Groundwater contamination by hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel is a serious threat to the environment and human health. Sources of this contamination include leaking underground storage tanks, pipleline breaks, tanker truck accidents and train derailments. There is a need for improved understanding of the mobility of hydrocarbon fuels in the subsurface to […]

Project title: Research on cross platform mobile development Sponsor or Orgnazition: WebTech Wireless Inc. Supervisor: Qianping Gu Intern: Maryam Hamidirad The WebTech Wireless Company plans to provide vehicular management services on different mobile platforms. More specifically, the company is interested to explore different features of the web-based application to be run on mobile devices and […]

Epic Safety is the research and development arm of Aban Security Systems Ltd., specializing in Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) and Tele-Health. To continue its innovations, the company is planning to grow its technical and manufacturing presence in Canada. As this is a highly specialized technical field, Epic has faced challenges in hiring the highly […]

S2E Technologies is a consulting company leading the design and implementation of two Smart communities, to be located in London and Guelph, Ontario. The aim of this research collaboration is to assist S2E with the modeling, design, and analysis of rooftop solar greenhouses integrated with grocery stores, anaerobic digesters and livestock barns. The analysis will […]

The Grosmont formation, a carbonate naturally fractured reservoir in Alberta, Canada, has 400 billion bbl of bitumen resource, which is currently not commercially exploited. Viable exploitation of this reservoir would mean addition of a huge quantity to Canadian oil reserves. Since December 2010, Laricina Energy Ltd. in their Saleski pilot evaluated a bitumen recovery process […]

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 […]

Accurate robot positioning and navigation is an ongoing research problem, especially in environments that are unknown or hostile. Nowadays, there is an increase in the number of applications robots can be deployed in, these applications range from robots providing concierge services in hotels, guiding museum visitors to the desired booth, and assisting firefighters to locate […]

The project involves monitoring and evaluating the energy performance of two houses built by a mainstream builder – one Net Zero Energy (NZE) and one Net Zero Ready (NZR). Both have advanced zoned variable-capacity air source heat pump systems (ASHPs), heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) and drain water heat recovery. The NZE house has a […]

In northern countries, ice storms can cause major power disruptions such as the one that occurred in the Toronto area on December 2013 that left more than 300,000 customers with no electricity immediately after the storm. Prediction of ice formation on power cables can help on taking actions for removing the ice before a major […]

La réalité augmentée, soit la superposition en temps réel d’éléments virtuels à la réalité, est une technologie ayant vu le jour il y a déjà presque vingt ans. Avec l’arrivée des plateformes mobiles et des capteurs RGBD à faible cout, cette technologie reprend en popularité et devient un sujet de recherche prisé de plusieurs institutions. […]

Face à la demande grandissante en électricité, les gestionnaires de réseaux électriques doivent implanter de nouvelles lignes de transport d’énergie dans les grands centres de distribution. Ces endroits très peuplés imposent de nombreuses contraintes au niveau de la conception de ces lignes. Parce qu’ils sont esthétiques et compacts, les pylônes tubulaires sont souvent sélectionnés dans […]

This research project seeks to improve the process which is used to recover fine phosphorous particles from mine tailings. Phosphorus based fertilizers are important for plant growth and essential to large-scale, high-efficiency farming methods. However, the processing method used to obtain phosphate from phosphate-bearing ore is not very efficient. Upward of 13 % of the […]