The object of this study is to prepare and evaluate two rooftops of the partnering organization’s facility for a 2 year green roof performance research study. The internship will be instrumental to plan for and execute the physical set up, installation and first year monitoring of the research site. This will include: analysis of the […]

The principal objective of this project is to design and fabricate optically functional, slim, flexible, dielectric coatings – luminescent wavelength encoded lattices (LWELs) – that enhance sunlight harvesting and therefore, within the short term, have a measurable, significant impact on the efficiency of commercially available solar cells. LWELs will combine two powerful approaches to incandescent […]

In archaeology, chemical analysis of elements in bones can unlock a wealth of anthropological information. Individuals are exposed to various elements throughout their lives, (from sources including food, drinking water, and cookware), which are stored in bone tissue. Because bone tissue regenerates continuously, skeletal remains contain a record of an individual’s lifetime of exposure to […]

Additive manufacturing (AM, or 3-D printing) with metals is a rapidly growing field catalyzing a revolution in modern manufacturing. The most common approach involves the use of metal powders as a feedstock material. The proposed research program will use metalorganic gaseous precursors such as Ni(CO)4 and Fe(CO)5 which facilitate low temperature (~200 C) deposition, forming […]

PCP Canada, the industrial partner of this project, is planning to produce new categories of DC cast aluminum plates with high quality and competitive prices for the manufacture of large molds used in automotive and plastic industries. The present work is undertaken to optimize the heat treatment practice of the plates of certain DC cast […]

SMC battery enclosure with electromagnetic (EM) shielding properties for electrical vehicles. The main objectives of this project are to identify a low-cost EM shielding material to integrate in the enclosure and to develop a manufacturing process which can ultimately reach a production rate of less than 10 minutes per part. Through the additional support of […]

The objective of the research is to develop a method for and pilot test the remediation of 3,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide contaminated soils with concentrations up to 20,000mg/kg. Our project aims to research and develop an efficient and safe methodology of soil washing to remove the arsenic from soil, however other methods would be […]

Les estuafres sonfdes ecosystemes complexes et fragiles qu se trouvent a l’lnterface ocean/rivlere: Ils representent donc des zones strategiques pour le commerce maritime et un abris ideal pour les navires. Dans ce contexte, le transport sedimentaire se revele etre un enjeu majeur car les sediments sont a la fois vecteur de pollution et ils peuvent […]

La chitine est un biopolymère entrant dans la composition de la carapace des crustacés. Ce faisant, il représente un coproduit important de l’industrie de la pêche pour lequel le développement de nouveaux débouchés demeure un enjeu. Or, le chitosane (un dérivé de la chitine) pourrait représenter une matrice de choix pour le développement d’outils permettant […]

Le couplage d’un plasma avec un milieu liquide est un projet de recherche très original, en termes des applications dans différents domaines et en termes de physique fondamentale. L’objectif du projet est de réaliser une étude expérimentale des décharges électriques dans ou en contact avec l’eau. Cela permettra d’identifier des caractéristiques physico-chimiques associées aux décharges […]

In the frame of this research project, lanthanide-doped nanoparticles will be synthesized that are able to convert low- to high-energy light in a process called upconversion. Given their outstanding optical properties, these upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) are promising candidates for applications ranging from biomedicine to optoelectronics and the energy sector. We will combine UCNPs with monolayers […]

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) is an important economical crop cultivated in tropical countries. Cocoa black pod disease, caused by Phytophthora megakarya, an oomycete, is the most economically important threat of cacao in Cameroon. Upon infection, oomycetes pathogens develop various strategies to gain access to the nutrients and eventually causing the death of the tissue, including the […]