Chronic pain and tinnitus (ringing in the ears) are among the most common health conditions found in veterans. They both can significantly impair the quality of life of veterans and likely interact. To better manage these conditions an application combining respiration exercises, called cardiac coherence exercises (CC), and sound therapy was developed. CC consists in […]

Psoriasis is an inflammatory chronic skin disease for which we skin models to study. Dr. Roxane Pouliot (academic supervisor) group at University Laval (Quebec) has previously developed a human psoriatic skin model using skin cells to which lymphocytes (from human blood) have been added. The goal of this project is to further optimize the skin […]

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It has been estimated that approximately 70% of operators in automotive assembly use power-tools to complete their assembly tasks, yet companies have a difficult time determining why injuries happen when they are used. Before we can determine this, we need to understand the type of postures and the level of physical demand and the frequency […]

Rock engineering has usually relied on fracture intensity to measure how good or bad rock quality is. But this measure does not really capture how fractures in the rock connect and interact with each other, which is important. We propose using a different approach based on fracture connectivity instead. This looks at how fractures are […]

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The internship project involves working with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), which play a key role in regenerative medicine due to their translational potential. I will be conducting experiments to find new ways to regulate and modify the functions of these cells, and analyzing high-throughput screening data to find novel therapeutic targets. Along the way, I […]

To best conserve highly social species, conservation managers must consider how resources are distributed between group members. Northern Resident killer whales are listed as threatened and prey limitation is considered one of their primary threats. These whales share their limited prey with each other, and this prey sharing is central to their unusually stable social […]

Software requirements play a critical role in safety-critical cyber-physical systems as they are the foundation for designing, implementing, and testing of the software systems. Due to limited budget and time constraints, software requirements in a commercial setting tend to have unsatisfactory quality, which complicates downstream development activities. Prior research identifies dozens of quality attributes of […]

Our project will explore the use of calcinated eggshells to reduce phosphorus runoff from farms, and reuse of these eggshells as fertilizers. The intern will test these calcinated eggshells mixed with woodchips to see how well they can absorb phosphorus under different conditions. They will also study how the phosphorus is distributed in the soil […]

This particular research project will be carried out to design and analyze district energy system options for multi-residential buildings and townhouses. District energy systems are centralized energy plants used to generate cooling, heating, electricity and other useful outputs, in a combined manner. Their implementation to the existing utility infrastructure strengthens the resiliency and reliability of […]

PASQAL Canada Inc will be the partner organization. PASQAL is a leader in quantum computing and has established a manufacturing facility in Sherbrooke. PASQAL builds and provides access to quantum computing hardware as well as the necessary software and tools for programming its quantum computing platforms. Advances in the capabilities of the quantum hardware and […]