Over the past 10 years, the commercial aircraft market has seen almost a tripling in the number of players while business aircraft manufacturers around the world have filled or narrowed segment gaps with clean sheet or major derivative products. In this new reality, product differentiation is becoming extremely challenging and gaining a distinct advantage in […]

The proposal aims at improving the design process of a wingbox by focusing on the disciplines using the finite element model. The Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal will provide improvements on the aerodynamic loads, create topology optimzation set-up and tools for sizing the structure and develop an image-based methodology for monitoring and measuring the deformation of […]

With the ongoing threat of anthropogenic climate warming, understanding how stakeholders in Ontario can accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) to maximize their environmental and economic benefits is of great importance. The large-scale adoption of EVs requires further research to understand consumer demand and social valuations. Ontario has over 5,000 EV drivers on the […]

Ce projet est un partenariat entre des chercheurs et stagiaires du LICEF-TÉLUQ et la Fondation CAA-Québec. Trois stagiaires participent au projet, dont le but est d’améliorer le bilan routier, diminuer les accidents, et favoriser des comportements plus sécuritaires chez les conducteurs âgés, les piétons et les cyclistes. Les stagiaires testeront et évalueront des technologies de […]

The crew scheduling problem deals with the assignment of crews, both pilots and flight attendants, to a given flight schedule, which first requires flights to be grouped into sequences known as pairings which begin and end at the same base or city. Crew pairings must comply with extensive collective agreement rules. This project deals specifically […]

Development of an engineering model using data from a piloted aircraft to facilitate the creation of a flight controller for the aircraft, allowing automated flight.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has up to 20% CO2 and 90% NOx fewer emissions than diesel; making it a cleaner alternative fuel for mobile applications. LNG has high volumetric energy density and is cost effective ($0.5 cheaper than diesel gallon equivalent). However, LNG is stored at low temperatures (-162ºC) and releases boil-off gas that contributes […]

Bombardier Transport est un chef de file mondial dans l’industrie ferroviaire comprenant des unités de production partout dans le monde. La compagnie souhaite développer des technologies d’assemblage avancées adaptées à l’aluminium pour la fabrication ferroviaire. Celle-ci a identifié quatre procédés de soudage comme étant les technologies d’assemblage avancées les plus susceptibles de percer en production […]

In some parts of the world, airport runways are not constructed and maintained to the standards expected in North America and Western Europe. Aircraft designed for use on smooth runways may not be certifiable when they are operated on rougher runways because the predicted load cases associated with landing and take-off are very different from […]

Ultra-low frozen food temperatures between -30°C to -60°C are important when shipping high value seafood products to worldwide markets. Maintaining these temperatures using a traditional vapor compression refrigeration cycles becomes increasingly difficult as the span between desired cargo and external temperature increase. Solid CO2 has the capacity to sustain ultra-low frozen temperatures even during hot […]

Purolator is Canada’s leader in express package delivery services, with $1.6 billion revenues (2013), 12,000 employees, 125 shipping centres and 170 processing facilities nationwide. The company has to improve its operations on a continuous basis in order to satisfy its customers, while maintaining its efficiency in the face of ever-growing challenges such as fierce competition, […]

Bombardier Transport (BT) is one of world major companies in the transport industry. The application of aluminum in the structure of transport vehicles (cars, trains, ships, etc.) is continuously increasing mainly due to the benefits in weight saving. Therefore BT is also working extensively in implementing the use of aluminum alloys in its products. Welding […]