Grants and Contributions

The objective of this AO is to support Canadian students to participate in national and international space conferences and training events that will offer them the opportunity to learn about and be involved in the latest developments in space science and technology, to develop their professional network, and in some cases, present their research results at the national and international leve

Participating in this competition will help team members gain experience with collaboration, teamwork, and the application of technical skills to real-world space projects.

The team is comprised of Indigenous student members of the university’s chapter of AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society), which is an organization that encourages and supports Indigenous engagement with study and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. This project offers the opportunity for Indigenous engineering and science students at Queen's University to become involved with a hands-on experiential learning project with tangible outcomes. Students come from a range of programs such as Engineering, Physics, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Health Science, Biology and Education.

This project is intended to validate a portable technology based on surface plasmon resonance and passively pumped microfluidic techniques for disease screening in mobile clinics, remote regions and in space.

This project aims to increase the technology readiness level (TRL) of the Search Coil Magnetometer (SCM) and of the high-energy particle microburst detector in order to qualify the use of both instruments on future spacecraft.

The main objective of the project is to investigate metal-fuel combustion using a microgravity platform on board of the Falcon-20 parabolic aircraft, where the effects of particle settling, and natural convection are suppressed. Through this microgravity research, critical understanding on metal flame combustion can be achieved by investigating its propagation limit, and the understanding is improved with complementary ground-based research that examine additional parameters, such as burning velocity, flame temperature, and combustion products. In the present project, it is expected that new unique characteristics of metal combustion will be discovered through examining a wide range of fuel concentrations in at least two different particle size distributions.

This project will leverage Canadian expertise to develop new methods to identify and characterize novel loud gravitational-wave transients and mitigate LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission detector glitches. Canadian researchers will integrate these new methods into an existing “global fit” of many simultaneous expected LISA sources, allowing researchers from around the world to clearly observe the physical signatures of LISA sources. This project will enable Canadian researchers to take a leading role in LISA’s new view of the Universe.

This project seeks to advance bioprinting technology for space applications, focusing on wound healing in microgravity.

The goal of this project is to better constrain the formation of clay minerals on Mars through Mars analogue missions deployed at three clay-bearing terrestrial field sites with two comparable EMRF (ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission) instruments. This project aims to provide insights into further development and validation of these instruments and train the next generation of planetary explorers.

Contribution as part of the Policy Dialogue Program to Faiza Waheed to assist in preparing for and engaging in participation activities associated with the ongoing Review of Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Development Processes.