Information on the physical and mechanical properties of the wheat stem could be greatly helpful in effective harvesting of the crop biomass as well as feedstock preparation (post-harvest processing) for the biofuel industry. Appropriate design of the harvesting systems or post-harvest processing equipment which is energy efficient depends on the access to physical properties and […]

Aluminum smelting is a highly energy consuming industrial process. The process generates a large amount of the heat that leaves through the exhaust gas. The exhaust gas must be scrubbed of its contaminants before release to the atmosphere at the gas treatment unit exit. The scrubbing process is more effective if this gas is cooled […]

Phenolic resin, also known as phenolic formaldehyde resin (PF), is a synthetic resin produced from the polymerization of phenol (an aromatic alcohol derived from benzene) and formaldehyde (a reactive gas derived from methane). Resins have applications from use as laminates to in construction materials such as wood and composite materials. The use of petroleum-based compounds […]

For urgent, life-threatening medical conditions such as cardiac arrest and stroke, treatment is time-sensitive and must be received promptly to maximize the likelihood of patient survival. Previous research has shown that areas with lower socioeconomic status have higher rates of cardiac arrest incidence as well as lower rates of receiving timely treatment and patient survival. […]

Municipal solid waste (MSW) refers to recyclables and compostable materials, as well as garbage from homes, businesses, institutions, and construction and demolition sites. Disposal of MSW causes significant environmental problems. It is imperative to develop efficient environmental-friendly treatment technologies to tackle this global challenge. Among feasible technologies, gasification of treated MSW has been considered as […]

Underground mining operations highly depend on accurate information for intelligent decision-making, may it be safety-wise or efficiency-wise. However, the industry still uses old technologies to keep track of the evolution of their mines. This project aims to develop a new technology to help keep mines safer and make operations more efficient using point clouds. Point […]

Overactive bladder, urinary urgency, affects 14-18% of the Canadian population and costs our health care system over $350,000,000 annually. Most current treatments require ongoing in-person support or have low adherence rates, enhancing greater strain on our healthcare system and economy. Non-invasive saphenous nerve stimulation (nSNS) overcomes these issues however there is currently no objective method […]

We have developed microfluidic polymer chips, and their associated reader for rapid differential diagnosis of disease states2. Each polymer chip is 2?2 cm2, and needs only 10 ?l of whole blood sample of the patient for diagnoses. The turnaround time from introducing the blood sample to get the results is 15-30 min. The chip contains […]

The Pacific Northwest has the potential to experience large earthquakes (magnitude ~9) along the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) fault, which is located approximately 120 km off the city of Vancouver. The last CSZ earthquake occurred in 1700, and it is expected to happen every 500 years. An occurrence of this event could lead to large […]

Sustainable method of treating waste water is one of the major issues across the world. Different techniques have been developed by various scientific communities but each possess some limitations. So, keeping in the mind of these major limitations such as high cost , external power source requirement, huge setups , non recyclable etc, design of […]

Le projet proposé vise à développer un système de détection des erreurs de parallaxe présentes sur les modèles stéréoscopiques par intelligence artificielle, et plus particulièrement par l’utilisation des réseaux de neurones convolutifs. Ces derniers sont reconnus pour leur performance en vision par ordinateur, notamment dans la détection automatisée d’éléments fournis à travers des exemples d’entrainement. […]

MicroPilot, a company located in Manitoba, is specialized in design and manufacturing of autopilot systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The company’s interest is to develop accurate simulation models of various UAVs, upon which the autopilot systems are tuned and verified first. The goal of this project is to evaluate and improve the model structure […]