Awareness and Immersion in Small-Group Augmented Reality

Augmented reality (AR) allows us to add virtual artifacts into the physical world. For example, we can place a 3D medieval castle onto the floor of a classroom, allowing students to explore it. AR supports collaborative learning since students can all see the same virtual artifact, and can interact using natural gestures like pointing. In […]

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Stage de recherche en écologie forestière et aquatique

La stagiaire devra aider les étudiants à la maitrise et au doctorat dans leurs projets pour leur terrain ainsi que leurs laboratoires. Elle devra donc assister les étudiants dans leur prise de données sur le terrain sur les lacs boréaux et en forêt boréale. Elle sera formée sur l’utilisation de nombreux appareils de mesure pour […]

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Evaluating long-term global changes in lake sediment metal accumulation

Metal contamination in inland waters is of key concern for lake and human health. Unfortunately, our present understanding of metal contamination in lakes across the world is fragmented, as long-term monitoring programs are rare. The study of lake sediments offers an opportunity to address this gap, as sediments preserve a record of the environmental dynamics. […]

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Robust scheduling of liner shipping under disruption scenarios

This research proposes a new recovery model for addressing issues with container ship disruptions. To minimize the negative impact of these disruptions, the model formulates a mixed-integer programming approach that simultaneously considers three recovery strategies, namely vessel speeding-up, port skipping, and alternative routes. The study clusters call-ports and utilizes port hubs to minimize transshipment costs […]

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Structural-property relationship in actinyl complexes

The increasing demand for low-carbon energy has begun to amplify the development and usage of nuclear power. However, the generated nuclear waste is radiotoxic mainly due to the presence of heavy nuclei, such as actinides along with other fission products. This rises the need for selective remediation and storage of all radioactive actinides using non-toxic […]

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Assessment and Optimization of Chemical Extraction of Critical Metals from Li-ion Batteries (LIB) Waste

The proposed research project aims to explore a cost-effective and eco-friendly method for recycling lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) used in electric devices and electric vehicles. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper, which are considered critical metals, are present in LIBs, and they are essential to the operation of electric vehicles and devices. After their lifetime, these batteries […]

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Valorization of agriculture biomass for high-value bioproducts

Agricultural biomass (such as wheat, flax, hemp straw, cereal straws) could be a low-cost feedstock for the production of valuable bioproducts. This will require fractionation of different components of biomass and the conversion of the fractionated components into various bioproducts. The intern will work on optimizing the fractionation process and characterization of bioproducts with an […]

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Entre planification urbaine et appropriation citoyenne des espaces: une enquête visuelle sur le design urbain à Montréal

Le projet dans lequel s’insère l’étudiant-stagiaire a pour objectif une étude sur la perception des citoyens quant aux changements survenus dans l’espace public de la ville de Montréal dans le cadre de politiques d’aménagements éphémères de l’espace urbain. Ces politiques font suite à la volonté de Montréal de se positionner en tant que ville créative, […]

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Rubber crumb-reinforced silicone elastomers

Even at end of life, automotive rubber is a very resilient product as shown by the difficulty in recycling/reusing rubber tires. Based on a technology to dissolve rubber tires developed in our lab, this project will seek to use “less chemistry” to create siliconized rubber crumb from used tires. The original quality of the automotive […]

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Fire fuel connectivity in the WUI determined from lidar

Wildland fires in western Canada are increasing in intensity and the area burned due to extensive climate warming and drying. This has caused fires to become less predictable for fire management agencies, with up to $1 billion per year spent on fire mitigation strategies. As such, the methods used for fire reduction in Canada in […]

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