Rebuilding Stronger Homes

As extreme weather events become more frequent, home insurance claims are rising. These losses undermine Canadians’ financial security and emotional well-being. Collaborating with Innovation North, Co-operators will reimagine the role of home insurance to catalyze a circular economy. This research will not only contribute to the very practical outcomes of catalyzing change within the insurance […]

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Proportion-Based Hypergraph Burning

Graph burning is a mathematical game or process that has applications in financial cyber security, as it can be used to model “dirty money” spreading throughout a network of accounts. Hypergraph burning is a similar process that is played on a more complex network-like structure called a hypergraph. We investigate an alternative rule set for […]

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Co-creating best practices for implementing work-integrated learning programs across Canada

The Rural Development Network is looking to engage an intern to research and uncover best practices around work-integrated learning (WIL) programs. WIL combines classroom theory with practical experience (e.g. apprenticeship). This project will support and strengthen collaboration between post-secondary institutions, employers, and students across Canada in a rural and remote context. Together, we will identify […]

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3D Printing of Affordable Housing for Remote Communities in Canada

Rural homelessness in Canada is still an ongoing problem that the country is trying to address. Most of Canada’s indigenous families in remote communities are living in substandard housing that needs major repairs. 3D printing of cementitious material to digitally construct building structures has already gained considerable attention from both the public and private sectors. […]

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Accélération du temps de simulation d’un jumeau numérique de broyeur semi-autogène à l’aide de l’intelligence artificielle

Le broyeur semi-autogène (SAG) est le broyeur primaire le plus commun dans les usines minéralurgiques en raison de son faible coût en capital. Bien que très performants, les broyeurs SAG sont souvent opérés de manière sous-optimale (manquant quelques points de pourcentage de capacité), car il est impossible de voir ce qui se passe à l’intérieur […]

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An educational technology solution for upstream mental health in school-aged children

Fledge is an educational technology intervention for preventative mental health that will be implemented in classrooms for children from kindergarten to grade 3 to target stress/anxiety, focus, and emotional regulation. In order to assess the effectiveness of this intervention, the proposed research project will evaluate mental health literacy/social emotional learning and application of skills by […]

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Developing Secure and Resilient Data Analytics Platform for Reciprocating Compressors in Oil and Gas Industry

This research project aims to address the current cyber security shortcomings in the Oil and Gas (O&G) industry by proposing a comprehensive solution for secure and resilient condition monitoring in this sector. The objective is to integrate cybersecurity modules into the existing condition-monitoring tool developed by Cyber pattern Inc.. The proposed solution comprises two distinct […]

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Forecasting key electricity end-uses in the residential sector, including electric vehicles (EV) charging

The current push towards electrification in Canada as a decarbonization strategy could lead to unintended consequences for utility providers, especially when managing peak demand to ensure grid stability. To address this issue, utilities require urban-scale energy models to forecast demand patterns and analyze the impact of new technologies, such as Electric Vehicles (EV). To this […]

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Radiography on Wheels

Radiography on Wheels is a pilot research project that offers mobile x-ray services to Nursing Homes and Special Care Homes at participating sites in Saint John and surrounding areas. The project is a collaboration between Loch Lomond Villa and the University of New Brunswick (Saint John). Radiography on Wheels is funded through the Healthy Seniors […]

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Energy Management and Control System for Off-Grid System

The goal of this research is to facilitate utilization of solar energy in Caribbean islands. Currently, the Caribbean islands mainly depend on the scarce oil-based energy resources. This research will assess and define cost effective suitable solar-PV technology with storage and associated energy management and control system for utilization of the solar energy resources available […]

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Thermal system design and verification for the high-altitude balloon payloads

Maintaining all of the equipment in the payload designed for space/near-space operation is a challenge. Because there is insufficient air in the high-altitude environment, the only way to remove heat from sensitive equipment is through conduction and radiation cooling. Other stringent constraints for such payloads, including power consumption, size limitation, and weight limitation, require thermal […]

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