In Canada over 35 million metric tonnes of food is wasted and lost, which costs an estimated C$49.5 billion annually. Food loss and waste has negative consequences for environmental sustainability, the economy, and social welfare. Most research on this issue focuses on solutions that target retail and consumer waste reduction such as redistribution of ‘ugly’ […]

This project will address questions about the variable marine survival of different Skeena river sockeye stocks. Zooplankton sampling will be conducted along the smolt outmigration route to determine the timing of peak abundance of important sockeye prey items. The scale characteristics of a number of different Skeena sockeye stocks across different years will be compared […]

Diamond like carbon (DLC) is an amorphous form of carbon with a high fraction of diamond-like (sp3) bonds. DLC thin films have many attractive attributes including extraordinary hardness, enhanced lubrication and wear resistance properties. Aurora Scientific Corp. is the provider of advanced vacuum coating systems based on its patented physical vapor deposition (PVD) technology. Aurora […]

There is a huge human and financial cost to delirium, which is defined as a fluctuating state of confusion and agitation experienced by up to 80% of critical care patients. Delirium is associated with increased risk of death and worsened outcomes like lasting changes in cognition. Our team has partnered with BC tech company MindfulGarden […]

Convalescent plasma–used for over a century as the first treatment option in outbreaks caused by novel pathogens. The therapy involves transfusion of blood plasma from recovered donors, which contains antibodies, that can prevent or treat infection in recipients. Convalescent plasa therapy has been observed empirically or in small studies to confer passive immunity to susceptible […]

STMicroelectronics has designed a new multicore processor STHORM, which is now going into production. This system promises significant improvements in performance per unit of energy, but poses new challenges in programming. Unlike conventional processors, STHORM does not automatically move program data between various levels of the processor’s memory system. This is one of the reasons […]

Flextrapower Technologies Inc. (FTI), Corporation Number 11422197, Business number 792843278, is a Canadian Controlled Private Corporation, founded by Linh Le, a serial startup founder with chemical engineering background from Columbia University and Stevens Institute of Technology. Since founding, FTI has been actively involved with technical consulting as well as strategy work for multiple companies at […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant changes to our industry and our business. We have been able to successfully expand our business into the virtual care space which has been very timely as a large portion of care delivery across the country has shifted to virtual. We are still in the process of optimizing […]

The proposed research is aimed at understanding and predicting the adoption rate for a proposed commercialized platform, based on the HQB Prototype, and for providing essential insights into the user experience by both user groups of the HQB Prototype that will be included in the design specifications for the commercialized product. HealthQB has been researching […]

Resident killer whale populations in British Columbia (BC) are listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) as “threatened” and “endangered” for the northern and southern populations, respectively. Common pollutants such as PCBs and PBDEs, are considered a significant impediment to the recovery of resident killer whales. These chemicals bioaccumulate throughout the food web and […]

This project aims to 1) identify and understand the unique social and psychological burdens that vulnerable older adults face during the pandemic, 2) explore and identify successful and unsuccessful digital interventions that has been done at the West End Seniors Network (WESN) to help raise social connectedness, and 3) develop strategies and design future interventions […]

To reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from goods transportation low-carbon fuels can be combined with high-efficiency engine systems. Gaseous fuels such renewable natural gas and hydrogen offer low net GHG emissions from efficient direct-injection engines. These engines use high fuel injection pressures that need to be supplied during operation by a compressor on the […]