Throughout much of North America moose populations are in decline and Manitoba is no exception. This project will determine what factors promoting occupancy and abundance at local and regional scales in Manitoba; and subsequently identify the most efficient way to monitor moose populations in relation to local and regional factors, such as hydroelectric power transmission […]

Mind reading emotional states of the participants will be done using FMRI machines and self report. The participants will be exposed to various stimuli to trigger an emotional response. These emotional responses will be examined using FMRI machines as well as the self report in order to help classify and locate area’s of the brain […]

The project will involve making and designing reference parts, and then producing 3D scans of those parts and providing some measurement analysis. Documentation on collection and safety must be followed throughout. 3D printing is not only a very unique way of creating something, but it also gives its user a very wide range of design […]

The mining industry forms an integral part to the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador. The island of Newfoundland is particularly important to the NL mining industry, as it houses several active mining operations, as well as minerals exploration and developments in several areas including the Baie Verte peninsula. As mining operations are noted as impacting […]

The project will research software and models of plume migration for subsea oil and gas productions. Plume migration is important because when a leak takes place subsea it needs to set off a sensor, and to do that for point sensors, the product must come near the sensor. Knowing how oil will move under water […]

Ecosystems are linked by exchanges of both energy and matter. These exchanges can be passive, as in water run-off, or active, as when an animal moves between ecosystems. These two types of exchanges can act against each other but, while research has focused on passive exchanges, not much is known about active exchanges. In this […]

In a colloid-polymer mixture, the addition of non-adsorbing polymer can control the magnitude as well as the range of an effective attraction between micron-sized colloidal particles. In such a system, various phases, including network-forming gels, can be observed. With tunable interactions, such systems could also be used for the studies of phase transition kinetics. An […]

The objective is to develop the best practices for the determination of manoeuvring coefficients by solving RANS equations. The commercial CFD package, Star-CCM+, will be employed. Results will be used to develop mathematical manoeuvring models. Studies will be carried out for three ships with and without appendages. Various scales will be used to investigate the […]

Enzymes are macromolecules that speed up the rate of chemical reactions by many orders of magnitude. Different classes of enzymes are present in a cell at different copy numbers to control and fine-tune its metabolism. The kinetics of enzymes differs depending on the physical properties of the local surroundings. Due to the high complexity of […]

There is international recognition of the need to conserve marine biodiversity and safeguard ecosystems, as reflected by international agendas and goal setting. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life Below Water, calls for the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. Achieving international goals will require unified actions across ocean sectors, necessitating integrated approaches […]

In this project I will be working with Aalto university’s Marine Technology research group at the Aalto ice tank. The purpose of such an ice tank is to explore the function of arctic marine structures in pack ice conditions. For example, this could include structural testing of oil and gas facilities or model testing of […]

This project uses a marine simulator to investigate how different ship capabilities and configurations affects how well sea ice can be managed. The experiment looks at how changing various aspects of the ship (e.g. thruster power, ice class, propulsion system) affects how well the ship captain can perform the ice clearing operations. The project uses […]