In the wake of recent school shootings in U.S. and increasing gun crimes in Canada, parents consider taking additional measures to protect themselves and children safe. We aimed at the development/manufacture of affordable and flexible bullet/knife resistant backpacks for civilians. The backpacks could be used as a shield against bullets/knife to save life. Current available […]

The safety and quality of vaccine products are an integral requirement for all vaccine manufacturing and production. Most current tests are using laboratory equipment that requires trained personnel, equipment qualification, method validation, manual sampling, and testing at various stages of product manufacturing. However, the off-line testing is slow, often requires significant volume of material for […]

Disease modelling and drug development includes a stage where cells are grown and studied inside a laboratory under controlled conditions for a varying set of parameters. One of the most commonly performed lab tests are wound healing or cell migration where the effect of different concentrations of drug or an allergen is studied over time. […]

The increase in population and associated contamination of surface and/or ground water with phosphates, nitrates, and heavy metals has resulted in scarcity of clean water in many cities around the world. Phosphate is a major pollutant responsible for the global algal bloom in various water bodies like lakes and ponds. The project focuses on developing […]

Meat is a food staple that is consumed and enjoyed worldwide. Global meat consumption has grown by with population growth and increase in per person consumption accounting equally for that increase. Further economic development is expected to further increase demand for meat and meat products. Livestock production to meet this insatiable demand is unsustainable due […]

This project is a collaborative relationship between the Combustion Research Laboratory (CRL) at the University of Toronto and Birla Carbon. Birla Carbon is one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of high quality carbon black additives globally. Carbon black has usage potential across an array of diverse application segments including rubber products, black pigment, UV […]

Background information: York University is committed to helping students adopt evidence-based health practices associated with reduced disease risk. The Healthy Students Initiative (HSI) will evolve as a volunteer, health promotion cohort accessible for serial studies linking risk markers, self report measures and health outcomes. Given the high prevalence of mobile/smartphone/online computer access in university youth, […]

A first principles approach to molecular dynamics is crucial to understanding photo-chemical reactions. These reactions take place involving multiple electronic states, in other words, they undergo non-adiabatic dynamics. The problem is analogous to the many body problem where significant entanglement between the motion of electrons and nuclei is present. In this project we will develop […]

This unique approach to product and process design involves 2 intimately associated activities: development of novel structured composite materials (SCM) in the form of latexes; and the related design of a coagulator to tailor the final particle size distribution of the composite latex particles. If produced correctly, SCM can provide society with useful, valuable products […]

The primary research objective is to determine the accuracy and stability of risk measures as they are developed and put into practice. The intern will be required to develop and implement testing strategies to help ensure new models exhibit comprehensive risk coverage and seamless integration to the existing CMRM risk-measurement framework. While focusing on a […]

Epilepsy-related sudden death occurs following uncontrolled recurrent seizure which are usually non-responsive to antiepileptic drugs. These patients found dead in bed usually following heart and respiratory arrest. It is not known whether seizure-affected brain regions regulating cardiorespiratory function play a role in this complication and if so, what is the mechanism underneath in order to […]

This project seeks to add value to agri-food waste by extracting natural chemicals from the waste for use in new crop protection applications and then using the leftover material as a diet ingredient for producing black solider fly larvae. Multiple products can be obtained from black solider fly larvae including fertilizer, protein and oil. The […]