Whey and milk ultrafiltration (UF) permeate are usually considered as environmental pollutants due to their elevated organic load. Increase of whey production owing to high demand of milk-derived products creates a huge disposal problem for dairy industries. The conversion of lactose, which is main component of whey and milk UF permeate, to value-added ingredients is […]

Les caméras pour imagerie à faible flux lumineux sont utilisées tant pour la recherche biomédicale que pour l’astronomie. Toutefois, lorsque les photons se font rare, il est nécessaire de refroidir l’enceinte de la caméra à très basse température pour réduire le bruit thermique. Il faut aussi amplifier le signal grâce à l’électronique embarqué dans le […]

Les outils basés sur l’intelligence artificielle sont de plus en plus utilisés dans des contextes d’inspection d’infrastructures, où un expert devait normalement passer beaucoup de temps à manuellement visiter puis annoter les portions problématiques. Un problème persiste toutefois pour leur applicabilité : la quantité de supervision requise pour entraîner ces méthodes d’IA. Le projet proposé […]

L’intelligence artificielle (IA) commence à être déployée dans le domaine du contrôle non destructif. Il s’agit d’analyser, par intelligence artificielle, de grandes quantités de données, notamment ultrasonores (ce sont des échographies de matériaux métalliques, composites ou autres), pour y détecter des défauts de fabrication ou d’usure (par exemple des trous, de la corrosion, etc.). L’application […]

The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) is a set of regulations by the Basel committee, which is expected to be implemented by banks by 2022. The regulation targets market risk management in banking industry. According to FRTB, banks need to post extra capital against non-modellable risk factors, which could account for 30% of […]

This project involves the feasibility study of specific community microgrid technologies for the development of a Smart Community in London, Ontario by SE2 Technologies Inc. A first of its kind, such a community will represent a learning platform for universities and other cities in Canada. The smart community will consist of a minimum of 50 […]

The goal for this project is to support the research of three master’s students whose work would help advance the methods for estimating – using energy-economy-emissions models – the likely emissions, economic and equity impacts of GHG-reducing policies by governments at three levels in Canada: federal, provincial-territorial, municipal. The modelling innovations and applications from these […]

Computer vision systems are a key component for autonomous vehicles and driver assistance. To be robust, such systems must be able to handle challenging conditions such as night driving and rain. Previously Algolux proposed multimodal sensor fusion using RGB, gated and lidar for robust object detection and dense depth estimation under low light and adverse […]

The main objective of this project is to provide the growing elderly population with a means of transportation, which will allow them to get around the community to perform their daily activities. This project will focus on designing a personal transport vehicle that will be safe, easy to drive, and user friendly. This vehicle will […]

Gold mining is an important industry for the Yukon economy and provides minerals critical to the Canadian economy. However, most of the historically mined deposits have targeted a relatively small portion of Yukon territory related to the formation of a volcanic arc about 100 to 90 million of years ago. This project will characterize a […]

Freshwater mussels are in decline across North America, but due to their filtering capacity, this taxon remains an important part of lake ecosystems. The Cape Breton Regional Municipality Water Utility (CBRMWU) utilizes several lakes as surface water sources, some of which contain populations of freshwater mussels. The CBRMWU is interested in the contribution of freshwater […]

Nanoparticles made from hafnium dioxide (hafnia; HfO2) have emerged as a potential enhancer of cancer radiation therapy. Such nanoparticles allow for reduced doses of radiation to be used on tumors, sparing healthy tissue from side effects without reducing its anti-cancer effects. However, despite their potential, it is not yet known how different nanoparticle properties, such […]