The Personal Lift Assistive Device (PLAD) is an “on-body” ergonomic aid comprised of: 1) a spring box to assist workers’ back muscles; 2) padded cables to tension the springs at the shoulders and feet; and, 3) a pelvic spacer to provide improved leverage. In all previous tests, the PLAD has reduced back force requirements by […]

With my research time at Halsall I wish to contribute to a body knowledge that will assist with Halsall’s current needs and future directions. A review of relevant literature on methods and procedures for designing more economical, fire-resistant buildings would serve Halsall by providing them with a reference works with which their design engineers can […]

A cradle is a separate structure from automotive chassis, which is used to support the powertrain and suspension system. With the application of cradle structure, the noise and vibration transmitted to passengers will be reduced and the stiffness of attachments will be increased. In other words, the riding comfort and the product reliability are improved. […]

  A mathematical model is to be developed that describes how oxygen can move in a point-of-care blood gas sensor. The sensor measures the partial pressure of oxygen in a blood sample. Oxygen can move throughout the cartridge by diffusing through the various materials that make up the cartridge. The extent to which the oxygen […]

  The problem of accurately predicting the onset of sustained postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains open. Investigators have reported many clinical indices currently associated with postoperative AF following CABG. Contemporary machine learning techniques are well-suited to recognizing underlying trends in 'training' data consisting of several labeled examples, […]

  Stamping presses are widely used to make metal parts in the automotive industry. Currently, lubrication for a die in a stamping press is applied to the whole sheet. Although this is the industry standard, this approach has a problem. By the time the sheet exits the press, the lubricant may have run out. This […]

This project is an undertaking in coordination with Minerva Canada which aims to address a gap between industry and the graduates of engineering programs in terms of attitudes, knowledge and applied skills pertaining to health & safety in engineering practice. Through a series of phases from curriculum planning to implementation, the project's end product will […]

Planning of medical procedures, such as radiation therapy or minimally invasive interventions, almost always require delineation of organs and other important structures by closed curves. Most frequently this is performed manually, by drawing contours around the objects on several two-dimensional cross-sectional images. Typically the contours change smoothly between adjacent image slices, therefore it could be […]

High-accuracy optical and electromagnetic trackers are commonly used for image-guided interventions for tracking the position and orientation (pose) of surgical tools and target objets. In certain applications these tracking devices could be replaced by small, low-cost inertial measurement units (IMU), which contains integrated accelerometer-magnetometer-gyroscope sensors. Typical size of the sensor is a few centimeters by […]

Image registration methods are often used in image-guided medical interventions to determine dislocation of the target organ. Advanced registration methods can determine not just a rigid transformation, but also organ deformations. Performance assessment of deformable image registration algorithms requires visualization of the resulting deformation fields, by means of colored image slices, isolines, arrows, deformed grids, […]

The problem of accurately predicting the onset of sustained postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains open. Investigators have reported many clinical indices currently associated with postoperative AF following CABG. Contemporary machine learning techniques are well-suited to recognizing underlying trends in ‘training’ data consisting of several labeled examples, and […]

The objective of the proposed research project is to develop a mathematical model that can be used to predict, monitor and control the thickness profile of extruded Tedlar® film, particularly during product transitions and batch switches.  Development of this model will require a detailed understanding of the extrusion and film casting process, as well as […]