Fresh water is becoming an increasingly precious resource, and correct management plans are vital to the continued survival of groundwater aquifers and rivers for human use. 2013/2014 was the driest year in São Paulo State, and this drought is still affecting agricultural land use. In parallel with the decreasing water supply, we have an increasing […]

On the coast of British Columbia, both eelgrass meadows and Pacific salmon species are declining, yet eelgrass community dynamics and reliance of juvenile salmon on these communities are poorly understood. We will assemble the first large-scale dataset from monitoring efforts of coastal BC organizations in order to assess eelgrass community diversity and structure across environmental […]

On the coast of British Columbia, both eelgrass meadows and Pacific salmon species are declining, yet eelgrass community dynamics and reliance of juvenile salmon on these communities are poorly understood. We will assemble the first large-scale dataset from monitoring efforts of coastal BC organizations in order to assess eelgrass community diversity and structure across environmental […]

The project focuses on gold deposits in the Arequipa region of southern Peru which are presently being exploited by artisanal and small-scale miners (accounting for 11-14% of Peru’s gold production). The proposed research includes a detailed mineralogical study of the gold mines and the ore concentrates, which have not been previously investigated. The objective is […]

The proposed research has the objective of applying detailed mineralogical research to aid the multidisciplinary development of high speed sensors for real-time ore sorting applications. MineSense Technologies Ltd. is a mining technology company that develops such sensors and while they have successfully demonstrated the application of its core technologies to distinguish ore from waste material, […]

The economically cost-effective methods of intensive open net-pen farming externalize the costs of waste treatment and clean water supply by drawing these critical ecosystem services from the nearshore marine environment. Salmon farms serve as point sources for organic nutrients (uneaten feed and salmon waste), parasites, and heavy metals. Salmon farms may have impacts on proximal […]

La pollution des eaux par les produits pesticides présente un problème environnemental bien identifié par les pouvoirs publics. L’objectif général de ce projet est de développer un procédé électrolytique à l’échelle du laboratoire pour décontaminer des effluents agricoles contenant des pesticides. Pour ce faire, l’électro-oxydation est une application des propriétés électrochimiques pouvant être efficacement utilisée […]

This project aims at exploiting existing geophysical and petrophysical data to develop an integrated geological model of the 5-8 block of the Raglan mine in Northern Quebec. In contrast to previously conducted analysis of individual datasets, a weighted stochastic inversion of combined datasets will be conducted. Determining the synergies between the diverse rock parameters will […]

Dans les dernières années plusieurs déversements de produits pétroliers ont conduit à la contamination d’un grand nombre de terrains au Canada. Actuellement, les bio-surfactants sont utilisés dans plusieurs techniques de réhabilitation de sol grâce à leur faible toxicité et leur biodégradabilité. Les bio-surfactants sont des surfactants produits par une diversité de micro-organismes afin de solubiliser […]

Ce projet cherche à améliorer les méthodes d’exploration minière grâce à l’intelligence artificielle. En effet, il est de plus en plus difficile pour cette industrie de trouver de nouvelles mines. Celle-ci a accès à de larges bases de données mais l’être humain n’est capable que d’en comprendre et utiliser qu’une faible partie. Il est donc […]

This work identifies the origin of source population of bird named European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) which makeup the winter population of Okanagan-Similkameen valley. These pest birds are aggressive and destructive in nature. At once, thousands of them fly in a group and destroys fruits in orchard. In this project, I plan to collect bone samples […]

A hydro-climatological network of data collecting stations has already been set up at the Bauru Aquifer System in a conservation area in Águas de Santa Bárbara, Sao Paulo, Brazil by Dr. Rodrigo Manzione of UNESP Ourinhos. The purpose of this internship is to use the data that has already been collected to make predictions about […]