This project will support the development of comprehensive, multidisciplinary Smart Building, Smart Transportation, and Smart City management systems in order to improve energy performance, operations cost, safety and reliability for large infrastructures in the private and public sector. The research problem to be addressed is to develop effective methods to ingest and analyze massive amounts […]

Recently, a new whole-body PET/MRI scanner was developed and installed at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in London, Ontario and remains the only installation in Canada. Two major challenges concerning PET imaging include the need for correcting for loss of photons, called attenuation, due to interactions with patient tissues and the impact of respiratory induced organ/tumour motion […]

The research project to be undertaken involves the development of a path planner algorithm, given a set of inputs (geometry of a circular saw and a grinding wheel), to produce tool paths (5 axis positions and start and end points for the cut). This algorithm must take into account both single and dual head cutting […]

The Teaching Pyramid Model (TPM) was designed as a promotion, prevention, and intervention framework to support the social, emotional, and behavioral development of young children. Successful implementation of the TPM in ELC programs requires staff capacity (e.g., professional development, refresher courses for staff, performance feedback, staff support and family engagement (e.g., providing families with training […]

Tritium, the only radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is routinely released to the air by nuclear industry. It can later be deposited in soils or taken up by plants, usually in the form of water. Though current levels are not inherently dangerous to humans, understanding how tritium evolves is critical to generating effective regulatory policies that […]

L’utilisation des antibiotiques en productions animales reste une problématique importante malgré le développement d’alternatives et une meilleure connaissance de la santé digestive. Dans une optique de durabilité, les différents acteurs impliqués en productions animales ont travaillé à réduire l’utilisation des antibiotiques dans les aliments du bétail et de la volaille. Cette utilisation importante des antibiotiques […]

The terminal objective of this cluster project is to achieve high performance machining of difficult-to-cut materials, in terms of reduced production cost, increased productivity, as well as achieving pre-defined part quality attributes and maximizing the utilization of the machine tool. To achieve this goal, an intelligent unmanned machining system need to be developed. The following […]

Actuellement, la société canadienne fait face à plusieurs défis, notamment celui lié à la pénurie de main-d’œuvre, celui d’offrir des opportunités et des conditions d’emploi décentes aux personnes en situation de handicap, celui de définir des modèles d’affaires pérennes en économie sociale et de concilier ces enjeux économiques et environnementaux avec une approche de plus […]

Canadians spend a lot of time worrying about personal finances, investing and planning for the future. Sound strategies for managing and building wealth have a real impact on financial outcomes, however, navigating financial, estate and tax planning is difficult and many key pieces are easily overlooked. Current solutions focus too narrowly on retirement or rely […]

State-of-the-art computer graphics technology allows for the generation of images and animations that border on photo-realistic quality; however, this level of fidelity is often reserved for feature-film productions where the time budget is much more flexible. In the case of interactive graphics, such as approaches that are used in video games, similar demands are made […]

‘Low-Carbon Fuels’ refer to fuels produced from biological and waste resources with lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels. This project, supported by Suncor and performed at Ryerson University, aims to explore the use of innovative biocatalytic and catalytic processes to produce drop-in ligno-biojet fuel from lignin. A single biochemical step will be utilized […]

This project seeks to simplify and clarify the process of initiating a sustainability report using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). During Lindsay’s previous Mitacs Accelerate project, she identified the GRI as the best reporting framework for Junior and Mid-Tier miners. Further to this, Lindsay created a “Quick-Sheet” as a tool to help small companies understand […]