This project aims to develop new high-performance materials that can operate reliably in extreme environments, such as jet engines, nuclear reactors, and the automotive industry. Many modern technologies rely on piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials, which convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and vice versa. However, most of today’s materials lose performance at high temperatures, limiting […]

This project focuses on the removal of emerging contaminants (ECs), including anticancer pharmaceuticals and PFAS, from water using advanced oxidation processes such as photocatalysis and UV-based treatments.It will explore how the molecular structures of these persistent pollutants influence their degradation pathways and the formation of transformation by-products. The internship integrates Concordia University’s environmental engineering expertise […]

Compositionality — the ability to understand new combinations of familiar parts — is a core aspect of human cognition and reasoning, but current vision-language models such as CLIP still struggle with it. These limitations reduce the reliability of systems that must correctly interpret objects, attributes, and relations in real-world scenarios. Although many methods have been […]

There is a significant global effort to develop fault-tolerant quantum computers, with a leading strategy being the creation of modular, distributed quantum networks. This approach requires high-fidelity “quantum interconnects” to link individual quantum processors. This project proposes to fabricate and optimize the fundamental component for these interconnects: ultra-low-loss, high-finesse nanofiber optical resonators. This will be […]

To address the challenge of treating wastewater from food processing industries, researchers at the University of Alberta have developed an innovative, chemical-free technology using plasma-activated microbubbles. To improve this system for large-scale use, a postdoctoral researcher will join a world-leading fluid dynamics group at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. This international collaboration will […]

The project aims to design and test a strategy that helps healthcare workers introduce and follow up on the use of the EVO+ Colombia app, a digital program that supports people in building healthier habits related to eating and physical activity. By understanding what makes it easier or harder for health workers to recommend and […]

Language is one of the most fundamental cognitive processes, yet we know relatively little about how bilinguals learn, understand, and use language. This is a critical knowledge gap, as around 20% of Canadians grow up in bilingual homes. Furthermore, what we do know about bilingual language acquisition has focused on fluent language. Speech disfluencies (e.g., […]

Au Canada, une personne sur quatre aura plus de 65 ans d’ici 2030. Plusieurs aînés perdent progressivement leur capacité à s’alimenter de façon autonome en raison de troubles moteurs ou de maladies liées au vieillissement. Cette perte d’autonomie affecte profondément leur dignité et leur qualité de vie. Les systèmes robotiques d’assistance alimentaire existants coûtent souvent […]

L’objectif du projet est de préparer et caractériser des échantillons de P(VDF-TrFE) (80-20) afin d’étudier l’influence des conditions de dépôt sur leurs propriétés fonctionnelles. Les films seront réalisés par spin-coating à partir de solutions polymériques homogènes préparées dans la méthyléthylcétone, filtrées puis déposées sur des substrats de silicium conducteurs. Les paramètres de dépôt (vitesse, concentration) […]

This project aims to uncover how Cfp1 PHD domain, a chromatin reader domain traditionally known for coordinating zinc might use a special iron–sulfur (Fe–S) cluster to sense and respond to changes in the cell’s environment. By studying this protein under oxygen-free conditions and determining its 3D structure, we hope to reveal how redox chemistry influences […]

La précipitation est une opération unitaire clé du Génie des Procédés, utilisée pour séparer, purifier, synthétiser et mettre en forme des produits organiques ou minéraux, notamment en industrie pharmaceutique. Elle consiste à faire apparaître une phase solide à partir d’une solution liquide via une réaction chimique produisant un composé moins soluble. Pour garantir la pureté […]

L’activité physique joue un rôle essentiel dans l’équilibre entre l’énergie que nous mangeons et celle que nous dépensons. Pourtant, lorsqu’on devient inactif (blessure, hospitalisation ou simplement un mode de vie sédentaire), cet équilibre se dérègle. Nos besoins énergétiques diminuent, mais notre appétit ne s’ajuste pas toujours : nous continuons souvent à manger comme si nous […]