Powered Hip Prosthesis

People with an amputation at the hip or pelvis have the most difficulty returning to walking because their artificial limb (prosthesis) must replace the hip, knee, and ankle joints. Current prosthetic hip technologies barely meet the person’s needs, leaving these amputees with few options. This project will build from current powered prosthetic knee technology (Össur […]

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Development of Methods to Increase Funding for Scaling-up Climate Solutions

Alarming cost forecasts about climate change are spurring interest in investment in technologies for climate change mitigation. Investigations indicate there are already innovative technologies that could generate significant climate change mitigation; however, innovators are not receiving the funding they need for rapid and large-scale implementation. This research project is directed towards developing methods for attaining […]

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Indigenous Co-Led Reclamation Research Project

This project will assist Suncor Energy Inc. (Suncor) and Fort Mckay First Nation bring a Suncor mine site back to its original ecological state and environmental functions. To best achieve this, Fort Mckay First Nation and Suncor will work together to ensure the new restored site will support the traditional practices of Fort Mckay First […]

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Program Evaluation: Community Impact/Poverty Reduction

The purpose of this project is to assist a community non-profit organisation to build a comprehensive plan to evaluate its poverty reduction initiatives and activities. The agency partners with other non-profit agencies as well as with government partners, other stakeholders, and persons with lived/living experience. The purpose of the project is also to develop a […]

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Design of a Force-Feedback Manipulandum with Integrated Sensors

Haply Robotics is developing a haptic device that produces forces on the hand while interacting with medical simulations in virtual reality. As part of this larger project, we will design and evaluate an improved manipulandum – the stylus of the device that is held in the hand – with integrated sensors capable of measuring the […]

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Conception et évaluation d’un système embarqué permettant d’analyserles forces de poussée des athlètes de l’équipe canadienne de patinagede vitesse courte piste

Les connaissances des spécialistes de patinage de vitesse courte piste Canada sur la manière dont patinent leurs athlètes d’élite sont principalement basées sur leur expérience personnelle. Actuellement, le manque de mesures concrètes réduit considérablement les innovations technique et d’entrainement que s’autorisent les spécialistes. L’objectif du projet consiste donc à concevoir un système capable de mesurer […]

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Breaking Biofilms with Ordinary Polymers – Light-Activated Antimicrobial Crosslinkers

Microbial growth on surfaces, or biofouling, is a pervasive problem across sectors including medical implants, hospital surfaces, water treatment, and environmental monitoring. Many existing solutions involve the use of harsh chemicals that may harm human health or the environment. In this work, our team of chemists, biologists, and engineers will develop a plastic that includes […]

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Croissance du mélèze hybride assujetti à différentes méthodes de préparations de terrain

Le secteur industriel forestier traverse une période difficile due à plusieurs causes, dont le manque appréhendé de bois. Divers organismes gouvernementaux et non gouvernementaux ont trouvé dans la sylviculture intensive et le zonage forestier (TRIADE) une façon de faire face à ce problème. À son tour, la sylviculture intensive doit résoudre certains inconvénients comme l’établissement […]

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Remote Life Signs and Self-Harming Behaviors Monitoring System

Suicide is one of the most important causes of deaths in the prison environment, both in Canada and internationally. Rates of attempts of suicide and self-harm have been on the rise in recent years. To address this problem, there is a real and immediate need for an automated, private, and effective monitoring system that can […]

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Automated HX-MS technology for protein functional analysis

Proteins are important molecules. They are the workhorses of your cells and increasingly, they are being developed as new drugs (biopharmaceuticals). Proteins are large and complex and determining their properties is difficult. Our best tools for this are very impractical to use in a high throughput setting, where 100’s of samples need analyzing. In this […]

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