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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...

BCIT research advances accessible EV charging for all

Public EV charging infrastructure is expanding rapidly, faster than design standards can keep up. Surging demand for EV’s has led to stations being installed at an unprecedented pace with Canada’s public...

BCIT researcher spotlight: Meet Dr. Moein Manbachi

Dr. Moein Manbachi is a Project Leader with the BCIT Smart Microgrid Applied Research Team (SMART), where he advances applied research in critical energy infrastructure cybersecurity and digital twin technologies....

BCIT SMART recipient of 2025 National Cybersecurity Consortium Funding for cybersecurity project

CANADA, OCTOBER 28, 2025 – The National Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC) has announced a slate of successful project applications as part of its second annual Call for Proposals. BCIT Smart Microgrid...

BCIT researcher spotlight: Meet Fardin Barekat

Fardin Barekat joined the MAKE+ applied research team at the BCIT Centre for Applied Research and Innovation (CARI) in 2022. Since then, Fardin has been transforming ideas into real-world solutions...

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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