Separation of sub-micron particles in flowing air streams: CFD modelling and design optimization

Classification and separation of solid particles immersed within an air stream plays a crucial role in aerosol separation, air filtration, fine particle recovery, and many other applications. Particle separators divide a mixture of different-sized solid particles in a flowing gas stream into fine and coarse streams. IMASCO Minerals produces ultrafine dry ground calcium carbonate (CaCO3) […]

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Risk Prediction Modelling of Adverse COPD and CVD Outcomes in Patients with COPD

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often experience adverse health outcomes including COPD exacerbations and cardiovascular events. These events impose a significant economic burden on the healthcare system and lead to impairment of patients’ wellbeing. This project aims to develop a clinical prediction model (CPM) to predict the risk of COPD exacerbations and cardiovascular […]

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Expanding virtual learning and teaching resources at VanDusen Botanical Gardens for formal and non-formal learning spaces.

The Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association (VBGA) is a non-profit organization that collaborates with the Vancouver Park Board to manage both the Bloedel Conservatory and VanDusen Botanical Garden. Their goal is to help people of all ages understand the importance of biodiversity and to inspire a lasting love for plants and gardens through various programs and […]

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Researching strategic and business opportunities: using AI to foster animal (pet) health

Empawerpet (empawerpet.com) is pioneering the field of canine mental health diagnostics through their veterinary clinic-based biomarker testing platform. While they have established a foundation in biochemical analysis, they recognize the need to expand their diagnostic capabilities through a new AI non-invasive, accessible methods. The company is therefore interested in expanding their current clinic-based biomarker testing […]

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Development of supply chain for wood pellet heating applications in the Canadian Northwest Territories

This project will explore how wood pellets can be used more widely as an affordable, sustainable heating option in the Northwest Territories (NWT). While some areas already use wood pellets, there’s potential to expand this environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels like oil and diesel. The research will involve gathering information, working with local communities, […]

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Mind-sets at White Water West: Analysis and Instructional Intervention

This research project will investigate the attitudes and beliefs towards learning and different kinds of training programs at a company called White Water West, with the intention of then addressing any identified problem through the design, development, and implementation of learning programs and materials. This proposal is for a single internship unit of four months, […]

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Enhancing Digital Product Strategy and Workflow Automation for Scalable Innovation

This project aims to enhance SolvedAF’s digital product strategy by developing a workflow automation system that streamlines client onboarding, project tracking, and internal collaboration. By integrating automation tools and optimizing business process workflows, SolvedAF will improve efficiency, reduce manual bottlenecks, and enhance the user experience for both internal teams and clients. The project will contribute […]

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Calgary’s water main asset management using predictive models

All water utilities, engineering consulting firms, and provincial and federal departments in Canada responsible for design, operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, and development of a water distribution system would directly benefit from the outcomes of the proposed research. Efficient and effective asset management of water distribution infrastructure is a demand driven issue for any water utilities due […]

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Improving Differentially Private Deep Learning Models

Machine Learning (ML) models are known to leak information about the data they were trained on, enabling membership and reconstruction attacks [7]. Such privacy risks damage trust in ML, and hinder the broad adoption of model co-training, through Federated Learning or cloud-based co-training. This is especially true in sensitive domains that could significantly benefit from […]

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Content centric networks

The advent of smartphones and the associated change in usage patterns indicates that carrier voice revenues are constantly going down and are expected to almost vanish in the near future. Data revenues are picking up but not at a rate which will make up for the shortfall in voice revenues. Also, the increase in data […]

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High resolution PET imaging systems for small animal imaging

There is an increasing demand for high resolution multimodality imaging of research animals, such as mice and rats, to allow non-invasive monitoring of disease models and therapeutic interventions. This project focuses on the development of a new positron emission tomography (PET) imaging system that can be operated inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. Once […]

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