Media reports on socially and biologically complex neurological conditions such as autism and fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) often fail to engage audiences in meaningful discourse. Research is needed to identify new models of scientific reporting in journalism to counteract this gap. Our goal is to investigate and analyze a new model of science reporting that […]

La recherche se penche sur la problématique de la récupération des textiles postconsommation, tels les vêtements, literies et autres textiles domestiques. Bien que ceux-ci soient minutieusement triés, environ 30% sont tout de même jetés, n’ayant pas de débouchés sur le marché du ré-emploi. Mais quand est-il des matériaux dans lesquels ils sont fabriqués? Présentent-ils un […]

Forest certification is a voluntary market-based instrument to promote sustainable forest management (SFM). Although, large areas of forests have been certified against different certification schemes in British Columbia, there has been a recent slowdown in the uptake of forest certification due to a number of factors, including a lack of awareness. Architects and builders have […]

Patients with cervical spine degeneration are difficult to diagnose and treat. Some patients will not benefit from surgical intervention while others require immediate surgical management to avoid permanent neurological deficits. Distinguishing between these patient groups is very difficult, and not effectively done with current protocols. Medical imaging is part of the current diagnostic protocol for […]

Snug Vest is a wearable jacket that reduces anxiety using Deep Pressure Therapy (DPT). Snug Vest can be improvised by automating the therapy as the person wearing the vest gets anxious. In the current research, we aim to develop an anxiety detecting algorithm to calculate the real-time anxiety value using different bio data obtained from […]

Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell production facility must condition rolls of catalyst coated membrane [CCM] material to specific humidity and temperature conditions before using CCM in the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cell manufacturing process. Rolls of CCM material are conditioned in a clean room for a fixed time upon delivery to the facility. The fixed time conditioning […]

Sobeys Québec désire implanter un système automatisé de prise des rendez-vous (Dock scheduling) et de gestion de la cour (YMS). Le projet vise dans un premier temps à documenter le processus actuel afin de bien comprendre et de bien cerner les problématiques reliées à celui-ci. L’étape suivante visera à se concentrer à construire le nouveau […]

Sober Steering is developing a wearable alcohol sensor system that communicates with a vehicle to prevent drunk driving. The FitBit-style wearable device will communicate wirelessly with a Sober Steering module located behind the dash of the vehicle to provide interlock functionality and instant alerts. The wearable alcohol sensor system will be monitored and controlled by […]

Urban design and transportation investments may have a significant impact on the health and well-being of the people and environments; however, it is often difficult to measure these impacts or predict how long term growth may improve or disrupt a community. This project will begin with a literature review to identify built environment indicators that […]

Les turbines hydrauliques sont utilisées pour la génération propre d’électricité. Dans les barrages, l’eau emmagasinée à parfois tendance à se «stratifier» en plusieurs couches. Celles se trouvant dans la partie inférieure peuvent devenir pauvre en oxygène et une fois que l’eau s’y trouvant sera passée dans la turbine, elle ressortira avec un taux d’oxygène trop […]

All credit portfolios, whether global, regional or commercial real estate face uncertainty in losses. In retrospective, it is evident that variation in credit quality is substantial and default risk can increase quickly and in correlation with the macro-environment. Even in the aggregate, loss variability cannot be completely eliminated by diversification. The challenge for every risk […]

La mise au point d’une formule de méthionine enrobée pour l’alimentation des ruminants fait l’objet de ce projet. Une fois la formule établie, l’établissement des couts et de la mise à l’échelle sera aussi étudiée. La biodisponibilité de la méthionine, un acide aminé qui est souvent en carence dans l’alimentation des ruminants, est faible. Ainsi, […]