Western Canada produces 40% of world’s flax for oil. After the harvesting of oilseed, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 tonnes of flax straw is produced annually. Only small fraction of the straw is used and remaining are currently underutilized. The flax straw calorific value is similar to the woody biomass. Flax straw combustion for power […]

In this project we will employ a novel proprietary recycling solution developed by the sponsoring organization, Jeosal, to obtain fibres from recycled Fiber Reinforced Composites (FRP). High quality recycled glass and carbon fibres, extracted from composite wastes from end-of-life and manufacturing sources will be characterized in detail and melt compounded with polyamide. Suitable surface treatments […]

It is well known that space heating is the largest component of energy consumed by Canada’s building sector. Additionally, 64% of the energy used for space heating is from non-renewable sources. For Canada’s remote and rigid communities, which are our immediate target market, this percentage is even higher, greater than 75%. Heat energy naturally flows […]

Designing customized seating cushion supports for people with limited mobility is essential. A personalized cushion would help relieve seating pressure and prevent tissue injuries due to long-time sitting. This project aims to speed up and lower the cost of producing these cushions by using machine learning, and additive (3D) manufacturing techniques. This project is being […]

Waste Management (WM) is increasingly becoming one of the major concerns in the modern world. The traditional way of make-use-dispose has created significant challenges for societies due to the increased level of landfills. Therefore, utilizing the generated waste as an integral part of the Circular Economy (CE) concept is turning out to be an important […]

On this project, the use of tethered remotely piloted aircraft systems to protect stone fruit orchards will be explored. The intern sill design and evaluate the performance of such aircraft systems and conduct both ground and in-flight testing of the system. BAAZ UAV will benefit from this technology and the potential deployment to support Canadian […]

Landfill leachate is a complex wastewater composed of organic carbon, nitrogen compounds, dissolved solids, and heavy metals. Leachate characteristics may differ depending on the waste landfilled, climate conditions, and landfill age. Because of the toxic and recalcitrant nature of its constituents, landfill leachate wastewater (LLW) must be treated before being released to the environment. There […]

Aerospace industry innovations targets reduction of fuel consumption and noise emission. Electrical power-bywire enabled technology address these challenges yielding lighter designs, increased operation flexibility and cost reduction. With electric motors having variable rotational speed, constraints in design and optimization strategies for rotor and propellers can be released. ln addition to conventional aircraft and rotorcraft, new […]

Unexpected deterioration and failure of concrete infrastructure causes major disruptions and in the most severe cases, results in lives lost. According to the 2019 Canadian Infrastructure Report Card, Canadian public infrastructure is at risk therefore, detecting and addressing deterioration in such structures is crucial. The Damage Rating Index (DRI), a reliable novel quantitative microscopic procedure, […]

The Town of Altona is interested in reusing the wastewater effluent discharged from its aerated lagoons for irrigation or chemical treatment. The current wastewater effluent will be tested and its characteristics determined. Advanced wastewater treatment processes will be investigated to treat the aerated lagoon effluent, and the suitable process able to meet the federal and […]

Electro Carbon aims at developing a compact prototype that electro-reduces CO2 captured from combustion into formic acid. Formic acid is the building material for chemicals, used as hydrogen carrier for direct formic acid fuel cells and/or converted to commodity chemicals. 1 L of liquid formic acid contains the equivalent of 590 L of hydrogen. In […]

Integrating augmented reality (AR) technology with decommissioning workflows will open new avenues to remotely visualize and interact with Building Information Models (BIMs), enabling safe and cost-effective decommissioning processes of nuclear power plant (NPP) structures. Research is proposed here to advance new NPP decommissioning workflows through novel sensing, computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) methods within the […]