Electromagnetic (EM) waves are becoming more prevalent due to the rapid development of electronics, which pose serious risks to human health, electric devices, and the environment1,2. In order to overcome the above problems, engineering and fabrication of multifunctional EM shielding materials are indispensable. Thus, recently, a wide spectrum of materials ranging from metals to soft […]

ZrB2-B4C composites are potentially very attractive for aerospace applications exposed to ultra-high temperatures > 2000 degree C. While monolithic composites in this material system are well-known, development of a functionally graded composite (FGM) is a novel idea. Recently, we have published a research article [1] in which the FGM concept in this system has been […]

Rising river temperatures, partly driven by land-use and climate warming, threaten the future of Fraser River salmon. It is vital that fisheries managers acquire tools that will aid their understanding of how rising river temperatures will impact salmon in the Fraser River. With my industry partner, I will build a novel mathematical temperature model for […]

This proposed project will investigate potential modes of action of novel plant biostimulants on tomato plants. This will include changes in the plant growth rates and potential plant gene activation as it relates to the biostimulant treatment. It will also investigate changes in the microorganism profile in the root zone of biostimulant treated plants. In […]

This project focuses on a herd of wild bighorn sheep on Kamloops Lake in the Secwépemc Territory of southern interior BC. The first goal of the project is to monitor lamb survival and assess habitat conditions for the Kamloops Lake herd over two years. The second goal of the project is to document Secwépemc Traditional […]

This project will expand upon the underlying research conducted with the 2012 Urban Futures Survey of Greater Vancouver. The intern will evaluate a survey that was the third similar survey approximately 20 years apart to inform planning policies in the Metro Vancouver region. The last survey, in 2012, used an online consultation platform instead of […]

This proposed project will support our ongoing efforts in developing a novel two-stage fluidized bed gasifier for converting low-cost biomass residues to renewable natural gas in British Columbia to help the BC industry to meet the 2030 decarbonization target. Specifically, we will test and validate a new design of gasification reactor for producing low-tar syngas, […]

In BC open pit porphyry mines, pit wall deformation rate has been closely monitored to evaluate the stability of open pits and determine proper operational response. This research aims to improve our understanding towards the deformation behaviours of pit walls considering both the slope characteristics and external influence factors. The project will collect a large […]

Acoustic comfort in all types of buildings is essential to our daily life and work. Mass timber buildings provide us the solution to construct green buildings with much less carbon footprints compared with concrete and steel buildings. This project will investigate the sound insulation performance of an innovative mass timber floor system through experimental testing. […]

Today’s wind energy prediction procedures ignore the flow deceleration, also known as blockage, caused by the wind farm on the approaching wind, resulting in a power overprediction bias that pervades the entire farm. Numerical large eddy simulations (LES) of wind farms immersed in atmospheric boundary layers (ABL) will be used to study the phenomenon and […]

The aim of the project is to develop microfluidic technologies to analyse heterogenous tumor tissues/cells via a multi-modal approach using spatial genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic data. The resulting data obtained could be used for prognostics, diagnostics and prediction of therapies. Microfluidic scanning probes (MFP) technology, invented by the Kaigala team while at IBM Research in […]

AJ Min Inc. is developing a novel technology to recover gold from tailings material. The technology requires little energy, little to no reagents, and little to no additional water. Past testwork has indicated that this technology can recover significant amounts of gold from some tailings material, and that the recovered gold can be upgraded. This […]