Thermal analysis is performed on a proposed design change on electronic assembly to ensure that it meets customer requirements (temperature ranges) and is a more cost-effective design. Such design change should be cost efficient. The important aspect, in addition to the design, is interacting with different engineers at different positions in the company. Working with […]

Electronic assemblies are used to control various systems in an aircraft. Under normal operating conditions, these undergo vibration, and therefore have an expected life span. Different designs are analyzed to reduce production cost, and these designs must ensure that the electronic components contained within the hardware can tolerate the same operating conditions without failure. With […]

My research examines the relationship between business, labour, and the state over the development and regulation of labour markets. For my dissertation I am proposing a comprehensive case study of the trajectory of Canadian and Australian labour market regulation over the post-war period. I adopt a broad understanding of labour market policy comprising employment/industrial relations, […]

Individuals from diverse backgrounds are routinely exposed to a second language, whether it is through formal education, within the community, or at home. As such, many individuals are consuming stories in a language other than their native tongue. Although past research has shown that sequential bilinguals typically report weaker emotional experiences when processing emotional content […]

where the best sites, and combinations of sites are, is critical to facilitate private investment in wind electricity. The proposed research with Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. will determine the most desirable locations for large-scale wind farm deployment, as well as the cost of electricity supplied by such farms to a selection of Canadian demand […]

Turbulent jets of gas or liquid play a crucial role in combustion of fossil fuels, the delivery of aerosols to the human airway and lungs and various industrial applications. One of the main features of a turbulent jet is that as it evolves from its point of origin it engulfs fluid from its surroundings. This […]

In epidemiological studies, most of the existing research tried to investigate the long-term trends (e.g., yearly) in the disease data. However, in this project we will investigate the spatio-temporal patterns of snake bite and suicide in India, both of which are the significant health concerns in India. For both snake bite and suicide, the seasonality […]

The rate at which chlorides from deicer salts penetrate into concrete towards the reinforcing steel has a strong influence on the time-to-corrosion and service life of concrete structures. Thus, the permeability of the concrete cover layer protecting the reinforcement has to be minimized especially in severe exposure conditions. In addition to the type of concrete, […]

This project is intended to further the videogame industry’s understanding of user presence and immersive game design, where the player feels that they exist in a virtual space and can control a virtual environment with their physical body. Rather than trying to achieve immersion in a virtual world by escaping from the body, this project […]

Progress monitoring is an essential task in all construction projects. A proper progress monitoring can minimize the level of project overruns, which is very common among construction projects but incurring significant loss to public and private funds annually. Manual methods of progress tracking are too infrequent to represent continuous and live insights about the workplace. […]

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. PD is caused by genetic predispositions leading to neuronal cell death. Dysfunction of damaged mitochondrial turnover by mitophagy (mitochondrial autophagy) and the ubiquitin-proteasome system has been found in most cases of genetic PD. The ubiquitin-proteasome system mediates protein degradation trough ubiquitination – a post-translational modification […]

Using genome-wide data in collaboration with the Peruvian Genome Diversity Project, our goals are: (i)Populations from the Peruvian Central Andes are highly homogeneous. We use Approximate Bayesian Computation and patterns of identity-by-descent to infer when the intensification of the gene pool homogenization on this geographic region started, in the historical context of the Andean prehistory. […]