The sourcing and production of crop nutrient product used in agriculture have an environmental impact. To move toward a sustainable food system, it will be important to have a clear understanding of the environmental impacts associated with crop nutrient product. Dehydrated poultry manure is an increasingly popular crop nutrient product used within organic agriculture. Although […]

Rapid of urban population and limited raw material and energy resources increase the demand for more sustainable structures. An initiative was taken by many governments, including Canada, to introduce more timber structures to the public buildings. This initiative can save a considerable amount of energy required to produce common construction materials such as concrete and […]

The proposed work aims to use the chemical composition of otoliths (ear bones) to differentiate adult migratory and resident Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) in the Canadian Salish Sea. The ability to tell the difference between residents and migrants will allow us to investigate what controls resident summer herring abundance in the Strait of Georgia and […]

Mantech of Guelph and Nano and Micro Systems Lab at University of Waterloo have forged a valuable partnership to develop versatile water sensors to monitor drinking water quality and detect contamination level in waste waters of local and national sewerage networks. This project has trained many highly qualified personnel for Canadian health and high tech […]

Discovery and development of new antibiotics is becoming increasingly challenging, and in fact declining in the private sector because antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections are constantly evolving. One way to increase the antibiotic discovery rate is by taking advantage of the strides in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based deep learning models to find new antibiotics that kill bacteria, as […]

Enginuity’s Product Innovation division assists and partners with entrepreneurs and organizations launching new products to bring ideas to market. Atlantic Canada has a strong network of Funders, Crown Corporations, Federal agencies, NGO’s and associations; collectively the ‘Innovation Ecosystem’. Enginuity’s Product Innovation Program seeks to strengthen the connection between startups, academia, and technical expertise to drive […]

Personalized nutrition and dietary recommendation products claiming to improve health are moving faster than the underlying science. Existing tools for communicating healthy foods are available, but they are designed for public (not individual) health, can not incorporate diet history, and can not adapt to the user’s preferred health outcomes. We propose to implement and fine-tune […]

Virtual scenarios, which are similar to choose-your-own-adventure stories, in online format, are a powerful way to assess how well a young professional can make decisions and solve problems. This is different from most learning software that tests how well they remember factoids and tidbits. OLab is a tool for playing and creating virtual scenarios. It […]

The inflammation triggered by oxidative stress is the cause of many diseases, including atherosclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Alzheimer disease and cancer. Although numerous molecules evaluated as antioxidants have exhibited therapeutic potential in preclinical studies, clinical trial results have been mixed. A greater understanding of the mechanisms through which antioxidants act and where and when […]

This project aims at developing detailed 3D wind speed databases for the major Canadian Cities. The databases will be accessible online through an online user interface and will offer real time localized wind speeds and directions in the urban city canopy. Those wind speeds are invaluable to many applications including UAV (or drone) operation. For […]

50% of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are at risk for having Metabolic Syndrome (Mets). While COPD is incurable, MetS can be reduced by diet and exercise. Yet, the evidence shows that lifestyle interventions with the self-management of health at home are low. Thus, The CHANGE program and My Viva Plan® (MVP) were […]

Recion Technologies, Inc. has developed a sustainable process to extract Li from various Li-bearing brines including oilfield brines found in Alberta and produce lithium products for use in lithium-ion batteries. The Li extraction involves an ion exchange step through which Li ions are selectively separated by a sorbent proprietary to Recion. To scaleup and pilot […]