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New Green Energy Biomass Plant Powers up SFU Burnaby & UniverCity, Drastically Decreases Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Burnaby, BC, July 8, 2021--A new biomass plant located on Burnaby Mountain is now in full operation, providing heat and hot water to most of SFU's Burnaby campus and approximately half of the SFU UniverCity community. This plant has drastically decreased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making Simon Fraser University (SFU) a leader in the use of green energy with one of the smallest GHG footprints of any university in Canada.

Four SFU Mechatronics Alumni Win 2021 National Impact Investor Challenge and $100K With Their Cleantech Startup, Moment Energy

Burnaby, BC, July 5, 2021--Four SFU mechatronics alumni from the Charles Chang Institute of Entrepreneurship have won the 2021 National Impact Investor Challenge with their cleantech startup, Moment Energy. The $100,000 investment prize was awarded on June 17, 2021 at the virtual finale.

Weekend Read: 813,000 Zoom Meetings Later: How SFU IT Services Handled the Move to Remote Instruction During a Pandemic

Burnaby, BC, April 30, 2021--Simon Fraser University has written an interesting feature on how their IT Services handled the move to remote instruction, and dealt with 813,000 Zoom meetings during the past year in a pandemic.

Seasonal Worker Payroll Startup Labora Wins Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize Competition, SFU's Largest Entrepreneurship Competition

Burnaby, BC, April 23, 2021--Labora Consulting Services Corp. has won the top prize in SFU's 10th annual Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize competition, taking home a $35,000-prize package. Labora's AgTech platform provides a simple and secure digital payroll service to farmers enabling their seasonal agricultural workers to transfer remittances back home.

SFU to Lead New National Infectious Disease Modeling Network

Burnaby, BC, April 15, 2021--Simon Fraser University mathematics professor Caroline Colijn will lead a new, national infectious disease modeling network that will inform decisions related to public health threats and better prepare Canada for future pandemics. Colijn will oversee the Canadian Network for Modelling Infectious Disease (CANMOD), supported by $2.5 million in funding over the next two years.

New Technology Being Developed by Engineers at SFU for Low-Carbon Heating and Cooling Needs of Surrey's District Energy Network

Burnaby, BC, March 19, 2021--New technology being developed by engineers at Simon Fraser University could potentially satisfy the low-carbon heating and cooling needs of Surrey's district energy network using tanker trucks to collect and deliver waste energy.

Sensing 'Robot Healthcare Helpers' Being Developed at SFU

Burnaby, BC, March 9, 2021--Robots that could take on basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses may be the way of the future. Who knows, maybe a medical robot can prescribe your medicine someday? That's the idea behind 3D structural-sensing robots being developed and tested at Simon Fraser University by Woo Soo Kim, associate professor in the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering.

SFU Partners With Foresight to Develop BC Cleantech Sector

Burnaby, BC, February 18, 2021--Simon Fraser University announced that it is partnering with Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre to advance the cleantech industry in B.C. and beyond. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) announced will focus on shared areas of opportunity in cleantech development through SFU Innovates.

SFU Researchers Developing Cellular Service Standards for Space Missions to the Moon and Mars

Burnaby, BC, December 21, 2020--Think getting good cellular service on Earth is difficult? Try doing it on the moon or Mars. A team of Simon Fraser University researchers is working hard to make LTE/4G and Wi-Fi communications systems on the moon a reality by 2022.

SFU and NRC Researchers Using Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) to Develop Virtual Efficiencies for Industry

Burnaby, BC, December 29, 2020--Aircraft maintenance crews could soon be checking their engines in a virtual world, given new research underway by Simon Fraser University and National Research Council of Canada (NRC) collaborators. Researchers are using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to enable crews to 'walk' around a virtual airplane engine and assess its flight performance remotely, using simulation and sensors added to real aircraft engines.