Les émissions d’odeurs constituent un problème environnemental majeur des stations d’épuration des eaux usées municipales, lesquelles sont considérées comme la principale cause de nuisance perçue par la population exposée. Les causes des odeurs sont associées à la présence de sous-produits de matières de provenance humaine ou animale et d’effluents de processus industriels lesquels sont parfois […]

Wildfire incurs major environmental and economic losses in many areas of the world. Although climate change is playing an important role in changing fire frequency and magnitude, human management strategies can play an arguably comparable role. Managers must choose from a range of strategies to ensure viability of forest stands, but research supporting efficacy of […]

La bioréparation d’une fissure d’un béton a pour but de la colmater pour empêcher le passage de l’eau. Actuellement, deux types d’ouvrages sont principalement ciblés : les ouvrages hydrauliques et les voutes des tunnels en béton. Le colmatage est accompli en injectant, dans la fissure, un liquide nutritif contenant des bactéries. Ces bactéries produisent du […]

Water resource management has been a challenge facing many regions worldwide, including Vietnam and Canada. Reservoirs are crucial in water management. The project is to further the intern’s PhD research on improving the reservoir operational rule with a case study of Thac Mo Reservoir in southern Vietnam. A model combining a rainfall-runoff framework, reservoir operating […]

Repurposing existing natural gas pipelines is “a low-cost option for delivering large volumes of hydrogen”, accelerating the realization of full-scale hydrogen economy for energy transition. Hydrogen-steel interactions would induce the so-called hydrogen embrittlement, causing cracking and pipeline failure. The corrosion defect present on the existing pipelines tends to facilitate occurrence of the hydrogen-induced cracking. The […]

This proposal focuses on the development of an innovative material combining a soy-based resin system with advanced unidirectional flax fibers that would result in a bio-inspired composite material with outstanding mechanical performances. The soy-based resin system developed is a polyurethane reactive resin that with further studies may form a thermoplastic structure offering the advantages of […]

In order to enable spot application of farm inputs such as pesticide and fertilizers using general purpose boom sprayers, the sensors that detect variation of the field (mainly machine vision systems) should be integrated to the boom sprayer using its standardized ISOBUS communication protocol. During this internship, a single board computer designed by the intern […]

There are Atlantic sturgeon in the Restigouche River estuary. This species is millions of years old and it is still found in our waters today. Fishers have reported their sightings every year in the last decade. Unfortunately, this species is now considered to be a species at risk of extinction. Because their numbers are so […]

Yeast is a single celled micro-organism that converts carbohydrates to carbon dioxide and alcohols through the process of fermentation. Yeast is very useful in many industries and there are no local producers of yeast in Canada. This research will focus on optimizing the growth of selected marine yeast strain isolated from the marine environment for […]

The field of plastic waste management is essential for a sustainable society that utilizes plastic waste for energy production and environmental safety. Plastic waste’s land filing and incineration have large environmental impacts due to greenhouse gas emissions. The mentioned challenges could be eliminated using a more reliable and controllable thermal source such as an inductively […]

The field of responsible investing is rapidly expanding, with even greater attention on the importance of responsible investment with each passing year, as seen most recently in the aftermath of the impactful 2021 COP26 summit, where responsible investment was key focal point. Directing our financial resources in a sustainable direction has the potential to have […]

The most common sea cucumber (SC) found in the North Atlantic Ocean is orange footed Cucumaria frondosa. SC is packed with numerous high-value nutraceutical and pharmaceutical components. During SC processing, flowers are separated as by-products representing around 8-10% of the live weight and sold at a very low price. These by-products are rich sources of […]