This research project will organize and develop museum exhibits for a virtual Manitoba Oil Museum, using materials collected over the years by the museum as well as the dissemination of a PhD thesis on the Place of Oil in Manitoba. There is very little information in Manitoba broadly about the oil extraction that has been […]

Tile drainage is becoming popular as a way to control excess moisture in the field to increase productivity. Yet, the economic return on investment (ROI) on installing tile drainage is not known in Manitoba. This research will allow us to assess the impact of water management through controlled drainage on yield. Detailed water table depth […]

Travel Manitoba and media promoted the Pinawa Channel Float as a summer tourist destination in 2020 during COVID-19, resulting in more tourists visiting the area. One thousand tourists visited during the week, and up to two thousand during the weekends (Pinawa Proposal to Manitoba Infrastructure, 2020). This matched or doubled the resident population of this […]

Traditional drug development strategy is costly, tiresome, and labor-intensive. In the last decade, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have shown promising results to overcome some of these limitations. However, these computational technologies still cannot efficiently generate novel drugs with expected properties for treating specific diseases. Here we will apply new generation of AI frameworks to design […]

Canada is a global leader in the aerospace manufacturing industry. Canadian companies produce complex assemblies and system solutions including carbon fiber composite panels used in the body of airplanes. Manufacturing of such panels requires a significant number of operations such as trimming, drilling, and abrasion. Currently, some of these operations are performed manually, which is […]

Presently the electrical grids of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are operated with limited energy exchange between them. Connecting the three provinces together with a “Western Canada Grid (WCG)” could yield significant advantages. Connection with HVDC transmission is attractive due to its control flexibility and stability. This project will investigate optimum converter types and control methods […]

Computer attacks such as viruses, Trojans, etc. are a continuous problem for governments, companies, and individuals. The most common methods of detecting these computer problems like anti-virus systems rely on an attack being known and described before it can be detected. This opens a hole in computer security systems for new attacks that have not […]

Real-time digital power system simulators are used for testing and debugging control equipment intended for field installation. They simulate the power network in ‘real-time’, i.e., the simulation computations are rapidly completed so as to retain synchronism with a real-world clock. This requires the level of complexity in different components of the network to be judiciously […]

The current business model is based on charging individual users a monthly subscription fee (primary), as well as upselling add-ons mostly for “access to experts” in various forms. Companies who sponsor projects on the platform pay a one time fee for posting their project which includes the prize money for the winning teams. One of […]

Times series freight rates for trucking is notoriously difficult to obtain. The industry is comprised of different kinds of trucks (e.g., vans and flatdecks), serves different traffic lanes and has a very large number of carriers and shippers. Moreover, the data varies with the tempo of the general economy and seasonal variations. Aggregate data is […]

Carbon-Block Inc. is an environmental auditing start up focused on automation of the verification requirements of carbon offsets. Carbon Block is establishing a double-sided carbon marketplace with 1) Corporations with Corporate Sustainability Goals. 2) Governments and utilities unable to bring their offsets to market due to the audit burden, and decarbonization technologies seeking access to […]

Because of the renewed interest in building health due to COVID-19, there has been a surge in demand for building audits – particularly around air quality testing. Demand by commercial property managers is increasing, particularly as businesses plan return-to-work arrangements. These buildings are looking for solutions to measure their building health, performance and energy efficiency […]