Combining design and digital workflows, pre-fabrication, and automated assembly provides a rare opportunity for the AEC industry to unite three critical construction items that have traditionally been at odds with one another: Time, Cost and Quality. Working with AIBC’s off-site automated prefabrication facility, this project will use research through design to provide insight into the […]

S2E Company is developing a Smart Community in London, Ontario. This community will have the state of the art sustainable practices in community development. This community will be Net ZERO energy which simply means that it has zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually, minimize water usage, designed with sustainable storm water management, […]

Parkdick Enterprises Ltd. (PDI) under its RYDE brand, will be launching an E-Bike micro-mobility sharing program on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, which is set to launch in Spring 2022. The link to the project details and launch is located here: https://www.manitoulincycling.com/e-bikes/. This will be our inaugural project which uses E-Bikes and docking station technology, where riders […]

The growth of underground seasonal thermal energy storage systems has been relatively slow due to limited understanding with regard to optimal system design for different locations and building/community archetypes. Thermal interactions between underground storages and the surrounding strata as well as the effects of seasonal changes are not entirely understood making the development of optimized […]

Fog, by definition, occurs when visibility is lower than 1 km. The initiation, development and decay of fog can involve many physical processes and reliable modelling and accurate prediction of occurrence, vertical distribution and visibility limitations are an ongoing challenge. Wood Environmental & Infrastructure (Wood), provide offshore fog forecasts for oil platforms over the Grand […]

Euglena gracilis is a natural and abundant alga that is fed with food nutrients. It converts the food nutrients into a polymer called paramylon. My work is to use very safe science and convert the paramylon into all-natural food additives to replace the synthetic food additives that are prepared using unsustainable resources and hazardous chemicals. […]

As the underlying networks transition into 5G and 6G infrastructure, the optimal task performance across different WIoT devices with different energy consumption and computing power require coordination at both the software and hardware levels to maximize accessibility and minimize latency to support emerging applications. The proposed research will explore the various parameter space to determine […]

Membranes are becoming the dominant technology in treating drinking water and wastewater. Membranes can be made in various geometries, but hollow fibers are the preferred form factor; they can be packed more efficiently, reducing the plant size and they are often easier to clean than alternative geometries. Nevertheless, during use, membranes will become fouled, which […]

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a scalable platform that integrates devices over the internet and runs different services such as energy and facility management easier than SCADA and similar industrial control systems (ICS). These platforms shall be designed securely and manage devices in a safe environment. However, existing IIoT platforms are not secure by […]

The general goal of this project is to improve the downstream tasks by learning better representations of the data, especially multimodal data pairs, like image/text pairs or user/item interaction pairs. The user/item interaction data plays an important role in e-commerce, and analyzing these data can help improve the banking system, e.g., recommendation, risk control, and […]

This research investigates means for achieving net zero energy dwellings and neighborhoods through maximizing solar potential of dwelling units, isolated and in assemblages. This study will help the community planner to design an efficient layout to achieve maximum solar fraction. Optimum combine building loads in community will lead to a more energy efficient mechanical and […]

The interns in this project will use their skills in researching parts and products that can be used to achieve the subprojects that we set out to create on the micro-mobility car. In some areas the students may use the machine shop and equipment found in the engineering building on York University campus to create […]