The Crustaceans industry is a major part of Canadian seafood production, however, it results in the generation of significant amount of crustacean wastes. The disposal of the wastes is often costly and challenging. The exoskeleton of the crustacean waste contains chitin, which can be converted into value-added products. Our lab had developed an innovative, green […]

The objective of this project is to leverage the design freedom offered by additive manufacturing (AM) to create and high-performance capillary structures optimized for two-phase heat transfer applications (e.g., heat pipes). Moreover, compared with conventional heat pipe systems, these wick structures can be directly fabricated as part of one-piece AM metal parts and housings, allowing […]

Civil infrastructures, particularly high-rise buildings, Along the Coastline are susceptible to damage when subjected to extreme loads like earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis. These loads are associated with the tragic loss of life and high structural repair costs. Current research trends focus on developing design techniques to mitigate the adverse effects earthquakes have on structures. However, […]

The integrity and performance of hydraulic components in the maritime sector may be altered due to extreme environmental conditions that result in wear and corrosion. The industry in Canada spends around $0.92B per annum for maintenance (around 69% of GDP) to improve component service life. Therefore, materials that can sustain high life during extreme operating […]

Human’s gait, and activity monitoring play important roles in many applications that can have a positive impact on improving the ability of individuals to be as independent, secure, and healthy as possible. Most existing technologies rely on cameras and wearables, while people are not always compliant and need to be wearing them with a battery […]

High purity structural metal such as steel requires a cleaning process during its production. Conventional cleaning process called refining using molten oxide has been arrived at its limit. Development of a breakthrough technology is required. Beyond utilization of conventional materials engineering, application of electrochemical refining is attempted in this project. The applicant has already carried […]

The continuous world innovation in the manifacturing techniques led to the development of highly precise technologies such as 3D printing. This technique has been then further improved in such a way to print biomaterials and cells, with extreme precision. It constitute a significant innovation for tissue engineering research. Collagen, the most abundant protein of the […]

Ce projet portant sur le développement de fibres optiques moyen-infrarouge pour l’amplification laser s’appuie sur des compositions de verres à base d’oxydes lourds dopées avec des ions luminescents tels que des terre-rares. En effet grâce à l’emploi d’oxydes lourds, l’énergie de phonons du verre est abaissé permettant une exaltation des phénomènes de luminescence rendant intrinsèquement […]

This research aims to generate and optimize optimal tool-path(process path of robot) by learning data on kinematics and dynamics properties required for the machining process using multi-axis robots with Artificial Intelligence(AI). Based on the end-effector of the robot, a new approach is proposed to optimize tool path in drilling or milling processes and to develop […]

Bio-materials can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate a rapid transition to a bio-based leconomy. Thus, developing novel and innovative technologies and products related to bio-materials sectors is crucial. This has !resulted in extensive research into the development of biomaterials. Most research efforts have focused on materials selection, ‘fabrication, and […]

This is a partnership between ABB, an international leader in water quality monitoring, and McGill University, where the objective is to test the reliability of an emerging technology in ion concentration measurement. The technology combines state-of-the-art electronics, composed of the atomically thin material graphene, and ionsensitive polymers, developed in the research group of Prof. Szkopek […]

The biggest challenge faced by structural engineers in the design of high-rise structures is to control the dynamic responses of these structures due to wind and earthquake vibrations. While the traditional techniques of stiffening and adding vibration absorbers can mitigate the vibrational response to a degree, they also increase the construction cost and result in […]