Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and reducing methane emissions is a key strategy in many climate change action plans. Because cities and their methane emissions are growing, it is essential to characterize and mitigate methane emissions from urban sources. Because there are no published studies of methane emission measurements in Montréal, we propose to […]

Similar to current efforts in the automotive industry, there is a substantial interest in developing fully autonomous trains. One of the key steps towards enabling autonomous operation is being able to accurately estimate train position and speed. In addition to this, better estimates will also increase safety and reduce distance between trains, allowing more frequent […]

CUTRIC, in partnership with the University of Windsor are seeking greater understanding of the barriers to participation which have resulted in the low representation of women within the leadership ranks of Canadian transit systems. To better understand this lack of representation, a literature review will be conducted to ascertain what knowledge exists in this field […]

Unreliability is regarded as a widespread problem associated with transit services, while automatic data collection (ADC) systems pose as an opportunity to monitor and improve this problem. The proposed research is expected to develop an ADC-based reliability measurement framework usable for operations planning, strategic planning and benchmarking at different levels; and apply the ADC-based measurement […]

Environmental regulations that aim to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new ships will become effective by 2025 [1]. A lot of solutions are evaluated by the industry to reduce their emissions including shore power, a process that aims to reduce the ships emissions in ports by turning ship engines off and supplying the ship […]

A very important phase in aircraft design is the aerodynamic design of the wing and various other components: wing-body fairing, tailplane, etc. With today’s computer power and progress in algorithm development, the design is made through complex mathematical models which are amenable to automatic optimization. An industrial adjoint-based three-dimensional viscous optimization framework, developed at Bombardier […]

The formation of vortices and their interaction with the aircraft wing and body is one the most interesting problems in aerodynamics. These vortices are usually generated and convected from different parts of the lift providing devices. Their interaction with the flow field, can case unsteady force and vibration. At some configurations, it can alter the […]

Electrocatalytically converting CO2 into value-added transportation fuels, driven by solar derived electricity, can not only tackle global warming by reducing the green-house gases and utilizing the renewable energy, but also bring a great economic benefit. However, the current electrocatalytic technology suffers from an unsatisfied productivity of multi-carbon chemicals, as building blocks for large fuel molecules, […]

Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology is actively pursued as a viable, sustainable and long-term solution for resolving transportation-related emission issues on a global scale. While Canada has a strong presence in this technology space in various parts of the world such as Europe, the USA, and China, hydrogen technology integration at the transit level is still […]

The participants listed below confirm that the information presented accurately reflects their intention to apply to the Mitacs Accelerate program. The participants have also agreed to set in place an internship based upon the attached proposal. The participants acknowledge that they have read, understood and agreed to abide by and uphold the Project Responsibilities applicable […]

The intern has developed a 3D microscopic model to simulate water bead behavior on hydrophobic and superhydrophobic coatings. The microscopic model developed at Concordia University which simulates one bead cannot be directly integrated into an aircraft icing panel code such as CANICE-2D. CANICE-2D approved by Transport Canada has been widely used at Bombardier Aerospace to […]

Electronic systems have advanced to the point that our daily activities depend on them and we trust the Integrated Circuits (IC) within the electronic devices to perform their required operation. Due to current manufacturing trends, ICs are outsourced to third parties, and may cause the integrity of the IC to be compromised. Systems that rely […]