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Spring 2022

Wang, Siyuan

During the production of gas condensate from a reservoir, a gas condensate bank may be formed in the near-wellbore region, leading to reduced long-term productivity. The major existing remedial methods for removing the condensate bank include cyclic gas injection, solvent injection, wettability...

Spring 2024

Vasquez Aldana, Adriana Marcela

Oil Sands Process Water (OSPW) is a byproduct generated during the extraction of bitumen from oil sands deposits in Northern Alberta, Canada. This matrix presents a critical environmental and industrial challenge due to its toxic nature, primarily associated with its complex mixture of...

Spring 2024

Baron Bello, Ambar Lennon

Double wythe masonry cavity walls consist of two masonry wythes, an exterior layer typically made of clay-backed or ceramic bricks (veneer) and the inner layer composed of concrete masonry units (CMU), which serves as a structural backup. In typical cavity wall design, the two wythes are assumed...

Spring 2024

Ukaigwe, Sandra A

The current drive for energy neutrality, drastic reduction in energy costs and increasingly stringent wastewater discharge rules has led to the quest for the development of more energy efficient and effective wastewater treatment technologies. MABR is one of these developing technologies. MABR is...

Spring 2022

Seraj, Mudasser

The Introduction of Connected-Automated Vehicle (CAV) technology provided a new opportunity to fix the traditional transportation system. Automated vehicles (AuV) would take the driving responsibility and drive the vehicles by analyzing their’ surrounding through a range of sensors. The...

Spring 2024

Mirhadi, Seyed Nima

Canada experiences a significant number of landslides each year, posing substantial risks to safety, infrastructure, economic activities, and the environment. Over the last two and a half centuries, Canada has witnessed approximately 800 fatalities attributed to landslides, which has made...

Spring 2024

Huang, Qi

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a sustainable method for treating high-strength wastewater while concurrently recovering biomethane. Nevertheless, factors such as low temperature and complex organic substrates can limit digestion kinetics, with hydrolysis and methanogenesis as the primary...

Spring 2024

Chen, Huiyu

With the dramatically rising traffic congestion issue, people are suffering the loss of working hours, increase in traffic accidents and pollution around the world. In Canada, drivers in the major cities were estimated to lose over 50 working hours per year in congestion during 2022, and in the...

Spring 2020

Johnson, Thomas W

Canada has the 7th largest road network in the world with a total of 1.13 million kilometers (40% paved and 60% unpaved). Rise in traffic volumes, increased vehicle axle loading, extremely low air temperatures and seasonal freeze-thaw cycles have resulted in decreased performance of the asphalt...

Spring 2024

Guan, Roy Chunsheng

Nitrogen is an important component for our ecosystems, which accounts for 80% of chemical elements in the atmosphere. Ammonia nitrogen is one of the most concerned constituents for the environment. The municipal wastewater contributes the greatest amount of nitrogen into surface water and...