Mathematical Modelling and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Degradation Monitoring of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers

Water electrolysis plays a vital role in clean energy generation by producing hydrogen from water. Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers represent a novel technology used for this purpose. The performance of such electrolyzers is highly affected by various degradation processes occurring in such systems. In this project, we are aiming to understand the sources of […]

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Advancing the reliability of social media discourse as a measure of public sentiment about COVID-19

The proposed research is to develop a method for making valid, representative estimates of public opinion from sufficiently large and diverse non-probability samples such as social media data. We aim to demonstrate the theoretical, methodological, and practical contributions to the field of public opinion research by demonstrating the reliability and utility of this method in […]

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Manipulating Diet Content and Context to Improve Edible Insect Farming Yield

Food security is a major global concern and Canada’s current agricultural model is not adequately positioned to support our growing needs. Insects may solve this problem as they are nutritious and their production requires less resources than vertebrate protein sources. A primary goal of this project is to increase cricket yield. Together with Entomo Farms, […]

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Automating various land resources development and planning services using MapAki platform offered by CES

Services provided by CES move the traditional paradigm away from static paper maps and data management. Instead, they offer MapAki to create and deliver unique interactive web maps. This research project will attempt to associate multi-layered artificial intelligence empowered services to redesign and rebrand MapAki. Firstly, this project will use up-to-date visuals collected from the […]

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The degradation of battery negative electrode materials in protic ionic liquids

The battery is an electrochemical device that people use every day. The industry is always interested in improving different characteristics of batteries such as less cost, increasing power, safety, and eco-friendliness. Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries are widely used rechargeable power sources. We work on the replacement of aggressive electrolyte used in this technology by […]

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Robot Localization using Single-Point LiDAR Array

The primary objective of this project is to develop a way for low-cost service robots to navigate indoors in a more accurate way. To keep costs down, such robots rely on relatively inexpensive encoders and gyroscopes to determine their positions and orientation. However, this leads to the problem of accumulated error while the robot attempts […]

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EmersonGrow “Sun Box”

The objective of this project is to create a prototype of a portable External Universal Digital control device using existing technology from EmersonGrow EGX7, the first fully digital LED Grow light. This smart device enables users to control any compatible grow light digitally, including colour, intensity, create stages and light recipe, users can also upload, […]

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Development of tissue phantoms

LifeLike BioTissue has developed a suite of products to assist in the training of medical professionals with highly realistic models that mimic the mechanical properties, feel and anatomy of human body organs and structures. These human tissue phantoms replicate a variety of complex human tissues, supporting surgeons and medical device companies for surgical training and […]

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Photovoltaic devices for short-wave infrared (SWIR) range

In this collaborative project between L. Goncharova’s group (Western) and Sciencetech (London, ON), silicon, germanium, and tin heterostructure will be grown by thin-film deposition techniques. By precisely controlling the amount of each element in the films, these heterostructures can overcome the poor light adsorption and emission properties of silicon, and will be explored for light […]

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Digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia app

The project would be a scalable app designed to treat insomnia effectively. This will include educational videos and materials to enable patients to do self-treatment. This should be much more time and cost efficient than traditional treatment, much more easily accessible, and scalable. TranqSleep hopes that the digital platform will be easy and intuitive to […]

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