Sinkhole and ground surface collapse frequently occur in urban areas such as highway, roads or around buildings. Usually the failure process in rather sudden without much evidence or obvious signs. This catches people by surprise and results in accidents, injuries or even death in some cases. From current studies and case analysis, most of the […]

Au cours des dernières années, le Brésil a amélioré ses services d’assainissement et d’accès à l’eau à travers tout le pays toutefois plusieurs localités sont encore très en retard par rapport à ses services. Ces localités sont majoritairement les milieux défavorisés où de nombreuses personnes sont pauvres : ce sont les favelas. Ce retard a […]

A fundamental activity of a commercial bank is the lending of capital through various credit instruments such as direct loans to consumers, mortgages, and lines of credit. Efficient lending is at the core of a well functioning economy. The risk in lending is commonly referred to as credit risk and represents the risk of loss […]

Farmers in Western Canada are demanding larger, higher capacity seeding equipment due to lack of available labor, economies of scale, and a limited seeding window. Typical air seeder systems are limited by the power available from current tractors. Therefore in order to increase the capacities of future units, a reduction in the power required will […]

The two last years, the emergence of car mobile applications (Uber for example) has disturbed the taxi industry. This new market is becoming more predominant and no solution has been found to reach an objective equilibrium with the older modes of transport. This problem is appearing all around the world with different companies depending on […]

La production de fromage engendre des rejets d’eaux usées chargées en matières organiques dans le milieu récepteur (rivière) causant une pollution de l’environnement et un risque pour la santé humaine. Appliqué au contexte de la municipalité de Miahuatlan, le projet vise à caractériser les rejets des différentes étapes de la production de fromages en termes […]

Trading is increasingly moving from the human world to its electronic counterpart. In this new environment the effects need to be properly understood and analyzed. Most recently the Canadian market as other developed capital markets has experienced a reduction in direct trading costs for investors but at the cost of an increase in indirect trading […]

Counting coins, with speed and accuracy, has been a challenging issue for banks and stores. People used to count coins manually before the arrival of coin counting machines. The process of counting coins manually is a very time consuming and tedious job. Moreover, mistakes are likely to occur due to various reasons such as fatigue, […]

AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) have emerged as promising candidates for high breakdown, high power output, and high operating temperature applications. However, there are several problems that hinder its practical use such as current collapse and high gate leakage current. Most of available studies use analytical formulas and only analyze a certain aspect. Physical […]

There are about 180 public water treatment plants in Manitoba relying on surface water with high organic content as their source of supply. Organic carbon in the water reacts with chlorine during water disinfection. This reaction forms carcinogenic compounds which pose a health risk for people consuming the water. The Waterhen water treatment plant is […]

Maintenance of baggage handling equipment, passenger boarding bridges and aircraft support equipment currently costs the Pearson International Airport (PIA) $10M annually. Much of this cost is associated with routine inspections, replacing drives, lifts and similar industrial process equipment. Current maintenance undertaken by PIA is reactive; replacing or repairing parts on the equipment after break-down. This […]

The proposed research project aims at developing a novel nanofibrous membrane incorporating cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) for wastewater treatment. Sustainable nanomaterials such as CNCs possess many interesting properties like high specific surface area, good mechanical strength, biodegradability and large amount of primary hydroxyl groups for surface functionalization. Hence incorporation of these CNCs can have synergistic effects […]