Proteins are sub-cellular molecules that provide important information of how well the body is functioning at a given time. Abnormal increase or decrease in the level of proteins can be indicative of the presence of a disease. Hence, developing tools to accurately measure protein levels in the human body is of utmost importance. Over the […]

Rolling bearings are widely used in products and machinery with rotational motion due to their low rolling friction. Recently, integrating advanced sensor units in the bearings is in a rising demand due to the market requirements. In addition, the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has encouraged the real-time monitoring of connected equipment and […]

The research project aims to co-create a roadmap for data and knowledge infrastructure that contributes to youth homeless prevention in Canada. A roadmap will be created through collaboration between researchers, policymakers, service providers, and people with lived experience of youth homelessness. Based on the stakeholders’ concerns, priorities and needs identified in the initial phase, the […]

British Columbia (BC) supports world-renowned recreational fisheries for steelhead, which are prized by national and international anglers. In recent decades, the prosperity of these fisheries has been challenged by widespread declines in many of the stocks in southern BC, many of which are of conservation concern. While there is no commercial fishery for this species, […]

MHRC is conducting ongoing polling of Canadians to assess the short- and long-term effect of COVID-19 on mental health. We require additional support to expand our capacity to analyze the datasets we are creating. Our poll is extensive including a number of markers of mental health along with an array of demographic controls. While we […]

Manufacture companies use foam materials made of polystyrene to protect the goods during storage and shipping. However, polystyrene is plastic-based and made using crude oil, which is terrible for the environment. Used polystyrene foams are challenging to eliminate and occupy space in landfills for a very long period. This study investigates the manufacture of bio-composite […]

The Operational Excellence (OpEx) team at Spartan Controls is actively involved in several initiatives for developing advanced process control (APC) solutions to the oil sands industry. The OpEx team collaborates with Professor Biao Huang’s research group through the NSERC Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in the Control of Oil Sands Processes program for solutions that require […]

The Indigenous Foodlands Conservation Areas Project will conduct participatory action research with Elders, Indigenous knowledge holders and Indigenous law/governance experts to support the BC Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty and the IISAK OLAM Foundation in the process of mapping out and advocating for Indigenous Foodland Conservation Areas in Neskonlith Secwepemc territory. In the Neskonlith […]

This project will produce mycelium-based bio-foams (MBFs) using waste materials and edible mushroom strains. MBFs are a type of eco-friendly material, which has the potential to replace EPS in terms of foam packaging properties. The manufacturing of the product is a self-assembling process, without mining natural resources and generating wastes. It can also be crushed […]

Pharmaceutical contamination of water systems poses direct threats to human health and the environment. Unfortunately, wastewater treatment plants are not always capable of sufficiently removing pharmaceutical contamination, particularly where drugs are disposed of in high concentrations – such as pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. When some residual drugs are released into the environment they can persist and […]

McElhanney provides Engineering and Surveying services across Canada. They want to leverage the AI feature extraction work conducted in 2021 – 22 (Mitacs Accelerate IT23104) whereby the University of Alberta interns helped to extract physical municipal assets (fire hydrants, street lights, manholes, curbs, etc.) from detailed terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data, i.e., LiDAR point-clouds. This […]

Our main aim is to design and fabricate lightweight mechanical structures to show high energy absorption capacity with as low as initial reaction forces, electricity generation via embedding smart materials (piezo patches), and isolate external dynamic excitations. The designed mechanical structures could be applied in the automobile and motorcycle industries. In a car crash, the […]