Engineering Tunable Mucoadhesive Nanocarriers for Ophthalmic Drug Delivery

Over 90% of ocular medications are administered by eye drops despite multiple drawbacks including low bioavailability of the target therapeutic, systemic toxicity, and the requirement for using high doses due to the effective clearance mechanisms for drug in the eye. To increase the therapeutic efficacy of ocular medications, novel nanocarrier systems have been developed that […]

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Application of protein fibers in plant-based meat analogues to improve mechanical and textural properties

Plenty of conclusive evidence points to the association of meat consumption with negative environmental outcomes resulting in climate change. These findings show the importance of reducing meat consumption and developing efficient strategies such as production of meat alternatives to alleviate the associated environmental and health issues. However, the production of plant-based meat analogues that can […]

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Performance Evaluation and Design Optimization of Micro Combined Heat & Power (mCHP) System for Mixed-use Buildings

The carbon intensity of Alberta’s grid electricity is the highest in Canada. The partner, BM Homes Ltd, designed and is building a low carbon solution for small mixed-use commercial buildings using advanced micro combined heat & power (mCHP) technology, aiming to reduce annual energy consumption by 22.7% compared to a reference building, designed according to […]

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Conception d’un dispositif de protection pourporteur de colonne humaine

Le Cirque du Soleil dispose d’une expertise pratique importante pour la conception d’equipements de performance. Toutefois, due a l’absence de donnees approfondies, cette expertise repose sur peu d’evidence scientifique, rendant difficile notamment la conception d’un nouvel equipement de protection pour les porteurs de colonne humaine. Le stage propose vise a developper un nouvel equipement de […]

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Integration of microbial, stable isotope, and modeling tools to identify natural and enhanced pollutant bioattenuation processes at complex contaminated sites

The project will significantly advance and integrate three sophisticated contaminated site characterization tools: stable isotope analysis, microbial community profiles, and 3D reactive transport modeling. These three tools will be applied to a series of poorly studied semi volatile compounds, including (di)chloronitrobenzenes and (di)chloroanilines, and incorporated in a conceptual site model along with concentration profiles and […]

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Modélisation d’électrolyseur en régime transitoire par circuit équivalent

Le projet a pour objectif de prédire le comportement d’un électrolyseur d’eau comme charge intelligente dans le réseau de puissance d’Hydro-Québec. Cela permettra de faciliter l’implantation d’électrolyseurs afin de produire de l’hydrogène vert au Québec dans le cadre du plan stratégique de transition énergétique du Québec. L’utilisation d’électrolyseurs comme charge intelligente aurait aussi comme effet […]

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Structural Behaviour of Steel Reinforcing Bar Cages

Rebar cages are transported to the construction site, and then concrete is cast around them. Until the concrete is cast, these cages form a structure in their own right that must be safe against collapse due to its own weight, as well as environmental and structural loads (e.g., wind). The objective of the research is […]

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High-speed interrogation of fiber Bragg grating based optical sensors

Brickeye has developed its optical data acquisition (ODAQ) system in conjunction with partners primarily in environmental remediation, for whom the system was optimized for supporting temperature measurement across multiple parallel channels (up to 48) at low speeds (0.2 Hz). Brickeye’s technological advancements have been primarily focused on system ruggedization for harsh environments and developing user-friendly […]

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Coupled green ammonia electrosynthesis and industrial wastewater electrolysis

As developed nations such Canada and Japan realize their commitments of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, hydrogen-based fuels such as ammonia will become more important. More effective technologies for “green” ammonia will need to be developed to ensure the sustainable supply of zero-carbon fuels for shipping and electricity generation. I propose to develop effective electrode […]

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Optimization Design and experimental demonstration of Optical Phased Arrays (OPAs)

We are proposing to help design the experimental setup to characterize chip-scale Optical Phased Arrays (OPAs). OPAs – a photonic device used for optical beam forming and beam steering – have been widely studied for LiDAR, optical sensing, free-space communication and more. Building on previously prototyped phase array antenna design at Honeywell, the team aims […]

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Design of a Novel, Low-profile Picture Space Heater

Datec Coatings Corporation has developed a new technology that enables them to print heating elements on various surfaces. One of these is a mica sheet, which is physically very similar to regular cereal box cardboard. By printing an image on another sheet of mica and placing both of these in a frame, it is possible […]

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