Human operators show significant variability in performance when operating in complex manufacturing systems that are usually referred to human errors. Such errors are identified as the failure to perform an action within the safe operating limit and often lead to product quality defects. Approximately 50%-80% of the incidents and accidents in safety-critical systems have been […]

The project aims to analyze the through-thickness compaction of dry fibrous reinforcements at the mesoscopic scale. Predicting how fiber tows deform during the compression of woven fabrics is important in resin injection processes because textile deformation plays an important role on permeability. Fiber orientation governs also mechanical performance. Hence, compaction represents a key issue that […]

En raison des initiatives gouvernementales de construction industrialisée afin de solutionner la pénurie de logement à Hong Kong, l’Université Polytechnique de Hong Kong collabore avec Roger-Bruno Richard, architecte et professeur titulaire à l’Université de Montréal, en vue d’une application « high rise » du système constructif hybride de type « Noyau Porteur » qu’il a […]

As part of my research project dealing with the design of steel open-sections, to be able to realize a 3 months internship at Georgia Institute of Technology, in collaboration with professor Donald W. White would be a real chance. My research studies aim at providing, reliable and simple to use design formulae for steel open-sections […]

Head-mounted displays (HMDs) allow a convenient delivery of visualized data to the user. HMDs in the form of glasses and goggles (otherwise known as smart glasses and goggles), such as Vuzix Blade and Epson Moverio [1-3], have been introduced but the public acceptance of these devices have been rather lackluster. Part of the sluggish acceptance […]

Tout au long de l’histoire de l’humanité le progrès scientifique et technique a été un moteur de notre évolution comme espèce. Ce progrès pousse l’humain constamment à reconsidérer ses propres limites tant du point de vue physique que cognitif. Bien que les conséquences des actions erronées des humains soient connues depuis l’antiquité, industrie 4.0 mène […]

Le but de cette étude est de réaliser une presse à vis pour compacter une suspension de chaulage. L’étude sera divisée en plusieurs étapes : la caractérisation de la boue, la simulation de la presse à vis, l’assemblage de la vis, le paramétrage de la vis et son opération. La phase de simulation permettra le […]

This research will focus on glass materiality and its use in architecture. By attending Glasstec, fhe international trade fair for glass production, processing and products, I will be able to elaborate a technology survey of available products in the market, production processes as well as experiments and prototypes showcased by the companies Research and Development […]

Nickel based alloys manufactured via powder metallurgy (PM) are the next generation of materials that offer great service performance and increased efficiency of gas turbine engines. This class of material is characterized by their poor machinability. Additionally, limited information is known about the integrity of machined surfaces; thus limiting its acceptance by the industry. This […]

The scope of this research is to develop new equations for the load distributions beneath timber mats from a crawler crane, for various types of soil, by using numerical software. This would enable industrials to accurately estimate the behavior of stresses in soils, in order to reduce the costs of ground preparation for cranes by […]

Understanding the 3D world around us is a key goal in computer science. If we are endowed with 3D understanding, we can solve problems in several areas in computer science such as robotics, fast 3D modelling and physical reasoning. However, it is not clear how 3D objects can be represented because of the high dimensionality […]

The proposed project is to field test a full scale novel lightweight sandwich panel which consists of steel plate at the front, concrete panel at the back and number of helical springs in the middle. This newly proposed sandwich panel will be subjected to repetitive different ranges of blast load to ensure its blast resistant […]