Wood Innovation Research Lab receives grant of nearly $100,000
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PRINCE GEORGE—A UNBC researcher has received a grant of nearly $100,000 from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to purchase equipment for his lab.
Dr. Jianhui Zhou is working on research to try and make wood buildings as comfortable as possible in the future. The grant along with other partnerships is worth nearly $250,000. The money will support the purchase of new equipment to help research on wood building vibration and acoustics. The equipment will include state-of-the art sound and vibration acquisition and analysis systems.
“The new integrated system will enhance my research in wood building vibration and acoustics, which has already been supported by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant and a B.C. Forestry Innovation Investment Wood First grant,” Zhou says. “The enhanced research capacity will generate new research opportunities and grants to further the research.”
This is the second time that the UNBC lab has received a grant from the CFI. In 2018 UNBC received a grant worth nearly $800,000 to equip the Wood Innovation Research Lab. The equipment will be located in Zhou’s lab and will be used to support research at UNBC’s Wood Innovation Research Lab.
