This Mitacs Acelerate proposal is the first of three-phase project of Adriana’s Goncalves master’s thesis. For this present MITACS proposal, it will be investigated routes to extract gold, mercury and other possible valuable minerals from a representative sample of AGM tailings from Costa Rica. The tailings belong to a small Canadian company, Newlox Gold that […]

Ensuring safety and efficiency in the construction industry remains a paramount concern, requiring innovative solutions to mitigate delays, minimize reworks, and prevent accidents. Despite advancements, challenges persist in facilitating real-time interactions among project participants, addressing unforeseen design-construction discrepancies promptly, and efficiently managing construction materials and resources. This study investigates the potential of leveraging Extended Reality […]

For human space exploration to be successful, technologies to produce breathable air, drinking water, and fuel are needed to sustain life. Particularly on the Moon, there are a variety of minerals and ore in different regions on the Moon’s surface that can be extracted and chemically processed to produce air, water, and fuel. The objective […]

The wider adoption of fuel cells has been hindered by durability and reliability issues. This research alliance (consisting of Ballard and SFU) has made significant recent advances on developing novel diagnostics techniques to detect the inception of hydrogen leak faults in fuel cells. We aim to continue to build on these advances through this grant. […]

Traditional breast monitoring via mammograms is avoided by 37% of eligible women for multiple reasons, including discomfort and inconvenience. To overcome this, there’s a rising interest in advocating microwave imaging as a safe, affordable, and portable alternative. This encourages early and regular monitoring, especially for younger women, with the added benefit of accessibility in rural […]

General Fusion (GF) is a private company developing a magnetized target fusion scheme to compress a plasma to fusion conditions with a liquid metal liner for the purposes of producing energy. The plasma density is an important parameter that must be measured during a shot to evaluate the performance of the machine. An interferometer is […]

In this project, researchers from the NeuroFUS lab at the University of Calgary led by Dr. Pichardo and Dr. N’Djin’s group from LabTAU at INSERM and the University of Lyon collaborate to improve focused ultrasound (FUS) technology by characterizing a new ring-shaped transducer. FUS is a flexible technique that targets deep tissue with sound waves […]

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a major hospital and medical research facility in Toronto, is fed from a portion of the electrical grid that is subject to numerous short power dips. These dips can cause significant issues within the hospital. A newly installed generator was found to not only produce electrical power but also help support […]

This research will provide a real-time reinforcement cage quality monitoring framework for the construction of reinforced concrete structures, which is expected to improve the production quality of reinforced concrete products and reduce the workload of construction workers in the foreseeable future. Specifically, this research will (1) provide a rebar cage dimension measurement method based on […]