Occupational exoskeletons (OEs), including arm-support exoskeletons (ASEs) and back-support exoskeletons (BSEs) are wearable devices designed to assist and enable human motion for workers in various industries ranging from manufacturing to construction. As with workers in other industries, the opportunity provided by ASEs and BSEs for construction workers is to reduce injury rates for the benefit […]

CivicLabTO is a collaborative partnership between the City of Toronto and higher-education institutions (HEIs) in the Greater Toronto Area, established in 2021 to facilitate innovative research and dialogue on pressing urban issues affecting communities across the GTA. Among other initiatives, the CivicLabTO partners have committed to a bi-annual learning and networking event that connects key […]

To optimize the environmental and financial benefits of FOWTs coupled with electrochemical energy storage improved predictive modeling capabilities are needed. The partner organization, Angler Solutions Inc., is addressing this obstacle by developing a new modelling software approach that can provide accurate techno-economic assessments and predictions for FOWT with energy storage. The partnership proposed in this […]

Community Benefit Agreements are relatively new in Canada, when compared to its use in the United States and in parts of Europe. The Rexdale-Casino Woodbine Community Benefits Agreement reflected a new model. We would like to study the impact of this model and lessons learned to share with other municipalities across Canada as well as […]

The objective is to create new weather-forecast products to enable BC Hydro meteorologists to better support electric-power generation, power transmission, dispatch of emergency repair crews, anticipation of electric loads, and energy trading. The method is to use powerful computers to solve atmospheric equations for future weather (a method called Numerical Weather Prediction, NWP), and to […]

The goal is to support inclusive economic development in Toronto through understanding current gaps and providing an evidence-based approach to monitoring progress over time. This research aims to assess the degree to which Toronto’s economic growth has been ‘inclusive’ in the past 20 years, assess how Toronto compares to other peer jurisdictions, and provide policy […]

Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems are emerging technologies with the ability to capture, store and redistribute heat. TES technologies are described as a critical component of low-carbon energy systems as they overcome temporal and geographic barriers for the use of excess energy within an energy grid. Hamilton Community Enterprises (HCE) is currently investigating the parameters […]

Canadian Global Maritime is looking to bring on an intern to assist in the development of multiple internal software tools across a wide area of engineering and data science. These tools cover areas such as hydrodynamic analysis, wind turbine load linearization for frequency domain simulation, optimization algorithms, and development of new software for offshore operations, […]

Zirconium alloys are widely used in nuclear reactors due to their low absorption cross section against thermal neutrons and good mechanical properties. Inside the core of reactors, the hot water coolant reacts with zirconium and releases hydrogen into the zirconium lattice. With time, hydrogen concentration increases leading to the formation of a brittle phase known […]

B. W. BioEnergy Inc. produces high-quality carbon from renewable hardwood trees (birch, alder, willow and maple) in a patent-pending torrefaction process. The trees are debarked to produce the carbon which is 10-times more effective than commercial coconut carbon. Tree bark is a waste product and currently used to fuel the torrefaction process. Mi’kmaq and other […]

Urban areas will be some of the most complex and important sites of resilience planning in the 21st century. Despite notable efforts, best practices for how local and municipal governments set goals and track progress toward resilience have yet to be established or widely agreed upon. The City of Toronto seeks input into the development […]

Ce projet a pour objectif d’améliorer les alternateurs que l’on retrouve dans les barrages hydroélectriques. Les travaux se concentrent sur la partie tournante de l’appareil et plus spécifiquement dans la région qu’on appelle l’épanouissement des pôles du rotor, soit la partie près de l’entrefer. Cette région de l’alternateur est le siège de phénomènes complexes qui […]