Les évènements météorologiques extrêmes impactent régulièrement la région de Veracuz au Mexique avec des conséquences qui se traduisent par des glissements de terrain, des érosions importantes des sols, des inondations urbaines etc. Tous ces phénomènes engendrent des problèmes économiques et sociaux dans cette région. De nos jours, il n’y a pas d’outil de prévision des […]

Le projet consiste à développer un modèle 3D pour modéliser les phénomènes électromagnétiques et thermiques permettant de simuler les effets d’échauffements dus à des courants de Foucault, i.e. des courants électriques induits par des variations temporelles d’un champ magnétique. Ce phénomène est responsable des pertes dans les appareillages électriques de puissance (transformateurs, génératrices, etc.), mais […]

Les turbines hydroélectriques sont poussées à la limite de leurs spécifications ce qui augmente considérablement les risques de défaillance de leurs composantes. Estimer le niveau de dommage, l’usure et l’espérance de vie résiduelle des turbines devient donc un aspect essentiel à obtenir. C’est pourquoi des entreprises comme Andritz Hydro Canada Inc. et Hydro-Québec compilent depuis […]

For the continuation of the MITACS internship, the intern will be analyzing the effect of variable liner dimension on separate green roof systems. The data collected from several design storms, in addition to, natural precipitation will be used to determine which system best reduces peak flows from green roofs. The intern will also be involved […]

Approximately half of today’s population will be affected by cancer during its lifetime. Knowing that the earlier cancer is detected, the better the life expectancy, accurate radiological detection can make the difference between life and death. Primary liver tumor, known as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and secondary liver tumor (metastasis) represent, in aggregate, the second most […]

This research focuses on the optimization of parallel mechanisms, a specific class of robotic mechanisms, such that an optimal design guarantees that a desired task, having certain requirements, is able to be completed by the mechanism. The Inria Sophia Antipolis Coprin project (now the Hephaistos project) have worked on the development of interval analysis algebraic […]

Acute skin erythema is a common side effect with patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment. It displays itself as an increase in skin redness and irritation. Erythema has been reported to correlate to individual patient response to radiation and therefore may be useful to guide and modify courses of treatment in a timely manner. Currently, upon visual […]

A rice husk pyrolysis reactor producing syngas and char was developed by GreenGenTech Energy Inc. (Ottawa, ON) and is currently being built and commercialized in China by a partner company called Ruizhantai. The reactor is fully functional and some sites have been running continuously for two years, although requiring skillful operation during start-up or when […]

Biosolids, the materials produced during treatment of sewage sludge, are produced in extremely large amounts each day in every town and city across the globe. This material contains significant amounts of bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can be detrimental to human heath and must be carefully disposed. Added to this, there are currently few uses […]

Fluorescence imaging is a powerful technique to focus and acquire high-resolution pathology images that contain rich sources of information that is useful for diagnostics in clinical trials to study possible disease such as cancer glands and tumors. Despite the high definition images, the collected images are severely contaminated with noise artifacts which make most feature […]

Le comportement et l’autonomie d’une nouvelle génération de batteries au lithium sont cruciaux pour le dimensionnement de système de stockage pour des applications stationnaires. Pour cela, des modèles précis et efficaces de ce type de batterie sont nécessaires pour que les concepteurs de systèmes d’énergie puissent prédire et optimiser l’utilisation des batteries avec une augmentation […]

NB-BioMatrix Inc. (NBBM or the company) has developed a nanoparticle product, Naqua-PureTM, for industrial heavy metal water remediation. Unlike current heavy metal removal technologies, Naqua PureTM is cheap, environmentally friendly, requires low energy input, and is highly efficient. However, in order to commercialize this nanotechnology it is necessary to (1) develop and implement quality assurance […]