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 […]

Scoliosis is a condition where the spine curves abnormally, often developing in children and adolescents. To monitor how scoliosis progresses, patients usually have repeated x-rays over several years, sometimes as often as every six months. While this helps doctors track changes in the spine, it also means children are exposed to repeated radiation during an […]

This project aims to characterize and standardize Relief Mx, a liquid designed for pain management. Relief Mx combines traditional Chinese medicine with modern pharmaceutical components as an alternative to steroid-based nerve block treatments. The formulation includes active ingredients extracted from four herbal medicines: Achyranthes bidentata, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Lonicera japonica (honeysuckle), and Dendrobium. This study will […]

This project aims to develop a bovine cell bank using Alberta beef to support the production of cultivated meat, a sustainable alternative to traditional meat farming. Instead of raising and slaughtering animals, cultivated meat is created by growing muscle and fat cells in a laboratory, providing real meat with a smaller environmental footprint. The research […]

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This project addresses the significant demand for composite piping capable of withstanding elevated temperatures and/or pressure in water service and oil and gas transportation. In collaboration with Flexpipe at Mattr Infrastructure Technologies, we aim to develop rapid testing methods for designing and manufacturing large-diameter spoolable fiber-reinforced composite piping. Our focus is on exploring alternative procedures […]

Video games are complex data driven software systems. The data is the levels and objects inside of the levels. These objects are programmed using visual programming languages and textual programming languages. Current software engineering support for visual languages is in its infancy and the tools that software engineers rely upon are often not available in […]

Patients with cardiovascular disease benefit from participating in cardiac rehabilitation which have been traditionally offered in-person. Patients find these to be challenging to attend and may not complete the programs if they enroll. Providing cardiac rehabilitation as an online program is a promising solution. My Heart Coach is an online web-based multimedia program for cardiac […]