Humanitarian ethical exit: Development of an ethical response closure tool for Canadian Red Cross

Important challenges remain around planning an ethical, justified, and accountable strategy for transitioning from emergency to long-term planning or closure of programs. Canadian Red Cross (CRC) aims to develop a practical guidance tool for closing humanitarian programs that will combine established operational practices with evidence based ethical considerations. This research will be qualitative in design […]

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Oil lubricant tribological behaviour improvement through dispersion of graphene additive

Our research project focuses on enhancing the performance of grease lubricants utilized in the mining industry through the incorporation of graphene nanoparticles. Graphene is a cutting-edge material known for its exceptional lubricating properties. The intern(s) will collaborate closely with Nova Graphene Canada to synthesize and test these advanced lubricants. The expected outcome is the development […]

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L’utilisation de l’assemblage modulaire et les cellules dynamiques pour améliorer l’efficacité des usines et de la chaîne logistique pour une entreprise réseau

Le stage a pour objectif l’amélioration l’efficacité de l’entrepise en utilisant un ensemble des techniques et méthodolgies du domaine de génie industriel. La première tâche principale est de mettre a jour l’ERP de l’entreprise ‘Enterprise Ressource Planning’. Il s’agit d’une base de données qui contient plusieurs sortes d’information de l’entreprise comme; la comptabilité, la logistique, […]

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Evaluation of Human Resource Efficiency Components in Northwood Care Employees Based on the ACHIEVE Model

The evaluation at Northwood Care, using the ACHIEVE model, aims to determine what factors make employees efficient. This model assesses seven key elements: Ability, Clarity, Help, Incentive, Evaluation, Validity, and Environment. Managers use it to identify and address performance issues affecting employee efficiency. The evaluation is crucial because employees are a significant driver of organizational […]

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Geomechanical characterization of using basalt fiber-treated clay soils for improving ground resilience against freeze-thaw actions

The degradation of soil under freeze-thaw cycles will pose a major threat to newly constructed infrastructure in cold regions. The soil ground forms an essential part of the built environment, thus actions should be taken to improve the ground’s resilience. We are collaborating with our industry partner SFTec Inc. to propose a sustainable value-added strategy […]

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Raman Quantification of Cancer Biomarkers for Early Lung Cancer

The intern will help Biomark Technologies to develop an new optical detection method, which is faster, less expensive and requires less expensive infrastructure by using Surface-Enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), which will be suited to large scale market adoption. By the end of project, the intern will develop: 1) a SERS detection platform that is low […]

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Analytical chemistry method development for ligninbreakdown products

The partner organization MetaMixis Inc. is attempting to use biocatalytic ways to process lignin, the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, with microbiology methods to transform lignin into fine chemicals in useful quantities within a reasonable time frame. The process and end products need to be fully characterized using analytical tools to ensure the efficiency. […]

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