This project is about creating dynamic maps of cattle movement over pasture foraging patches that will be characterized by forage plant composition, cover, and nutrition and takes place at the Thunder Bay Community Pasture (TBCP). The project is intended to test how the costs of implementing rotational grazing on the TBCP can be minimized by […]

This project is dedicated to unveiling how proteins within cell membranes adapt to their surroundings, particularly the lipid environment. Employing computer simulations and machine learning (ML), we focus on RAS signaling proteins and Mga2 transcription factors. RAS proteins, crucial for cell growth and division, are anchored to the cellular membrane and often exhibit mutations in […]

Ce projet vise à améliorer la participation sociale des enfants autistes et de leur famille en utilisant des activités de loisir immersives basées sur la réalité virtuelle (RV), en particulier dans un environnement de type CAVE. Actuellement, les enfants autistes rencontrent des obstacles à la participation sociale en raison de divers facteurs, tels que des […]

The Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act targets net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 with similar commitments around the globe. In the short-term, emissions from heavy-duty internal combustion engines (ICEs) that dominate the power generation in freight transportation industry can either be reduced or eliminated with zero-carbon fuels such as Hydrogen / Ammonia. One solution […]

In this project, we will employ deep learning techniques to enhance the accuracy, interpretability, and robustness of indirect measurements. Particularly, we focus on problems of i) interpretation and analysis of metagenomic data obtained from agricultural soil samples, characterized by high-dimensional feature spaces with a relatively small number of soil samples (for an overview, see [1]-[4]), […]

Human perception is a critical part of creativity. This research is based on an observation that a creative solution often connects two remotely related concepts. Therefore, I will focus on the mechanism of human visual perception, particularly the mechanism to connect two objects, in this project. The objective is to be achieved by using the […]

This project aims to simplify the creation of avatars for use in research, with a focus on self, identity, and facial recognition. Avatars, or digital selves, can be challenging to make and limited by software, and this is made worse when participants’ avatars look different from themselves in real life. The goal of this research […]

This project focuses on investigating the behavior of a typical Colombian asphalt, which has been modified to enhance its properties, under short and long-term aging conditions. The primary objective is to evaluate how these modifications influence the asphalt’s strength and durability, critical factors affecting its lifespan in road pavement. The overarching goal is to develop […]

Most computers and materials work on scales such that quantum effects can be comfortably ignored. But as we aim to make computers ever smaller, quantum effects will cause difficulties; however, they also provide opportunities. Spin-crossover (SCO) materials are molecules that can “Flip” between two states: either high or low spin binary states, making them essentially […]

This project aims to simulate the melting of clusters that are important in the field of nanotechnology and catalysis. We will improve the computational efficiency of Parallel Tempering Monte Carlo (PTMC) simulations by integrating GPU capabilities and interfacing with Gaussian software for energy calculations. The project is an essential part of a Ph.D. thesis that […]

The proposed project will look at participant’s brain activity while completing a stone-stepping task. Brain activity will be measured through EEG while the stone-stepping task will be projected through the Motek C-Mill treadmill. The research goal is to synchronize the data from a motor event occurring on the treadmill to cortical brain activity. The participants […]

The clinical translation of innovative oncology treatments can be boosted by the establishment of alternative in vivo models based on the chick chorioallantoic membrane. In this project, a biomodel based on commercial cancer cell lines, such as hepatocellular carcinoma, will be established and characterized by standard biological assays. The biomodels will be employed for the […]