With my research project I wish to contribute to a body knowledge that will assist with Halsall’s current needs and future directions. A review of relevant literature on methods and procedures for designing more economical, fire-resistant buildings would serve Halsall by providing them with a reference works with which their design engineers can use to […]

Corrosion of metal-based infrastructure (for example, pipes) is an enormously costly problem faced by many industries including power generation, oil production, transportation, beverage production and water storage and distribution. It is now known that microorganisms can in many cases cause and/or worsen metal corrosion – a phenomenon known as microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC). OSP Microcheck […]

The Canadian pet food market is projected to grow to $1.9 billion by the end of 2016, a 10.2% increase per year in the year. Adequate dietary mineral intake is key to supporting health and well being of dogs, but very little is known about what ingredients are good sources. Understanding of the bioavailability of […]

The partner in this project is EWOS Canada, a producer of salmon feed. Salmon feed is made with sustainable and Canadian Food Inspection Agency approved ingredients. A major challenge in feed manufacturing is to support maximal growth and health of fish. This project addresses a health challenge which has received little attention in academic programs: […]

Web computing, in which the world-wide web is itself employed as a distributed computing platform, is entering a stage of rapid expansion with the advent of Open Web Platform so that programs that once worked only a native environment on desktop, tablets or phones can now work from within a browser itself. There is therefore […]

Une solution hybride pour la gestion d’accès et de présence, combine à la fois les services web (Applications web, base de données) et la technologie RFID/NFC pour améliorer l’expérience de l’utilisateur. Un utilisateur possède sa carte RFID (de taille réduite et peut être équipé avec son porteclés), cette carte contient un code unique à elle […]

The market for health food supplements is a large and growing sector of the Canadian economy. The biotechnology that underpins this industry requires a close collaboration between private industry and academic researchers. The development of supplements that target specific health effects is a significant driving force behind the investigation of new products. Astaxanthin, a carotenoid […]

Dans un souci de performance et de compétitivité, les entreprises du secteur manufacturier (agroalimentaire, automobile, pharmaceutique…) sont de plus en plus nombreuses à se concentrer uniquement sur leur travail de production et tendent à sous-traiter certaines de leurs activités tels que l’entreposage ou le transport. Ainsi, l’intervention de plusieurs entreprises, avec des stratégies et des […]

Traditional design method for the foundation of the transmission poles simply assigns a standard set of depths based on the length and diameter of poles. Although, this method has proven to be conservative and reliable, but it does not incorporate site-specific soil properties, water table, and weather conditions in its calculations. As a result, a […]

This project undertakes the design and fabrication of a new headboard for mechanical tarp systems for flatbed trailers. At present, there are a number of problems including on-time supply of headboards, shipping, waste scrap, and health and safety of drivers. With this project a new design will be proposed and then fabricated using the computer […]

The purpose of this project is to develop a highly accurate e-commerce recommender system able to select products across databases and recommend them to prospective customers both in real-time and off-line. Leveraging the historical inventory of sold products, browsing history, purchase history, and expressed preferences helps the recommender to formulate highly accurate product suggestions to […]

Ce projet vise à établir le rapport coût-efficacité de la technologie FreeO2 chez les patients MPOC (maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique) hospitalisés suite à une exacerbation. La technologie FreeO2 est un nouveau dispositif d’oxygénation des patients lors de leur séjour à l’hôpital. En utilisant une titration automatique du débit d’oxygène, il est attendu que les patients […]