The Government of Canada considers lithium as a critical element because it is a major component of rechargeable batteries in, for example, electric vehicles, but it is also used in lubricants, ceramics, and glasses Kavanagh et al. 2018). The intern will study this using data and samples supplied by the partner organization, by doing geological […]

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a relatively new class of materials, which gained significant attention from the scientific community in the past 10-15 years. The interest in MOFs is mainly due to their unique properties, which include tunable structure, large surface area, extensive porosity, and a high degree of crystallinity. Because of these characteristics, MOFs have […]

Cyanobacteria are the Earth’s oldest photoautotrophs and responsible for today’s oxygen level. However, when they overgrow and form a bloom, they cause ecological degradation and sometimes become life threatening because of the cyanotoxins they produce. This phenomenon is linked to high concentrations of nutrients, elevated water temperature and low water movement. Recent observations showed some […]

The 2015 Paris Agreement is clear: significant climate change action will require innovation and a number of different responses, touching on finance, technology, and capacity-building. This will likely include the deployment of new tools, ranging from new models in education and the support of knowledge transfer to novel financing and policy frameworks. As we approach […]

Urban forests are an essential component of green and sustainable communities. They play a critical role in ecological and social wellbeing by providing beneficial ecosystem services which improve environment and human health. Nonetheless, urban and infrastructure development, invasive species, and environmental stresses threaten urban tree survivorship. While public trees are often well-documented, there is limited […]

Radium is a radioactive element often found in wastewater from uranium mining and oil and gas industries. One common approach to remove radium from wastewater is to add barium and sulfate to form the mineral barite. The barite traps the radium and can then be disposed of safely. However, chemicals released by decaying plants into […]

This internship conducted in partnership with the Canadian Light Source (CLS) BioXAS Main Spectroscopy beamline (Saskatoon, SK) is a research project to develop and test a procedure to determine the detection limits (lowest analyzable concentrations) for chemical analyses of samples containing three elements of interest (copper, cobalt, and uranium) over a wide range of concentrations. […]

Ce projet de recherche vise à modéliser la stabilité du manteau neigeux en tenant compte de sa variabilité spatiale. Le stage de recherche va permettre de réaliser l’objectif 2 de la thèse de doctorat de l’étudiant qui est d’évaluer l’effet de la variation spatiale des propriétés mécaniques de la neige sur la stabilité d’une pente. […]

La mine Essakane de IAMGOLD Corporation est une mine d’or à ciel ouvert dont l’exploitation devrait produire 32 millions de tonnes de stériles par an pendant quatre ans, puis 25 millions de tonnes l’année suivante, pour se stabiliser à 15 millions de tonnes par an par la suite, et ce, pendant toute la durée de […]

MineSense Technologies Ltd. is revolutionizing grade control at mining operations by installing ShovelSense® sensors on buckets that measure the grade of every load before it is dumped in the truck. ShovelSense® measures the elemental grade in each mining shovel bucket by scanning the rocks with X-ray fluorescence (XRF) sensors as the bucket is filled. This […]

The mining industry is undergoing a tremendous revolution, as an increasing number of components are being automated, which presents unresolved engineering challenges. The current proposal is to develop quantitative frameworks to evaluate modern control and automation strategies, simulating the impacts of uncertainty in ore tonnages and system-wide automated responses that would mitigate these impacts. The […]

The research will involve identifying greenhouse gas reduction options for the oil and gas sector’s drilling and completions operations. Scope 1 emissions (i.e., emissions directly from operations) and scope 2 emissions (emissions from utility supplied power) will be tackled. This will be done by looking into using utility supplied power to operate drilling rigs, using […]