With the advent of e-commerce and logistics industry, numerous goods are delivered every day. Sorting systems play a pivotal role in orders delivery practices. Advanced sorting systems are required nowadays because e-commerce retailers are usually confronted with different orders, each consisting of various items. Integrated sorting systems typically consist of a mix of conveyors tied […]

Vehicle reliability and safety are critical especially with the growth of Advanced Driver Assistant Systems (ADAS) and automated driving. Vehicle active safety systems have advanced significantly since they were introduced in about 40 years ago. They have played an important role in making vehicles safer and reducing vehicle fatalities. Current vehicle motion control requires a […]

As we begin to emerge from a global pandemic, communities around the world are looking for strategies to promote economic recovery. We know that the pandemic has disproportionately impacted equity-deserving groups and that recovery strategies must be sustainable and work to advance equity and inclusion. Locally, Ontario cities and towns have begun to bring together […]

The current research project investigates Ontario’s implementation of SMRs over an initial 30-year period, allowing for consideration of Ontario’s current energy mix as well as approximately two generations of SMR installations. Using linear programming and IBM’s CPLEX ILOG Optimization software, the development of a model which may compare front line SMR designs with the province’s […]

The Canadian Mental Health Association, Hamilton Branch (CMHA) is partnering with academic partners through McMaster Community Research Platform to evaluate the impact of peer-based support, a program providing mental health support for working-aged men and transitional aged youth who use substances. The program provides SMART recovery-based support to reduce the harms of substance use and […]

Toronto has been experiencing a housing affordability crisis for almost two decades and the house prices continue to increase. The increasing unaffordability causes many problems in the city including increasing social inequality and difficulty of accessing affordable housing essentially for newcomers and racialized communities. This project aims at focusing on the discussion of “missing middle” […]

Over the past year, PharmAla has developed the first GMP MDMA value chain in North America. Our customers are companies wishing to initiate clinical trials with MDMA for a particular indication. In order to make our products, PharmAla has contracted a number of CDMO partners. To fulfill our company goals, PharmAla is seeking a qualified […]

Over 90% of ocular medications are administered by eye drops despite multiple drawbacks including low bioavailability of the target therapeutic, systemic toxicity, and the requirement for using high doses due to the effective clearance mechanisms for drug in the eye. To increase the therapeutic efficacy of ocular medications, novel nanocarrier systems have been developed that […]

Building off of the original Healthy Bodies Scorecard project, this research aims to test the newly developed Healthy Body Scorecard tool and provide evidence of its usefulness. We will distribute the draft of the scorecard along with a feedback questionnaire for health care practitioners (HCP’s) targeting those who work with typically developing children as well […]

Plenty of conclusive evidence points to the association of meat consumption with negative environmental outcomes resulting in climate change. These findings show the importance of reducing meat consumption and developing efficient strategies such as production of meat alternatives to alleviate the associated environmental and health issues. However, the production of plant-based meat analogues that can […]

The project will significantly advance and integrate three sophisticated contaminated site characterization tools: stable isotope analysis, microbial community profiles, and 3D reactive transport modeling. These three tools will be applied to a series of poorly studied semi volatile compounds, including (di)chloronitrobenzenes and (di)chloroanilines, and incorporated in a conceptual site model along with concentration profiles and […]

Rebar cages are transported to the construction site, and then concrete is cast around them. Until the concrete is cast, these cages form a structure in their own right that must be safe against collapse due to its own weight, as well as environmental and structural loads (e.g., wind). The objective of the research is […]