Recent research indicated the importance of trait cheerfulness in predicting adaptive coping mechanisms, life satisfaction, and flourishing. With worldwide interests in studying this construct, it becomes imperative to understand how the measurement of cheerful behaviours and attitudes may differ cross-culturally. The present study investigates unique cultural patterns in cheerfulness that are distinctive to one culture […]

Network operators ubiquitously deploy hardware middleboxes such as firewalls, proxies, WAN optimizer, intrusion detection and prevention systems to realize different network services. These middleboxes are vertically-integrated, expensive, and proprietary hardware appliances with limited or no programmability and require specially trained personnel for deployment and maintenance, resulting in increased capital and operational expenditure for the network […]

As part of the Masters of Arts in Sustainability Studies Program at Trent University, the graduate intern will engage in a community-based research group that looks into the local community needs at Haliburton, Ontario. Specifically, the graduate intern will work with a host partner organization, Abbey Gardens Community Trust, to understand the local food security […]

Extrapolating from current market trends and financial growth in mobile technology, it is predicted that next generation wireless networks will be required to support about a 1,000-fold increase in data capacity to handle over 100 billion devices featuring peak rates of 10 Gb/s. Consequently, there is a rapid transition to devise and innovate novel mm-wave […]

Disorders, such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s, have metabolic profiles that are detrimentally affected by the course of the disease. Both diet and exercise have demonstrated an ability to slow the progression of neurodegenerative illnesses and their symptoms. We hypothesize that this benefit is a direct result of an increase in the brains ability to efficiently […]

In my proposed PhD project I will interrogate privilege at the nexus of sport, tourism and issues surrounding race, class and gender. There is a new trend emerging in sporting tourism: martial art training camps abroad. Martial art training camps are now established in the places of origin of certain martial arts such as Judo […]

Students in China learn the English language differently than students living in Canada. The goal of this project will be to compare, contrast, and find connections between English education in China and in Canada. The objective of this proposed research project is to examine and investigate the teaching of English in Chinese classrooms, as well […]

Stents are tubes placed between the kidney and the bladder which prevent blockages which might otherwise damage the kidney. Introducing foreign material into this system allows a platform for bacteria to exist and which will potentially cause infections. These are very common. We propose modifying the surfaces of the materials used in stents to make […]

The objective of my project is to study how English writing is taught in 9th and 10th grade English classrooms in China. By observing and learning from the writing strategies applied in English classrooms in China, I will have the opportunity to improve and enhance my teaching methods with new-comers and international students in my […]

White-box cryptography seeks to maintain the secrecy of cryptographic keys used by software, despite an attacker having full control over the software. This project extends the work by Dr. Lin on the Chinese cipher SM4, as well as its application to a further cipher. The goal of this project is: 1) To implement a complete […]

The objective of this project is to understand how cell phone use leads to risky driver behavior and how such behavior affects vehicle interaction and collision risk in different traffic conditions (e.g., uncongested and congested). The study will include the following tasks: 1. Identify the association of driver characteristics (age, gender, frequency of cell phone […]

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) represent a global water quality issue of increasing importance. HABs, often dominated by cyanobacteria, produce unsightly growth, noxious compounds, and toxins that impair aquatic ecosystems for recreational and drinking water use. The drivers of HABs are not well characterized, which has led to the minimal success of management efforts to date. […]