This research will focus on glass materiality and its use in architecture. By attending Glasstec, fhe international trade fair for glass production, processing and products, I will be able to elaborate a technology survey of available products in the market, production processes as well as experiments and prototypes showcased by the companies Research and Development […]

When two brains are engaged in a social interaction, specific brain activity emerges that causes the two brains to become ‘in sync’. This discovery was made possible by ‘hyperscanning’, a technique where two people are simultaneously scanned in two Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners to record their brain activity while interacting with each other in […]

The proposed project is focused on a research area of great interest that my supervisor, Dr. Rasul Shafikov, and Dr. Alexander Sukhov of the University of Lille, have devised in a number of coauthored papers published during the past few years. The research investigates the polynomial and rational convexity of compact sets in Euclidean complex […]

Most of the world speaks two or more languages and the first language clearly plays a role in learning the second, as we hear in foreign accents. But bilingualism research is now giving increased attention to effects in the opposite direction, where the second language impacts the first. This process is known as first language […]

Le sujet proposé porte sur la dualité onde-particule. On propose ici à l’étudiant l’étude expérimentale d’un système modèle qui vise à tenter une représentation mécanique du système quantique onde-particule. L’étudiant aura en charge un banc expérimental composé d’une masselotte pouvant coulisser sur une corde vibrante, le tout étant instrumenté notamment par un système d’imagerie rapide. […]

It is well known that physical activity can confer many health benefits, both physically and mentally. However, individuals with serious mental illness are less active than the general population. This is particularly troubling as this population tends to have many physical health co-morbidities such as metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. It is logical that […]

The project addresses a theoretical issue that arises due to somewhat ‘unexpected’ uses of the imperfect subjunctive verbal form, quisiera, in Spanish. In the descriptive linguistic literature, it is noted that, quisiera, can be used for a conditional (e.g., I would do) or past perfect (e.g., I had done) meaning depending on the variety of […]

Musculoskeletal models are an interesting avenue for human movement analysis since they allows us to noninvasively estimate muscles forces and internal joint loads. Consequently, they are becoming also more important in the clinical practice. So far our musculoskeletal shoulder model can perform only simple movements like abduction and flexion. However, it is in the great […]

Given the starting premise, depression and chronic pain are often manifest in the same patients, I intend to investigate genetic and brain structural commonalities between these two conditions. This work would have two components: genetic association analysis and brain imaging. First, I would take the list of genetic variants previously associated with chronic pain conditions […]

The aim of this collaboration is to investigate best practices and innovative strategies for the design of food production systems for cold-weather climates that can be integrated into Eco-industrial networks by using available waste energy and additional by-products as part of the operational function. Using a “sustainable design” and biomimicry lens, the intention is to […]

The lionfish (Pterois volitans), is a species that is originally native to the Indo-Pacific, but has rapidly become a very invasive species in the Caribbean and up the East coast of the United States due to its lack of natural predators there. In addition to the ecological stress it causes in the region, it delivers […]

En étudiant les champs magnétiques d’objets immenses, par exemple une planète, nous sommes capable de déterminer s’il y a une atmosphère autour de cette planète. Récemment, le groupe recherche en astrophysique numérique de l’Université d’Antioquia a réussi à montrer qu’il existait des régions stables pour des particules chargées dans des champs magnétiques d’exoplanètes (contrairement à […]