As smart home and artificial intelligence technologies are developing rapidly, smart home devices contribute to better living quality and safer spaces. These smart devices are intelligent agents. They receive a variety of signals through sensors placed in ecobee’s thermostats, light switches and other smart devices and controls the heating and cooling, lighting, as well as […]

How do you support the fastest growing municipality in a largely rural region as it works through its growing pains? What happens in a rapidly growing community that’s been recognized as one of the best places to live as it tries to keep up with labour demands, changing demographics, and challenges to the enabling infrastructure […]

Adaptive driving beam (ADB) is an advance vehicle forward lighting system that automatically adapts its beam patterns to create a non-glare zone around oncoming and preceding vehicles. The purpose of ADB system is to produce good long-range visibility for driver without causing discomfort glare to other road users. The non-glare zone of current ADB system […]

The COVID-19 pandemic is placing enormous economic pressure on Canadian workers and employers, and it is unclear what the long-term economic impacts of the crisis will be. This research will produce a model to describe ways in which employers and workers might adapt to, recover from and build long-term resilience to COVID-19 and other natural […]

Within their ergonomics process, automotive manufacturers rely heavily on computer simulation technology, specifically “Jack” (Siemens PLM, Plano, TX). Advancements to “Jack” provide users the ability to create workstations, yet much time is required to produce a single simulation. This 3-year industrial collaboration will reduce the time necessary for their completion and, improve on the accuracy […]

The Canadian federal government committed to encouraging low carbon alternatives and the growth of clean technology that reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is stated that the new target is to reduce GHG emissions by 80% by 2050, relative to 2005 GHG levels. In order to achieve this goal, one of the government’s strategic plan […]

Current flight simulation technology is aimed at the commercial aviation industry, with larger simulators used to simulate larger aircraft. There are few high fidelity type-specific aircraft simulators available and these have a much higher cost than most flying clubs can afford. This project aims to produce a low cost Diamond DA20 aircraft simulator while meeting […]

The proposed internship will take place in the TRANSFORM Research Hub located at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. The TRANSFORM Project comprises a global network of researchers committed to building the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in adopting truly sustainable business practices. The primary objective of this internship will be to […]

Our proposal continues our SFPE International research project on Anthropometric Data and Movement Speeds but directs the project’s goal to enhancing fire engineering resource development and research dissemination in Quebec. Our proposal is multi-staged. We primarily focus on the finalization of the compilation of existing emergency movement data which can be used by various engineering […]

MRI-guided ultrasound therapy is a powerful method of image-guided therapy for cancer treatment in which ultrasound energy is used to coagulate (or cook) a target region of tumor. This kind of treatment has been developed as an alternative to conventional therapies (radiation, surgery) which are associated with high complication rates and long recovery times. Successful […]

This project will involve the research of international development assistance policy in Canada. It will focus on two case studies: Lebanese Special Measures Program and the life of distinguished Canadian humanitarian Lewis Perinbam. This research would contribute to a better understanding of the history of international development assistance in Canada. The partners in this project […]

A significant fraction of wet organic waste streams within typical municipalities include food wastes (collected by many as source separated organics), and sludges or biosolids. In Canada, such wastes are mostly going to landfill or being land applied to recover some nutrient value. Anaerobic digestion (AD) for disposal of organic waste is an attractive option […]