This project aims to develop an AI-powered visual inspection system using image data from P&WC’s existing Computer Vision Inspection System (CVIS) to enhance aircraft engine assembly issue detection. By leveraging deep learning techniques, the proposed solution will address current limitations in accuracy and consistency, targeting a 100% visual detection rate for anomalies such as: part […]

In Canada, there is still a lack of wastewater treatment systems for enormous number of remote communities and industrial sites. Therefore, a mobile and cost-effective waste treatment system is urgently desired for scattered water treatment demands. This project aims at the development of a ZrO2/sericin-membrane-enhanced integrated mobile system (IMS) for decentralized wastewater treatment with energy […]

There is growing interest in biofuel as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels, which could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, hence climate change impacts from transport. Marginal land presents an opportunity for the production of bioenergy feedstocks while minimizing competition with food crops for productive agricultural land. Examples of marginal soils are those that have […]

The proposed research is aimed at both understanding and improving the flotation equipment design through the development and application of comprehensive multiphysics platform, which has the potential to create more accurate, fundamental basis for modeling, optimization, and scale-up of industrial flotation processes, based on physics rather than empirics and intuition. The objective of this research […]

Les mines à ciel ouvert produisent une importante quantité de rejets accumulés sur le site minier en période d’exploitation. Une fois les activités de la mine terminées, le site doit être restauré de manière à ne plus générer de contamination et à être remis dans un état visuellement acceptable. Afin d’assurer une restauration efficace des […]

Climate change continues to shrink the sea ice in the Arctic. Consequently, there is an ever-increasing trend of industrial and shipping activities in the Canadian Arctic. This results into a high risk of accidental or deliberate release of oil-related pollutants in the Arctic waters. Satellite remote sensing is a key component in spill detection as […]

Le projet est une collaboration entre l’UQAM et la compagnie Harfang Exploration et sera réalisé dans la région administrative d’Eeyou Istchee – Baie James, au Québec. Harfang Exploration explore une propriété dans la région d’étude afin d’en déterminer le potentiel pour la découverte d’un gisement d’or. L’objectif de la recherche est d’identifier les principales caractéristiques […]

Diamond-bearing kimberlites are enigmatic deposits due to their complex volcanic plumbing systems and variable preservation. Although geophysical methods are well established and effective exploration techniques, they require independent and costly constraints (e.g., drilling) to limit the number of plausible targets. There is thus a clear need to enhance interpretation of geophysical data to optimize target […]

The vein-hosted gold deposits in the Bissett area of SE Manitoba have long produced significant amounts of gold and the area has the potential for future substantial discoveries. Given the strong structural control on ore formation, a concerted research effort has been conducted on the structural geology of the deposits. However, there are several outstanding […]

The Kearl Treatment Wetland (KTW) is a 1 ha constructed wetland designed to treat runoff wastewater on the Kearl Oil Sands site in northern Alberta. This research studies the reclamation capacity of the KTW, and attempts to evaluate an environmental model that estimates chemical partitioning and removal efficiency. To evaluate the levels of contaminants entering […]

This project is part of a research program to develop a model of sustainability-oriented innovation processes. The model would allow Canadian organizations to innovate systematically and deliberately and become leaders in innovating for sustainable development. We will work to develop the model with Canada’s Oil Sand’s Innovation Alliance and its members: Cenovus Energy Inc., Shell […]

L’industrie minière est un secteur économique important au Canada, mais qui entraine des impacts environnementaux importants. Les problèmes de pollution associés à l’activité minière sont principalement liés à la contamination des eaux, soit le drainage minier (DM), qui doit être traité. Une approche efficace est le réacteur passif biochimique, très utilisé en climat tempéré ou […]