One of the most significant fastener alternatives in the market of timber construction is the emergence of self-tapping wood screws (STS). This fastener has primarily been developed to reinforce the weakest strength properties of wood. To extent the application possibility of STS in timber construction, future research needs to address the potential of such screws […]

The overall purpose of the Community Partnership Network (CPN) of the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) is to develop the Capital Region’s capacity to more effectively attract, welcome and integrate newcomers into our community, workplaces, organizations and institutions. Through this research project, the CPN will develop a wellfounded and sustainable Local Immigrant Partnership (LIP) […]

Alternative fuels and energy resources play a key role in both the short and long term sustainable development of transportation. Ammonia (NH3) is the only carbon-free chemical energy carrier (other than hydrogen) suitable for use as a transportation fuel. NH3 can be produced using either fossil fuels, or any renewable energy source, using heat and/or […]

Although latent variable models are a well-known tool for evaluating a portfolio credit risk, concerns are raised regarding tractability of a subsequent analysis/simulation. The project attempts to address such concerns by incorporating a special class of Bernoulli mixture models. Then, efforts will be made to compare efficiency of these models with the commonly used latent […]

Post-construction monitoring and bird and bat carcass searches will be performed over two terms from mid-May to the end of June, and mid-October to mid-August at 8 wind energy sites around Nova Scotia. The data collected will be collected at each site 3 times per week at first light and will include counts, species, time […]

Microfluidic systems, also known as “lab-on-a-chip devices”, take advantage of physical forces at the microscale to offer precise control and manipulation of fluids in micron-sized geometries. While these systems promise to revolutionize the life sciences industry, rapid fabrication of these devices during technology development remains a challenge, particularly the critical bonding step between thermoplastic parts. […]

The purpose of this project is to aid in the development of more complete carbon accounting within forestry carbon projects, by working towards a means of calculating long term carbon storage within harvested wood products in British Columbia (BC). The project will involve a literature review of harvested wood products manufacturing statistic in BC and […]

Les entreprises ont de plus en plus recours à des sous-traitants pour gérer leurs systèmes informatiques. L’une des raisons expliquant cette tendance est le rôle qu’occupent maintenant les systèmes informatiques dans les opérations courantes. Il est inacceptable qu’une panne informatique amène l’arrêt de toutes les caisses enregistreuses des magasins d’une grande chaîne ou encore l’arrêt […]

Le secteur agricole est considéré comme un secteur clé, pour l’économie tant régionale que nationale. Parmi les différents enjeux de ce secteur, l’enjeu de la relève agricole est souligné par tous. Dans ce contexte, trouver de la main-d’oeuvre représente un défi significatif. Parmi les stratégies possibles pour atténuer la difficulté de la main-d’oeuvre, le présent […]

The intern will conduct user experience and visitor experience testing on a brand new augmented reality technology developed by AWE Company Ltd. and an augmented reality experience at Fort York in Toronto, Ontario, developed by Divani Films Inc. In cooperation with Ryerson University and the partner organization the intern will identify and develop solutions to […]

Le projet consiste à proposer de nouveaux principes d’automatisation du démêlage de madriers de bois afin d’atteindre une cadence de tri qui soit plus élevée qu’avec la machinerie actuellement utilisée dans l’industrie. Un des aspects sensibles du projet est que le démêlage doit se faire à très haute cadence tout en garantissant la qualité du […]

MediaSmarts’ vision is to ensure children and youth have the critical thinking skills to engage with media as active and informed digital citizens. This project will redesign one of MediaSmarts cybersecurity games to increase its effectiveness and engagement, through the use of Media Equation principles. The Media Equation is a communication and HCI theory on […]