Currently, the building sector accounds of 36% of end-use energy consumption in Ontario. With the rise of appeal towards green energy, the government has focused greatly on developing sustainability policies. Additionally, Ontario has seen a rise in the equity-seeking communities’ population over the last few decades. Aknowlegding the success of sustainability policies is greatly depends […]

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will potentially revolutionize the transportation sector. The value proposition of AVs includes improved road safety, increased traffic efficiency, reduced number of accidents, and decreased emissions. AVs heavily rely on the input of various sensors (Optical, Radar, Lidar, etc.) to capture environmental and traffic data. Clear sensor vision under all vehicle operating conditions […]

Effective cloud deployment is a major challenge in the academic community. The rapid scalability and quick workload deployment benefits make it easy to overlook data security concerns and allow for runaway costs as a large workload can be provisioned that is difficult to manage effectively. This challenge presents an opportunity to develop reusable solutions to […]

Perhaps the most basic object in the world of representation theory is the symmetric group, the group of all ways of rearranging a set of size n. Despite the simplicity of this object, it is still very rich, and its category of representations is a remarkable mixture of combinatorial accessibility, and exceptionally difficult questions. Famously, […]

This project is focussed on developing an optical imaging technology called photoacoustic imaging. Photoacoustic imaging is able to distinguish healthy tissue from cancerous tissue during breast surgery and could one day eliminate the need for repeat surgeries. The technology uses a pulsed laser to selectively build up pressure in some tissues and microphones to listen […]

In recent years, there has been a surge in non-profit organisations providing free online resources aiming to inspire girls to ‘get into STEM’ in Canada. Resources include instructional videos, blog posts and ‘role model’ biographies of women working in STEM. To maximise the potential of these online educational resources, research is urgently needed to better […]

The proposed research project is an evaluation of the outcomes of a suicide prevention program, Skills for Safer Living (SFSL). The program is an intervention that targets individuals with a high risk of suicide as indicated by multiple prior suicide attempts. SFSL has been adapted from a previous program that has shown positive outcomes, but […]

The use of 5G operating in unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) as an enabler for industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)/Industry 4.0 services (e.g., smart power grids, factory automation and connected hospital etc.), is a research area currently generating significant interest from both academia and industry (with vendors such as Nokia and Qualcomm and operators such as Orange […]

Research into the psychological functions of music is rapidly growing. New technologies and facilities are beginning to allow more extensive research into the effects of music engagement and in more naturalistic settings, such as a live concert. In collaboration with the McMaster Institute of Music & the Mind, we plan to conduct an empirical study […]

As many as one in 8 pregnancies are to women with disabilities, including physical, sensory, and developmental disabilities. These women often face negative attitudes and assumptions by others about their parenting abilities and are at risk of Child Protective Service (CPS) involvement. This project aims to characterize CPS involvement experienced by women with disabilities in […]

This project plans to investigate the synthesis and reactivity of new iron-based compounds for the conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol. These compounds aim to use cheaper, more earth abundant materials and exhibit greater efficiency than current literature examples. During this research project, all compounds will be fully identified with a range of analytical techniques […]

This project will develop new abundant-element systems for catalytically relevant chemistry. It will establish phosphorus/boron containing alternatives of a key class of compounds called allenes. The development of abundant-element chemistry, capable of the powerful synthetic transformations, traditionally enabled by precious metals, is key to reducing environmental damage and meeting the global economy requirements. This placement […]