BCIT's focus is on industrial welding research with real weld applications. In addition to BCIT's welder training facility and mechanical testing labs (located on BCIT's Burnaby campus) we have access to Seaspan’s centre for welding excellence, a fully equipped welding research laboratory based at their Vancouver shipyards location. We are actively seeking new partners for collaborative research and are eligible for NSERC grants and awards as a provider of post secondary education.
Contact UsTopics of interest include:
- Welding Processes – Implementation studies for new welding processes, cost benefit analysis, welding parameter optimization, efficiency studies
- Welding tools – Development of simple tools for tacking patterns, distortion prediction, welding schemes, welding procedure management
- Advanced Non-Destructive Testing – Training and evaluation for advanced non-destructive testing methods. Sensitivity studies, probability of detection studies, comparative studies (traditional vs advanced)
- Fracture Mechanics & Failure Studies – Defect tolerance in welds, remediation strategies, repair/replace/leave
- Welding Data Management – Welder qualifications, welding procedures, NDT records
- AI & Machine Learning – Welding procedure optimization, weld sequence optimization, pattern recognition in NDT records
