Wax emulsions are widely used in conjunction with wood adhesives to improve overall dimensional stability of the resulting wood products. In this study, we will investigate kraft lignin and waste tallow as sustainable, biobased partial replacements for fossil fuel derived wax. These renewable, hydrophobic materials can be formulated into a wax emulsion using conventional emulsification […]

We are in a critical growth stage. In December of 2019, we leased our own 2500 square foot facility in North Vancouver with big plans for the summer of 2020. When quarantine started, we were down 90% in wholesales compared to weekly sales a month ago. About 80% of our accounts were food service or […]

a2o Materials Inc. is a nascent start-up company that has developed an adhesive material that will serve as a platform technology: it can bond to Teflon (at scale without heat) and can self-heal. a2o has emerged from the research programs of Prof.s Laurel L Schafer and Savvas G Hatzikiriakos at the University of British Columbia […]

This project aims to design new highly compact and highly effective filters for a multi-level power converter based on wide-bandgap (WBG) transistors that integrates an Active Front Ends on the grid-side. Leveraging the high switching speed of WBG, new light weight multi-stage filters suppressing all switching frequency are designed for both the utility and motor […]

MicroLED displays are of growing interest and are seen as a next generation display technology for leading-edge displays of all sizes, from head-mounted displays for virtual reality through portables (watches and cell phones) to televisions and wall-size displays. Red, green and blue light emission from blue-emitting Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) would replace the use of […]

Modern cloud-based applications are deployed as isolated processes in containers or virtual machines. These applications frequently require tuning by the application developer (or a DevOps engineer) in order to extract the requisite performance. For example, a Java application executing within a Docker container may have radically better performance if the host JVM runs with a […]

Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer and has the third highest death rate world-wide. Patients are usually diagnosed once the disease has progressed to a point where a cure is not possible. An emerging treatment to help manage this type of cancer uses small particles to block blood from reaching the cancer while […]

De nos jours, le vieillissement de la population ainsi que l’augmentation du poids moyen sont à l’origine de nouvelles problématiques dans le secteur médical et paramédical. En effet, la majorité des aides-soignants souffrent de problèmes musculo-squelettiques (lombalgie, etc …), qui peuvent trouver leurs origines dans le transfert des patients “handicapés ou blessés”. Ces déplacements, et […]

Dans une perspective de développement durable et d’économie circulaire, les industries sont forcées vers des pratiques plus durables de traitement et de valorisation des matières résiduelles, telles que les boues provenant du traitement de l’eau. Ainsi, les pratiques conventionnels d’enfouissement et d’incinération des matières organiques seront bannis au Québec à partir de 2022. C’est dans […]

La place importante du pétrole aujourd’hui amène le constructeur d’avions à développer des avions consommant de moins en moins avec des performances de plus en plus élevé. C’est dans cette optique que Bombardier Aéronautique a lancé la fabrication des CSeries, avion de ligne à faible consommation. Une saine gestion du programme CSeries est indispensable face […]

To address the diverse requirements of Internet of Thing (IoT) applications, Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks represent an innovative communication paradigm. Unfortunately, scaling the networks to massive number of devices and managing higher levels of interference are still open issues. Most studies suggest that end devices should adapt their communication parameters. Therefore, the main […]

This project proposes the use of carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) – developed and manufactured by Anomera Inc. from Canadian forests – as nano-inclusions to tailor a set of properties in latex-based PSA nanocomposites towards enhanced performance. Due to their unique properties, CNCs can significantly enhance the mechanical performance of latex-based PSAs. Project results are expected […]