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BCIT receives funding to increase electric vehicle awareness in underserved communities

BCIT Applied Research has received $300,000 from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)’s Education and Awareness Project Funding to support national and regional electric vehicle awareness initiatives, including in underserved communities. This...

Big ideas wanted: 2026 BCIT Student Innovation Challenge

Do you think BIG? Are you a problem solver? Innovator? Visionary? The 2026 BCIT Student Innovation Challenge is your chance to innovate, compete, and win! If you are a full...

Largest Mitacs funding commitment in BCIT history: $1.3M pre-approved for disaster resilience research

BCIT has secured the largest Mitacs funding commitment in the institution's history: $1.3 million in multi-year research funding focused on intelligent disaster management systems. Master of Science in Applied Computing Program...

BCIT researcher spotlight: Meet Dr. Xiaohui Zhang

Dr. Xiaohui Zhang is a researcher in the BCIT Natural Health and Food Products Research Group (NRG). With a PhD in natural product chemistry, Dr. Zhang's research focus is isolating and...

Student spotlight: Meet BCIT Applied Research student Marcus Fu

Marcus Fu is a third-year BCIT Electrical Engineering student working with the Smart Microgrid Applied Research Team (SMART) helping build digital twins and model energy systems. He first joined SMART...

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Innovative solutions to real-life problems

Applied research at BCIT is exciting. It creates practical learning opportunities for BCIT’s students, provides innovative solutions to industry challenges, and produces new, commercially relevant technology products and applications.

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Envisioning change, advancing technology

BCIT researchers and research groups have been working with industry clients for 35 years, helping companies and organizations develop new technologies, products and services. The practical solutions range from process improvements for small SMEs to changing provincial building codes for the construction industry to a collaborative research network involving students, researchers, companies and government organizations from across Canada.

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