The generation and supply of energy is the largest anthropogenic source of CO2 and thus contributes significantly to climate change and the associated global consequences. As a result, a reduction of CO2 emissions in energy generation and distribution is an unavoidable key issue that must be addressed. In this research project, the main focus is […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to combat infectious diseases and reduce their spread around the world. In particular, bacteria and viruses can survive on many common fabrics for days or even weeks, from which they can be transmitted to people or other surfaces. The proposed research project aims to develop a coating for […]

Mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression, are becoming increasingly common among children and adolescents, yet still only a small portion of youth receive the support they need. For these reasons, many community organizations have been focused on helping children develop the social and emotional skills which help to support children’s mental health and […]

Ontario, Canada has an extreme lack of affordable housing. This study intends to encourage holistic planning by understanding the community benefits of affordable housing projects. The goal of the project is to create an assessment framework which can be used by municipalities and housing organizations to value the benefits of affordable housing projects. These benefits […]

The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) operates at the nexus of many social economy organizations in Canada and is leading the development of a platform for people to conduct social financing in Canada. Social finance involves investments which seek a measurable social or environmental impact in addition to generating a financial return for the […]

In waste-to-resource processes, variations in operating conditions are common, to accommodate varying process objectives and ambient disturbances. In these cases, well-tuned operating conditions are disrupted, and correlations among process and quality variables are broken, leading to unexpected outcomes. Due to large number of involved variables and their complex relations, it is challenging to re-tune system […]

Quantum Machine Learning is an emerging field of science, exploring the role that quantum computers can play when combined with machine learning models and methods. Within this field, kernel methods have quickly become one of the most promising and exciting techniques to show benefits in performance, even when using the current primitive quantum computers that […]

This project aims to tackle the challenge of finding different ways Viva could optimize its existing work processes to generate maximum results, as well as innovating in the marketing domain. This requires the intern to observe technical insights such as user interaction and behaviour, as well as traffic across various virtual platforms. This understanding would […]

To address the global concerns regarding climate changes and increase of earth temperature, carbon dioxide emission has to be removed/reduced. A major source of Co2 emission is transportation vehicles, which account for close to 30% of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. An active method to reduce this significant contribution to global warming is electrification of transportation […]

Toxicity testing of ophthalmic products is an important step in developing new eye products. Microfluidic devices, such as lab-on-a-chip, are an effective way to evaluate the toxicity of new products prior to animal testing. However, the current methods to create these microfluidic chips are too time-consuming and expensive for high-throughput screening. The objective of this […]

The intern will help guide technology start up MateMachine with regards to their content strategy. This strategy will focus on the benefits of MateMachine to marginalized folks including LGTBQ+ and disabled persons. This technology will provide new ways for individuals to connect and share their feelings with one another.

The proposed research project aims at technology for environmentally benign recycling of nickel. The process entails conversion of nickel found in the “black mass” from recycled Ni-based batteries into nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)4, by reaction with CO at modest temperatures around 50-120°C (pressuredependent). Only nickel carbonyl is volatile under these conditions and is easily separated from […]