Les technologies liées aux systèmes d’aide aux prises des décisions dans des navires intelligents ont atteint un niveau de maturité élevé dans les dernières années. Pendant ce temps, les navires autonomes et sans pilote ont aussi été largement étudiés en parallèle aux véhicules autonomes, comme les chargeuses autonomes dans les mines. Bien que la technologie […]

Kelps are large brown algae that can form complex marine “forests”. Many marine species, including salmon, use these kelp forests as habitat. However, kelps in the Salish Sea have been declining in recent years. This has likely been driven, at least in part, by ocean warming. If we are to predict how kelp losses might […]

The number of people requiring indoor navigational assistance (e.g., blind, elderly people) is increasing rapidly all over the world. People often get lost in complex places like hospital buildings. Unfortunately, the GPS service is not available indoor. The main objective of this project is to develop a robust and fast navigational technique based on continuous […]

Island Abbey Foods (IAF) (also known as Honibe) is a leading manufacturer of honey based candies (lozenges, drops and gummies), which are premier products in the North American market. IAF is interested to investigate the biological activities of honey and other bioactive ingredients formulated in the form of gummies. The manufacturing of gummies requires high […]

Western Canada produces 40% of world’s flax for oil. After the harvesting of oilseed, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 tonnes of flax straw is produced annually. Only small fraction of the straw is used and remaining are currently underutilized. The flax straw calorific value is similar to the woody biomass. Flax straw combustion for power […]

In this project we will employ a novel proprietary recycling solution developed by the sponsoring organization, Jeosal, to obtain fibres from recycled Fiber Reinforced Composites (FRP). High quality recycled glass and carbon fibres, extracted from composite wastes from end-of-life and manufacturing sources will be characterized in detail and melt compounded with polyamide. Suitable surface treatments […]

It is well known that space heating is the largest component of energy consumed by Canada’s building sector. Additionally, 64% of the energy used for space heating is from non-renewable sources. For Canada’s remote and rigid communities, which are our immediate target market, this percentage is even higher, greater than 75%. Heat energy naturally flows […]

Designing customized seating cushion supports for people with limited mobility is essential. A personalized cushion would help relieve seating pressure and prevent tissue injuries due to long-time sitting. This project aims to speed up and lower the cost of producing these cushions by using machine learning, and additive (3D) manufacturing techniques. This project is being […]

Ce projet de recherche vise a introduire des methodes automatiques recentes de detection des clients les plus fideles et de clients a risque au sein de I’entreprise Intema Inc. Des indices et des outils de visualisation pour les deux types de clients seront developpes afin de pouvoir assurer une bonne communication entre les experts de […]

Boreal caribou are federally listed as threatened due to widespread population declines. The main cause of decline is predation, which is influenced by human-caused landscape disturbance and climate change. Recent evidence suggests that black bear predation of caribou calves may be hindering the recovery of some caribou populations, but this impact is poorly understood in […]

Human land use is leading to the decline of many species, such as Canada’s Threatened boreal woodland caribou. Habitat alteration as a result of human land use has degraded predator-prey dynamics, leading to unsustainable predation of caribou. Given the link between caribou declines and habitat alteration, habitat management –protection and restoration – is a critical […]

To commemorate its 20th anniversary in 2022, the Regent Park Film Festival will commission four local IBPOC artists (prioritizing gender diversity and those from Regent Park or similar communities in Toronto) to produce digital media art works that engage with the history of Regent Park. The basis for their artistic engagements will include visual source […]