Biomedical research, particularly preclinical research, is a complex and challenging field with a high failure rate of 98% in pharmaceutical research investment. Extracting relevant information from preclinical research papers involves synthesizing information from various sources, which is a demanding task that requires domain-specific knowledge. Natural language processing, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs), has demonstrated tremendous […]

The ability to quickly check if robot poses are not in collision with environment geometry is critical for robot applications that rely on forward kinematics, inverse kinematics, and path planning. It has been shown that during path planning 99% of the time is spent performing collision checks between the robot & its environment. Improving collision […]

This important research project seeks to a) engage graduate students from University of Toronto in an immersive entrepreneurial experience in Taiwan in the fields of advanced computing, clean technologies and scientific innovation and b) measure the development of international entrepreneurial competencies impacted by this experiential learning. The student will complete an internship with Himax. He […]

This project aims to develop enhancement techniques for high-resolution imaging on smartphone devices. The project will focus on a specific imaging modality where a pair of images are captured in succession: a high-resolution image (108 mega-pixel) and a corresponding low-resolution image (12 mega-pixel). Due to the small pixel size in the sensor used to capture […]

The primary purpose of this project is to mitigate phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) runoff from agricultural lands in the Bay of Quinte Area of Concern (AOC) using passive reactors. These reactors are cheap and easy to construct and use waste eggshells as the main reactive material creating a useful product from a waste material. […]

This important research project seeks to a) engage graduate students from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in an immersive entrepreneurial experience in Toronto, Canada in the fields of advanced computing, clean technologies and scientific innovation and b) measure the development of international entrepreneurial competencies impacted by this experiential learning. Students will complete an internship with […]

Modern mobile phones have become the dominant photography device in recent years. However, due to form factor constraints both the camera sensor and lens have to remain compact, which in turn has a negative effect on the resulting image quality such as decreased resolution and noise. Image restoration attempts to recover a clean latent image […]

This project involves the 3D printing of amino-acid and peptide-directed synthesis of chiral plasmonic gold nanoparticles. The chirality of these nanoparticles is important due to their exceptional light polarization control, negative refractive index and chiral sensing. Previous research on this topic look at the synthesis of these nanoparticles using amino acids and peptides which can […]

Metallic materials have been used in various applications such as gas sensors, space lubrication, and power transmission. Under different environmental conditions, materials can have vastly different friction properties. Understanding the wear and friction properties of materials is imperative for determining suitable materials for different applications, although oftentimes poses a challenge. Recently, the Colas Group developed […]

We propose to the develop a process whereby a semen sample can be initially assessed for sperm motility on-site followed by preservation of the remaining sample for transfer to a lab for quantitative sperm quality analyses. A microfluidic device using paper will be developed for the on-site motility test, whereby the device shows a colorimetric […]

Two-photon polymerization (2PP) additive manufacturing, also referred as two-photon lithography, has enabled complex three-dimensional (3D) structures with emergent mechanical properties to be printed at high speed and lateral resolutions below 200 nm. Recently, the Gu Group at Stanford University reported a 2PP photoresist containing quantum-confined nanoclusters which act as highly sensitive two-photon activators to enable […]

The objective of this project is to investigate the relationship between habitat restoration activities and the biological outcomes of fish communities in the Humber River, Ontario, with a specific focus on outcomes for the endangered Redside Dace. We will evaluate landscape and instream habitat parameters among restored and not-restored sites to determine the effectiveness of […]