Seniors may experience social isolation when they lose the ability to drive their own car due to the loss of access to services and opportunities to socialize. I will examine the role of public transportation in reducing social isolation for seniors in Metro Vancouver. With BC’s aging population, the transportation needs of this demographic will […]

The project deploys and try out a coordination model and platform that helps developers to build smart city applications that run in large scale, dynamic fog computing infrastructure. Fog computing is a computing infrastructure that involves devices across the edge network such as smart phones, smart cars, the access network such as Wi-Fi routers, modems […]

II a precedemment ete demontre qu’un employe desengage a des consequences nefastes pour les organisations, notamment en raison d’une baisse de productivite. Cette constatation a amene un interet grandissant pour !’engagement des employes et pour ce que les organisations peuvent faire pour les engager. Toutefois, afin d’evaluer l’efficacite des interventions mises en place par les […]

Les infrastructures en béton armé (ponts, routes, ports, canaux de navigation) ont un impact majeur sur la société. Les bénéfices économiques reliés à l’utilisation de ces infrastructures sont considérables, cependant ils sont contrebalancés par les coûts directs des travaux de remplacement ou de réhabilitations récurrentes. Le projet Développement d’éléments préfabriqués et de réparations pour les […]

This project examines the business case for implementing secure bike parking at park-andride lots in Metro Vancouver, and identifies a set of generalizable criteria for assessing the viability of secure bike parking at park-and-ride lots and other transit interchanges. There is growing evidence that combining cycling and transit can increase access to and use of […]

Le projet de recherche proposée porte sur l’amélioration du soudage laser de composantes en aluminium. Composantes qu’on peut retrouver dans des lignes d’assemblage automatisé de l’industrie du transport (automobile, ferroviaire ou aéronautique). Le perfectionnement et la précision micrométrique dans la réalisation de soudure au laser de qualité supérieure, permettront : d’améliorer la productivité de l’organisme […]

Développer un modèle prédictif des durées moyennes de travaux et du potentiel de dépassement de ces durées afin de permettre la gestion du risque dépassement des échéanciers dans la confection d’horaire.

As consumer preferences shift from shopping at brick and mortar stores to on-line shopping, there is an increased need for warehouses to use automated systems that fill orders quickly and accurately. This research project will design a warehouse robot that is adaptable to different platform systems and shelving configurations, providing a lighter, faster, and more […]

L’objectif de ce stage de recherche est de déterminer le cycle de vie de la clientèle de Énergir. Ces clients sont de type résidentiel ou industriel. Pour caractériser le comportement de sa clientèle, des outils statistiques issues de la littérature scientifique seront utilisées. Le projet permettra à l’entreprise de mieux cibler sa clientèle et en […]

Corner Brook Port Corporation (CBPC) and the Summerside Port Corporation, Inc. (SPCI) are exploring the opportunity to ship grains from Prince Edward Island to Western Newfoundland. First discussions between the two ports indicate that there this may be a viable business opportunity for both entities. The Port of Summerside is currently shipping grains from producers […]

The remote First Nations communities of Canada suffer from a dire lack of access to emergency response systems and services during times of crises. They lack access to life-saving services such as paramedics, 911 services, and search and rescue services due to their geographic isolation. This often puts them in grave danger and results in […]

Tracking the component configuration and modifications to aircraft within the commercial airline business presents a challenge for manufacturers such as Bombardier with currently available methods. This research problem is significant to the aerospace industry to construct efficient maintenance schedules for different aircraft and to properly evaluate system reliability for safety purposes. The objective of this […]