Treatments that involve activating a patient’s own immune system, immunotherapies, are becoming important cancer therapies. Unfortunately, doctors don’t always know the best way to combine these therapies to best treat patients and the current tools they have to evaluate treatment success don’t work well for immunotherapies. Molecular imaging, particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron […]

Depuis quelques années, de plus en plus d’entreprises utilisent le data mining pour mieux comprendre les caractéristiques et les comportements de leurs clientèles. L’utilisation du data mining dans une étude de marché peut permettre d’identifier des facteurs invisibles avec des méthodes traditionnelles et ainsi avoir meilleure connaissance du client et bonifier la relation avec ce […]

Les systèmes de réalité augmentée (RA) et de réalité virtuelle (RV) ont récemment été implémentés dans divers secteurs professionnels, notamment dans les domaines de l’éducation et de la formation. Ces systèmes permettent, aux moyens de casques et d’écouteurs, de plonger les utilisateurs dans des environnements réels pour la RA, mais qui comportent des éléments virtuels […]

major contributor to smog formation is the release of volatile chemicals which are emitted from many sources including automobile exhaust and consumer products. To combat the adverse effects smog has on air quality in North America, agencies such as Environment and Climate Change (Canada) and the Environmental Protection Agency (United States) enforce limits on the […]

Women with breast cancer often undergo mastectomy, or removal of the breast. Afterwards, they may elect to reconstruct their breast using one of several methods. One of these methods is by implantation with a permanently adjustable prosthesis. This procedure may show a smaller budgetary impact compared to multi-staged implantation. This project will estimate the budgetary […]

Pyrolysis, which is the thermochemical decomposition of biomass at high temperature (350 to 700°C) under oxygen-limiting conditions, is a promising technology for the sustainable management of forest and agricultural biomasses. Pyrolysis decomposes biomass into biochar, non-condensable syngas and condensed liquid bio-oil. Those co-products can be used as an energy source in order to replace fossil […]

Aptamer based sensor development can be challenging. While aptamer selection has provided a very useful method of producing molecules that selectively bind compounds of interest to the fields of public health, regulatory control and legal enforcement, the steps required for incorporation of aptamers into sensors are not trivial. Specifically, gaging how well aptamers bind their […]

The project aims at enhancing performance and efficiency in InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) systems. Such systems are used to measure displacement or deformation of any object on earth. Both environmental and industrial studies can benefit from projects like this, as it will help them make decisions based on a more realistic view of current […]

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) can deliver needed substantial emission reductions as we transition to alternative fuels. However, it is important to verify that CO2 being injected into the subsurface is well contained within the geologic container. The intern will conduct surface monitoring research to define normal fluctuations of gas concentrations and isotopic indicators in […]

Les problèmes de santé mentale au travail sont la première cause d’absentéisme au Canada. L’amélioration de la qualité de vie au travail, dont les recherches démontrent qu’elle favorise aussi la performance des organisations, est une réponse à cette problématique. La présente recherche a pour objectifs de proposer un nouveau cadre d’analyse et un nouvel outil […]

The bond between adhered manufactured stone masonry veneer units and the setting bed mortar will be studied. It will involve testing shear, and tensile bond on small samples. Samples will consist of 2 types of adhered manufactured stones; two types of setting bed mortar (Type S, and modified dry-set cement mortar); and two types of […]

Over 350,000 Canadians live in long-term care facilities where the rate of falls is up to 3 times higher than among individuals living in the community. Wearable sensor technology holds great promise to accurately monitor an individual’s fall risk based on the activity profile and to detect dangerous fall events. With the understanding that hip […]