Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are the dominant technology used to power today’s electric vehicles (EVs). However, current Li-ion batteries is reaching the bottleneck in the energy density, partially due to the limited capacity in the graphite anode (372 mAh g-1). In partnership with MGX Minerals Inc., Dr. Liu’s team at the University of British Columbia aims […]

In order to improve the health and work productivity of Canadians, ParticipACTION developed a rewards-based, PA tracking intervention called UPnGO with ParticipACTION. The UPnGO program aims to increase the amount of PA and decrease the amount of sedentary activities throughout the workday. This program was released to the public in Fall of 2017, however, program […]

There is an exponential increase in the network traffic worldwide due to the growth of social networks, multimedia sharing web services, streaming of video-on-demand (VoD) contents. However, the bandwidth isn’t growing at the same rate as the demand, resulting in a loss of Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) for the users. […]

Although recreational and medicinal marijuana is legal in Canada regulations limit the content of certain cannabinoids, such as ?9-tetrahydrocannabinol (?9THC) in commercially grown strands. With close collaboration with our industrial partner Plantbiois Ltd., this research project will develop methods to produce ?9THC by synthetic conversion from highly abundant cannabinoids in unregulated, low THC strains. We […]

La culture de la pomme de terre est généralement touchée par une maladie, la gale commune, qui est causée par un microorganisme. Les pommes de terre affectées doivent être exclues de la récolte, occasionnant des pertes de plusieurs milliers de dollars annuellement pour les producteurs de pommes de terre du Lac-Saint-Jean. L’ajout d’écorce de certains […]

Polyurethane is a class of polymers with the potential of foaming and with excellent mechanical and thermal properties. However, in order to use PU in advanced applications, its physical properties must be improved. Accordingly, in this research proposal, we plan to incorporate graphene oxide (GO), a derivative of graphene, into polyurethane foam to improve its […]

Au Québec, de nombreux cours d’eau subissent des modifications inhabituelles de leurs niveaux d’eau à cause des changements climatiques, ce qui engendre de nombreux problèmes pour leur utilisation par les riverains (érosion des berges, dégâts aux embarcations de plaisance…) mais également aux responsables de la gestion des barrages. Ces derniers se voient alors contraints de […]

L’agriculture urbaine commerciale est un domaine en plein effervescence, mais l’impact de celle-ci demeure encore aujourd’hui peu documenté. L’agriculture urbaine commerciale se définie par la production, la distribution et/ou la transformation alimentaire et/ou horticole en milieu urbain par des entreprises privées ou d’économie sociale, des organismes ou des individus. Le Laboratoire sur l’agriculture urbaine (AU/LAB), […]

45 Drives—a Nova Scotia based company—offers a high-density, low-cost data storage solution called the Storinator. While this product has been very successful, clients have indicated they would like a clustered solution which offers similar performance and redundancy, without sacrificing security or drastically increasing the cost. Researchers at the University of New Brunswick have been identified […]

Les veaux mâles issus des fermes laitières sont généralement transportés vers les encans en jeune âge où ils sont vendus puis transportés vers les fermes de veaux lourds du Québec (veaux de lait ou de grain). La santé et les caractéristiques zootechniques de ces jeunes veaux sont un enjeu majeur pour le bien-être animal et […]

The scope of this research is to provide a comprehensive recipe for powder-fed laser additive manufacturing (PF-LAM) of H13 tool steel. The H13 components manufactured by PF-LAM can potentially show superior mechanical properties as compared to H13 steel manufactured by conventional methods; however, the process optimization is requisite to achieve the additively manufactured H13 tool […]

Our laboratory has recently provided evidence that NPY is also involved in the progression of breast cancer. We have demonstrated that breast cancer tumors have sympathetic nerves, NPY and NPY receptors. Also, we have shown in cell culture studies, that when NPY binds to the Y5 receptor on breast cancer cells, those cells will divide […]