BC Tech Summit
Creating and nurturing a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship has long been a priority at TRU. We foster a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to student training and solution-driven innovation — and to job creation in new industries.
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Research
![TRU Trades and Technology](/__shared/assets/heather-price-web-45105.jpg)
Dr. Heather Price, Canada Research Chair, Culture and Communities, Children and the Law. Price's research aims to increase the reliability of witness testimony by developing police line-ups using Augmented Reality.
![Dr. David Hill](/__shared/assets/hill-david-web-45101.jpg)
Dr. David Hill, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts. Hill’s research focuses on creating methods that accurately assess rangeland health from the air, using UAVs equipped with a suite of state-of-the-art remote sensors.
![Dr. Mateen Shaikh](/__shared/assets/shaikh-mateen-web-45103.jpg)
Dr. Mateen Shaikh, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science. Using a truncated data approach and methodology to find correlations between data that normally wouldn’t be combined, Shaikh is developing open-sourced software for use by the research community.
![Dr. Andrew Park](/__shared/assets/park-andrew-web-45102.jpg)
Dr. Andrew Park, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science. Working with the Vancouver Police Department, Park is developing a new framework for crime analytics that will establish trends and aid in policy decisions.
![Dr. John Church](/__shared/assets/church-john-web-45100.jpg)
Dr. John Church, BC Regional Innovation Chair in Cattle Industry Sustainability, leads a multi-disciplinary team on the exploration of innovative practices and technologies to enhance the cattle industry, rangelands and meat production.
![Dr. Jonathan Van Hamme](/__shared/assets/vanhamme-web-45104.jpg)
Dr. Jonathan Van Hamme, Professor, Microbiology. Van Hamme is the director of TRUGen, the first high-throughput genomics lab in BC outside the Lower Mainland. The lab focuses on environmental remediation, waste treatment, agriculture and the Canadian food, beverage and nutraceutical industries.
Sustainability
Startup