This project will help the drilling industry accept new technologies. This work will focus on create and testing more robust controllers for choke control, applying advanced controller techniques and designing these controllers to accommodate diverse operating conditions in different rigs.

Slips, trips, and falls (STFs) are a major concern in occupational environments, accounting for a significant portion of all reported work-related injuries in Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore petroleum industry. Perturbation-based training has been shown as an effective measure in developing appropriate postural responses for young and older adults. This proposed research aims to address the […]

This proposed project is to develop efficient sensing materials and devices that can detect trace amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS), in particular a type of activated oxygen, namely singlet oxygen. Detection of singlet oxygen is an important but very challenging task in biological and pharmaceutical applications. The main difficulty in detecting singlet oxygen is […]

Our project proposed an invention of a fully self-contained, autonomous flying robot that can mimic the morphology of the bat wings. Inspired by its attractive flying characteristics, our flying robot could achieve more agile flying ability in hovering and turning than conventional micro aerial vehicles. Meanwhile, the shape-morphing and flapping wings help the robot fly […]

St. Anthony is the largest town on Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula and is connected to Newfoundland’s island grid by a 248 km transmission line. This research will investigate the best locations for wind turbine installation.

This project will help us build and assess our current programming. It will also develop an efficient system to collect and understand our membership demographic and the uptake of programming offered by MWONL.

There are no shortage of news stories concerning the challenges in the healthcare system. These include covid impacts, financial challenges, human resource challenges related to recruitment, burnout and retention, as well as the need for the system to operate more efficiently (see https://www.cma.ca/news-releases-and-statements/canadas-health-system-life-support-health-workers-call-urgent ; https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/our-current-health-care-disaster-could-have-been-averted/ ). Provinces often devote up to 40% of their budgets […]

Hydroponic greenhouse agriculture is an excellent method of producing crops throughout the year in agro-climatologically challenging remote provinces such as Newfoundland and Labrador. However, energy requirements for heating, ventilation and light may reduce profitability of greenhouses even with high local demand for products. This pre-feasibility study investigates the potential of using mini-hydroelectric power to generate […]

Birch Scientific has recently completed an innovation project on the development of digital twin software to support enhanced operations in drilling activities. The grade of software developed thus far must be polished into product form for deployment to customers. This project includes significant software quality assurance(QA) work, developing deployment processes and gathering of customer requirements.

The beer industry is one of the oldest and high demand industries in the world. The major limitation associated with beer can recycling with its content is that it produces large volume of liquid waste that cannot be discharged to water bodies. The expired beer is unsuitable for to be converted as animal feed due […]

CMCI is an indigenous-owned business that works closely with First Nation’s members and corporations. Through our industry association, we learned of the significant disadvantages of traditional gravel runways in Northern Canada and how it adversely impacts access to remote communities, SAR capabilities and artic security. In this project we will work on developing a new […]

Age is a key factor in cancer burden, with 28% of new cancer cases and 22% of cancer deaths occurring in individuals between the ages of 60-69. Despite this, little research has examined cancer survivorship in older adults. This is unfortunate, as older cancer survivors experience poorer quality of life, functional status, and general health […]