The proposed research develops a transdermal alcohol detection system. The system is comprised of an array of polymer based MEMS sensors and a sensor measurement circuit. The system analyzes gases exuded from the skin – the gases are chemical mixtures that may (or may not) contain ethanol. No known polymers respond only to ethanol; however, […]

FOP EXPERTS CONSEILS est une firme (PME) de consultation située dans la région métropolitaine de Montréal qui supporte des clients dans le domaine de l’ingénierie et des sciences dans le segment (bio)pharmaceutique, agroalimentaire, cosmétiques, des dispositifs médicaux et des TIC. Face à la concurrence qui s’évit dans les différents segments de marchés identifiés, jumelée à […]

People with Intellectual Disability (ID) experience higher rates of mental health disorders compared to the general population and yet access services to a lesser degree. The present project will begin to address the lack of access to mental health services by providing a resource designed to enhance mental health literacy, and provide validated self-management strategies […]

Canadians have experienced tremendous mental health challenges over the last few years. At the same time, systems to address mental health are over-burdened. There is thus a clear need to scalable and low-cost technologies that could support the mental and emotional wellbeing of Canadians. This project is about developing innovations in artificial intelligence that could […]

The project is mainly in the domain of achieving real-time computational speed of methods to remove noise from video signals (for example, those taken by a professional cinema camera). Specifically, in this project, we propose first to improve the speed of current technology that we have developed in previous MITACS projects, in order to make […]

The general objective of this project is to ensure that the development cycles for the ongoing ARF project are reliable and will focus on areas of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD). Automated testing evaluating and using tools such as Cypress or Enzyme and increasing observability of the solution by exploring tools like AWS XRay […]

The Alacrity Ottawa – Startup Builder is a program between L-SPARK and University of Ottawa to work with selected students from the MEED program to assist them in creating and launching a new company.

The Chilako river is a 6th order river located approximately 15km west of Prince George, British Columbia. It serves as a main tributary to the Nechako River and is identified as a key spawning habitat for salmon in central British Columbia. However, disturbances such as agriculture, forest harvesting, forest fires and the Mountain Pine beetle […]

St. Anthony is the largest town on Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula and is connected to Newfoundland’s island grid by a 248 km transmission line. This research will investigate the best locations for wind turbine installation.

Bridges Environmental Solutions Inc. and Deadwood Innovation Inc. have developed a novel and low-cost process for dewatering wood and waste wood materials and extracting a lignin-based solution useful in subsequent wood reforming and laminating processes, which we have helped develop. They use this lignin product to both chemically modify cellulose structures and permanently reform wood […]

L’exposition au froid extrême peut entraîner des conséquences importantes sur la santé et la sécurité surtout pour les personnes qui doivent dormir à l’extérieur. Les sacs de couchage constituent la dernière barrière de protection contre le froid. Durant leur utilisation, ils sont soumis à des compression et exposés aux risques de condensation à l’intérieur ce […]

Governments around the world are investing to bridge the “digital divide,” which refers to the gap among populations in terms of ability to access digital tools and the Internet. This effort is especially evident in public schools, because education has been identified as one contributing factor of the divide. Thus, it is of great public […]