The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and numerous other regulatory bodies in North America, Europe and Asia are collaborating on the development of programmes to test commercial chemicals, effluents, and (drinking) water resources for their potential to affect human and environmental health by interacting with the endocrine […]

Les méthodes de recouvrements et/ou amendement organiques sont privilégiés pour limiter l’oxygène ou l’eau d’atteindre les résidus réactifs et de générer du drainage minier acide (DMA) ou de drainage neutre contaminé (DNC). Ils permettent de valoriser des matériaux peu coûteux et disponibles à proximités des parcs à résidus ainsi que de favoriser la revégétation. Toutefois, […]

Balch Exploration Consulting Inc. (BECI) develops low cost geophysical survey solutions to the natural resources sector. BECI recently built an unmanned helicopter for magnetic surveying for mineral exploration. The objectives of this internship is to equip the BECI unmanned helicopter with a custom-designed frame carrying two magnetometers recording simultaneously and to perform a demonstration survey […]

Geothermal systems are an efficient and environmentally friendly technology to cool and heat buildings. However, the system installation remains expensive making its expansion difficult. Versaprofiles, a Canadian enterprise, has developed a thermal enhanced pipe especially designed to geothermal applications. This pipe allows to reduce the system cost, improving its performance. Experimental tests in systems using […]

This project will use a drone to map aquatic habitat in Carnation Creek. Research better characterizing fish habitat is critical given the declines seen in many coastal fish stocks. Traditional methods of surveying aquatic habitat are often physically demanding and limited to short channel segments. However, advances in fish ecology suggest that better management of […]

La qualité de l’eau potable n’est pas uniforme dans un réseau de distribution, ce qui est du à la diversité de l’infrastructure (matériaux, diamètres des conduites) et des éléments ponctuels de gestion (postes de traitement, réservoirs, etc.). Cette variabilité est également impactée par des événements (bris de conduite, nettoyage, feu, etc.), qui, d’un côté, peuvent […]

Barriers to connectivity are often associated with roads, culverts, and even beaver dams. An M.Sc. student with the CRI at UNB working in collaboration with the Restigouche River Watershed Management Council will develop a watershed-scale connectivity analysis using a GIS model to best inform the management of connectivity to reproductive habitats for Atlantic salmon in […]

Although selenium is an essential element for human and animal health, it has a narrow concentration range before becoming toxic. Industrial practices, such as mining, can result in elevated levels of selenium to be introduced into surface water bodies, hence, treating mine processing water and wastewater is commonly done to reduce the potential for environmental […]

L’état de santé des rivières qui se déversent dans le lac Saint-Charles, est peu connu. Grâce à ce projet de recherche, l’Association pour la Protection du Lac Saint-Charles et des Marais-du-Nord (l’APEL), en lien avec l’Université Laval, développera un indice qui permettra de classer l’état de santé des rivièrescomme étant excellent, bon, assez bon, pauvre […]

An emerging strategy for managing natural resources such as Canada’s forests more sustainably and responsibly is to use knowledge of how Mother Nature has done it to help guide our hand. This so-called ‘ecosystem-based” approach has gained favour with provincial and federal governments, as well as national and international certification agencies. One of the foundations […]

Autonomous vehicle technologies and associated “smart” infrastructures are innovative technologies that can provide many benefits to transportation such as reducing traffic congestion and collisions, improving ridership experience by operating in a more on-demand application providing real-time updates to the rider, and reducing GHG emissions through integration of electric propulsion and route optimization technologies. This project […]

Rockfalls and landslides are a common hazard throughout Canada and have a significant impact on transport corridors, infrastructure associated with natural resources, and in public areas. The ability to determine the potential for slope failures is often limited either by the lack of a detailed assessment of the slope, or by the understanding of the […]