Le vieillissement de la population générale amène inévitablement un vieillissement de la population active, signifiant ainsi une vague de départ pour la retraite dans plusieurs secteurs de l’industrie. Les travailleurs ayant oeuvrés une partie de leur vie dans un certain domaine d’expertise ont accumulé au fil de ces années un bagage de connaissances significatif. Ces […]

Liquefaction is a destructive phenomenon which usually takes place after an earthquake in areas with water-saturated soil or sand. During the liquefaction process, soil loses its strength and can no longer support structures and buildings which often leads to their destruction. To prevent damages associated with liquefaction, it is critical to study this phenomenon and […]

Le présent projet porte sur une étude de praticabilité de nouvelles solutions technologiques dans la construction des assemblages de chevrons et poutrelles en bois. L’attention est portée sur le bouleau comme un candidat potentiel pour ces types d’utilisations résidentielles et commerciales. En effet, malgré ses caractéristiques favorables prouvées par plusieurs études, le bouleau ne figure […]

The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) monitors biodiversity across Alberta. ABMI has developed an application called NatureLynx to facilitate the collection of natural history observations by broad stakeholders, including the public. This application will enable people who are not professional scientists to participate in the process of collecting data; this is called citizen science. Initially, […]

Future wireless networks demands ubiquitous coverage and higher data rates at low infrastructure cost. The novel network deployment where macro base-stations overlaid with low power nodes referred as picocell is the most promising solution towards this goal. The proposed research project intends to evaluate the system-level performance of the picocell wireless network. To quantify the […]

Outward Bound (OB) was founded in 1941 and has influenced educational organizations internationally. Outward Bound Canada (OBC), founded in 1969, is nearing 50 and has yet to systematically compile its historical documents. This research project will establish a searchable and sustainable archive for the organization and for external researchers. The project will identify how OBC […]

La volonté de réduire le poids des véhicules de transport conduit les concepteurs à choisir des matériaux et des modes d’assemblage innovateurs. Dans ce contexte, un étudiant de doctorat étudiera la possibilité d’assembler des alliages d’aluminium de nouvelle génération grâce à un procédé soudage par friction malaxage. Des campagnes expérimentales et des simulations numériques seront […]

L’industrie avicole représente une force motrice de l’économie canadienne et les antibiotiques ont largement contribué à optimiser cette production. Cependant, le phénomène grandissant de la résistance aux antibiotiques ainsi que les pressions exercées par les gouvernements et consommateurs font en sorte que l’industrie avicole canadienne en est à revoir ses pratiques afin de réduire l’utilisation […]

Using a multiphysics approach, the intern will construct a model for the topological optimization of two distinct classes of cantilever-type sensors: one often encountered in the general industrial application and the other one customized for the specific needs of a biosensor. Altair Hyperworks will be the main software tool to be used for this particular […]

Dizziness is among the top three reasons that patients seek medical attention, and one of the most common disabling conditions that humans face. One of the diseases that may cause dizziness is Meniere’s disease, which its correct and timely diagnosis and separation from other causes of dizziness with current techniques are quite challenging. On the […]

This study will examine the relationship between reclamation methods and when deactivated roads become suitable for caribou, using developing UAV technology to monitor caribou while testing UAV effectiveness in the field. This will be done by establishing long-term cameras along reclaimed road sites, monitoring wildlife movement through the study areas and by completing aerial wildlife […]

I have recently developed a piece of software that can be used to interpret the effects of DNA sequence differences in human genomes. The analysis produces results that predict disease mutations. Dr. Rogan’s laboratory has developed approaches of visualizing DNA sequence data, which I will incorporate into this software. I will modify the existing visualization […]