In certain scenarios, in the hospitals, oral medications need to be administrated in a liquid form using syringes in order to avoid complications such as asphyxiation due to the blocking of airways, which is common in children. Consequently, a pharmacy technician may need to fill up hundreds of syringes per day for different units at […]

Pressure ulcers are a major health concern around the world, affecting individuals living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in particular. Pressure ulcers occur when the blood supply to the skin and underlying tissue is compromised, leading to cell death and potentially fatal infections. In this project, we are developing a soft, flexible and stretchable pressure […]

Microwave energy combined with a vacuum environment can be used for rapid low temperature dehydration and produce high quality food products. Industrial processing of tomatoes involves various treatment steps that affect the final profile of antioxidants in commercial food products. The goal of this project is to evaluate the retention of antioxidants in grape tomatoes […]

This research project explores and documents the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun’s customary food practices and community traditions surrounding the potlatch, described as an Indigenous way of ensuring there was always a system of distribution for wealth. Oral history interviews with First Nation elders and citizens will be conducted and contribute to recommendations for […]

Implied volatility surfaces are a key concept in financial markets, central to the pricing, risk management, and regulation of financial instruments. Despite their importance, numerous mathematical questions about implied volatility surfaces still confront practitioners and regulators today, such as how to fill in missing values in a given surface. Previous MITACS-sponsored work has shown that […]

Microplastics cause severe environmental issues, damage to ecosystems and harm animal and human health. This project aims to develop low-cost and/or portable microplastic detection platforms. In the proposed project, a particle focusing microfluidic device will be developed and integrated with the Raman spectroscopy equipment at industry partner site to maximize the light scattering effect and […]

In an age of so many new wearable devices, e.g., smartwatches, glasses, rings, clothing, and so on, headphones can be recognized as the first widely adopted wearable device. They have been around for more than a century and have been used mostly as an output device for listening to music, or, in the recent decades, […]

Ce projet vise à développer la version bêta du jeu sérieux COGNi-ACTif, un outil technopédagogique qui mise sur la synergie entre le mouvement et l’apprentissage. Ce jeu sérieux est développé par des praticiens et des chercheurs issus de domaines variés (arts numériques, éducation, informatique, kinésiologie et neuropsychologie) dans le but 1) d’augmenter le niveau d’activités […]

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the 2nd most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting greater than 1% of people over 60. As occurrences are predicted to double in the next 20 years, there is a critical need for the development of prophylactic and/or therapeutic interventions. We have recently identified two enzymes, USP8 and AMPK, that interact and may […]

CloudConseils is a startup that offers next-generation cloud security solutions and cloud consulting services. We are focusing on the security, development and migration of cloud applications and SaaS in AWS and Azure. Identifying and remediating cybersecurity issues of Software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud-based applications is an essential and expensive task, specifically, for organizations that do not […]

In recent years, research in computer algebra has expanded beyond its traditional territories, such as exact linear algebra and formal solutions of partial differential equations, to enter new arenas, such as symbolic analysis and polyhedral geometry. The proposed research projects will expand the scope of computer algebra systems (CAS) into these two new areas. They […]

Le projet-pilote de navette autonome (et électrique) sur la rue St-Hubert, piloté par la ville de Montréal, représente ainsi une opportunité intéressante de documenter l’expérience des usagers de la navette et les perceptions des riverains par rapport à l’arrivée de ce véhicule sur le réseau routier. Le deuxième objectif vise à étudier les interactions des […]