Dans le but d’offrir des expériences narratives toujours plus enrichissantes, Ubisoft Montréal en partenariat avec Nicolas Galipeau de l’Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue développeront un prototype de jeu poussant les limites de la narration en jeu vidéo. En développant un nouveau système d’intelligence artificielle répondant aux actions du joueur, ils créeront conjointement un prototype de […]

The goal of this research project is to establish a working robotic “hand”, or gripper, that will be able to perform surgical instrument handoff to operating room staff members during surgery. This project will involve a both McGill University and Kinova, the partner organization. Kinova will benefit from this project through increased collaboration with academia, […]

With this collaborative project we plan to proof that non-stick, self-emptying containers can be produced through molding the polymer with a laser-micromachined steel mold. Imparting a Nature-inspired functional microstructure through laser-machining onto metals is a well understood method developed in Prof. Kietzig’s lab. By using a laser-structured metal mold to form plastics, we will imprint […]

Probe microphone measurement (PMM), which uses a small tube inside the ear canal to measure sound from hearing aids, is the most reliable way to ensure hearing aids are fitted to a client’s hearing loss (Katz et al., 2015). Providing counselling within PMMs procedures would allow clients to increase their knowledge about amplification and increase […]

Inhalation exposure to mercury continues to be a concern in a number of workplaces. Examples are facilities handling mercury-containing electronic waste or so-called “gold-shops” processing the amalgams from artisanal and small-scale gold mining operations. We are exploring the feasibility of using a passive air sampler recently developed for recording long term average mercury concentrations in […]

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a process family in which layers of material are deposited to create components. It can also be used to repair complex 3D parts. The scope of this research is to establish a process planning framework for metal-based bead deposition processes that considers the various heat cycling, materials, and process parameters. The […]

Le projet de recherche sera réalisé en partenariat avec le Groupe CANAM, un important concepteur et fabricant de poutrelles en acier en Amérique du Nord. Il vise à concevoir une méthode de calcul de la résistance pondérée en flexion d’extensions en porte-à-faux qu’il est courant de rencontrer sur les poutrelles en acier que fabrique l’organisme […]

The focus of this study is on the understanding of degradation rate and mechanism of the polymeric drug carrier for intra-articular injection of therapeutics. For this aim a radical-containing and enzyme-containing medium will be used to accelerate the degradation conditions. At each time point the mass loss and Tg of the hydrogels will be calculated […]

The most promising strategy to reduce texturizing ingredients is the incorporation of bacterial cultures that have intrinsic capacity to modulate the texture of fermented milk due to the production of exopolysaccharides (EPS). Yoplait has sequenced the genomes of several bacteria strains that could be introduced as starters or adjunct cultures in yogurt. The main objective […]

Mecademic manufactures the smallest and most precise six-axis robot arm. The repeatability of this robot is better than 0.005 mm, but like any industrial robot, the robot’s accuracy is far worse. Although all robot parts are machined and assembled precisely, the only practical way of improving the robot’s accuracy is to calibrate each individual robot. […]

Membrane based energy recovery ventilation (ERV) is now a key component of most energy efficient modern buildings. The ERV market is estimated to grow to $3.8B by 2022. ERVs improve the indoor air quality of buildings through ventilation and reduce the energy cost of ventilation by using building exhaust air to pre-condition fresh building supply […]

Highly accurate spatial measurement systems are among the enabling technologies that make image-guided surgery possible in modern operating theatres. We consider the problem of positional accuracy assessment for robotic surgical tool while using a multiple camera optical tracking system (OTS). Since the position of the surgical tool with respect to the bone is guided by […]