The majority of hydrocarbon in Canada is produced from the unconventional reservoirs characterized by ultra-low matrix permeability. Hydraulic fracturing is a common stimulation technique used in oil and gas industry to release hydrocarbon trapped in the rock making the hydrocarbon recovery economical. The ability to model this process may lead to the efficient hydraulic fracturing […]

Over the past 5 years, Suncor Energy has invested in the Energy Futures Lab, the Engineering Change Lab, the Getting to Maybe social innovation program, the Suncor Energy Foundation Gathering, and most recently, the Turtle Island Institute. All of these initiatives are designed to transform whole systems in rapidly changing environments in partnership with diverse […]

The crew pairing problem begins with a time table of flights and a fleet of available aircraft. The time table is created from considerations such as available slots at airports, available aircraft, aircraft specifications, airport limitations, projected load factors and passenger demand. After the timetable has been set and aircraft have been scheduled to that […]

As most imagery is ultimately displayed to humans via physical display panels under a variety of viewing conditions, it is important to evaluate the quality of perceived imagery in addition to the quality of digital imagery alone. Conventional Image Quality Assessment (IQA) methods typically do not consider the variety of viewing conditions and make generalized […]

Municipal governments and urban centres across Canada are being inundated with data—data that have potential to improve public service. Despite this, local governments do not have enough data expertise to extract insight from these overwhelming datasets. Simultaneously, high-quality personnel (HQP) in the domains of data science and urban analytics lack opportunities to work closely with […]

Gallium-68 (68Ga) is a radioactive isotope that undergoes a decay process that emits gamma rays suitable for an imaging technique called Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The 68Ga is attached to molecule which targets the isotope to specific types of cancer such as prostate and neuroendocrine. With a relatively short half-life, it means that half of […]

Développer une méthodologie de repérage des besoins de l’internet des objets pour les entreprises Québécoises afin qu’elles puissent se transformer au ‘’Manufacturing 4.0’’. Afin de vulgariser ce concept, une technique de repérage sera créée pour cibler les entreprises chez qui l’internet des objets sera le plus bénéfique. Par la suite, il s’agira de créer des […]

Thanks to the rapid development of solar power technology and the effort to use the renewable energy, charging e-bikes from a solar charging station installed in public areas will be a prospective scenario. Depending on the weather conditions and charging station specifications, a solar charging station usually provides a DC voltage within a range going […]

The objective of this project is to integrate ultrasonic imaging into nondestructive inspection process performed in industrial settings on large size steel blocks. Indeed, Fink Steel is specialised in manufacturing large size forged steel and need to warrant the quality of each part before shipping using ultrasounds. This imaging method based on the same principle […]

The goal of this project is to design computationally-efficient solvers that can be used for autonomous vehicle control developments. Because autonomous cars have complex mathematical models, it is usually hard to perform their necessary control computations on-line and when the vehicle is running. Therefore, it is required to come up with much faster solvers for […]

Les sociétés de transport collectif font la collection en continu de données opérationnelles à l’aide de différents systèmes, dont ceux de paiement par cartes à puce, de comptage de passagers, de suivi de véhicules et d’opération des réseaux ferrés. Dans certains cas, ils gèrent également des systèmes de vélopartage et d’autopartage. Dans ce projet, nous […]

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder. The recent immunotherapy brings the hope of treating AD as suggested by several preclinical studies. This project first aims to develop a humanized monoclonal antibody to target the molecules involved in generating a toxic protein of AD, named amyloid ?, and test the application of this antibody […]