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 […]

Recent telescope observations have discovered clusters of galaxies when the universe was only 10% of its current age. They formed stars vigorously at rates of up to 10,000 solar masses per year, quite the opposite of nearby galaxy clusters that are predominantly quiescent. The cause for their extreme starburst nature of the most distant protoclusters […]

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 […]

L’ensachage de produits dans l’industrie agroalimentaire se fait couramment par vérification du poids du produit mis en sachet. Or, les contrôles de poids sont soumis à de fortes règlementations et cette étape constitue un ralentissement dans la mise en sachet du produit. L’objectif de ce projet est donc d’optimiser cette étape de la chaîne de […]

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 […]

For marine autonomous surface ships (MASS), a more acceptable operation is ‘constrained autonomous operation’ where the ship operates fully autonomously. Most of the existing systems have strictly defined operational constraints or limited available decision spaces; therefore, autonomous decisions are only allowed for some predefined scenarios. However, marine environment is dynamic; the environmental disturbances (wind, wave, […]

The CLS control system for the particle accelerator and beamlines, which are larger than the size of a football field, generates over 600,000 digital data streams to monitor and control the facility 24/7. The task of monitoring and reacting to these data streams is largely up to the Operators and other Egineers, Physicists and Scientists […]

The CLS uses a high energy electron accelerator to produce synchrotron light for user experiments. This project is to design and construct a part for a new radiofrequency electron source that is being installed at the CLS in a new electron source lab. The part needs to be designed to produce very high gradient electric […]

The project will investigate through first-hand experience how Asian technology firms ideate, develop, debug, test, and ship their software products. The methodologies in Asia can be very different from Canada’s software industry, in which some segments still use outdated development practices. The projects main deliverable to the partner organization (The Cansbridge Fellowship) will be a […]

The intern aims to study the Japanese Robotics Industry by looking at several cases such as Ascent Robotics and analyze the advanced products that are produced by the industry. The intern will be studying the market performance, technological proficiency and other such parameters of products such as mobile manipulators that are produced by Japanese startups. […]

As the global demand for clean energy increases, the next generation power systems design has become more complex than ever. Since renewable electrical power can be generated locally, the power flow is not only from the utility to consumers, but also from any sources (i.e. photovoltaics, internal combustion generator, electric vehicle battery pack, etc.) to […]

Le domaine de l’assurance de biens et dommages est vaste et touche à des questions diverses, notamment en automobile. Dans le cadre des réclamations, les échanges sont fréquents entre le client et l’expert en sinistre et le processus est trop long. Ce projet vise à développer un modèle permettant de prédire a) le degré de […]