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Organized by the Office of the Vice-President (Research), the UNB Research Celebration Week is an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the efforts and achievements of our institution's research community, and the support of the partners who make these accomplishments possible.
Research celebration week is open to all members of our research community, including our academic, community, government and industry partners.
1 to 3 p.m. | Harriet Irving Library Research Commons (3rd floor)
Hear from UNB's new faculty members and early career researchers, who will be introducing themselves and their research programs. Each presenter will have three minutes to provide a flash overview.
Guest speaker: Dr. Sanjeev Seahra, professor of mathematics and statistics. Recipient of the 2022 University Research Scholar award.
Presentations will be followed by a networking social reception.
10:30 a.m. to noon | Whitebone Pizzeria
Hear from UNB's new faculty members and early career researchers, who will be introducing themselves and their research programs. Each presenter will have three minutes to provide a flash overview.
Guest speaker: Dr. Shelley Doucet, professor of nursing and health sciences, Jarislowsky Chair in Interprofessional Patient-Centred Care and recipient of the 2022 UNB Award for Excellence in Research.
Noon to 1 p.m. | Whitebone Pizzeria
Please note: A separate RSVP is required
Dr. David MaGee, Vice-President (Research) and the ORS staff invite faculty to attend a complimentary networking luncheon celebrating UNB’s research community.
Meet and connect with new and early career researchers, community partners, and other faculty over wood-fired pizza.
This social gathering offers the opportunity to celebrate our institution’s researchers and to connect with faculty and staff colleagues.
Noon to 1:30 p.m. | Sir Howard Douglas Hall (Old Arts Building) Grand Hall
Dr. David MaGee, Vice-President (Research), and the ORS staff invite faculty to attend a complimentary BBQ celebrating UNB’s research community.
This social gathering offers the opportunity to celebrate our institution’s researchers and to connect with faculty and staff colleagues.
In addition to our scheduled events, faculties and institutes around UNB will host their own activities throughout the week.
Anytime between 10 a.m. to noon | NB-IRDT, Room 170, Singer Hall, Fredericton
This is a drop-in event.
The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training invites you to join us to celebrate the new tools and programs we've been developing to level up data literacy in New Brunswick. Back in 2019, we received a SSHRC Partnership Development grant - and over the past four years we have been working with our partners in GNB (and many new partners.) to develop real-world research training opportunities for students and public servants alike. From a brand-new e-learning course on administrative data to our popular Pathways to Professions experiential learning program, we are busy finding new ways to connect students and working professionals with the tools they need to support our province using research and data.
3 p.m. | WSTC, located in the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Complex, 1350 Regent Street, Fredericton
At the Wood Science Technology Centre (WSTC), we have a comprehensive array of machinery and equipment dedicated to manufacturing mass timber products and assessing their structural properties. We cordially invite you to join us for a guided tour, as part of the Research Celebration Week. This will be an excellent opportunity to witness our facilities firsthand and explore the strides we are making in advancing wood-related research and technology.
2 to 4 p.m. | Research Commons Event Space, Harriet Irving Library, Fredericton
The Research Institute in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RIDSAI) will host its first seminar. Join us for a series of short presentations by UNB researchers to celebrate the breadth of data science and AI research at UNB. Refreshments and a networking opportunity to follow.
Anytime between 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. | Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RN Scott Hall, 25 Dineen Dr.
This is a drop-in event.
The Institute of Biomedical Engineering invites you to join us in celebrating 58 years of cutting-edge multi-disciplinary research. The Institute has a long history of producing leading research and real-world solutions for patients in the fields of myoelectric control of prostheses, adaptive rehabilitation, exoskeleton research and many more. Stop by and tour our state-of-the-art facilities, including our prosthetics clinic and our new Centre for Adaptive Rehabilitation Engineering (CARE – the Pickett Wing), and discover what our 21 graduate students have been up to.
3:30 p.m. | Tilley Hall Room 102, Fredericton
The Faculty of Science is honoured to invite the UNB community to a presentation by Dr. Edward Wilson-Ewing, our inaugural recipient of the Fritz Grein Science Research Award.
Black holes were initially predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity and their existence is now supported by strong observational evidence. Dr. Edward Wilson-Ewing will explain what is known about black holes, from both theory and observations, and then discuss what remains unknown. In particular, Hawking’s information loss problem suggests that quantum effects must be included to fully understand black holes, and he will end by presenting some current work in this direction.
The Fritz Grein Science Research Award was the vision of Professor Emeritus Fritz Grein, Chemistry. It was established to provide support for the research activities of promising junior faculty members in the Faculty of Science on the Fredericton campus.