Around 4 billion tonnes per year of crop and forest residues (biomass) are burned in open air, because they are often loose, wet, bulky, and too expensive to collect and centralize for subsequent conversion into useful products. This results in air pollution, and in some cases, exacerbated wildfires. In this project, we are applying machine […]

Newborn calves need to ingest maternal colostrum, which is rich in immunoglobulin G (IgG) content, to help them develop their naïve immune system. This requires calves to ingest high masses of IgG, generally above 100 g in the first hours of life. In addition to feeding high IgG masses to newborn calves, research suggests that […]

For the joining of different materials, various processes are available in the industry such as riveting, shrink fitting or welding. Welding is the preferred joining method especially for high temperature and high-pressure applications such as pressure vessels and aircraft structures. In recent times, the number of potential applications and usage of welding is also increasing […]

Canadian public and private researchers have taken an interest in a new class of light-emitting materials, subphthalocyanines, which can produce better colour in OLED smartphone and television screens. The materials can be optimized for specific purposes by using slightly different ingredients in their synthesis, or by reacting them with other ingredients after synthesis, but most […]

CAC recently announced a partnership with the Federal Government of Canada towards achieving Net Zero Concrete by 2050, enabling policy and investments. The industry has been vigorously provided low-carbon concrete solutions accepted in the relevant CSA standards. It is currently providing data for more technologies that offer deeper carbon cuts to reach the 2030 carbon […]

Thermally insulated systems (pipeline, process piping and process equipment) in the hydrocarbon industry require frequent assessment using various non-destructive examination. To access the surface underneath thermal insulations, inspection ports are widely used which have advantages of facilitating the high confidence data. The downside of inspection ports is when these allow moisture seepage which causes corrosion […]

Firefighters risk their lives every day to protect ours. Their protective clothing is critical to allow them performing their duties while remaining safe. Unfortunately, the performance of their protective clothing degrades over time as it is exposed to high heat, UV light, moisture, launderings, etc., which raises serious safety concerns for firefighters and other people […]

The objective of this project is to help analyze nutrition data of select ingredients and define how processing methodologies affect nutrition composition.

DECAP’s market, which is needle safety devices, has few competitors with little to no online presence. Market data on these products is difficult to find, or non-existent. The intern will be conducting marketing activities including SEO, Advertising, Digital Marketing, and Marketing Research, and will be responsible for creation of all components for these activities. The […]

Wig is a wearable device that can be used to help with many aspects of our lives. Since it is in close contact with the human body, it makes it a great tool for human health monitoring. This can be done through the hidden sensors in wigs that keep collecting information about physical and mental […]

Seaweeds naturally produce polymers that hold great potential as a building block for bioplastics, which has been piloted globally but still nascent in Canada. This project establishes a partnership between Bioform Solutions Inc. and the University of Victoria Green Safe Water Lab, to develop a seeds-to-solution protocol for converting kelp into higher value bioplastics. The […]

Lorsqu’une personne reçoit un diagnostic de diabète de type 2, elle rentre chez-elle, perdue et effrayée et se réfère aux histoires les plus négatives trouvées sur internet à propos de son diagnostic. Notre système de santé surmené laisse peu de temps aux professionnels épuisés pour informer les patients de manière optimale sur leur nouvelle réalité […]