The role of digitalization and value chain management for competitive advantage in forest industry transformation to the bioeconomy

The forest industry is going through a transformation worldwide. Competitive limitations faced by companies starting with the newsprint demand decline have required process modernization and portfolio diversification. As a result, the forest biorefinery emerged – facilities for the production of biofuels, biochemicals, and biomaterials. The forest sector has adopted the biorefinery concept globally because it […]

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The role of digitalization and value chain management for competitive advantage in forest industry transformation to the bioeconomy – Year two

The forest industry is going through a transformation worldwide. Competitive limitations faced by companies starting with the newsprint demand decline have required process modernization and portfolio diversification. As a result, the forest biorefinery emerged – facilities for the production of biofuels, biochemicals, and biomaterials. The forest sector has adopted the biorefinery concept globally because it […]

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Debromination and recycling of styrenic polymers

Polystyrene is a non-biodegradable polymer whose versatility has expanded its applicability to consumer products such as packaging and electronic components. For this reason, end-of-life polystyrene has become an environmental burden and recycling is an alternative to close the cycle of this material, preventing it to reach landfills or to be openly dumped. However, high impact […]

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pH equilibrated water for pets

VETWATER (Sainte-Brigide-d’Iberville, QC) produces pet equilibrated water under the commercial name of “VETWATER urinary solution for cats” (VC), which helps preventing urinary crystals and stones (urolithiasis) by equilibrating pH strictly in the 6.2-6.4 range. Besides urolithiasis, feline lower urinary tract diseases (FLUTDs) affect the urinary bladder and urethra of cats without any obvious underlying cause- […]

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Changements projetés des courbes Intensité-Durée-Fréquence des précipitations au Québec

Selon le plus récent rapport du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC), les événements extrêmes tels que les précipitations abondantes sont susceptibles d’augmenter. Le projet proposé s’inscrit dans la quantification de cette augmentation et a pour but général d’introduire les effets du changement climatique aux courbes Intensité-Durée-Fréquence (IDF) des précipitations. Ces courbes sont […]

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Amélioration de la convergence d’un modèle PEEC d’électromaimant supraconducteur

L’objectif du projet de stage sera d’améliorer la convergence et la vitesse de résolution des problèmes électromagnétiques et thermiques fortement couplés pour simuler le phénomène d’emballement thermique (i.e. « quench ») dans des électro-aimants supraconducteurs soumis à des variations rapides de courant et/ou de champ magnétique. Les électro-aimants ont de nombreuses applications pratiques, la plus […]

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Développement d’outils pour le pilotage de la production fromagère artisanale du Québec à l’ère de l’industrie 4.0

La recherche proposée vise à améliorer le rendement des PME fromagères québécoises. Des modèles de pilotage et de valorisation des données d’exploitation seront développés pour la prise de décisions basés sur des données probantes en temps réel. Cette recherche permettra de développer un modèle d’exploitation des fromageries, commun et optimisé, qui inclura l’identification de différents […]

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Design and manufacturing of a plastic anchor using a chemical product acting as a time-dependent expansion mechanism

The objective of this project is to investigate the feasibility of a novel anchor fixation device for which the anchoring mechanisms is prompted by the expansion and polymerization of a polymeric material. Accordingly, an innovative solution inspired from the self-healing polymer concept is proposed for sufficient expansion and fixation to wall panels for masonry and […]

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Analyse et prévision des prix du bois d’œuvre

Les prix figurent parmi les décisions importantes à prendre par les responsables des ventes. En particulier pour les entreprises du bois d’œuvre, les responsables de ventes se fient aux estimations des prix, basées sur le jugement d’experts, fournies hebdomadairement par le Conseil de l’Industrie Forestière du Québec (CIFQ). La génération hebdomadaire de ces estimations de […]

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AI Nétur

This project deals with the development of three applications of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research aiming at improving the cost, response time and flexibility of production cost assessment, process planning and production at Nétur. Nétur manufactures high precision parts for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) in the aerospace industry, such as Pratt & Whitney. Data mining […]

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AI-Based Automation of the Candidate Recruitment and Management System for TAS

TAS (Techno Aero Services Inc.) is a Canadian recruitment agency specialized in aeronautics, engineering, and technology. At TAS, candidates currently submit resumes to a database through a web interface. These resumes are then manually processed by recruiters before a suitable candidate is matched to a position. Through this laborious manual process, great prospective candidates often […]

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