We aim to set-up an elementary and practical experimental tool, based on a conjuncture of the reflectance/transmittance and the photothermal deflection spectroscopy experimental approaches, which will be used in order to rapidly acquire the spectral dependence of the optical absorption spectrum corresponding to thin-film-semiconductor-based photovoltaic materials. System calibration will be performed using benchmark thin-film silicon […]

Past and recent earthquake clearly demonstrate that the poor seismic performance of Non-Structural Components (NSCs) can cause the building to lose its functionality, risks the life safety of occupants, and give a rise to huge economic damages even if the structural components have performed well. During past four decades, several analytical methods and empirical equations […]

This proposed research will be held as part of the implementation of an online marketplace for smart assets, project that will be developed at Side Effects Software .The main objectives of this applied research project will be first, trying to predict the performance requirements. Second, estimating the set of queries that need to be performed. […]

This project is part of a research program that will develop a bay-scale cumulative effects monitoring program for eelgrass in Atlantic Canada, adding to work previously completed by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Northumberland Strait Environmental Monitoring Partnership (NorSt-EMP) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The proposed research aims […]

Le projet CARIC AUT-703 mobilise quatre PME canadiennes appuyées par deux universités spécialisées en génie, soit l’École Polytechnique de Montréal et l’École de technologie supérieure, afin de développer plusieurs concepts et technologies dans le domaine des drones. Le quatuor d’entreprises fera la démonstration d’un prototype d’hélicoptère sans pilote de catégorie intermédiaire. Située à Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine au […]

A well-maintained hydration status is important for the well-being of human body. Significant deviation from the proper hydration state, either dehydration or hyper hydration, could lead to neurologic complications or even fatal results. Existing hydration measurement carried out in laboratory settings, such as blood and urine test, though accurate, require both expensive equipment and professional […]

This project is concerns the development of a real-time computational, probabilistic algorithm or artificial intelligence to predict when a scheduled job in a mobile workers job queue is at risk, given the type of jobs in the queue and the historical durations to complete them. In addition, consideration must be given to traffic patterns, and […]

In the current socio-economic context, many companies, including Optimum Talent Inc., have begun using personality assessment tools to identify candidates and employees with high potential. Optimum Talent Inc.’s recent acquisition, the Pathfinder personality assessment tool, appears to be able to predict job performance with close to three time more precision than other personality measures. The […]

Many regions in Canada are prone to moderate to high seismic hazards. The seismic hazards, coupled with older, vulnerable infrastructures, pose the potential for damage and loss of life. The economic impact of seismic induced damage, on the Lower Mainland of British Columbia alone, has been estimated at 14.3 to 32.1 billion dollars. The overall […]

Long-term effects of forest harvest and other land uses on boreal forest birds are unknown, because most studies of forestry practices on boreal birds occur over short periods, while effects of habitat fragmentation may be realized over longer periods and affected by climate change. I will analyze >20 years of forestry treatment and bird abundance […]

Rivers in much of eastern Canada flow through regions comprised of cohesive glacial sediments, including glaciomarine clays and glacial tills. Given the glacial history of Canada, many if not most of its rivers can be characterized as semi-alluvial. Management of these rivers in terms of sediment load is a difficult challenge, because relatively little is […]

The NSERC Strategic Network for Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructures is a five-year partnership between Canadian industry, universities, researchers, research and education (R&E) networks, and high performance computing centres to investigate the design of future application platforms that will deliver software applications of greater capability and intelligence. These application platforms will be supported by an […]