National Data Benchmarking – Smart Energy

Canadian energy systems lack an industry specific set of standards to support the development of policy options and plans for clean energy transition and decarbonization of electric power systems. These include inter-organization standards for data, information, insights and metrics on electricity regulatory systems, utility operational capabilities, technology architecture and human resources. The objective of this […]

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Reconnaissance en temps réel de patrons dans des signaux physiologiques pour faire évoluer un script d’animation interactif

À l’Institut National de Psychiatrie Légale Philippe Pinel (INPLPP), nos partenaires et leurs collaborateurs ont mis au point un examen pour évaluer le risque de récidive de sujets ayant commis un crime sexuel. Cet examen consiste à immerger le sujet dans un environnement virtuel impliquant des stimuli sexuels humains tridimensionnels et à enregistrer trois types […]

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Pop Up Bike Hub mini: Investigating strategies for sustainable community programming and the student employment experience

This research project aims to investigate strategies and approaches for designing and implementing sustainable, community-centered programs that effectively empower employed students, address local community needs, and have positive long-lasting effects on both the community and students. As an organization whose community programming relies heavily on student employment, the expected benefit to the Ecology Action Centre […]

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Developing balanced, wellness, cannabis-based natural products through extraction or cold press

The research will help the partner organization expand their in-house capacity for new product development and commercialization. Focused on wellness and sustainability, the partner aims to leverage green technologies to develop their patient-preferred variety of cannabis, which is current available as dried flower, as a cannabis oil. The partner also seeks to address the underutilization […]

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Going Beyond Thin Credit, the use of Account Data

The business partner is interested in finding ways to further automate small business lending and annual renewals. In recent years, with the improvement in efficient computing and data storage and movement, the use of deposit data in lending has become more prevalent in the industry. Within industry risk managers, it is widely accepted that deposit […]

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First and Last Smiles: Consumer Experiences of Fun in E-Scooter Adoption

This research project aims to understand what factors are driving the increased usage of shared micromobility vehicles – e-scooters – in city centres. In particular, this research seeks to understand the notion of fun as it influences how people chose to get around within a city. The findings of this inquiry will help cities understand […]

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Rethinking Halifax’s Suburbs as Complete Communities

The Province of Nova Scotia plans to double its population by 2060, resulting in about one million people living in Halifax. To combat climate change and biodiversity loss, Halifax needs to control its urban sprawl and focus growth in already serviced suburban areas. Since the 1960s, sprawling single-family homes which require a car have become […]

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Fabrication Techniques Facilitated by Metallic 3D printing for Low-Volume Wheelchair and Assistive Technology Manufacturing and Customization

The goal of the project is the development of a systematic process to create (1) low volume metallic 3D printed components for wheel chairs and other assistive technology components, (2) production dies to form/bend tubing and sheet metal and (3) production molds to form complex shapes from composites using a mixture of chopped fibers/resin referred […]

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UAV Monitoring of Salmon Habitat

This research project addresses needs identified by First Nation communities across BC to develop a framework to gather data regarding the state of salmon habitat in their territories in a way that is community led and driven. The project will conduct experiments leading to the development of a methodological framework and training materials focussed on […]

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Guidance, Navigation, and Control for Autonomous Spacecraft Docking

Current spacecraft rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking systems typically rely on human-monitored or controlled Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) systems. This project focuses on an autonomous GNC system specifically for spacecraft rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking applications. Autonomous systems are advantageous as they allow for operation without human intervention, do not rely on intermittent communication […]

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Carbon-based fertilizer formulations and their effects on greenhouse gas emissions and soil fertility

Sulvaris’ Carbon Control Technology (CCT™) is a patented, simple, scalable and strongly economical to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) and generate multiple benefits. The newly developed high value carbon-based enhanced efficient fertilizers through the CCT, such as the CCT-ammonium sulphate, is thought to be able to remediate the soil by providing benefits such as increasing crop […]

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