The Caribbean tourism sector is critically important to the Caribbean economy and highly sensitive to climate change and its impacts. Climate-sensitive industries are exploring how to make best use of outputs of climate models, weather forecasting tools and early warning systems as strategies to boost their viability as climate change intensifies. Tools such as these […]

The Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab (UbiLab) will explore the development of a data integration framework and recommendation for associated standards that aims at combining data from (1) smart home systems, (2) AAL or IoT for health technology, (3) mHealth, and (4) wearables. Important areas of data management will be explored, as for example security and […]

Electrospinning technique will be used as a new mixing method to disperse nanofillers into the epoxy base polymer in this project . The single-needle electrospinning scheme has been successfully used in the preparation of nanofilled silicone rubber composites. However,its low volume product has limited the industrial applications,so another electrospinning scheme will be investigated to scale […]

I plan to make a small molecule probe that reacts to specific colors of light, triggering cell death in the illuminated area in a process called Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) as a method to treat cancer. The probe uses a drug currently being investigated in clinical trials called Tookad© soluble for therapy. This probe also has […]

Recent progress on deep architectures has enabled efficient representation and learning of complex high dimensional probability distributions over rich sensory data. In particular, deep mixture models and deep generative models have emerged as the most powerful techniques for this task. The proposed research aims at addressing some of the fundamental questions in this field: What […]

Networks of linear Infrastructure, such as our roads and pipelines, allow us to move people, natural resources, and manufactured goods. Common practice has been to utilise historic climatic data to establish deterministic design guidelines for water course crossings. With climate change uncertainly, asset managers are in a position where they are questioning the guidelines and […]

The North Coast Innovation Lab (NCIL) is a place-based initiative for people who are invested in the future of Prince Rupert to work together on tangible projects and initiatives that build a resilient economy as a tool for community well-being. Forthcoming student Project Coordinators provide capacity to the efforts of the NCIL through action-research, project […]

An electrochromic device alters its optical properties such as tint or colour through a voltage. They are currently used in car rear-view mirrors, smart windows, electrochromic displays and eyewear. Conventional electrochromic devices are built on glass, but future applications such as foldable displays demand mechanically flexible devices. Furthermore, to reduce manufacturing costs, materials that are […]

Consider the temperature distribution in a classroom; to change it, we need to install a heater somewhere in the classroom. With a heater, we can raise the temperature, as well as change its distribution such that less heat flows to doors and windows, and more to seats. The location of the heater in the room […]

This research will (i) identify and quantify potential flexibility that is inherent in gas and heat systems (e.g. gas and thermal storage and demand response capability) across various scales (i.e. buildings, district heating system, national gas transmission systems), (ii) optimize the provision of flexibility from gas and heat systems to support the operation of a […]

In order to meet global climate change goals, it is necessary for consumers to shift their preferences for products towards more sustainable and eco-friendly options. Two common barriers that consumers experience when purchasing green products are: 1) perceived difficulty of buying green, and 2) skepticism about the quality of green brands. Avocado Co-op is attempting […]

Mathematics is frequently viewed as the natural language of science, and has already proven its vital importance through its myriad of applications in engineering and the physical sciences. However, the involvement of mathematics into the life sciences remains relatively unexplored. In particular, the application of mathematics in medicine is a fascinating subset of applied mathematics […]