In this project, the university and industry researchers will work together to examine ways in which two new, powerful computing technologies, machine learning, and quantum computing, can be combined in order to improve our ability to understand and simulate molecules, chemistry and materials. One of the key challenges that limits improvements to today’s chemical simulation […]

The Paris Agreement of 2015 that went into effect in November 2016, outlines a framework for a new market mechanism, internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) as one of the initiatives to reduce carbon emission, that could incentivize countries to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. ITMOs enable countries to transfer emissions reduction credits between countries […]

The seismic performance of structural systems has a significant impact on the level of safety of building infrastructure as they constitute a substantial portion of national wealth all across Canada. This study presents novel hybrid timber archetypes to overcome the drawbacks of their traditional frames. Accordingly, the timber braced frame will be equipped with various […]

Les fibres naturelles (FN) sont utilisées comme granulat et comme renfort dans les bétons. Cependant, leur emploi présente plusieurs inconvénients : (1) variabilité des propriétés et variation de la qualité du béton, (2) lacunes des méthodes de mélange et (3) outils de prédiction des performances mécaniques inadéquates. Ce projet en partenariat avec l’entreprise DUCHANVRE comporte […]

Drowsiness is considered the foremost cause of accidents in the mining industry. Studies estimate that up to 65% of annual accidents in mines are related to drowsiness. The total loss to the company’s assets is around $22.6 billion, and operator lives are not replaceable. The lack of real-time drowsiness monitoring and prognosis in the mining […]

L’émergence de mécanismes de résistance chez les bactéries limite l’efficacité des antibiotiques et menace notre capacité à traiter les maladies infectieuses. Par conséquent, le développement de nouveaux antibiotiques qui contournent les résistances des bactéries est devenu un enjeu majeur de santé publique pour lutter contre les infections bactériennes. Le présent projet de recherche vise à […]

The goal of this project is to develop patches/creams which are able to deliver a variety of nucleic acid and gene therapy payloads through the skin, in an effort to develop gene therapy for skin pathologies. To date, the drugs delivered topically are limited to small molecules in small doses, limiting the types of drugs […]

With the growth of the Internet, the amount of scientific data and information available to research teams has been increasing exponentially in the past two decades, which results in significant information overload. Approaches for manual knowledge extraction and curation does not scale up in practice. The main objective of the project is to create an […]

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) a prominent material damage mechanisms in the process industries and pipelines which has reportedly caused countless failure events. Absorbed moisture in thermal insulation is the key reason behind CUI which also causes heat dissipation thereby posing the increased carbon footprint and reduced thermal efficiencies. The soaked thermal insulations have always been […]

Seabed hydrocarbon seeps are environments where petroleum fluids from deep warm sources migrate upwards through marine sediments and up into the water column. These are important biological environments that also have industrial applications. Seeps can be indicative of deep petroleum reserves and are used in oil exploration. They also host microbial communities that are capable […]

In the move towards a sustainable built environment, timber structures are experiencing a renaissance in the building industry. Mass timber panels, primarily cross-laminated timber (CLT), are gaining increasing interest from builders and designers due to their lightweight, great dimensional stability, prefabrication, and aesthetic appeal. The CLT floor system resists both gravity loads such as dead […]

Peu de données et d’études sont disponibles sur la composition du lait maternel produit par une mère au-delà de la première année de vie de son bébé. Des données récentes tendent à démontrer que ce lait maternel serait d’intérêt nutritionnel avec un contenu appréciable facteurs immunoprotecteurs. Cependant, la majorité de ces études ont comparé la […]