At Halion, we believe that in the next 5 years displays will be everywhere. They’ll be in devices you wear, and on your walls at home, blending information into your environment. But to do that effectively we need a new display technology that is low power and visible in any lighting condition. We base our […]

The National Bank of Canada (NBC) is currently trying to put in place an automatic credit card fraud detection system based on advanced learning algorithms. Credit card fraud happens when someone steals a credit card, credit card information or personal identification number (PIN) and uses it without permission to make a purchase or withdraw money […]

Coconut Calendar provides an appointment scheduling software platform to customize the on-line customer booking experience for small home-based services-provider businesses, such as massage therapists, hair stylists, or home cleaners with only a few locations. Coconut Calendar is now expanding their business to larger clients with dozens or even thousands (e.g., IBM) of customers. The challenge […]

Mycoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) impacted soil utilizes mushroom to decontaminate polluted soil. Specific mushrooms including shiitake, oyster and other white rot fungus have been successfully degraded a wide range of recalcitrant soil contaminants. However, this process is quite slow and is sometimes limiting. It is hypothesized that insufficient bioavailable phosphorus supply likely limits the […]

In the operation of CANDU reactors, the Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes holding the cooling water and fuel bundles are susceptible to hydride cracking-induced crack initiation mechanisms, known as delayed hydride cracking and overload crack initiation. It is required to evaluate the likelihood of DHC and overload crack initiation from service-induced flaws to determine whether the pressure […]

Water quality is critical for a many human activities. With respect to recreational water, a particular type of water source, there are often relatively high levels of microbial contamination in relation to other types of water sources (e.g., drinking water). E. coli is used as a microbial indicator for water quality because E. coli accumulation […]

The operation of complex industrial plants is based on the measurement and control of critical process variables. In most process industry applications, the final control element is usually a control valve, which has been identified as often the limiting element in improving performance of the control loop. Wave Control System (WCS) is developing a new […]

Emphysema, a lung disease that millions of Canadians currently suffer from, has few safe and non-invasive options available. One of the features of emphysema is the lack of proper blood flow in the diseased lungs and this results in poor gas exchange. IKOMED Technologies Inc. and the two interns will test an innovative technology that […]

Depuis quelques années, on assiste à un nouveau phénomène lié à l’allongement de la vie humaine : l’entrepreneuriat sénior. Un examen du secteur de la PME au cours des dernières années permet de constater qu’un nombre croissant de ces entreprises ont été créées par des personnes ayant 50 ans ou plus. Ainsi, l’entrepreneuriat senior est […]

Comme dans toute industrie d’importance, les activités minières engendrent des rejets liquides qui nécessitent une gestion spécifique afin de garantir leur innocuité environnementale. Pour réduire l’impact du déversement de ces effluents miniers dans l’environnement des normes environnementales ont été définies. Malgré les traitements des eaux, les objectifs environnementaux de qualité des effluents peuvent occasionnellement ne […]

words) Alexithymia is a personality construct that represents a reduced ability to identify and describe feelings, a limited imagination, and externally oriented thinking.not classified as a mental disorder in the DSM-IV. Alexithymia raises special clinical issues: 1) it is known to be a trait and distributed across the general population where prevalence is 8-10% (Karukivi, […]

This project seeks to appraise the use of three different blended cements, with 25 – 50% lower carbon footprint than commercial Portland cement, in masonry concrete applications. Carbonation will also be implemented as one of the curing scenarios, for an added potential increase in CO2 offset. Work will be carried out at the laboratory-scale first, […]