The primary role of the lubrication system of aero-engines is to remove the excess heat generated by the movement of the bearings, gears and shafts. An aircraft engine has bearing chambers to contain the oil used for lubrication and excess heat removal. Inefficient scavenging of the oil out of the bearing chamber can result in […]

Pénurie de main-d’œuvre, transformation numérique, concurrence étrangère; le rythme de travail s’accélère, s’intensifie et la charge des travailleurs augmente, plus particulièrement depuis la pandémie de la COVID-19. L’autonomisation du travail a permis d’éliminer certaines tâches routinières et de gagner en efficacité, mais elle contribue également à complexifier la tâche et à augmenter les ressources cognitives […]

Tailings dams are used to store water and waste that come as by-products from the mining process. They can be huge in size, as big as lakes, and reach 300 meters high. Tailings storage facilities can pose a threat to local wildlife and ecosystem, especially in the case of failure. In Canada, the Mount Polley […]

Face à la nécessité de décarboner et réduire l’impact environnemental de l’économie québécoise, le Front commun pour la transition énergétique (FCTÉ) développe un scénario de transition dont la ligne directrice est une réduction de moitié de la consommation en énergie. Une telle réduction de la consommation d’énergie, combinée à un mix adéquat de politiques publiques, […]

Like most Canadian municipalities, the City of Ottawa is struggling to reign in urban sprawl and encourage sustainable residential development. According to my doctoral research, few residential developers in Ottawa are heeding the call to build green. Profits and markets are larger for single detached houses in the suburbs, and housing consumers choose green construction […]

This study will survey health care and social service providers, as well as parents, in a Northern Ontario community to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted availability of and access to services for postnatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs).

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as metal 3D printing, can revolutionize the way we make things by ‘printing’ parts one layer at a time using a laser and metal powder. However, AM is an inherently expensive process. One of the major costs of the process is the metal powders, with some powders costing hundreds of […]

The project brings together Canadian industrial and academic partners. This project will allow Pi-Sol Technologies, our industrial partner to develop durable and cost-effective zinc anodes for sustainable energy applications such as Zin-Air batteries. The zinc-air battery market includes a large number of electronic gadgets and appliances used in day-to-day life, remote sensing & communication sector, […]

With the increasing popularity of Internet, online advertising becomes a new marketing opportunity by instant globally advertisements (ads). At the basis, the process of online advertising can be considered as a buyer/seller relationship, where the two of the key participants are publishers (i.e. seller) and advertisers (i.e. buyer). Publishers make money through hosting websites with […]

Livestock manure represent a significant source of GHG emissions in agriculture section of Canada. This project aims to assess the effectiveness of a manure additive in reducing N20 and CH4 emissions during the storage of liquid hog manure, as well as the carry-on effect on soil GHG emissions after the additive-treated manure being applied to […]

Le but de ce projet est la création d’un outil permettant d’évaluer automatiquement le niveau de maitrise d’une deuxième langue via l’utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle. L’intégration de l’intelligence artificielle dans un pro-cessus d’évaluation permet de réduire les aspects humains de la prise de décision. En effet, le jugement d’une personne peut être affecté par différent […]

Numerous industries and government agencies carry out analyses every day using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) instruments that typically waste 95% of the sample. A greener approach would not generate any sample waste. During this project, an infrared heated spray chamber will be developed and coupled to nebulizers from the industrial partner so as to allow […]