This project aims to study how football players move and interact on the field by using advanced data analysis. We will combine local GPS data from Uruguayan women’s football with international event data (such as World Cups) to better understand team tactics, physical performance, and coordination between players. By applying tools from statistics and data […]

Stormwater ponds are widely used across urban areas to improve water quality, yet their actual long-term performance under different design standards remains poorly quantified. This project will evaluate how efficiently these ponds remove sediment and associated pollutants by applying a mass-balance approach and tracking deposition rates through time. Although the technology is assumed to work, […]

The City of Edmonton’s River Valley and Ravine system is a vital natural asset, supported by policies like the City Plan, Natural Connections and Breathe: Edmonton’s Green Network Strategy. To foster connectivity, the City uses wildlife passages to ensure safe animal movement and reduce human-wildlife conflict. This project will build on past research efforts to […]

In the context of developing an academic activity as part of the intern’s postgraduate studies and building a new international research collaboration, the University of Alberta and the Tecnológico de Monterrey propose this research stay project, promoting a strategic initiative of artificial intelligence (AI) and the establishment of Industry 5.0 in fields such as agriculture […]

Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley and Ravine System (“the River Valley”) is a core component of the city’s open space network. In accordance with the City of Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley Area Redevelopment Plan, an environmental impact assessment is required for proposed development, such as utility infrastructure or parks amenities, in the River Valley. […]

This project will partner with an Alberta-based manufacturer(s) producing recycled-rubber products (e.g., recycled-rubber noise barrier panels, traffic barriers, fitness flooring, brake pads, and agricultural mats). The goal is for the Sustainability Scholar to work in partnership with the Alberta Recycling Management Authority (ARMA), the manufacturer and a municipal partner(s) to understand and align product performance […]

Located in the zone between Alberta’s grasslands and boreal forests, the Central Parkland natural subregion is an area of ecological transition, where many endangered species persist tenuously on the edge of their ranges, or have already been silently lost before conservationists understood what habitats and connections on the landscape were critical to their survival. In […]

This project examines how Chinese restaurant owners and operators in London’s Soho Chinatown navigate rapid change. Restaurants are central to Chinatown’s economy and to how “Chinatown” is publicly represented through food, space, and everyday hospitality practices. As tourism markets shift and new culinary trends emerge, operators make practical decisions about menus, branding, service, and target […]

Develop a data-driven return on investment (ROI) financial model to transform commercial EV charger installation in Edmonton that underscores this undeniably smart investment to accelerate private-sector EV adoption. This project moves beyond the “why” of sustainability and into the “how” of business finance. The scholar would develop an ROI model that effectively communicates the justification […]

This project focuses on how people use modifiers to explain abstract terms in English and Chinese, employing Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) to describe the linear positions of modifiers, the levels of meaning they target, and whether they affect truth conditions. Aimed at education, public communication, and language technology, it will deliver clear hierarchy–scope–linearization criteria and […]

At present, the data collected from the Fuel Management System (FMS) is only being used to a fraction of its potential. Our proposed solution is to delve into FMS data along with maintenance and operations information on critical mine site equipment such as heavy haul trucks, excavation equipment, and their light vehicle fleet to optimize […]

Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are semiconductor nanoparticles with sizes ranging from 1 to 10 nm that show great promise for photonics, microelectronics, and fluorescent bio-imaging considering their ability to fluoresce from blue to near infrared light. In comparison to conventional quantum dots (which can release toxic metals), Si quantum dots are expected to be safer […]