Development of Empirical Costing Models and Project Planning Tools for Mine Development and Services for Underground Mines

This project aims to develop cost estimation models using data analytics and machine learning techniques. In addition, throughout project execution, cost control and monitoring approaches will be further explored. These approaches will benefit from Work breakdown structures (WBS) and Enterprise Resource Planning models (ERP). Finally, the research will focus on developing project planning and management […]

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Microturbine for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Off-grid Communities

Based on a 2006 census, it is estimated that Canada has 300 remote communities with a?total population of 200,000 people that are not connected to the North American electrical grid.?The primary source of electrical power and heating in Canadian remote communities is predominantly using diesel generators. Most of the diesel generators have been sized when […]

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Scale up of Recycling Processes of Polymer-coated Papers and Coffee Cups

This internship aims to improve the design and development of an innovative patented process to recycle these polymer-coated paper products and waste coffee cups. By addressing the issue of waste papers, using this green technology, we would save 80% of water, while also achieving a 74% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and a 35% […]

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Développement d’un procédé de solvométallurgie pour le recyclage des métaux à haute valeur ajoutée à partir des résidus de cartes électroniques

Au Canada, plus de 150 000 tonnes de déchets de cartes électroniques sont collectées annuellement (Circular Economy Leadership Canada, 2021). Néanmoins seulement 20 % de ces derniers sont adéquatement recyclés (World Economic Forum, 2019). Afin d’atteindre les objectifs du « plan québécois de valorisation des minéraux critiques et stratégiques » du gouvernement du Québec (Gouvernement […]

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Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Organic Semiconductor Heterojunction in Phototransistors

Photodetectors are one of the fundamental elements of optoelectronic circuits. Phototransistors produce current both by absorbing light and also taking advantage of the gate electrode to increase gain. Solution-processed electronics has many advantages, including low-cost and low-temperature fabrication. In thin-film transistors (TFTs), the channel can be made with carbon-based semiconductors such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs). […]

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Renewable Diesel fuel from Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

Greenfield Global has been developing a process that aims to convert renewable materials to produce sustainable jet fuel (SAF). In addition to SAF, it is possible to produce other fuels such as diesel. Greenfield Global has been awarded a federal government grant which aims at developing a novel process for the production of renewable diesel […]

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