Description: During drying most real materials shrink depending on moisture content, physical structure and sometimes the rate of drying. Moisture and temperature dependent transport properties (such as moisture diffusivity, thermal conductivity etc.) that control the drying rate change significantly with the shrinkage of the product. A two-dimensional liquid diffusion model will be developed in MATLAB […]

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contribute to a global warming trend associated with climate change. Methane is a potent GHG with a global warming potential 25 times that of Carbon Dioxide over a 100-year period. Gas migration /Surface casing vent flows from subsurface to surface is a well-known issue; however, characterizing the source zone(s) for stray […]

This project aims to exploit an analysis of cellular and molecular dynamics which focuses on understanding protein-protein interactions in living cells. It will focus on the development and application of a suite of novel single molecule super-resolution imaging strategies that will address fundamental questions surrounding how the association of specific membrane proteins drives localization and […]

Water in the United States is a valuable resource. It is used from everything from drinking water to tourism. However, by the 1970s, many rivers and coastal areas were severely degraded from decades of using water to assimilate pollution. After billions of dollars spent and decades of effort on all levels of government, the increasing […]

Black holes are very intriguing astronomical objects. They do not emit light, so we can only get indirect evidence about their existence. When it comes down to understanding how they change in time, things get more complicated. Stephen Hawking argued that black holes have a finite lifetime. The question that arises then is, what happens […]

With the global movement towards electric vehicles (EVs) to combat pollution and climate change, one of the potential limiting factors for public embracement of the technology is the limited vehicle range and high cost largely due to the current state of battery technology. Battery makers require high-purity nickel in an appropriate physical form (e.g. powder), […]

Porphyrins and phthalocyanines are important biological molecules that, for example, control respiration of plants (chlorophyll helps convert C02 to oxygen) and heme controls the 02/C02 balance in human blood. Such compounds possess many other regulatory roles. In the presence of light some of these compounds convert oxygen into ‘reactive oxygen species’ (ROS). ROS aggressively attack […]

Piles are implemented as foundation to support the structure by aim of transferring load to the surrounding soil and/or to a firmer stratum. Pile foundation supports majority of structural elements of oil and gas and infrastructure projects in Alberta. In most of these projects, driven steel pipes or H-piles are used. This research is aim […]

This research project aims at applying machine learning over the existing financial forecasting methods currently employed in the commercial real estate industry. Businesses are actively collecting more data than what can be analyzed effectively using the standard spreadsheet models which have become industry standard over the past few decades. Machine learning algorithms are known to […]

Studies have shown that delivering combination of two stimulation can improve muscle responses and related nerve function in spinal cord injury patients and able-bodied people. Typically, a painless magnetic stimulation through the scalp over the brain, and electrical stimulation to the knee over a peripheral nerve (a nerve that sends signals to muscles and receives […]

This project examines medieval commonplace prayer books, known as Books of Hours, and their uses in fifteenth-century England. Art historical scholarship on the topic has tended to focus on the most sumptuous examples of the genre and their material value in the use of costly materials such as gold leaf and rare pigments, or their […]

The goal of this project is to design a Carbon Nanotube thin film-based sensor for the detection of heart failure biomarkers. The student will participate in the sensor fabrication group. He will learn Micro-fabrication related techniques and knowledge; such as Carbon Nanotube thin film synthesis using Chemical Vapor Deposition, Microfluidic channel fabrication and gold film […]