An early-stage design analysis methodology will be investigated for evaluating preliminary building envelope design alternatives using advanced computation and analysis tools. Design alternatives will be generated based on different envelope materials, structure, insulation types and window-to-wall ratios and evaluated based on selected metrics including energy use, daylighting, life cycle analysis and life cycle costing. A […]

Car Infotainment and Navigation systems to date have only basic interactivity and functionality, and there is nothing in the car today that will keep drivers aware of their surroundings outside the car when the car is in a fully autonomous driving mode. Therefore, we want to contribute in the development of a new in-car infotainment […]

The current project aims at designing a soft-robotic wearable glove which is applicable for rehabilitation of patients with loss of motor function in one or both hands. The wearable glove takes advantage of a set of different fluid-driven actuators. In order to design the actuators, flow control technique and also combine a set of actuators […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant changes to our industry and our business. We have been able to successfully expand our business into the virtual care space which has been very timely as a large portion of care delivery across the country has shifted to virtual. We are still in the process of optimizing […]

Willowbank Centre for Cultural Landscape will work with a University of Waterloo student to engage in an emerging process of building disassembly and material reuse. Demolishing a building and sending the debris to landfill sites is a huge loss of resources, energy, and historical value. This project becomes a prototype on how to reuse building […]

The project aims at developing a question answering system for the National Bank of Canada, which can be used to answer the questions by users in the domain of banking and financial services, as well as human resources. The NBC currently uses a generic QA system from which some limitations have been observed, namely the […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly and undoubtedly changed the world as we knew at the end of the second decade of the 21st century. Of particular interest to this research program is development of advanced autonomous screening (thermographic and cognitive) systems via integration of signal processing and deep learning models to address the following three […]

In this proposal, we intend to answer how infrastructure sensors can be used for autonomous driving. Using infrastructure sensors make automated driving safer, more simplified, and cost effective especially for multiple autonomous vehicles operating in known environments such as large residential/commercial complexes and resorts. Infrastructure sensors replace the main onboard vehicle perception sensors with infrastructure […]

Imagine some of the difficult driving conditions experienced by vehicle operators. In these conditions, the sun might be blindingly bright, or the snow might obfuscate what is going on around the vehicle. Surprisingly, the sensors used by autonomous vehicles to understand the environment they are in suffer from similar effects. As a field, robotics has […]

Relapses in cancer usually result in the tumour becoming resistant to chemotherapy. This leaves a treatment gap that needs to be filled for these patients. One such cancer is triple negative breast cancer, this type of breast cancer is very aggressive with a high death rate. Dr. Sandra Dunn’s research group want to find new […]

AL amyloidosis is a rare protein disorder that can be often fatal if it is not diagnosed and managed early. This disorder is caused by misfolding of proteins that clump together and form amyloid fibril deposits in major body organs. Diagnosis of AL amyloidosis is often not easy as the signs and symptoms can be […]

The work being done will contribute to the overall ecosystem success and will help the University advance innovation. There is a real opportunity to help expand the reputation of the University and provide tremendous value to the innovators. For Brass Dome Ventures clients/projects: The efforts will help provide efficiencies and improve processes. Funding breakdown: The […]