Obesity Research

The goal of this study is to look at the effects of healthy lifestyle on obesity status in men who are middle aged, slightly overweight and don’t exercise. This study will use exercise and nutrition guidelines to look at their effect on some of the hormones which maintain healthy body weight. Subjects enrolled in this […]

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Accelerating Solar/LED Community Lighting

This project with the nature of business research tends to talk about LED development and variable applications, specifically about solar/LED at the community public lighting, complying with the roadway lighting design code approved by the city of London, ON and relevant professional bodies. The content analysis of main LED suppliers and LED industry, together with […]

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Expanding Rapidia’s potential in metal AM

Additive manufacturing is a booming industry and Rapidia is at the cutting edge with the material extrusion + sintering approach. To better position ourselves in the market we need to: – qualify our output in terms of accuracy and deformation – prepare future leading software development – demonstrate the versatile capabilities of the machine – […]

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Integration of Technologies for Smart Control of Micro Grids

S2E Company is developing a Smart Community in London, Ontario. This community will have the state of the art sustainable practices in community development. This community will be Net ZERO energy which simply means that it has zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually, minimize water usage, designed with sustainable storm water management, […]

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Supporting in Carbon Capture Project Development

At the International CCS Knowledge Centre (Knowledge Centre), we take climate action seriously. We are dedicated to advancing the understanding and use of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) to manage greenhouse gas emissions globally. We know that the world can’t get to net-zero starting from ground zero – so we provide the know-how to […]

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Development of Sensors-based Driving Behavior Monitoring System

Video surveillance on mobile platforms such as school buses and public transit systems is increasingly important to ensure the safety of the public and the drivers. These systems are typically equipped with various sensors, e.g., GPS and accelerometer. In this project, the intern will develop a pattern recognition algorithm for our partner organization to fuse […]

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Investigation of optimal underground (geothermal) seasonal thermal energy storage systems within smart energy communities

The growth of underground seasonal thermal energy storage systems has been relatively slow due to limited understanding with regard to optimal system design for different locations and building/community archetypes. Thermal interactions between underground storages and the surrounding strata as well as the effects of seasonal changes are not entirely understood making the development of optimized […]

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Understanding Energy Use in Comminution

This project will be used to assist the mining industry in predicting the best possible practices for designing and operating mines. By developing an understand of how comminution tests represent the machinery we can predict what is required to breakdown the raw rocks from the ground into valuable products we can make mining both more […]

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Application of Imaging to Assess Structural Disorders in Dairy Cows

The agricultural industry is adopting new technologies in many practices, including automation of routine practices such as milking in dairy or harvesting fruits. These innovations require the development of sophisticated machines and image processing algorithms associated with. This proposed project aims to develop the technology that allows design of a machine and associated algorithms to […]

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Rubans supraconducteurs à fort courant critique et à robustesse améliorée

Le projet a pour but ultime de développer un procédé de fabrication à grande échelle de rubans supraconducteurs avec une robustesse améliorée. Il est attendu que ces rubans supraconducteurs pourront être utilisés dans une multitude d’applications en énergie, médical et recherche fondamentale. Par exemple, ces rubans supraconducteurs seront utilisés pour construire des aimants supraconducteurs très […]

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Developing custom piezoelectric phase modulators to enhance the performance of ultrahigh-resolution photonic integrated circuit optical gyroscopes

Modern vehicles demand compact, lightweight, and high performing gyroscopes to accurately track their orientation and motion in real time. Traditional optical gyroscopes based on lasers and fiber optics offer exceptional performance, but are too large, heavy, and expensive for compact vehicles like unmanned drones. Compact, lightweight, and inexpensive micromechanical gyroscopes suitable for cell phones perform […]

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