Production line for personalized camping car cabinets

Today’s customer desire more and more personalized products and often want to get involved in the design of them. The manufacturing of personalized furniture is a good example of this trend. NavCamper is a SME in Quebec, producing personalized camping cars. The production of personalized cabinets for these camping cars is currently very labour intensive. […]

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Design and Development of Collaborative Robots for Greenhouse Harvesting

Collaborative robots, also known as Cobots, are devices that will help farmers in their farming duties to have better control over their crops, increase harvesting efficiency, and solve labor shortage issues in rural areas. These robots can operate near humans and complete a wide variety of tasks including harvesting crops, precise pesticide spraying and crop […]

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Development of a conceptual design for a recoil separator to study radiative neutron capture reaction using a low energy ion storage ring

TRIUMF has begun the TRISR project constructing a experimental facility which is called low energy ion storage ring. The storage ring will provide unique possibilities for investigations of nuclear reactions when it is connected to a radioactive ion beam facility ISAC-I of TRIUMF. A neutron generator will be added to the facility to provide a […]

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) thermometry

We are creating a powerful tool for improvements in surgeries of the brain and spine. A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine will be used inside operating rooms so patients undergoing surgery can be imaged in the middle of the surgery for quality control. For instance, surgeons can obtain an MRI to ensure the entire […]

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Automated plastic recycling for Institutional Commercial and Industrial (IC&I) ecosystems

This research project will investigate how an automated plastic recycling system will function in three academic institutions. The goal is to re-imagine and rework the traditional recycling supply chain by decentralizing and vertically integrating plastic recycling. This will be accomplished through an extensive literature review and experiments that will allow the three academic institutions to […]

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Development of Smart Structural Control System for High-Rise Buildings Along the Coastline to cope with Extreme Loads

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, […]

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Applying Generative Design to Complete Community Planning

Applying Generative Design to Complete Community Planning brings together growing computational practices in generative design with the urban design challenge of planning and building complete communities using urban data analysis. The concept of complete communities is in part inspired by new urbanism which focuses on human and environmental needs. Transportation modes within a community and […]

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Développement d’un système d’imagerie acoustique temps-réel pour localiser les sources de bruit en milieux de travail

Au Québec, plus de 350 000 travailleurs sont exposés quotidiennement à des niveaux de bruit nocifs. Les trois méthodes pour réduire le bruit sont : éliminer la source de bruit, ajouter des matériaux absorbants ou porter des protecteurs auditifs. Bien que cette dernière méthode soit la plus simple, elle n’est pas assez efficace. Pour mettre […]

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Assessment of Corrosion in RC Slabs using NDTs

Concrete is an abundant material present on earth today. It is believed that cement is the second-most abundant material after soil on planet. Infrastructure expansions and developments are close to impossible in the 21st century. Hence, building durable structures is necessary. Reinforced concrete, being a heterogeneous material, the possibilities of defects are immense. To save […]

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