When seismic data is used to image the subsurface, assumptions and calculations are made about the complex near-surface geology to overcome the geologic uncertainties. A near-surface velocity model is generated to calculate shifts in time that is used to correct for velocity anomalies. This same time shift that was optimized the data in time is […]

Les entreprises qui utilisent des équipements industriels doivent suivre des programmes de maintenance. Les actions de maintenance conventionnelle sont divisées en quatre catégories : réparations urgentes, maintenance corrective, maintenances préventives (remplacement systématiques des pièces) et maintenances conditionnelles. Une nouvelle catégorie commence à être utilisée : la maintenance prédictive qui utilise des méthodes numériques pour prévoir […]

Researchers have recognized Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) potential but have not fully understood the benefits of ICTs as ways of strengthening rural communities in places such as Manitoba. This project’s goals are to create and improve research methods and tools to determine how rural communities in Manitoba use broadband and how those communities can […]

Firms meet legally established accounting rules by including notes in financial statements that essentially hide key information in plain sight. That is, they contain information necessary to understand the statements, but due to the volume of notes and arcane language may be uninterpretable by even lawyers. However, these notes may be interpretable by a software […]

L’objectif du projet est d’explorer une méthode de décontamination alternative sur un site contaminé au mercure dans la région de St-Hyacinthe. Cette méthode, appelée mycorhizoremédiation, exploite le potentiel de la symbiose entre les plantes, les champignons (mycorhizes) et les bactéries, et peut être efficace pour une grande variété de contaminants. Elle permettra de ramener les […]

Over the past 10 years, the commercial aircraft market has seen almost a tripling in the number of players while business aircraft manufacturers around the world have filled or narrowed segment gaps with clean sheet or major derivative products. In this new reality, product differentiation is becoming extremely challenging and gaining a distinct advantage in […]

Présentement, la localisation par vision artificielle pour des robots mobiles présente des difficultés, mais aussi beaucoup de potentiel. Les robots mobiles actuels se localisent principalement par des systèmes de localisation globale (GPS). Toutefois, ces systèmes ne sont pas accessibles dans tous les environnements (forêts, villes, décombres, etc.) et ne permettent pas de se positionner par […]

Nanosilver is an antimicrobial agent found in thousands of commercial products, frequently released into waterways as a result of their use in clothing and washing machines, as well as many other products with potential for environmental release. Though regulations on environmental release exist for elemental silver, no regulations exist for nanosilver release into the environment. […]

This project will focus on using cameras to measure the rotation angle of a wood log in a sawmill production line. This work will involve updating a cart to move and rotate a wood log, setting up a camera to see the full path of the wood log, and writing a computer code to find […]

Safe drinking water supply is a daily need but it can be seriously threatened by microbial hazards originating from fecal contamination of source water, especially following periods of intense rainfall. In order to assess drinking water intakes (DWIs) vulnerability to fecal pollution and to take cost-effective decisions in case of hazardous events, it is urgent […]

Mavi is proceeding with the first commercial micro-grid tidal marine energy system in Canada. A 20-kW Darrius marine turbine will be operated water-to-wire in the remote community of at Blind Channel on Vancouver Island to displace diesel fuel as a source of power. This project will document and assess the first commercial demonstration of a […]

This project aims to investigate grid friendly net-zero energy residential buildings. These are buildings that consume as much energy as they produce, on an annual basis. The three proposed subprojects will investigate this concept through both simulation and real-world system monitoring at the TRCA’s Archetype Sustainable House. To begin, the design of highly energy efficient […]