The proposed research is intended to identify stakeholder issues that should inform the City of Vancouver’s proposed Fall 2015 public consultations on its proposed building GHG and energy reporting and public disclosure policy and regulation. A literature review and interviews with key stakeholders such as building owners and managers, utility conservation programs and public sector […]

Mené en contexte réel, le projet de recherche vise à étudier l’implantation d’une approche de gestion Lean au sein d’une administration municipale, soit la Ville de Sherbrooke. L’implantation sera appréhendée sous l’angle des processus de communication et du rôle que jouent ces derniers dans l’appropriation du changement. Cette recherche qualitative, conduite sur près de trois […]

The British Columbia Natural Gas Strategic Research Initiative (BC NGSRI) is a strategically targeted collaborative research network designed to tackle some of the most pressing challenges in the natural gas sector. A three-way government-industry-academic partnership connected through student interns will provide applicable tools and knowledge to effectively optimize resource use and mitigate risk throughout natural […]

Devant l’augmentation des problèmes environnementaux dus aux changements climatiques causés par l’homme. Et face aux diverses solutions de protection de l’environnement, en terme de nouvelles technologies et/ou amélioration d’un procédé, les scientifiques cherchent constamment des solutions réalistes et raisonnables, voire de nouvelles technologies émergentes. Pour sa part, la MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges, intéressée par le développement […]

This project explores a flexible biotechnology platform that converts greenhouse gas emissions and industrial residues, such as methane and crude glycerol, into valuable biomaterials like PHB, using microbial cultures under high-density fermentation. During the internship, market research and interviews will be conducted to identify potential partners and early adopters, evaluate where the platform creates the […]

Wildfire smoke and airborne pollutants are an increasing threat to indoor air quality, yet existing filtration systems struggle to balance efficiency, energy use, and proper airflow in large-scale applications. This venture is developing a novel air filtration system that integrates directly into building air handling units to deliver superior particulate removal without high pressure drop […]

This research proposal is in the field of decision making under uncertainty. More specifically, we focus upon improving decision making in adversarial, stochastic and/or partially observable situations. In any situation where there is more than one agent that can impact its current state, or any variable that is outside the control of the agent, we […]

This four-month business strategy internship will focus on developing the commercialization plan for a new startup founded at the University of Alberta. The intern will take the company’s proven software, a ‘digital twin’ that helps energy companies safely manage their underground storage assets and prevent multi-million-dollar failures, and conduct the necessary market research to build […]

Project Overview – L2M – Validating Philosoph-AI’s AI Governance-as-a-Service (AI-GaaS) Platform / (Mitacs BSI 2026) Philosoph-AI Consulting Inc., based in Calgary and Geneva, is an emerging advisory firm specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) governance, ethics, and regulatory alignment. This project, led by Sandrine Berezowski (PhD candidate, University of Alberta) under the academic supervision of Dre. […]

Upper-limb assistive devices remain hard to use because control often feels unnatural and tiring, which leads to abandonment. The intern’s M.Sc. project proposes a non-invasive, vision-based control layer that links what the user looks at to objects in the real-world 3D environment and predicts natural hand paths and joint actions. This approach is intended to […]

This project focuses on commercializing a novel heat-based air disinfection technology. It aims to validate market needs, assess customer segments, and develop a viable business model to bring an energy-efficient purification solution to market, improving public health and making air disinfection affordable.

This project is creating a smart chat assistant that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help construction and engineering companies write accurate proposals, like bids for major jobs. The assistant is trained on the company’s successful past proposals, making it a secure, private expert. When a team uploads a new Request for Proposal (RFP), the assistant […]