Ce projet Mitacs Élévation porte sur le développement des matériaux composites à fibres naturelles (CFN) avec résine bio-sourcée. Notre partenaire, le Centre de Recherche Industriel du Québec (CRIQ), désire développer de nouveaux axes de recherche sur les nouveaux matériaux et/ou procédés. Ils ont déjà un axe orienté sur les matériaux architecturés issus de la fabrication […]

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) is a common form of leukemia that affects approximately 3 people per 100,000 individuals, and is the most common form of cancer in children and adolescents. Current therapies are effective in children, however, treatment success in infants, adolescents, and adults needs improvement. Indeed, there is a need for new chemotherapeutic drugs […]

Le projet consiste à étudier l’effet du type de pince de suspension sur la résistance en fatigue des conducteurs aériens de transport d’électricité. Cette étude sera composée d’une partie expérimentale, qui consiste à réaliser des essais de fatigue sur des assemblages pince/conducteur, et d’une partie numérique portante sur la modélisation par la méthode des éléments […]

Currently, the camera in your smartphone can take 2D color pictures. We have developed a new type of camera that can also provide you with depth at each point, not just color. Having depth and where objects are relative to each other in the scene open the door to many different new possibilities, for example […]

Ocean wave energy converters (WECs) are devices that utilize ocean energy to produce electricity or fresh water. A key stage in developing these devices is scale model testing in wave tanks, as it allows the power generation capabilities of a design to be evaluated at a much lower cost and with no environmental risk compared […]

Pulmonary arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a severe disease that affects both the pulmonary vasculature and the heart with no curative options. The apelinergic system which can be defined by the cell surface receptor APJ, mostly expressed in the heart and vessels, and its endogenous ligands Apelin and ELABELA appear as a promising therapeutic pathway in […]

The NSERC Strategic Network for Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructures is a five-year partnership between Canadian industry, universities, researchers, research and education (R&E) networks, and high performance computing centres to investigate the design of future application platforms that will deliver software applications of greater capability and intelligence. These application platforms will be supported by an […]

This project will take existing waste material(s), blended with a stabilization agent and create a useful material that can be used as a cover material for a landfill. The waste materials will consist of residual material from municipal water or waste water treatment plants, pulp and paper plants combined with waste materials that are residual […]

A higher incidence of colon cancer is reported in populations consuming high amounts of red meat, as well as in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, where gut bacteria participate in the development of inflammation. We found that dietary supplementation with heme, an element found at high levels in blood, is detrimental to gut health and […]

Les tourbières représentent la majorité des milieux humides du Québec et offrent une diversité floristique unique. Cependant, les gradients structurant leur biodiversité restent mal connus. Cette compréhension est toutefois essentielle afin d’orienter adéquatement les choix de conservation. Nos objectifs sont 1) de modéliser la répartition de la diversité floristique des tourbières; 2) d’étudier la dynamique […]

La simulation dynamique est d’une aide précieuse pour étudier des stratégies d’amélioration. Elle permet de visualiser le comportement d’un système dans un cadre virtuel, identifier les goulots et expérimenter avec une large gamme de scénarios [1]. Le projet vise à concevoir et mettre en oeuvre une bibliothèque logicielle pour modéliser l’opération des équipements d’un centre […]

There is no more powerful correlate of human health and wellbeing than positive social relationships. Multi-family housing, through design, layout, and location, can exert a significant effect on local relationships, neighborhood trust and residents’ sense of belonging. We propose a program to gather, refine and illustrate the evidence linking design and social wellbeing in multi-family […]