Conventional wastewater treatment processes consume a large amount of energy and produce around 32% of municipal greenhouse (GHG) emissions. Thus, advanced wastewater treatment technologies with low energy consumption and GHG emissions are highly desirable for environmental protection. Aerobic membrane bioreactor (AeMBR) has been widely used for municipal and industrial wastewater purification. However, the AeMBR technology […]

MANTECH’s has business strategy is to complete direct experimental validation of the PeCOD patented technology in strategic sites in the Western Provices, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. In Manitoba, this includes working with the University of Manitoba at the International Institute of Sustainable Development’s Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA), in Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Research Council […]

This study will determine the applied wind loading on the steel structure of the novel Electric Vehicle Automated Parking (EVAP). It will develop proper design guidelines for steel helical piles to support EVAP considering gravitational (self-weight of EVAP and cars) and environmental loads (i.e. wind, snow and earthquake). EVAP is the world’s first integrated parking […]

As rural areas expand for residential and commercial development, research into the approach and guidelines to be used are necessary to guide the development of rural communities. This project looks into guidelines for future development in the Town of Torbay. The project will provide research into design guidelines to review and align with current standards […]

A new collaboration with the Chair in Energy Systems at Technical University of Munich and the Catalytic & Plasma Processing Engineering laboratory was established in October 2021 through a successful bilateral-funded project on green plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis. The main objectives of this initial one-year project is to demonstrate the possibility of integrating a plasma source […]

Agricultural soils in the humid temperate regions (Ontario and Quebec) of Canada are the major source of non-point pollution from Phosphorus in freshwater rivers and lakes. The incidence of cyanobacterial blooms has increased dramatically in the last decade, which has been linked to P and N enrichment by subsurface drain effluent. Agricultural soils, treated with […]

Collaborative robots, also known as Cobots, are devices that will help farmers in their farming duties to have better control over their crops, increase harvesting efficiency, and solve labor shortage issues in rural areas. These robots can operate near humans and complete a wide variety of tasks including harvesting crops, precise pesticide spraying and crop […]

In Canada’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, one of the goals is to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. According to this agenda, the target is to reduce Canada’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%. In order to transition to renewable energy, solar and wind power in combination with energy […]

Le but du projet est caractériser les efforts que subit les roues de turbines hydroélectriques à partir de leurs données d’opérations en production d’électricité. À long terme, le projet permettra de combiner les méthodes de conception par modélisation numérique et par analyse empirique pour caractériser plus précisément les efforts que subit la roue. On pourra […]

L’objectif général de ce projet de recherche est d’évaluer le potentiel des lignines produites par un nouveau procédé Organosolv pour la formulation d’adhésifs PF et pMDI. Des modifications chimiques (phénolation, déméthylation, méthylolation) seront considérées pour optimiser le potentiel des lignines. Les adhésifs seront ensuite testés pour la production in-situ de PFMD à partir de la […]

Lake Kivu is a unique lake with a significant amount of methane and CO2 dissolved in its deep layer. The presence of these greenhouse gases poses a potential danger of massive disaster. The extraction of methane is viewed as a possible and profitable solution as the reduction of methane will enhance the ability of the […]

This project strives to identify rare and severe contaminants found in residential curbside recycling. Using computer vision techniques and machine learning, cameras analyze contaminants as they are tipped into recycling trucks. Some of these contaminants are rare, however they can pose severe risks to operators and the general public. As these contaminants are not common, […]