Extrapolating from current market trends and financial growth in mobile technology, it is predicted that next generation wireless networks will be required to support about a 1,000-fold increase in data capacity to handle over 100 billion devices featuring peak rates of 10 Gb/s. Consequently, there is a rapid transition to devise and innovate novel mm-wave […]

Hydrogen fuel cells have potential as a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and highly efficient energy alternative. The proton conduction properties of fuel cells are important in improving existing fuel cells and developing new fuel cell technologies. Imidazole and its derivatives are promising for their proton conducting properties, especially when confined in a porous support framework. In […]

We propose to develop a structurally constrained analog to the electron transport molecule TPBi. If our new molecule shows superior device lifetimes compared to TPBi, it will have broad implications to the field of solid state lighting. TPBi is currently a “gold standard” electron-transport material for OLEDs fabricated industrially, and as such success in this […]

Disorders, such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s, have metabolic profiles that are detrimentally affected by the course of the disease. Both diet and exercise have demonstrated an ability to slow the progression of neurodegenerative illnesses and their symptoms. We hypothesize that this benefit is a direct result of an increase in the brains ability to efficiently […]

Ice surface chemistry plays a major role in determining the chemical composition over snow in the polar boundary layer, as well as in the presence of ice aerosols under tropospheric/stratospheric conditions. This project aims at elucidating heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry phenomena on ice surfaces using advanced microscopy and spectroscopy. The molecular adsorption at ice surfaces under […]

In my proposed PhD project I will interrogate privilege at the nexus of sport, tourism and issues surrounding race, class and gender. There is a new trend emerging in sporting tourism: martial art training camps abroad. Martial art training camps are now established in the places of origin of certain martial arts such as Judo […]

The heart is an electrically driven pump. A major cause of death world-wide is a disturbance of the heart’s electrical activity (arrhythmias) due to a reduced blood supply (ischemia). We have shown that stretch of the heart during ischemia triggers deadly arrhythmias, which may be caused by changes in cellular processes. This project will discover […]

Students in China learn the English language differently than students living in Canada. The goal of this project will be to compare, contrast, and find connections between English education in China and in Canada. The objective of this proposed research project is to examine and investigate the teaching of English in Chinese classrooms, as well […]

The objective of my project is to study how English writing is taught in 9th and 10th grade English classrooms in China. By observing and learning from the writing strategies applied in English classrooms in China, I will have the opportunity to improve and enhance my teaching methods with new-comers and international students in my […]

L’exploitation des réseaux de capteurs corporels WBAN (Wireless Body Area Network) est une solution prometteuse qui favorise l’ubiquité de surveillance médicale et améliore la qualité du soin. Ils permettent par la mobilité, et la portabilité,de révolutionnee le concept de la surveillance et de la gestion des diagnostiques à distance permettant ainsi une continuité du suivi […]

The objective of this project is to understand how cell phone use leads to risky driver behavior and how such behavior affects vehicle interaction and collision risk in different traffic conditions (e.g., uncongested and congested). The study will include the following tasks: 1. Identify the association of driver characteristics (age, gender, frequency of cell phone […]

Les marchés d’énergie dérégulés sont de plus en plus utilisés de par le monde pour gérer l’achat et la vente d’énergie. Ces marchés permettent à n’importe quelle compagnie productrice de participer à la vente et tentent de minimiser le prix de l’énergie pour les acheteurs. Chaque jour, les compagnies productrices souhaitant vendre sur le marché […]