This project will involve the application of the methods of linear stability analysis to a type of canonical stratified shear flow known as a Bickley jet in order to identify dynamically relevant processes (manifested as “coherent structures”) and gain insight into turbulent mixing in the oceans and other geophysical flow regimes. The objectives of the […]

As a teaching fellow of the Pelion Summer Lab for Cultural Theory and Experimental Humanities I will be collaborating with scholars in the digital and experimental humanities to co-lead a methodologically-focused, experimental workshop to produce and publicly stage a ‘serious game’ related to this year’s lab theme, Data & Power. Serious games are a genre […]

Afin d’opérer sa séparation de facto avec la République de Moldova en 1992 et l’établissement de son « État », la Transnistrie – ou République moldave du Dniester – conçoit depuis maintenant près de 30 ans plusieurs politiques de construction de l’État, de l’identité et de légitimation. Les récents développements d’une industrie touristique transnistrienne autonome […]

Surface energy is a critical parameter in determining the frictional energy dissipation that occurs when two surfaces slide across each other. In this project, the influence of single atomic layers of lubricants will be placed on metallic surfaces and the impact on surface energy will be measured using non-contact atomic force microscopy. In previous studies […]

Le présent projet porte sur l’action des mouvements sociaux luttant pour le droit au logement à et la ville à Rio de Janeiro, en particulier autour des enjeux de la gentrification, de la revitalisation urbaine et des évictions en tenant compte des dimensions territoriales du système d’éducation. Ce projet me permettra de connaître davantage la […]

Ce projet vise à développer un système d’entraînement vocal virtuel offrant un support à domicile pour les personnes présentant un trouble de la voix. La première étape des efforts de notre équipe de recherche vise à mieux comprendre les éléments thérapeutiques en TV afin de développer une entraîneur vocal virtuel. Lors de ce projet, nous […]

Recent clinical trials demonstrated the capacity to partially restore vision of blind patients with retinitis pigmentosa or age-related macular degeneration by electrically stimulating the remaining neurons based on an image captured by an external camera. However, these implants transmit the data and power through percutaneous cables traversing the eyeball. Although these implants have the promising […]

Study of the core of ancient mountain belts is key to the understanding of current tectonic processes. In Canada and Sweden, the Grenvillian and Sveconorwegian orogenies are the relict of a major tectonic event, similar to the continent-continent collision between India and Eurasia. In both locations, a major tectonic boundary i.e. the Allochthonous Boundary Thrust […]

Surfactant solutions are of immense scientific and technological interest. They can self-assemble into wide variety of interesting and highly dynamic nanostructures including spherical, cylindrical, vesicle, worm-like or lamellar type. Micellar solutions typically contain surfactants and salts that are dissolved in water. Beyond a critical micelle concentration, the addition of salt or surfactant transforms spherical micelles […]

Douglas-fir is one of the most economically important tree species in Canada and it is at risk of maladaptation to local environment due to climate change. Thus, the aim of my project is to understand the adaptation of Douglas-fir to future extreme climatic events. Our group at Ensminger Lab at University of Toronto monitored the […]

Manganese is a critical element in steelmaking – the third most common element after iron and carbon – and has no satisfactory replacement. The conventional process for producing metallic manganese is energy- and carbon-intensive, operating at 1400-1600°C and consuming on the order of 1 tonne of carbon reductant for every 2 tonnes of manganese produced. […]

Flocculation is a chemical treatment to improve the settling of fine particulate suspensions in the food, chemical, agricultural, and mineral processing industries. The size, shape, and density of the flocs influences their mechanical strength and settling rate; which are critically related to the efficiency of solid-liquid separation processes. The objective of this research is to […]