La compagnie LM Wind Power est l’un des leaders mondiaux dans la fabrication de pales d’éoliennes et produit plus de 13 000 pales par an. Celles-ci sont composées en majeure partie de fibres de verre, d’un polymère thermodurcissable et dans certains cas, de fibres de carbone. En plus du défi bien connu du recyclage des […]

The project brings together Canadian industrial and academic partners. This project will allow Pi-Sol Technologies, our industrial partner to develop durable and cost-effective zinc anodes for sustainable energy applications such as Zin-Air batteries. The zinc-air battery market includes a large number of electronic gadgets and appliances used in day-to-day life, remote sensing & communication sector, […]

Livestock manure represent a significant source of GHG emissions in agriculture section of Canada. This project aims to assess the effectiveness of a manure additive in reducing N20 and CH4 emissions during the storage of liquid hog manure, as well as the carry-on effect on soil GHG emissions after the additive-treated manure being applied to […]

Numerous industries and government agencies carry out analyses every day using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) instruments that typically waste 95% of the sample. A greener approach would not generate any sample waste. During this project, an infrared heated spray chamber will be developed and coupled to nebulizers from the industrial partner so as to allow […]

The project will manufacture new coatings that will repel ice. These coatings can be applied onto metal, wood, glass, etc, and in particular can aid in the prevention of ice build-up on wind-power turbines. The coatings will be comprised of new materials that have not been applied as ice-repellent (or water repellent) coatings before. In […]

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a very large family of persistent anthropogenic chemicals utilized in the manufacturing of industrial materials with non-stick and oil/water repellent properties, Teflon, and fire-fighting foams. Their use has resulted in their final dispersion in soil, groundwater, and surface water, causing adverse environmental and health effects. They are responsible for […]

L’objectif général de ce projet est de développer une méthode de traitement électrolytique d’oxydation avancée (EOA) et d’optimiser son mode de fonctionnement pour le traitement des eaux usées résiduaires d’abattoir, en utilisant l’EOA en aval comme traitement de polissage (ou traitement tertiaire) au procédé secondaire de coagulation électrochimique développé par la compagnie PLT Environnement Inc. […]

This project will help to design and develop the user interface and an image picture archiving and communication system (PACS) for mobile teledermatology for use in an application of skin imaging. This will enable both patients and specialists to acquire, archive and manage dermatological images for further diagnosis, triage and follow-up purposes. The project goals […]

The use of disposable face masks as preventive measures significantly increased in the past years. Overloading landfills with disposable face mask wastes will raise certain environmental concerns. However, their degradation in landfill leachate is poorly studied. The objective of this study is to investigate the degradation process of the mask in landfill leachate and quantify […]

Pour TEC la problématique est que l’ordonnancement de ses opérations de production n’est pas optimisée pour assurer la productivité, l’efficacité, la rentabilité et ne répond pas non plus à la demande client, soit des délais fixes d’exécution et surtout des livraisons à temps. L’optimisation de l’ordonnancement (macro et micro) nécessite trop la connaissance technique détaillée […]

Malgré le peu de considération portée aux impacts du gel en conception de chaussées rigides, il est connu qu’elles sont sensibles aux variations de température. Les gradients de température entre le haut et le bas des dalles font en sorte qu’il peut y avoir apparition de fissures transversales et de fissures aux coins (Harvey, 2004). […]

Meat mass production is associated with many issues, from animal welfare, antibiotic use, climate change, destruction of ecological systems and wildlife extinction. Cultured meat industry is promising alternative to that, which offers the actual meat (not plant-based) without aforementioned issues. This project aims to contribute to development of cultured fat from a pig-derived stem cell. […]