For 50 years, the aviation, automotive and sports industries have been trying to reduce the weight of their products by using composite materials to reduce energy consumption. However, composite structures are too expensive to manufacture and are sensitive to vibration. This project aims to develop a multi-material, 5-axis 3D printer that is capable of printing […]

For this project, Jenn Rickert will work with the game company Certain Affinity in order to develop an understanding of best practices for game development in the modern era. More and more, society is accepting that the virtual world is often as real as the physical world in the minds of its participants. To this […]

The proposed project consists of creating a universal charging solution for different EV brands. Through this project, we test and evaluate several designs of our transmitter and receiver coil to achieve a wireless charging solution that provides flexibility for different types and brands of batteries and EVs. As a result of this project we identify […]

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 […]