Director
Dr. Machiel Van der Loos
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Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UBC
Faculty Affiliate, Masters of Digital Media Program, Great Northern Way Campus
Associate Faculty, School of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Head, External&Industry, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Affiliate, National Core for Neuroethics
Full Member, Institute for Computing, Information, and Cognitive
Systems (ICICS)
Chair, Patrick Campbell Chair in Mechanical Engineering Design
vdl@mech.ubc.ca
http://mech.ubc.ca/machiel-van-der-loos/
Associate Directors
Dr. Lyndia Wu
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Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UBC
lwu@mech.ubc.ca
http://mech.ubc.ca/lyndia-wu/
Dr. Elizabeth Croft
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Professor (on leave), Department of Mechanical Engineering, UBC
Vice-President Academic and Provost, University of Victoria
provost@uvic.ca
https://croft.mech.ubc.ca/
Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Jean-Sébastien Blouin
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Associate Professor
jsblouin@interchange.ubc.ca
http://kin.educ.ubc.ca/