A zinc coating is commonly used on structural steels to prevent corrosion. The structure is dipped in a hot bath of liquid zinc, which when cooled, provides to protective layer. However, after the coating process, cracking has been found in the welded joints of the structural steel. The proposed research aims to determine the cause […]

This project aims at identifying, analyzing, and documenting the operational requirements for a technological solution that will replace the currently used, time consuming, paper-based, building safety plans. Upon arriving at an incident scene, first responders rush to these on-site safety plans to know the ins and outs and the safety details of the incident scene. […]

The main objective of this work is to identify and evaluate technologies which capture water from natural gas combustion flue gas from oilsands steam generators, as well as recover energy from the hot flue gas. This includes classification of technologies to evaluate their fundamentals and technical viability (1), feasibility for a particular SAGD scheme with […]

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a natural nano biomaterial, which has been investigated for a broad range of applications ranging from headphone diaphragm to wound dressing and medical implant. We will investigate a recently discovered facultative bacterium for BC production. This bacterium has the potential of increasing the efficiency of BC production by more than ten […]

Étude d’étanchéité d’un nouveau type de murs-rideaux modulables développé pour le marché des bâtiments commerciaux et institutionnels de 1 à 2 étages. L’objectif est d’améliorer l’efficacité énergétique de ce dernier en annulant le passage de l’air au travers des parois. Le projet de recherche consiste d’abord à détecter les fuites d’air et d’eau du système, […]

The NSERC Strategic Network for Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructures is a five-year partnership between Canadian industry, universities, researchers, research and education (R&E) networks, and high performance computing centres to investigate the design of future application platforms that will deliver software applications of greater capability and intelligence. These application platforms will be supported by an […]

With the rapid development of computing and sensing technologies, such as ubiquitous wireless sensor networks, the amount of data from dissimilar sensors and social media have has been increasing at a rate beyond using traditional tools to analyze. Big data poses interesting information and requires different tools in various layers of the multi-sensor decision support […]

Non-metallic technologies, including composite materials, have the potential to improve aircraft engines performances and fuel efficiency, and therefore gained a lot of popularity in the aerospace sector in the past decades. Therefore, the overall objective of this research project is to develop an understanding of all available non-metallic technologies, their maturity and value proposition when […]

En partenariat avec la Chaire de Recherche Industrielle en Environnement et Biotechnologie (CRIEB) de l’UQTR, Papiers C.C.T a entrepris un programme de recherche sur les enduits pour les membranes d’étanchéité. Les mandats sont de développer de nouveaux enduits respirant afin d’éviter les phénomènes de condensation interstitielle et d’améliorer l’efficacité énergétique des bâtiments. Le présent stage […]

Advances in green energy generation through alternative energy sources (wind, solar) has led to the need for efficient large scale energy storage. ZincNyx Energy Solutions has developed a 5kW, 40kWh energy storage system and strives to improve the durability and efficiency of the device. The proposed research project is poised to increase the efficiency of […]

The intern will be working on enabling real-time navigation products for machine control applications. The real-time aspect of the project will help improve guidance and control systems for applications such as autonomous steering of precision agriculture tractors and combines. The intern will work to reduce the latencies of the navigation solution to the guidance actuation […]

High Voltage DC Transmission (HVDC) is used for bulk power transfer over long distances. Manitoba Hydro’s HVDC system involves collection of AC power in the north where it is converted to DC and then transferred to southern Manitoba (approx 900km) through asynchronous HVDC links where it is converted back to AC to feed consumers. Asynchronous […]