When an earthquake happens, the soil underneath structures loses all or parts of its resistance. This condition is called liquefaction (for loose sands) or cyclic softening (for sensitive clays) as the soil acts as water during the earthquake. Liquefaction or cyclic softening can damage considerably man-made and natural earth structures and cause serious loss of […]

The proposed project will investigate the behavior of high-performance reinforced concrete (RC) core walls, which are designed to rock about their base in two horizontal directions. For this purpose, a 1/6.5 scaled specimen of the 24-story reinforced concrete wall will be built and tested at the Multi-Array Shaking Table (MAST) facility at Tongji University, Shanghai, […]

Soil liquefaction or excess pore water pressure buildup reduces a soil’s stiffness and strength and can result in significant damages during earthquake shaking. The current state of practice on liquefaction evaluation techniques relies mainly on simplified empirical procedures based on case observations and free-field laboratory testing which have been widely limited to clean sands (zero […]

Le projet consiste à comprendre la trajectoire des pratiques transgressives des militant.e.s qui vivent dans les municipalités de San Salvador Atenco, Texcoco et Chimalhuacán, dans le contexte de la construction du Nouvel Aéroport de la Ville de México, au Mexique, dans l’État de México. À partir de la collecte des histoires de vie de 5 […]

Durant les trente dernières années, l’utilisation des mesures non tarifaires (MNT) des chapitres A (SPS) et B (OTC) s’est accrue dans les pays développés. Elles représentaient 59% des MNT en 2012 (WTO 2012) et 70% en 2017 (UNCTAD, 2017). Ces mesures techniques traitent diverses préoccupations (qualité et sécurité sanitaire) liées à la production et aux […]

MicroRNAs (miRNA) can be used as biomarkers for different types of cancer diagnostics. Therefore, obtaining point-of-care (POC) device for miRNA detection is of high value. Conventional miRNA sensing strategy usually involves reverse transcription PCR or target recycling strategy and hence those techniques are not suitable for POC devices. In the proposed work, electrochemical sensing strategy […]

Chemical fertilizers and pesticides are extensively used for commercial growth of cannabis alike other crops. More than 40% of unused fertilizers cause serious environmental problems such as contaminants transform into our food chain, and eventually repeated application of chemical fertilizers increase human and ecosystem (human health, floral and faunal diversity) health risks over the time. […]

We study an interferometer where light is injected via a fixed number of input ports. Inside the interferometer, light coming from different ports interacts, generating non-trivial outputs. Simulation of the output is exponentially hard for a classical computer: validating the output cannot be done under realistic conditions. We seek to formulate a validation procedure, i.e. […]

Cognitive functions decline with aging and a vascular contribution to neuronal damage has been proposed. Accumulation of senescent cells (SnC) is associated with age. SnC remain metabolically active and release numerous factors of Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype potentially harmful. Our hypothesis is that accumulation of cerebrovascular senescent endothelial cells (SnEC) contributes to vascular cognitive impairment and […]

The concept of artificial cells, or protocells, serves to provide researchers with deeper insights into primitive cellular functions and behaviours through the study of non-living cellular analogues. Protocells are synthetic, cell-like microcompartments designed to mimic key aspects of living cells. Recently, Dr. Pierangelo Gobbo made a remarkable step forward in this research field and utilized […]

Le projet de recherche proposé s’intéresse aux éléments caractérisant la reconversion architecturale de bâtiments industriels à Montréal ainsi qu’à Birmingham. À cette fin, je réaliserai une étude de cas comparative me permettant de comparer le recyclage du Centre Phi à un cas brummi qu’il me faut encore sélectionner. Je me pencherai, d’une part, sur le […]

Ce projet vise à développer une méthode de prédiction et d’atténuation précise et abordable du bruit induit par l’écoulement. L’approche innovante, basée sur les développements récents en simulation et en modélisation fondée sur les données, promesse de réduire la pollution sonore, d’améliorer la santé publique et atténuer l’impact de l’urbanisation. À ce jour, les limites […]