Research Category: Environment
- Facility / Research Centre | School of Sustainable Development
Support development of projects in the climate change sector that strategically respond to increasing demand for pertinent emerging technologies. Address labour market demands for upskilling and retraining or displaced workers across related industry sectors Create opportunities for knowledge sharing among experts from various disciplines by facilitating a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to program development, program renewal … School of Sustainable Development
- Facility / Research Centre | Harsh Environment Research Facility
The Harsh Environment Research Facility will be a world leading facility that will enable clean energy research for harsh environment applications. Key infrastructure includes a climatic wind tunnel integrated with a wave basin which will provide for an extensive range of wind speed, temperature, precipitation and wave heights to be achieved within the facility. Innovative … Harsh Environment Research Facility
- Facility / Research Centre | Ocean Sciences Centre
The Ocean Sciences Centre is Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador’s cold ocean research facility. Located in Logy Bay, NL, the Centre houses laboratories where research is conducted on the North Atlantic fishery, aquaculture, oceanography, ecology, behaviour and physiology of a range of marine organisms.
- Facility / Research Centre | Hyperspectral Scanning Unit (HSU)
The Hyperspectral Scanning Unit (HSU) is a mobile laboratory that offers world-class, high-resolution hyperspectral imaging capabilities over most currently accessible EM spectral ranges, spanning the Visible Near Infrared (VNIR) to the Longwave Infrared (LWIR) regions. The primary focus of the HSU will be to investigate geological materials, but there are no restrictions on the type … Hyperspectral Scanning Unit (HSU)
- Facility / Research Centre | Reality Capture and Digitization Technology Access Centre (RCD TAC)
For over 20 years, College of the North Atlantic’s (CNA) Office of Applied Research and Innovation has been a trusted innovation partner for the provision applied research services in Newfoundland and Labrador and across the country. Over the last four years, the College’s Centre for Reality Capture and Digitization Technology Access Centre has conducted over … Reality Capture and Digitization Technology Access Centre (RCD TAC)
- Facility / Research Centre | Qanittaq Clean Arctic Shipping Initiative
The Qanittaq Clean Arctic Shipping Initiative is a unique partnership, co-led and co-developed by Memorial University and the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada. It aims to address and respond to the increase in Arctic shipping, related environmental impacts affecting Arctic communities and support Inuit communities’ needs for safe and cost-efficient resupply. By working together on … Qanittaq Clean Arctic Shipping Initiative
- Facility / Research Centre | The Launch
Canada’s multi-purpose cold-ocean technology hub. The Launch, The Marine Institute’s state-of-the-art living lab bringing the world’s harshest cold-ocean environments to you. Run your ocean technology through research and development, testing, and demonstration in a rigorous cold-ocean environment to prove its real-world readiness.
- Facility / Research Centre | LOOKNorth, C-CORE
LOOKNorth is a Canadian national Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR), founded and hosted by C-CORE. LOOKNorth networks Canadian remote sensing innovators and provides a bridge to commercial markets through a combination of remote sensing technology expertise, project management support, continuous engagement with end users to understand market needs, and business development support. … LOOKNorth, C-CORE
- Facility / Research Centre | Facilities for Ice-related Research, C-CORE
Since 1975 C-CORE has provided research-based advisory services and technology solutions to help clients mitigate operational risk in ice/iceberg-prone waters world-wide. With a special focus on understanding and managing ice risk, protecting vessels and infrastructure, and advancing design for frontier regions, C‐CORE leads the world in ice and ocean engineering. We add value to design … Facilities for Ice-related Research, C-CORE
- Facility / Research Centre | Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility, C-CORE
C-CORE provides research-based advice and innovative solutions for the geotechnical aspects of infrastructure projects, both onshore and offshore. Market sectors served include oil & gas; pipeline; mining; Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management (EPCM) Contractors; and government. C-CORE’s geotechnical expertise, founded in physical and numerical modelling, includes pipeline testing, ice–seabed interaction, soil–structure interaction and reduced scale physical … Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility, C-CORE
- Researcher | Dr. Cui Lin
Associate Professor, Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science [email protected] Research Interests: Mining Geomechanics and Mine Design Optimization Underground Stress Estimation Proper Support Timing and Support Effectiveness Evaluation Corrosion Detection and Control in Mineral and Energy Industry Mine Tailings Management and Disposal
- Researcher | Dr. Stephen Butt
Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Cross Appointment, Department of Earth Sciences [email protected] Research Interests: Technology development, optimization, and commercialization Drilling penetration mechanisms, drill string dynamics and well control Near well bore geomechanics and stability Salt rheology and experimental characterization Mining ground control and subsidence
- Researcher | Dr. Stephen Bruneau
Professor, Director of Industrial Outreach, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science [email protected] Research Interests: Ice loads on structures Wind Engineering Energy Policy Industrial Outreach
- Researcher | Dr. Yan Zhang
Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science [email protected] Research Interests: Porous natural polysaccharide-based composites for the adsorptive removal of water pollutants Nanocarbon/metal oxide heterojunctions as visible-light-driven photocatalysts for environmental and energy applications Carbon quantum dots-based fluorescent sensors for the selective detection of water contaminants
- Researcher | Dr. Lihong Zhang, P.Eng.
Professor, Computer Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Very-Large-Scale-Integration (VLSI) and Electronic Design Automation Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Design and Optimization Renewable Energy Harvesting Analog, Digital, and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Microfluidics and Biosensors Instrumentation Wireless Sensor Networks
- Researcher | Dr. Xili Duan, P.Eng.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Thermal fluids and energy systems Fundamental research Fluid mechanics, multiphase flow and separation Heat transfer, phase change Surface wettability/coating Applied research Drag reduction in energy systems, e.g. pipelines, marine vessels Energy conversion and storage Renewable energy systems (wind, solar) Thermal energy recovery in hydrogen production Ice protection … Dr. Xili Duan, P.Eng.
- Researcher | Dr. Kevin Pope, P.Eng.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Wind Power Harsh operating conditions Ice mitigation, sensing, coatings Wind tunnel testing Offshore turbines Hydrogen Green hydrogen Clean hydrogen production Industrial process heat with hydrogen Sustainable Energy Hydrokinetic turbines Solar-thermal Energy efficiency Waste heat recovery
- Researcher | Dr. Yuri Muzychka, P.Eng.
University Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Multiphase Flow Conduction and Convection Heat Transfer, Phase Change Electronics Cooling Marine Icing Internal Flows Heat Exchangers Modelling Transport Phenomena
- Researcher | Dr. Liam Morrissey, P.Eng.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Hydrogen Embrittlement and Diffusion Molecular dynamics to understand hydrogen diffusion, recombination, and effects on mechanical properties Collaboration with Suncor Energy on embrittlement studies Solar Wind Plasma Space Weathering and Volatile Deposition Multiscale modeling of high-energy H impacts on minerals Quantifying sputtering yield and energy distribution of ejecta … Dr. Liam Morrissey, P.Eng.
- Researcher | Dr. Bipul Hawlader, P.Eng.
Professor, Civil Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Onshore and offshore landslides Pile foundations Large deformation behaviour of soil Numerical and centrifuge modelling Pipeline and riser Laboratory test and constitutive modelling of geomaterials
- Researcher | Dr. Kelly Hawboldt, P.Eng.
Professor, Process Engineering [email protected] Research Interests: Development of processes to extra value from biomass/industrial by-products Biofuels (H2, biogas, bio-oil, solid) from biomass Natural and produced gas treatment Wastewater and water treatment using green processes Amine stability/reactivity, potential for biobased amines Biobased porous structures Adsorption/absorption processes
