As Canada’s economy and population continue to rise, primarily due to substantial immigration, there is an urgent need for new infrastructure, in particular, in remote regions of Canada. This can be achieved through advanced technologies to improve productivity of the Canadian construction industry while reducing the environmental impact of construction. This project proposes the Self-Deployable […]

Infrastructure facilities in Canada and many other places worldwide continuously deteriorate. Most structures either reached or exceeded their design service life. Bridges, buildings, roads, and other facilities deteriorate over time. To ensure the safety of these structures, visual inspections are routinely carried out by trained engineers. However, these visual inspections have some critical disadvantages, such […]

Due to modification ease, cost, and time-saving benefits, computational-based methods through the use of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software programs is the main approach besides physical testing (accelerated durability laboratory test, in-service drive tests) for evaluating the life of welded structures in several industries. Based on guaranteed functionality, integrity, and life cycle robustness requirements in […]

Team-based activities are central to many educational environments as a way to foster collaborative learning. Despite the benefits offered, many instructors shy away from using team-based activities in the classroom due to a lack of support in forming well-balanced teams, managing and monitoring team and individual productivity, and resolving conflicts. This project brings together two […]

We propose to develop computer vision technologies for recognizing 3D environment for augmented reality (AR) mobile games. Given an image/video taken captured a mobile device (e.g. iPad), we would like to be able to recognize some useful information about the 3D environment of the game player. For example, one of our goals is to recognize […]

The main goal of this project is to target a missing niche for tidal energy distribution. There is a growing interest in utilizing tidal currents for power generation, which has led to extensive research on this source of renewable energy. Among all the different ways to collect kinetic energy from ocean tides, the tidal turbine […]

Organic food waste is a significant stream of municipal solid waste generated in the Industrial-Commercial-Institutional (ICI) sectors in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). Composting has been regarded as an effective way of handling this waste stream. This project will develop a comprehensive composting-based management system. to optimize the organic food waste collection and composting locations.

Les engins de chantier utilisés dans l’industrie de la construction, tels que les excavatrices, sont très coûteux d’utilisation et il est important de développer des aides électroniques permettant d’optimiser leur usage. Une façon efficace de le faire est de pouvoir suivre en temps réél le déplacement des parties fonctionnelles de l’engin afin de s’assurer en […]

La planification des apports hydriques est primordiale pour la production d’hydroélectricité. C’est pourquoi Hydro-Québec vise à continuellement accentuer la performance de ses modèles hydrologiques. Pour ce faire, plusieurs paramètres journaliers sont utilisés, tel que l’humidité des sols. Grâce aux travaux de recherches préalables, il a été possible de proposer une méthode d’utilisation des données brutes […]

Avec l’avènement de l’ère numérique, accompagnée d’une automatisation et d’une puissance de calcul toujours croissante, le devenir des interactions humains-machines est appelé à des changements inéluctables. Le domaine de l’hydrologie prévisionnelle n’est pas indifférent à cette nouvelle réalité en regard des progrès constants de l’intelligence artificielle. L’automatisation et la redondance dans les systèmes de prévisions […]

L’Office municipal d’habitation de Trois-Rivières (OMHTR) propose depuis plusieurs années des logements à prix modique pour les personnes ayant un faible revenu. Un défi se pose quant à la proposition de loyers abordables dans une perspective de développement durable. Comme les résidents n’ont pas accès aux informations liées à leur niveau de consommation, il s’agit […]

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. […]