Forest ecosystems are not only a source of timber, it also provides other societal benefits such as regulation of water quality, soil quality maintenance, climate regulation and pollination among many others. However, these services are not static and they change across time and space depending on the nature and extent of the changes in land […]

Adults exposed to extended periods of static seated computer work, especially females, have elevated risks of developping musculoskeletal symptoms. However, static standing work is also associated to issues with the musculoskeletal and vascular systems. To address this, alternating between seated and standing postures has been proposed in the form of sit-stand desks; however, their sex-specific […]

A climatic chamber can replicate the weather conditions for an entire year, which allows tests to be performed faster, in weeks instead of years and thereby speeding up the product development circle. In traditional climatic wind tunnels, the test vehicles are usually strapped to the floor, and there is no relative motion, with the associated […]

Cattle in commercial farming systems are highly motivated to use brushes to perform grooming and improve coat cleanliness. A change in brushing behavior may also serve as an early indicator of health and welfare problems. Farmers often provide rotating motorized brushes for cows but the currently available devices do not collect any data on which […]

The COE Summer Internship Cluster consists of seven sub-projects sponsored by six different industry partners. Each sub-project represents an important challenge for its sponsor. These subprojects include understanding predictors of service variation and of return-to-work outcomes within the Physiotherapy program at WorkSafeBC; scheduling at Tree Island Industries; optimization of work flow for a set of […]

Le problème sur lequel nous travaillerons consiste à développer un outil d’aide à la décision pour supporter la croissance de HydroTech. L’entreprise est actuellement implantée dans trois régions au Canada (Québec, Ontario et Colombie-Britannique) et souhaiterait poursuivre sa croissance en Ontario et Colombie-Britanique. À cet effet, la question se pose de mieux prévoir la demande […]

Neural Networks play a key role in many modern technologies such as self-driving cars, drones, malware detection, and face recognition. For each of these technologies security and reliability is paramount. Unfortunately, researchers have shown that it is possible to reliably fool the neural networks behind these applications. Which makes identifying the best methods to defend […]

Extreme conditions in Oil and Gas industry often impose conflicting demands for the optimum mechanical properties as well as long term corrosion resistance. The internal and external side of the pipeline are usually exposed to different environments and are required to possess different characteristics. It is difficult to find a single material to satisfy all […]

To ensure high performance for AMD’s graphics cards, the company performs extensive testing on computer game titles. Most gameplay testing is done manually, which results in significant effort and cost expenditure. Thus, this project’s objective is to develop a program capable of learning to automatically play a modern video game. Rather than aiming to optimize […]

In Canada, approximately 1 in 4 adults are living with obesity. Obesity is cause by a complex interplay of genetic, behavioural, and environmental factors that can increase the risk of developing non-communicable diseases such as Type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, asthma, several cancers, and disability in adulthood. Restricting caloric consumption and increasing physical […]

Le procédé de production de l’aluminium dans les usines de Rio Tinto (RT) nécessite l’utilisation de circuits de refroidissement à l’eau pour, entre autres, la coulée des lingots et le refroidissement des stations électriques. Certaines bactéries potentiellement dangereuses comme les légionelles Sont susceptibles de se développer dans les réseaux de refroidissement et puisque la bactérie […]

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell is in the early stage of commercialization and mass production lies in the cost reduction, increase performance and durability. All of these three challenges interrelated together and mainly related to the proper design for catalyst layer. The proposed research project aims at developing novel catalyst layers structure for dry/low relative […]