Detection of natural gas diversion in residential pipelines is important for public safety. To maintain utilities companies’ reputation and customer satisfaction, such diversion must be detected in a nonintrusive manner, without digging or using endoscope cameras. Thus, it is important to develop techniques for residential gas pipeline diagnosis using an external small device that can […]

The objective of this project is to elaborate an automated and scalable approach to assist security analyst in investigating and identifying underlying key cause (or causes) behind security or compliance failures of network services in NFV-based environment. Finding the root cause allows appropriate and achievable actions to be taken to recover or/and prevent the recurrence […]

This project will develop a smart parking solution, including both hardware sensors and the analytics platform, that provides real-time parking availability data, which can support decision makings, such as policy refinements, demand-responsive pricing, etc. Our project aims to optimize the rate of parking facilities’ utilization as well as improving drivers’ parking experience. In terms of […]

Hydraulic fracturing technique has become an essential requirement in exploiting tight and light oil reserves in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The recovery in tight oil fields in these provinces is low with rapid production decline in hydraulically fractured wells. Also, it should be noted that fracturing horizontal wells can consume millions of gallons of water; a […]

Les mesures d’équipements intelligents sont de plus en plus disponibles. Ces mesures permettent de caractériser le lien entre les habitudes des ménages et la consommation d’énergie du chauffage de l’eau. La meilleure connaissance de ce lien contribue au développement d’outils permettant d’anticiper la consommation d’énergie. Un réalisme accru de prévision permettrait à Hydro-Québec d’entrevoir d’autres […]

L’Institut de recherche d’Hydro Québec (IREQ) est le leader en Amérique du nord sur des recherches et développement en énergie. En collaboration avec L’École polytechnique de Montréal et l’’École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), un projet de recherche a déjà été réalisé sur la vibration des turbines hydrauliques. À la suite du succès du projet, L’IREQ […]

E-commerce has become one major marketing channel for many firms in Canada and world-wide and has increased dramatically in recent years. As firms migrate from traditional physical retail channels to combined physical and virtual channels, the shift brings new significant challenges to supply chain and logistics management. Blockchain is able to maintain authoritative records in […]

La production d’électricité à faible empreinte carbone est un levier majeur dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques. L’hydroélectricité, qui représente 99% de l’électricité produite au Québec, possède une faible empreinte carbone comparativement à l’électricité provenant de ressources fossiles, soit un avantage majeur pour la province. Les émissions de CO2 et de CH4 provenant de […]

The result of this project can be used by engineers to design a multivariable control system that will optimize the dosing of chemicals in seawater pretreatment. Besides, the plant operators and technicians will be able to perform ‘what if’ scenarios based on computer modeling results to ensure that the outlet water quality is not decreased. […]

Game-based learning tools often make use of questions to measure and encourage learning, but generating questions can be challenging, especially at the scale that companies like Axonify are required to do. In this project, the intern will design, implement, and evaluate a system that can apply machine-learning on a corpus of text (e.g., a textbook) […]

The electric power industry is undergoing considerable changes with respect to structure, operation, regulation and modernization. One of the significant changes is the increased utilization of distribured energy sources (DES) such as wind and solar and other immerging technologies particularly in electric distribution systems. It is envisioned that DES will bcome the main source of […]

La présence de très nombreuses pièces différentes dans les avions implique la fabrication de petites séries de nombreuses pièces. La majorité des pièces en composites, fabriqués en composites thermodurcissables, sont lourdes et leur fabrication très longue et manuelle. Dans le but d’alléger les masses structurelles des avions et de ramener des emplois au Québec, Génik, […]