Modeling of Current Collapse and Gate Leakage Phenomena in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) have emerged as promising candidates for high breakdown, high power output, and high operating temperature applications. However, there are several problems that hinder its practical use such as current collapse and high gate leakage current. Most of available studies use analytical formulas and only analyze a certain aspect. Physical […]

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A Condition Based Monitoring Pilot for the Baggage Handling System at the Pearson International Airport

Maintenance of baggage handling equipment, passenger boarding bridges and aircraft support equipment currently costs the Pearson International Airport (PIA) $10M annually. Much of this cost is associated with routine inspections, replacing drives, lifts and similar industrial process equipment. Current maintenance undertaken by PIA is reactive; replacing or repairing parts on the equipment after break-down. This […]

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Development of novel electrospun nanofibrous membrane incorporating cellulose nanocrystals for wastewater treatment.

The proposed research project aims at developing a novel nanofibrous membrane incorporating cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) for wastewater treatment. Sustainable nanomaterials such as CNCs possess many interesting properties like high specific surface area, good mechanical strength, biodegradability and large amount of primary hydroxyl groups for surface functionalization. Hence incorporation of these CNCs can have synergistic effects […]

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Prototyping for Manufacturing Point-of-Care Instruments

Remote health settings require affordable blood tests to provide care. ChipCare aims to reduce the cost of these tests by producing a user-friendly device the size of a credit-card reader. Disposable cartridges that go into the device will bring down costs. One aim of this project is to improve the design of the reader in […]

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Conception d’outils informatiques pour le suivi de la performance d’éolienne

Avec une infrastructure construite et en opération, les activités principales d’EDF EN Canada passent de la phase développement vers l’opération. Cette nouvelle phase nécessite un suivi des performances de toutes les éoliennes de toutes les centrales éoliennes d’EDF EN Canada. Les outils qui seront développés et validés durant ce projet seront des éléments essentiels pour […]

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Développer et calibrer un outil de prédiction aéroélastique d’ailettes assujetties à des excitations vibratoires induites par les sillages amont et aval des redresseurs adjacentes dans un compresseur

PWC effectue des tests sur les compresseurs lors du développement de ses moteurs afin de mieux connaître les niveaux vibratoires des ailettes en fonctionnement. Le but de ce projet de recherche est de développer une méthode numérique basée sur des considérations aéroélastiques et capable de prédire efficacement ces niveaux vibratoire afin de limiter la voie […]

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Impact of Net Metered Solar Energy on Distribution Networks

The research will comprise effects of penetration of photovoltaic on existing distribution network. This will include power quality, voltage stability and customer load when there is a penetration. The graphs would display and let the utility organization know till what level the penetration should be done on a distribution network. The advantages and the need […]

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A Framework for Scheduling and Mapping of Image Signal Processing Pipeline on Heterogeneous Architectures Applied to Video Enhancement Algorithms

Video contents and applications become integrated in everyday life and demands for high-quality videos, such as 4K, are increasing. Even modern optical equipment introduces inevitable noises that may heavily mask video content. Environment conditions such as low light, results in more video quality degradation. Therefore, a video-enhancement technique is required to reconstruct the original non-noisy […]

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Production of Renewable Drop-In Fuel from Syngas Derived from an Ethanol Industry

The fuel-grade ethanol obtained from corn-based feedstocks, utilizes about 33% of the total carbon present in corn based feedstocks. The remaining fraction is converted into dry distillers’ grains (DDG) and carbon dioxide, which is then converted to syngas (CO+H2). In this research the syngas from ethanol plant will be converted to transportation fuel and derived […]

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Contrôle de la qualité du remblai sans retrait

Le remblai sans retrait (RSR) est un matériau auto-compactant à très faible résistance pour remplir les excavations nécessaires aux réseaux souterrains des services publics. L’avantage principal est de rétablir la circulation rapidement après la construction. Certains doutes existent sur les pratiques sur le chantier. L’objectif est de mettre au point une méthodologie du contrôle de […]

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IDENTIFICATION DES PARAMÈTRES ET DES MÉTHODES DE CONTRÔLE POUR L’AUTOMATISATION DU PROCÉDÉ D’OXYCOUPAGE DE L’ACIER.

L’objectif de ce projet est d’automatiser au maximum le procédé d’oxycoupage afin de l’incorporer aux équipements de découpe robotisés de l’entreprise partenaire. Ces derniers, qui utilisent actuellement le procédé de découpe au plasma uniquement, bénéficieront de cet apport technologique en terme de versatilité de produit et en comblant un manque notamment en ce qui concernent […]

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