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2018-01-01

Keshavarzi, Reza

Shale gas is one of the targets to produce energy but this type of reservoir is very tight and economic production from that without stimulation techniques (mainly fracturing) is almost impossible. Meantime, one of the behaviors observed in this type of reservoirs is suction of water (which is...

2024-06-01

van der Merwe, Julia

Aquatic insects use polarized light to find water, where they live, mate and breed. In nature, the strongest producer of polarized light is water. Today's anthropogenic world creates much confusion for these insects, as objects like vehicles, glass buildings, plastics, solar panels, and even...

2020-01-01

Chesworth, Janine

Driving away from the early-learning site where I work as a Speech- Language Pathologist (SLP), a gleaming light catches my eye. Behind the preschool, a single building glows against the darkening sky; the new school in mid-construction. It’s as though the setting sun lingers...

2018-01-01

Laxamana, Kevin

Today, almost everyone has heard of Bali. To some, it means a paradise which brings mental images of warm weather, palm trees, rolling waves, romantic getaways, or a scene of a wide-eyed Julia Roberts from the movie adaptation of Eat Pray Love. In general, the popular knowledge of Bali ends...

2020-01-01

Murray, Kathleen

As social animals, we like to connect. This approach helps us identify, organize and navigate the diversity of the natural world. Historically, Western science has been more heavily influenced to rename, reorganize, and redefine the wilderness. Today, the government and most of our Canadian...

2018-01-01

Guzzo, Caitlin

This image depicts a drop of sodium silicate (“liquid glass”) curing under polarized light. Sodium silicate, colloquially known as “waterglass” or “liquid glass”, can take the form of an aqueous solution or a solid glass. Liquid- form waterglass will solidify in contact with carbon dioxide; for...

2024-06-01

Banuet-Martinez, Marina

This image captures a fisherman from a small Mexican fishing community seconds before diving deep into the cold ocean to complete his catch. His prayers seek protection and swift bounty as the ocean changes. Unlike the conventional figure of a fisherman on a boat, his livelihood depends on his...

2021-01-01

Walker, Phil

Here is an image of Moxie, a female, tame caribou in northern Ontario consuming some stick-lichen (Usnea spp.). Moxie and 15 other tame caribou allowed us to quantify caribou-specific nutritional resources across the boreal forest. Specifically, we combined tedious foraging-trials, where we...

2019-01-01

Seraj, Mudasser

More than 1.25 million deaths are caused by traffic accidents every year, 95% of those are due to human error. To address and resolve this problem we are taking the help of an innovative concept, Connected Vehicle (CV). A connected car can assist the human driver by communicating with its...

2017-01-01

Maruyama, Michiko

Drawing on my unique combination of industrial design, graphic art, and medical training, I aim to create educational resources that facilitate knowledge transfer and communication between physician and child. Since children learn through play, I was inspired to dedicate my Master of Industrial...