Heterogeneity of cell populations is a common occurrence in bioreactor operations (Lara et al., 2006) and is typically caused by processing of cell cultures in vessels of varying sizes and process conditions and by deficient mixing. Most bioreactor research deals with average conditions of the cell population with respect to quantities such as dissolved oxygen […]

The efficient monitoring of soil and crop parameters is essential for crop stress evaluation and yield forecast in agriculture, yet most remote sensing studies focus on regional-scale soil and crop parameters estimation using satellite data. Satellite remote sensing is difficult to obtain both high spatial and temporal resolution data with a low-cost in field-scale. Currently, […]

Alpha Technologies, a Canadian leader in power electronics, and the University of British Columbia have teamed up to develop new automated testing technologies to speed the development and certification of power supply products. The automated test systems will run the products through their paces simulating real world scenarios and environmental conditions. The ability to quickly […]

The partner organisation, Sigma Energy Storage, develops energy storage by gas compression. This technology is based on the storage of electricity from intermittent energy sources, such as wind or solar power. During the gas compression, carbon dioxide can be liquefied and extracted. This project aims to convert carbon dioxide into a valuable fuel, which could […]

With limited global resources, it is important to develop sustainable, greener chemistry. One approach to addressing this problem is to utilize chemical feedstocks from naturally occurring sources, such as plants. This project focuses on the development of sustainable dyes, as synthetic versions have recently begun to fall out of favour globally, whether the reasons for […]

Hydrofaction™ is Steeper Energy’s proprietary hydrothermal liquefaction technology that converts low value biomass residues to renewable crude oil using supercritical water and homogeneous catalysis. Steeper Energy Canada (SEC) is focused on identifying optimal pathways for upgrading Hydrofaction™ Oil into renewable diesel and jet fuels. Amidst plummeting crude oil prices, such renewable fuels still command attractive […]

Ginseng is a medicinal plant widely used for the treatment of various conditions, and there are two major species: Panax ginseng (Asian ginseng) and Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng). The medicinal properties of ginseng have been attributed to two main classes of chemical compounds: ginsenosides and polysaccharides (PS). We have recently developed an encapsulated PS nanoparticles […]

Le projet de stage s’inscrit dans une recherche globale sur l’occupation historique du territoire du parc national du Bic, qui vise à mettre en valeur son patrimoine archéologique et bâti hors du commun, dont le chalet Wootton qui pourrait être l’un des plus anciens bâtiments du Bic. Le projet vise à documenter l’occupation historique des […]

To be able to see an object in action, one requires to ‘’see’’ faster than the object itself. Photographing a F1 car going full speed requires a really fast camera shutter, for example. For electrons in molecules and state-of-the-art material, this mean having access to laser flashes lasting a few millionth of a billionth of […]

As whales recover from the past centuries of whaling and as global trade compels shipping traffic to increase, we expect negative whale-ship interactions such as fatal strikes and noise disturbance to become an increasingly serious issue. To develop cost-effective and broadly applicable methods of assessing the risks of ships to whale feeding grounds, I propose […]

Les systèmes d’imagerie ultra sensible et de haute performance comportent des capacités en comptage de photon peu documentées pour éclairer le choix des futurs utilisateurs en diagnostic biomédical. En intégrant l’équipe de Nüvü Caméras, le stagiaire aura comme objectif principal d’étudier et de concevoir un outils de mesure de la performance en imagerie à comptage […]

The efficient utilization of automation systems necessitates a clear understanding of the interaction of the human operator, the automation system and any automated routines being run. Precision Drilling is installing the newest generation of drilling automation control systems on their fleet of rigs and wishes to understand both the interaction of the human driller with […]