Aging in Place Medical Device 2 of 2

Home Health Systems has built a sensor and software for Aging In Place monitoring for senior citizens. It supports outpatient care where costs are reduced by 10X and patients get treated at home where they prefer to be. This project will complete the next steps required for Health Canada certification as a class 3 medical […]

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Valorization of Lactose-based By-products through the Conversion to Lactobionic Acid and Its Application to Mozzarella Production Process

Whey and milk ultrafiltration (UF) permeate are usually considered as environmental pollutants due to their elevated organic load. Increase of whey production owing to high demand of milk-derived products creates a huge disposal problem for dairy industries. The conversion of lactose, which is main component of whey and milk UF permeate, to value-added ingredients is […]

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Étude du système de refroidissement d’une caméra CCD par CFD

Les caméras pour imagerie à faible flux lumineux sont utilisées tant pour la recherche biomédicale que pour l’astronomie. Toutefois, lorsque les photons se font rare, il est nécessaire de refroidir l’enceinte de la caméra à très basse température pour réduire le bruit thermique. Il faut aussi amplifier le signal grâce à l’électronique embarqué dans le […]

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Quarterhorse Solutions-Marketing Coordinator Intern-My

Starting as a small family-run sign shop, Quarterhorse Solutions grew into a multi-disciplinary fabrication firm, a passionate group that sweats the details, expanding capabilities and concepts with each unique project. When the goal is to enhance and bring meaning to an interior, we understand that lasting impressions matter. From unique feature walls, to specialty millwork […]

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Depth estimation on wet roadways using RGB stereo

Computer vision systems are a key component for autonomous vehicles and driver assistance. To be robust, such systems must be able to handle challenging conditions such as night driving and rain. Previously Algolux proposed multimodal sensor fusion using RGB, gated and lidar for robust object detection and dense depth estimation under low light and adverse […]

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Initial exploration of alternative propulsion for business jets

Demand for environment-friendly business jets is expected to increase due to the growing number of corporations enacting environmental initiatives to reduce their carbon footprint. Yet, few realistic studies have been conducted on alternative propulsion for business jets and major R&D investments around the world are not driven by rational decision, but rather by the current […]

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Optimization of Long-Term Planning of Mining Operations

To determine the infrastructure and their equipment needs throughout the life of a mine, mining companies solves a long-term planning problem that aims at determining the mining sequences that will maximize the net present value of profits while taking into account operational constraints. These problems are very difficult to solve because of their huge size. […]

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Entomopathologie: biosécurité dans les élevages de ténébrion meunier

La demande globale en protéines animales devrait doubler d’ici 2050. Suite à la parution d’un rapport de la FAO (2013) vantant les mérites écologiques et nutritionnels des insectes comestibles par rapport aux viandes conventionnelles, les élevages de ténébrions meuniers, destinés tant à l’alimentation humaine qu’animale, sont en forte expansion au Québec. Les élevages d’insectes sont […]

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Fine-Grain MPI

The demand for computing power has been rapidly growing over the last decade. The ability to efficiently utilize computing resources and improve the productivity of applications is necessary for the competitiveness of any industry and it will become more critical as the demand for computational resources increases. The computer hardware sector has seen rapid advances […]

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Verification & Security of Blockchain Oracle Network Effects on Smart Contracts

Bitcoin! Ethereum! Blockchain! In the past year, these words made headline news globally. The promise of blockchain, or decentralized ledger-based technologies, it has electrified the world and created an excitement for technology that was last seen in the 1990s when the internet was entering mainstream. The core premise of the technology is that blockchains are […]

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LCA methodology for assessing the impacts of microfibers on marine ecosystem quality and application in a case study of activewear

In the proposed project, the intern will do a thorough environmental assessment of different activewear textiles. The methodology used is called life cycle assessment, and allows quantifying various environmental impacts (e.g. climate change, water use, impacts of toxic chemicals) among the entire supply chain (resource extraction, textile and cloth production, transportation, retail, consumer use of […]

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