News and Events

DFP is an active and engaging community. We have monthly seminars and an annual Design Showcase. Watch past seminars on our YouTube channel: https://tinyurl.com/youtubedfp and subscribe to our DFP calendar. Not sure where to start? Learn more about our events on our Series Descriptions page.

Design Showcase Alumni Panel Announced!

April 26th, 2023

We’re excited to welcome both Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai and Mohi Reza to our DFP Alum Panel at our May 10th Design Showcase!

Design Showcase Keynote Speaker Announced!

April 5th, 2023

As Thrive Health's Director of Product, Diane Tam is actively involved in applying human-centered approaches to addressing healthcare needs. Hear Diane's presentation & see other great HCI research presentations at our 6th Annual Design Showcase.

DFP Cohort 6 Projects Underway!

March 10th, 2023

This year's Cohort 6 is partnering with industry and faculty to work on 5 design projects.

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Upcoming Events

True Biomimetics

Adam Clare

Professor, Manufacturing Engineering UBC | Research Chair, Rolls-Royce/Royal Academy of Engineering University of Nottingham | Founder, Director, and Scientific Advisor, Texture Jet Ltd., and Scintam Engineering Ltd.

October 11th, 2023, 12:00pm

2023 Series

DFP Seminar

Join us on October 11th as Dr. Adam T Clare explores "True Biomimetics".

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Non-Contact Monitoring of Respiratory Rate for Infants in the NICU using Depth and RGB Cameras

Paul Addison and Soodeh Ahani

Paul Addison, PhD, Chief Scientist Medtronic Patient Monitoring, Technical Lead Algorithm and AI Group, Professor of Fluids Engineering | Soodeh Ahani, PhD, Research Associate, UBC

November 8th, 2023, 12:00pm

2023 Series

DFP Seminar

Join us on November 8th as Dr. Paul Addison and Dr. Soodeh Ahani explore "Non-Contact Monitoring of Respiratory Rate for Infants in the NICU using Depth and RGB Cameras".

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