To evaluate the overall performance of the newly developed Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) in flexure, including deflections, stiffness and ultimate capacity, an experimental program has recently been launched. The program includes transverse bending tests of a total of 18 full-sized SIPs with various configurations using a vacuum chamber. Pressure and deflections are measured during the […]

The research will document process knowledge that is currently held by individual employees. The main objective is that this personal knowledge about processes can be shared and used to create standardized documents which, as a result, can improve coordination and collaboration. The documentation work will include reviewing existing organization’s documents, engaging personnel in series of […]

Amber is a novel preservation media for diagnostic tissue biopsies that enables superior histology, biomarker viability, and high RNA quantity. Amber is proposed to increase visualization of tumor margins on MRI. The current challenge of evaluating post-surgical specimen is the MRI technology is succumbed to surgically induced artefacts from tissue-air interface. Tumor margin detection is […]

Fluoro-polymer powder materials have been spotlighted for the use of robust outer surface morphology applications and artistic pattern creation for the outside window in global construction market. However, this anti-sticking art pattern generation on metallic plates like aluminum plates are very challenging compared with the printing on the glass window. So, it’s been a long […]

Plastic continues to be produced, as it’s an essential element in many industries such as medical, engineering, electronics, etc. As a result, there is an increase in plastic waste that is not being recycled and often ends up in our landfills and oceans instead. This is because recycling is a time-consuming and often expensive process […]

As Ontario’s electricity grid continues to evolve, all technologies must be evaluated on a life cycle basis. This will ensure that potential environmental impacts and economic costs are understood in advance of installation, and will permit fair and comprehensive comparisons amongst alternatives. This project seeks to investigate the life cycle environmental and cost performance of […]

Dans ce projet, le potentiel d’utilisation de l’essai de résonance par impacts pour faire du contrôle qualité en usine sur les enrobés bitumineux sera évalué. Cet essai est un essai non destructif, économique et simple à réaliser et il pourrait permettre de vérifier à la fois les propriétés volumétriques et les performances des mélanges formulés […]

Developments in machine learning have increased interest in data-driven methods, particularly in predictive control. Data-enabled predictive control has been claimed to provide a data-driven end-to-end solution. It includes robustness guarantees obtained through regularization, borrowed from popular machine learning methods. These novel methods use data in a new framework, where analysis methods used in adaptive control […]

To harvest renewable energy from ocean waves, in this research we propose to study innovative triboelectric nanogenerators, a new type of energy harvesters especially good at converting small-scale mechanical motions into electricity. Although ocean wave energy is one of the most abundant and widely distributed renewable energy resources, it has not yet been extensively used […]

Les monteurs de ligne trouvent des difficultés de manipulation de la machine à ligaturer. Les deux causes essentiels sont son poids élevé ainsi que sa conception qui peut être amélioré. Le but essentiel du projet est de fournir une nouvelle conception de la machine qui consiste à diminuer son poids par changer les matières composants […]

High-frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) is recognized as one of the essential tools for remote sensing of the ocean surface. HFSWR received data contains valuable information that can be used for ocean wave forecasting, and since it provides real-time data, it can be applied for search and rescue operations, oil and pollution spills, and tsunami […]

Route planning plays an integral part of each voyage in maritime operations. The selected route must be optimized in terms of economic factors and safety concerns. It also has to adhere to national and international regulations. Recently, the International Maritime Organization introduced a new regulatory instrument to promote the decarbonization of the shipping industry. The […]