The project investigates the transformation of anonymity in times of networked-data by looking into the history of urban neighborhood design and its relation to neighborhood-related machine learning algorithms, such as k-nearest-neighbor (KNN). This method analyzes behavioral patterns to form groups (neighborhoods) of actors with the same characteristics (neighbors). This groupingis then deployed to understand and […]

Canada’s modern landscape has been strongly influenced by the formation and subsequent melting of glaciers during the last glaciation. Glaciers have a wide range of effects on near surface sediments including moving and reworking them to form new deposits. Understanding the actions of the glaciers and the shape, characteristics and variability of the resulting sediments […]

The proposed project will focus on expanding upon existing autofluorescence based cancer screening techniques. In particular, our efforts will be focused on using a dual-spectral approach to extract the intrinsic fluorescence of the sample. Current methods of autofluorescence based oral cancer screening capitalize on the fact that tumorous or pre-cancerous tissue exhibits reduced autofluorescence relative […]

Membrane-based separation technologies are increasingly finding broad industrial applications such as remediating natural water sources and industrial or municipal wastewater, and desalination. Compared to hitherto separation processes, they are relatively energy-efficient and cost-effective. However, dissolved and suspended solids in the feed stream can foul membranes which remains a major challenge and hinders industrial adoption. In […]

Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy is engaged in retrieving historical philosophical works of women and individuals from other marginalized groups and sustaining their presence in the history of philosophy. Our overall goal is to change the ways we do history of philosophy to enable the discipline to become more inclusive and diverse. […]

Welding robots have been employed in pipe connections for some time. However, robotic welders for pipeline welding have not been fully developed for massive pipeline connections. Because most current industrial welding robots are giant and stationary, workpieces have to be transferred to the robot’s site for welding, which is impossible for pipeline connections. In addition, […]

In order to maintain safe and efficient operations, railway systems periodically use large, special purpose, trackbound grinding machines to re-establish the desired profiles of rails, and to remove surface damage that has occurred under operating conditions. The accuracy of the grinding process is typically measured using quality indices to compare the resulting rail profile to […]

Soil contamination by petroleum and other heavy hydrocarbons is a major environmental concern. One way to address it is the in situ thermal remediation technology: the contaminated soil is heated up with an array of large heating devices, thus accelerating evaporation of the contaminants and cleaning the soil in a matter of months. The goal […]

Transportation is now recognized as a social determinant of health. And yet the current transportation system is not set up to meet the day-to-day needs of the aging population. Within the next decade, a quarter of the population in BC will be over the age of 65. As the population ages, a decline in cognitive […]

Most of the cost of a product is determined by its design. Among current design theories and methods, there lacks a formal design method to support the design of a product that can be used as two or more products, an example of which is a sofa bed. Design for Versatility (DFV), as a design […]

Innovation in health-science companies goes hand in hand with uncertainties that may lead to product failures. Failures may offer opportunities to learn valuable lessons to improve organizational practices. However, firms may fail to learn because business leaders may regard these failures as threats to their personal reputation and professional image and try to justify these […]

The overall objective for this project is to support the research of one master’s student who would help advance the methods for modelling energy-climate policies, a field in which EMRG in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at SFU is one of the leading research units in the country and in which Navius Research […]