During the Covid19 pandemic, the federal and Québec governments decided to implement total containment. This decision significantly affected people in situations of vulnerability and poverty, such as isolated seniors, the homeless, young families in precarious situations, people with mental health problems, people with disabilities, and newcomers. First of all, they often lost almost all their […]

L’efficacité comparative du chauffage et de la production d’électricité au gaz naturel fait en sorte que l’on devrait privilégier le chauffage au gaz naturel plutôt que de produire de l’électricité avec celui-ci. C’est ainsi le choix fait dans la quasi-totalité des sociétés où le gaz naturel est présent. Le reste de l’Amérique du Nord ainsi […]

Heavy industrial construction projects consist of oil refinaries which generally involve complex structures, large-scale sites, and large numbers of workers from different disciplines such as civil, mechanical, and chemical. These disciplines may require similar or completely different scaffolding systems in order for workers to not only access their working areas but also move material horizontally […]

Pathogenic infections are responsible for approximately 60% of all hospital acquired infections. In order to help stop the spread, high contact surfaces require chemical additives that sense and respond to the presence of pathogenic bacteria quickly, and neutralize their threat. We are proposing a new form of antimicrobial that can be used as safe, green […]

The projects will involve the modifications of a small automated ventilator (breathing machine) suitable for use in pandemics and underresourced settings (outside hospital, in patient transport, small hospitals), especially suited to patients with severe lung disease. Partner organization will be able to improve the design of the current ventilator to make it better suited for […]

Dental procedures generate a large quantity of airborne droplets. With the concern that COVID-19 transmits through respiratory droplets, dental personnel are at high risk of being exposed to the virus if an asymptomatic patient comes to their clinic. However, limited studies have been performed on the characterization of aerosols generated during dental procedures, how far […]

Scientists have been interested in the effects that microorganisms have on their host plants for over a century, however, recently researchers have been able to better tackle these questions with the advent of new technology. In particular, beneficial microorganisms associated with roots can increase crop resiliency against disease, pests and extreme weather events, making this […]

As increasing international competition and environmental pressures, Canadian oil sands producers must develop new technologies to more competitively deliver their product to market that have lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Flow Control Devices (FCDs) are one such technology. These devices are placed in the injection and production wells and enable more efficient access to the […]

La croissance de l’industrie des croisières s’est appuyée ces dernières années sur des navires de plus en plus grands, avec une capacité de plusieurs milliers de passagers. La présence de ces navires modifie l’environnement quotidien des résidents qui les reçoivent. Ces résidents sont une composante fondamentale de l’attractivité des destinations touristiques et la prise en […]

This project tackles the issue of knowledge incompleteness and lack of domain coverage in resume and job posting matching caused by the exploitation of domain-general resources. A variety of co-operative semantic/ontological resources will be used to filter out irrelevant resumes. A two-way (candidate to job and job to candidate) semantic-based automatic suitability ranking is proposed. […]

Relatively few interactive narrative-based systems support storytelling as an activity that takes place between children and their parents or guardians. This project is the initial foundation HCI research to explore and prototype tools and methodologies as contribution to the development of an innovative collaborative online storytelling application – The Kids Book Company. This is an […]

Le baseball au Québec est pratiqué par 33 000 joueurs et joueuses à travers la province. La fédération de baseball Québec est celle qui régit la pratique du sport dans la province. Le projet de recherche sur les facteurs individuels de la performance chez les jeunes garçons et les jeunes filles permettra d’assurer le développement […]