Environmental education is essential for young Canadians, yet educators have few resources to meet this rising demand. Ontario EcoSchools is addressing this disconnect by providing an environmental certification program and environmental education resources for Ontario elementary and secondary schools. Ontario EcoSchools certification program motivates students, teachers and staff members to implement initiatives to reduce waste, […]

Designing, building, and verifying highly energy efficient buildings presents complex challenges. Environmental factors such as the local weather, temperature swings, angle of the sun, etc. impose conditions on the building which itself has unique characteristics like its particular construction method, materials used, geometry and orientation, windows of specific properties, and so on. Then, there are […]

Robotic arms are used extensively in machining applications due to a large working envelope and easy access to restricted areas. However, low stiffness of the robot arm caused by joint flexibility introduces additional degrees-of-freedom and vibration modes, which leads to the deterioration of positioning performance. To attenuate these induced motion tracking errors and vibrations, this […]

This project will develop artificial intelligence techniques to identify characteristics in audio samples that relate to real-world descriptions of sounds. When humans listen to various samples of sounds of a same category, they intuitively affix qualitative words to these sounds. The objective of the research is to find ways to let an AI algorithm find […]

Flood is the single most important natural hazard in Canada. Since 2015, private (overland) flood insurance coverage is gradually being offered to Canadian homeowners and demand for such protection is on the rise in Canada and elsewhere. For the product to be viable to the insurers and to the customers in the long term, flood […]

Wastewater is an abundant and severely underutilized energy source in North America. Sewers experience predictable flow profiles and nearly constant temperatures between 18 ?C and 20 ?C year-round. When wastewater is used in conjunction with heat pumps, it can serve as an energy source and sink to provide both heating and cooling to buildings. Therefore, […]

Monitoring and control earthmoving operations such as highways and dams construction; require the collection of large amounts of data. Collecting this data manually is time-consuming and it lacks accuracy, so there is a necessity for using automated data collection systems in such operations. Most of nowadays available data acquisition systems are costly back boxes, where […]

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines use radiowaves and large magnets to safely produce pictures from the insides of the body. The radiowaves are emitted and detected by special antennas that surround the body. Most MRI scanning involves measuring of water in the body. But other atoms, like sodium, can also be seen too. This work […]

Sodium is a chemical ion which is essential for a healthy brain. The body naturally regulates its concentration inside and outside of cells through normal metabolism. Disruptions in this intricate balance can be caused by various neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, concussion, or Alzheimer’s disease. In order to provide personalized medical care, a “big-data” […]

In this project the human body movement and its balance will be studied, and artificial intelligence-based algorithms will be developed in order to detect the body movement and the posture in real-time. Specific camera technology will be utilized in order to gather required data of the human movement and the environment. The data will then […]

An MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanner is a machine that uses magnets and radio waves to take pictures of the inside the human body without needing to use surgery. An MRI scanner is used to look at things like the brain, liver, heart, and other organs in your body. The scanner uses a “coil” placed […]

Recently, more researchers and developers are looking towards HTML5 mobile applications as a solution for targeting multiple devices and platforms. This is because the browser is becoming the default platform and its de facto standards are HTML5 and JavaScript. In the enterprise, compelling HTML5 mobile web applications that promise to offer the same functionality as […]