Local Buckling Response of Pipe

Onshore and offshore pipe systems may be subject to loading events that result in mechanical responde exceeding the material strength. There are technical and economic incentives for developing non-conventional, higher strength materials for use in long distance, large diameter and high pressure transmission pipeline systems. There exists uncertainty on the key factors influencing the mechanical […]

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Integrated control systems for audio amplifiers in portable devices

  This project aims at designing and implementing an integrated control system for an audio power  amplifier system for portable devices, having good efficiency and sound quality. The proposed design controls a DC-DC converter to produce a varying power supply to a class AB output stage. The varying power supply tracks the input audio signal […]

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Silica Breccia Supplementary Cement Material Key Properties (phase 2)

The project is focusing on developing a silica breccias product having a superior reactivity that allows this product to be used widely as an alternative supplementary cementing material in cement mixtures. The new developed silica breccias product will be tested for effectiveness as a supplementary cementing material based on the Canadian Standard Association (CSA) test […]

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Effects of Ultrasonic Pretreatment on Biogas Production through Anaerobic Digestion; a Study of the Feedstock Characteristics on Overall Energy Efficiency and Methane Yield

The involve company requires improvements to alternate energy systems, such as biogas production by anaerobic production. The present team work for a common front to expand the present knowledge for increasing the present profitability of the process. Recently, the idea of pretreating the sludge with ultrasonic wave to allow an increase of biogas production and […]

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User Interface Research for Stereoscopic 3D Animation System

Janro Imaging Laboratory (JIL) will work with researchers at Concordia and Emily Carr universities to develop 3D motion-tracking based interface tools for drawing and content creation in spatial drawing applications. As a basis for applied design research, researchers will use an alpha version of the “Optical Wand,” a product currently in development at JIL for […]

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Numerical study of load carrying capacity of offshore mooring piles in sand

Pile foundations have been widely used in many offshore structures and oil and gas development programs such as tension leg platform, jack up platform, spar platform, and mooring of floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSO) units. The FPSO units are usually moored to the seabed with various kinds of anchors, including offshore piles. These […]

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Presence and Skill Acquisition through Virtual Environments

This Mitacs Internship with Virtual Marine Technology in partnership with Chalmers University and Memorial University will focus on improving the safety of crew who work at marine and offshore environments. The intern will work with researchers at Chalmers University to identify safety and risks concerns relating to operations in marine vessels (Le. preliminary engine room […]

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Development of cost-effective self-consolidating concrete containing silica breccia

The proposed project will focus on the development of low-cost, self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixtures containing a high volume of silica breccia. The workability, fresh properties and local unit cost of SCC containing 0-70% silica breccia (as a partial replacement for cement) will be investigated and compared with the control mixture and with other SCC mixtures […]

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Techniques for Mapping, Analyzing and Improving Complex Multifunctional Product Development Processes

  The  objective  of  this  work  is  to  develop  methods  to  map  and  improve  the  Aeroelasticity  SIPOC process at Bombardier Aerospace.  Existing  methods  and  techniques  for  process  mapping  will  be  considered  to  develop  a  process framework  which  will  be  adapted  to  perform  analysis  and  provide  improvements  to  the  process.  Analysis  techniques  will  be  applied  to  […]

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GPU-based fast fluids for video games

Animated fluid effects based on physical simulation have been a staple part of visual effects industry. They are characterized by offline simulation and rendering that produces high-fidelity dynamics and visuals. As the technology for computer games advances, the opportunity to create such effects in real-time as either a playback technique or dynamic simulation is becoming […]

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Plankton biomass estimation using multi-frequency sonar

The internship seeks to develop an acoustic classification algorithm that estimates the organism composition and density of plankton. A series of experiments have been conducted using trawl nets where a four-frequency sonar device was pointed across the net openings. The catch from each trawl survey is broken down into an estimate of the relative composition […]

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