This research will enable Red Sucker Lake (RSL) First Nation members to monitor RSL territory, lands and waterways and document Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS), including cultural aspects as well as environmental assessment, by video, maps and workshop teachings. In the process, Elders and Knowledge keepers will not only honour their cultural traditions but also train […]

The stability of riverbanks has always been a concern for land-use planners, stakeholders as well as the Cities around the world. Construction activities can generate different types of dynamic waves and vibrations. Operations such as blasting, pile driving, dynamic compaction of weak soils, and machines with impact loads such as forge and drop hammers are […]

Currently, it is difficult to obtain market share in the medical device market. Furthermore, a lack of resources by small companies with disruptive technologies can prove to be detrimental to establishing market share. This huge hurdle thus discourages innovators from commercializing their life-saving technologies especially in a pandemic situation. This project will focus on the […]

The thawing of permafrost, due to climate change or alterations in the ground surface energy balance, poses significant threats to infrastructure and communities in northern Canada. A main step towards the design of resilient infrastructure is to assess the climate threat (exposure) and predict the response of the infrastructure (vulnerability). The stability of permafrost is […]

Approximately 70% of data collected by ITOps is not actionable, either due to lack of timeliness or context, and real-time normalized data stored in a data lake is needed to produce actionable data. Also, AIOps tools are often poorly configured and lead to alert fatigue. The benefit to the partner organization is that they will […]

Organic waste disposal in landfills can produce a massive amount of methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. Once the landfill is filled, it is usually capped by a clay cover or geomembrane that can trap methane but not reduce it. Changing a part of the conventional cover by compost to […]

This project will involve research into the optimal production and purification methods for bacteriophages that are effective against bacterial infections in pigs. Cytophage’s bacteriophages will provide a highly effective, environmentally safe, and a cost competitive alternative to antibiotics in the pork industry. This project will benefit Cytophage by helping to advance our technology and product […]

Wastewater treatment lagoons are practical and cost-effective systems for smaller towns across Canada to prevent wastewater seepage into the environment. Essentially all structures over permafrost that disrupt the natural winter temperatures contacting the ground surface initiates permafrost thawing over the long-term and this includes lagoons.KGS Group has been developing the concept of using conventional closed-loop […]

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most common yet underdiagnosed sleep disorders. Undiagnosed OSA, in particular, increases the perioperative morbidity and mortality risks for OSA patients undergoing surgery requiring full anesthesia. OSA screening using the gold-standard Polysomnography (PSG) is expensive and time-consuming. This proposal presents four research projects/points to apply advanced signal processing […]

Bridges in North America are aging and need repair or replacement. Precise evaluation of load carrying capacity of bridges is a way to prevent economic and environmental impact due to replacement and repairs. Current method of evaluation requires the evaluator to make conservative assumptions on load and resistance of bridges. In recent years as technology […]

Civil infrastructure (e.g. roads, embankments, pipelines and buried utilities) is severely impacted by frost action and permafrost conditions in cold regions. With earth’s temperature predicted to increase, the ground ice melts, and the induced soil shift and collapse jeopardize the integrity of infrastructure. Therefore, any remedial measures for excessive soil settlements or new design of […]

A thorough investigation of the porous medium characteristics is essential in order to detect transport phenomena in porous media. Lab experiments such as Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP) and Gas Expansion (GE) on the core samples that are directly extracted from geologic formations are useful techniques to measure the porosity of the porous structure. However, the […]