Henry Tran
SFU students develop app to ease parking in cities
June 12, 2017Finding a parking space is a common challenge for drivers in urban centres such as Vancouver, where the cost of parking is high and sometimes unaffordable for students. That’s why SFU students, Baker Al-Nakib, Thamer Matar, and alumna Tiana He have created an app called OpenSpot to alleviate the cost of parking and free up more parking spaces. OpenSpot functions much like the room-renting service Airbnb, allowing users to temporarily rent out their parking spaces. “Before we developed OpenSpot, we noticed that car insurance and parking costs are very expensive in Vancouver,” said Al-Nakib, a third-year SFU software systems student.…
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SFU professor finds drug criminalization hinders HIV/AIDS efforts
June 6, 2017An unprecedented study by an SFU professor indicates that drug criminalization is a major driver in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and presents a barrier to eradicating the disease. Kora DeBeck, an assistant professor in the SFU School of Public Policy and…
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SFU researchers take greenhouses to the next level
May 30, 2017SFU engineering professor Majid Bahrami, along with his research collaborators at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), were recently awarded a $725,000 grant to take sustainable technologies to the next level. The grant was awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council…
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