Dr. James Olson

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Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. James Olson, PhD, P.Eng., is currently serving his second five-year term as dean of the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia. He is also a professor of mechanical engineering. A former associate dean of research and industry partnerships and past director of UBC’s Pulp and Paper Centre, Dr. Olson is an internationally recognized expert in forest products. His work has contributed to the sector’s evolution into a dynamic bio-products industry. A Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Dr. Olson has received two NSERC Synergy Awards, the 2008 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Innovation, the 2009 Fundamental Research Committee’s Van den Akker Gold Medal, and several best paper awards.

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  • 32nd International Mechanical Pulping Conference 2022 (IMPC 2022)

    June 5-8, 2022

  • The 32nd IMPC conference was held in Vancouver, Canada on June 5th-8th, 2022. This bi-annual conference has a long history of facilitating impactful discussions and networking among expert professionals from both academia and industry in the mechanical pulping sector. The conference included a full comprehensive technical program covering key topics in the latest mechanical pulping technologies and their applications.

Publications

  • Aryanpour, P., Gooding, R. W., & Olson, J. A. (2025). Pulp Screen Plugging Characteristics. BioResources, 20(1), 1820–1837.
    2025
  • Aryanpour, P., Gooding, R. W., and Olson, J. A. (2025). “Detection of incipient pulp screen plugging,”BioResources 20(1), 566–587.
    2025
  • Reanna Seifert, Samira Gharehkhani, Daniela Vargas Figueroa, Jordan Mercuur & James Olson, Engineering the Paper Production by Combined Fiber Fractionation and Reinforcement with Micro-fibrillated Cellulose; Cellulose (Jan 2023)
    2023