Three Tours of State of the Art Facilities
The Pulp and Paper Centre (PPC) at the University of British Columbia
Buses depart from the hotel at 8:30
Tour: 9:00 Monday, 23 June 2014
The Pulp and Paper Centre (PPC) is an inter-disciplinary, cross-faculty research centre at the University of British Columbia with specialized laboratories for those who conduct research for the benefit of the current and future pulp and paper industry. The centre serves to bring together faculty and student researchers to work collaboratively with the manufacturing industry, utilities, supplier industry, consultants and government agencies. The centre also serves as a point of entry for the industry looking to the university for innovative solutions, new technology and educational programs. Tour participant will hear an overview of the PPC and view the Nano Fibre Separator, and then visit the LC Refining Facility and the Pulp Screening Research Facility. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
The Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory (AMPEL) at the University of British Columbia
Buses depart from hotel at 8:30 and 10:30
Tour times: 9:00 and 11:00 Monday, 23 June 2014
AMPEL brings together over 20 faculty members from across the UBC campus to focus on leading edge research of materials, devices and processing sciences. Tour participants will hear an overview of AMPEL, and then visit the Flexible Electronics and Energy Lab (FEEL), the Interface Analysis Lab, the Mechatronics Lab, the Biomaterials Lab, the Composite Lab, the Nanofibres Lab, and the Advanced Fibrous Materials Lab. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
TRIUMF
Buses to depart hotel at 13:30
Tour: 14:00-16:00 Monday, 23 June 2014
TRIUMF is one of the world’s leading subatomic physics laboratories, and Canada’s national laboratory for nuclear and particle physics research and related sciences. It is a Canadian success story located on the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. TRIUMF has research programs in accelerator physics, nuclear medicine, detector development, molecular and materials science, particle physics, and rare isotope beams. Space is limited to 50 participants and pre-registration is required.
