Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater using Nanotechnology

In recent years, the oil and gas industry has prioritized the remediation of residual and historical soil and groundwater contamination due In part to increased public awareness and media attention on the subject. As a result, in an effort to demonstrate social accountability and environmental sustainability, there has been a significant increase In the exploration […]

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Enquête sur la commercialisation des nanotechnologies au Canada

Les objectifs de ce projet visent à déterminer l’impact de la collaboration université-entreprise sur la commercialisation des nanotechnologies, à déterminer l’impact du financement public de la recherche universitaire et à travers des contributions directes aux entreprises sur la commercialisation, et à étudier les effets des retombées de connaissances ‘capturées’ par les entreprises avec ou sans […]

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Étude de la fiabilité opérationnelle des pompes centrifuges soumises à des hautes pressions

Un équipement sous pression est un réservoir ou une conduite conçue pour contenir des gaz ou des liquides à une pression nettement différente de la pression atmosphérique. Ce type d’équipement peut être fabriqué, entre autres, en métal ou en matériau composite. La production de ces équipements évolue de manière très significative et le développement informatique […]

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Synthèse de composés hétérocycliques aromatiques destinés à l’industrie de l’électronique organique et étude de l’efficacité de scavengers supportés sur résine développés par Matrix Innovation

Un catalogue de produits chimiques composés d’oligomères hétérocycliques aromatiques à 5 membres symétriques et asymétriques comportant des unités thiophène, furane ou pyrrole et de faible teneur en métaux sera créé. Les composés d’intérêt seront issus principalement des réactions sans utilisation de catalyseurs métalliques, notamment le couplage de Stteter suivi de la réaction Paal-Knorr. Les réactions […]

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Development of transparent materials to be used as screen for glazed windows

Projection on optically transparent screens is a rapidly growing technology that opens a wide field of practical applications like glazed windows. For example, navigating information can be displayed on car windshields and aircraft cockpit windows, eyeglasses can become monitor screens for work or entertainment and even glazing glass windows can be used as a projection […]

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Optimization of Optical Signal in Microarrays: Predicting properties of polycrystalline ZnO coatings

This project addresses an important need for more reliable diagnostics and health care testing. DNA microarray technology coupled with PCR has enabled a dramatic improvement in high]throughput clinical diagnostics, with analogous advances from other biomolecular and chemical microarrays in areas of metabolomics, proteomics, etc. There is still room for improvement, however, in boosting signal from […]

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Optimization of Plastic Scintillator Thicknesses for Beta Gamma Detection

Because radiation is so prevalent in modern technology it is important to have instruments that will measure radiation. Instruments that measure exposure rate or the intensity of radiation at a location are called radiation detectors. Most of the detectors used to measure ionizing radiation (such as alpha, beta, and gamma radiation) are based on the […]

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Design Tools for Next Generation of Microelectronics Cooling Solutions-Characterization, Modeling and Optimization.

There is an increasing trend towards miniaturization in the microelectronics industry which increases the power density and thus heat generated from these devices. Consequently, one key factor limiting reliability and higher performance of electronic devices is the heat removal, to maintain the device below its maximum operating temperature. This indicates the importance of devising efficient […]

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Hierarchical Heat Transfer Modelling in High-End Electronic Devices

One of the main challenges in the development of nano-scale devices is that the conventional physical relations and techniques, which have been used for modelling thermal problems at macro-scales, are no longer valid at these small scales.  In this project, we are developing a new hierarchial methodology to be applied to thermal management issues for […]

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A study of free surface electrospinning to enhance and optimize the nanofibre production process

Free Surface Electrospinning (FSE) is a novel process capable of producing non-woven webs of continuous nanofibres with controlled morphology and size from polymer solutions with the application of high electric fields. This novel scheme which was based on a rotating cylinder-solution feeding system is capable of producing nanofibres at a reasonable rate with compared to […]

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