Lifestyle and cognition: a large-scale approach

Online cognitive testing provides unprecedented opportunities for exploring human brain function among the general population. Cambridge Brain Sciences Inc has created an online cognitive testing platform that has attracted more than 1.5M users and has hosted more than 300 studies of cognition. I plan to leverage their unique dataset to explore the interrelationship between demographic […]

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Lifestyle and cognition: a large-scale approach – Year two

Online cognitive testing provides unprecedented opportunities for exploring human brain function among the general population. Cambridge Brain Sciences Inc has created an online cognitive testing platform that has attracted more than 1.5M users and has hosted more than 300 studies of cognition. This research plans leverage their unique dataset to explore the interrelationship between demographic […]

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A comparison of finite element model-predicted brainstem strains between injurious and non-injurious laboratory reconstructed football impacts

Studies of concussive events have shown that the response of the brain during an impact may not be the most reliable predictor of concussion, since the injury may be more closely related to the forces affecting the brainstem. A laboratory crash test protocol was developed to simulate player-to-player collisions in contact sports using crash test […]

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Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell for UAV Integration

The joint objective of the consortium is to undertake R&D necessary to produce a scalable, cost-effective combined hydrogen storage and fuel cell solution for UAV’s that addresses weight and volume and improves refueling logistics. The novel hydrogen storage system will be combined with a high-power density optimized fuel cell stack for UAV’s that integrates with […]

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Milieux de vie en santé – À vos ruelles vertes

L’objectif général du projet est d’analyser la contribution des citoyens dans l’adaptation des milieux de vie en contexte de transformation de l’action publique et de l’action collective. Le projet s’intéresse particulièrement au contexte des ruelles privées de Québec et aux communautés de citoyens qui travaillent ensemble pour verdir et aménager leur milieu. Dans le cadre […]

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Improving Visibility Testing in Terrain Navigation

In this project, the intern will be tasked with improving the visibility testing algorithms in a commercial simulation software product. In the software, a large number of entities (such as military forces or emergency response personnel, including vehicles and people) are moving around on a two-dimensional map. The inter-entity visibility (that is, which entities are […]

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Research and development of real-time voltage control and loss minimization method in power distribution grids using micro-PMU and distributed reactive power generation

Enbala Power Networks Inc., a Canadian leader in distributed energy resource management, and the University of British Columbia, Okanagan have teamed up to develop real-time voltage control and loss minimization method for power distribution grids integrating large-scale renewable energy sources. The proposed method uses micro-Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) and distributed reactive power control to achieve […]

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Investigating Learning Cultures and Practices that Foster Experiential, Collaborative and Self-Directed Learning

The fundamental purpose of this research is to identify and understand ways in which workplaces can become “schools”, and facilitate meaningful learning for their employees. The intern will describe the main characteristics of an organizational learning culture that fosters experiential, self-directed and collaborative learning, document organizational practices that support such a learning culture and collect […]

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Développement d’un outil d’interpolation entre les régimes de fonctionnement d’une turbine hydraulique

Ce projet a pour but le développement d’un outil pour améliorer nos capacités à prédire la nature et les amplitudes des sollicitations mécaniques sur une roue de turbine hydraulique type Francis pour les régimes stationnaire et transitoire. Plus spécifiquement, le projet a pour objectif le développement et la validation d’un modèle de calibration et d’interpolation […]

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Numerical investigations of Geophysical Data

Geophysic is concerned with the study of the earth’s properties, and it is of great importance to oil and mineral exploration and in the environmental investigation. With the advanced in modern technology, enormous geophysical data are now available from the ground measurements and airborne surveys. One of the crucial tasks in geophysical investigation is to […]

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