The Casa Berardi mine is a significant gold producer in the northern Abitibi area. Exploration efforts for new mineralized zones in this region is complicated by a thick cover of surficial deposits and new exploration tools based on a better understanding of gold concentration are necessary to guide future exploration at depth. This project proposes […]

L’extraction et le traitement du lithium, qui est utilisé en grande partie pour les batteries de voitures électriques, posent des risques pour l’environnement, car ces activités peuvent avoir comme conséquence l’accumulation de produits toxiques dangereux et de lithium en tant que tel dans les écosystèmes avoisinants. Le Québec possède des réserves importantes de spodumène, qui […]

Estimation of software projects efforts is one of the early management tasks in a software initiative and a particularly challenging one. To train software project managers, simulation tools based on games concepts and technologies have been used successfully. However, available educational simulators do not tackle this first critical task in a software project, that is […]

Every winter Quebecers, Canadians and basically anyone living in northern climates suffer from icing related failures (power blackouts, fallen trees, blocked roads, etc.). In the best case, meteorological forecasts and HQ’s ice-removal measures are timely, costly, and the society does not experience the severe effect caused by harsh winter weather. Currently applied active ice protection […]

Electrical machines are fundamental to the operation of modern society – from household devices and transportation to industrial operations and power generation. However, designing these devices is a slow and complex process. Many components of the process date back over a century and constrain the devices that can be produced. With technologies such as additive […]

Bridge engineers deal with various bridge systems to satisfy ever-increased bridge design requirements in safety, functionality, cost, aesthetics, etc. The proposed project aims to investigate in depth the stability and dynamic behaviours of two distinguished bridge systems. One is the shallow steel arch bridge susceptible to non-linear snap-through buckling, and the other is the railway […]

It has been noticed that by exposure to videos containing letters, numbers, and shapes, the autistic child of preschool age and most often non- or minimally verbal (henceforth AC) reached a self-taught knowledge of written code as well as a vocabulary that facilitates his schooling several years later. This project is part of a vast […]

Prime candidates for cleaner propulsion are the non-reciprocating combustion engines that combine high efficiencies of volumetric engines while being well-known for their high power density. Unfortunately, these engines are also well-known for their oil consumption that needs to be reduced before they are used for aerospace applications in order to meet customer perceptions, weight and […]

L’innovation est un élément clé dans le développement d’une société. Elle permet de trouver de nouvelles solutions pouvant répondre plus adéquatement et durablement aux besoins sociaux. C’est dans cette perspective que l’équipe de la Fondation de la Neurodiversité met sur pied le Centre d’innovation pour les enfants autistes. Les données probantes permettent d’observer qu’un travail […]

The overall goal of this research project is to get a better understanding of what leads to footwear slipping, so as to contribute to the reduction of slip injuries, in three ways: a) by investigating how intrinsic sole design parameters (compound material properties and sole tread shape, width or depth) affect the available coefficient of […]

Ce projet vise à explorer l’impact émotionnel que peuvent avoir des jeux vidéo offrant une expérience immersive sur des joueurs de tout âge, afin de leur faire prendre conscience de l’urgence de la crise environnementale. En effet, l’utilisation de la réalité virtuelle favoriserait cette réflexion qui permettrait aux participants de revoir leurs comportements et agir […]