Adaptive Biofilm-Based apparel (ABBA)

Consumers are becoming increasingly interested in “smart” clothing with advanced properties that can enhance their comfort and performance. The next-generation of “smart” textiles can be fabricated by integrating living cells into the textiles that make up our clothing. For users of fitness apparel, living cells can endow clothing t-shirts or yoga pants with the ability […]

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Wave Rotor Reformer

Hydrogen offers the potential to decarbonize much of our society from clean transportation, to heating homes and businesses, to manufacturing. However, it must rely on a production method that does not release carbon itself. Steam methane reforming, the most common production method today, releases large quantities of CO2. The present project will study the production […]

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Development of a low-cost tool for skin cancer screening

The proposed research project is intended to develop an educational tool for the general public to be able to perform self-screening of their skin lesions. For this, a melanoma-detection mobile application will be developed to analyze lesion images acquired using a low-cost dermoscope attached to a smartphone. This product helps public or students to learn […]

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Smart empathetic speaker based on real-time EEG-based music therapy

During COVID-19 outbreak, many people are suffering the negative emotions, causing anxiety, fear, and depression in daily life. To improve the individuals’ mental health, musical therapy will be employed due to its high value of treatment in the mental health field. In our project, a smart empathetic speaker based on real-time emotion recognition system will […]

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Autonomous Bathymetry Vehicle For Tailings Impound Surveys

This research project will be used to help mining operations and other industrial proponents where applicable, ensure the integrity of their tailings ponds, reduce the risk to human life/health, and meet government regulations by reducing cost and logistic barriers to conducting tailings volume surveys. The goal is to verify that an autonomous vehicle can conduct […]

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Barcode Image Enhancement Using Deep Learning

The use of barcodes to store alphanumeric information has spread from supermarkets to department stores, the health industry and even on the back of our drivers’ license. Recent years have also seen demand to increase the density of information encoded in barcodes. A Drivers’ License has its personal data encoded in the barcode on the […]

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“Audio Tours” Pilot Project

This proposal is aimed at researching, developing and producing a pilot audio tour recording for chART Projects, as a prototype for future audio projects that will eventually be distributed via an online platform. The audio tour will be an immersive artist-commissioned experience based in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Marpole. The research project aims to identify […]

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Regeneration dynamics of white and red pine forests following surface fire: developing an ecosystem-based sustainable forest management strategy (PINEFIRE).

The cover and extent of pure and mixed pine forests in northeastern North America has significantly declined across their historic range, primarily as a result of changes in fire regime, unsustainable forest management practices, and increased tree mortality due to introduced pathogens. To address the decline of these ecologically, socially, and economically important ecosystems we […]

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Analyses et modèles d’affaire dans le prêt numérique en bibliothèque

Depuis 2012, Bibliopresto.ca chapeaute le développement et l’accès aux ressources numériques en bibliothèques publiques, et notamment la plateforme Pretnumerique.ca. Les données de prêt numérique de cet organisme ne font cependant pas l’objet d’analyses statistiques spécifiquement adaptées à ce secteur et ne permettent pas de questionner la réalité et la pertinence de la reproduction du modèle […]

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Soutien à l’apprentissage grandeur nature

L’éducation par la nature renvoie à la fréquentation régulière (p. ex., 2 jours/semaine) d’un milieu naturel (p. ex., boisé) en CPE. Elle constitue une solution innovante pour favoriser le soutien à l’apprentissage (SA) des enfants, déterminant pour leur réussite éducative. Or, le niveau de qualité du SA en milieu éducatif traditionnel est tel qu’il ne […]

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