Modern power systems are expected to provide an uninterrupted supply of power to its consumers. Faults occurring in transmission lines can lead to extended outages if they are not quickly repaired. When a transmission line is hundreds of kilometers long and passes through difficult to access terrain, locating the faulted point is very important to […]

Rimer Alco North America Inc. (RANA) manufactures Mine Refuge Systems for the global mining industry. The goal of this partnership project between The University of Manitoba and RANA is to undertake a comprehensive research that will help us to understand air flow pattern within the Refuge Systems and will lead to optimal manufacturing processes. The […]

In the era of the industrial revolution, the availability of vast amounts of data necessitates the development of software applications with online dynamic reliability prediction capabilities. Such software should enable a data-driven analysis of equipment life by incorporating various operational and environmental covariates that impact equipment failure, thereby mitigating production losses. Consequently, this project aims […]

Public rail transit maintenance includes ensuring that rails are free from the corrugation that develops naturally as trains traverse the rail. Detecting corrugation typically requires manual measurement of rail condition using a specialized measurement trolley. In a recent study we established a relationship between corrugation and the noise level produced by the train suggesting that […]

High Voltage DC Transmission (HVDC) is used for bulk power transfer over long distances. Manitoba Hydro system involves collection of AC power in the north where it is converted to DC and then transferred to southern Manitoba (approx 900km) where it is converted back to AC to feed consumers. Recently the problems of inter area […]

Anomaly detection of machinery is a crucial aspect of predictive maintenance. It involves monitoring specific parameters related to the machinery’s condition to identify significant changes that indicate a potential fault. Bearings, which are important components in rotary machinery, are responsible for over 40 percent of rotary machinery failures. Consequently, researchers have been focusing on detecting […]

This project will investigate the timely problem of electrification of heavy-duty agricultural equipment and their various implements. Electrification of these critical pieces of equipment, either fully or partially, is poised to yield significant benefits such as improved efficiency, better reliability, and lower cost of operation. In order to design an electrified version of a complex […]

The developed Nanobiosensor is based on electrospun nanofibres with a core-shell structure. The core of fibres is based on polyurethane, and the shell is based on polyurethane, polyvinylpyrrolidone, hemicyanine dye, surfactant and acid. The HCy dye (colorimetric probe) changes colour when bacteria secrete lipase. The lipase cleaves the ester bond of the HCy, and the […]

This research project aims to assess the microbial safety of ice cubes in Canada. Ice cubes can be a potential source of foodborne illnesses if contaminated with harmful bacteria or viruses. The study will evaluate the adherence of ice manufacturers to recommended safety standards and assess the presence of microbial indicators and pathogens on ice […]

Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have become a widely used machine learning tool in many different and broad fields of application. ANNs may be trained from training examples to perform various prediction or classification tasks. However, one of the problems exhibited by ANNs is that they typically overlearn the training examples and perform poorly on new […]

Research shows that ultra-processed foods (UPF) increase the risk of many diseases, including kidney diseases. However, the effects of whole foods (WF) compared to UPF in a type of kidney disease called polycystic kidney disease (PKD) have not been studied. This is also important for PKD because treatments with plant-based or low-protein diets, since many […]

The proposed project will be a collaboration between the Ottawa (ON) based integrated circuit (IC) company, Power Integrations Inc. (PI) and RIGA lab at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (MB). The result of the research project will be transferred to the IC design team in PI to integrate power semiconductors, gate drivers, controllers company to identify […]