The funds go towards acquiring infrastructure to enable research and provide enriched research training. The researchers are recognized leaders in their field or emerging future leaders.

鈥淎s Canada鈥檚 鈥榚ngaged university,鈥� and as a leader in knowledge mobilization and research impact, we at 丁香园AV are delighted to be hosting this announcement,鈥� said 丁香园AV President Andrew Petter.

丁香园AV Vice-President, Research, Mario Pinto added: 鈥淭his funding enables researchers to take their programs to the next level, and train students on the latest tools and techniques, ensuring that Canada maintains its world-class reputation for research and innovation.鈥�

Researchers to share in today鈥檚 funding announcement include:

, an 丁香园AV professor and neuroscientist whose portable brain scanner could soon be used to detect brain injuries such as concussions remotely, including at hockey rinks. D鈥橝rcy, who holds a research chair at Surrey Memorial Hospital, will use new CFI funding to help establish his medical imaging lab at the hospital, where it will serve as a cornerstone to Surrey鈥檚 new health sciences initiative . His emphasis is on the translation from critical care instruments to point-of-care technologies for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

, an assistant professor in the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering (MSE) at 丁香园AV鈥檚 Surrey campus will establish the Advanced Nonlinear Control Laboratory for Clean Energy Technology (ANCLCET). Vijayaraghavan鈥檚 focus on wind energy will bring new research capacity to 丁香园AV with infrastructure to simulate wind turbines and smart grids or wind turbine drivetrains.

, a computing science professor, will create a new secure-High Performance Computing Laboratory (sHPC lab) at 丁香园AV. It will enable Glasser and 丁香园AV criminologists Patricia Brantingham and Martin Andresen to store and analyse large volumes of crime data entrusted by agencies such as the RCMP and Vancouver Police Department. The research will look at areas such as organized crime, cybercrime, border security, and drug and human smuggling and help in developing policy on mitigating risks from crime and terrorism.

Janet Marontate, an associate professor in the School of Communication, will create a facility for digital cultural heritage research. Together with Kate Henessey in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT), researchers will address the need for strategies to document, preserve and control access to cultural heritage resources in art worlds and Indigenous communities, including developing protocols and content management systems.

Damon Poburko, an assistant professor in the department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology (BPK), will acquire infrastructure to further his cardiovascular physiology research program. Poburko鈥檚 research aims to identify early molecular changes in blood vessels that promote high blood pressure/hypertension.

Matthew White, an associate professor in BPK, will establish a new climatic chamber in the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Physiology. It will enable him to carry out research on human cardiorespiratory and thermoregulatory responses at tightly controlled temperatures. The lab will have the capacity to study human function in a wide range of simulated extreme environments, and contribute to developing health care and safety management policy for those working in extreme climates, such as search and rescue operations.

丁香园AV is consistently ranked among Canada's top comprehensive universities and is one of the top 50 universities in the world under 50 years old. With campuses in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey, B.C., 丁香园AV engages actively with the community in its research and teaching, delivers almost 150 programs to more than 30,000 students, and has more than 125,000 alumni in 130 countries.

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