Grants and Contributions

The HTSN program aims to develop innovative technologies to deliver extreme broadband services across Canada. Photonics for core network and satellite communications are among the main themes to be addressed. With the advent of 5G and IoT, the data capacity demands are expected to increase dramatically. New system architectures and components supporting them are required. Increasing data capacity while reducing component footprint and reducing power consumption are among the critical challenges. The key high-level objective of this project is to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques to develop silicon photonics components for signal multiplexing. The McGill team will apply and further develop the new ML design strategy of dimensionality reduction pioneered at NRC to tackle the complexity of high-dimensional design optimization and inverse design approach. This will enable efficient exploitation of the unique properties of subwavelength-structured dielectric metamaterials and complex device geometries required for next generation photonic datacom devices. The team will then demonstrate the novel designs at the components and the system level.

Canadian agriculture has evolved over time in response to challenges, opportunities and market developments and is one of the largest exporters in the world. However, changing market conditions and consumer demand have introduced more varieties and challenges. Thus, the adoption of innovation in agriculture will ensure the increases in output and productivity. Currently, precision agriculture or precision farming is demanded to manage farming through observing, measuring, and responding to inter and intra-field variability in crops. The objective of this collaborative research program is to advance the “precision agriculture or farming” with enabling information and communications technology, such as the smart sensing technologies, industrial Internet of Things, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. This research will be in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The outcomes of this research will contribute to Canada’s economy by transferring precision farming technology to the Canadian agriculture industry.

The proposed project will address printable technology to implement metamaterial based RF lenses to enhance the performance of antennas used in broadband satellite communications systems. Composite Right-Hand Left-Hand Transmission Lines (CRHLH) will be used to add re-configurability to the proposed lenses. New printable technologies making use of electrically smart materials based on ferro-electric and ferro-magnetic printable inks are proposed.
The RF lenses will add additional layers of control to the antenna by re-shaping the radiation pattern while adding agility against operational and environmental conditions.

Concordia University and the NRC will explore quantum dot multi-wavelength lasers for millimeter wave generation and transmission. This research will involve the: (1) design, fabrication and investigation of one-sided PN junction photomixers (broadband and high-power), which was proposed by Concordia with simpler structure and better performance when compared to a uni-carrier traveling photomixer; (2) design, fabrication and investigation of integrated photomixer antenna’s including a single integrated photomixer and antenna and 8 integrated photomixer and antenna arrays; (3) investigation of the use of QD lasers with mobile fronthaul transmissions, millimeter-wave generation and coherent detection of mobile signals for cloud radio access networks.

There is a growing need in the pulse industry to expand the functional characteristics of pulse ingredients and a bigger need for dry or wet fractionating processors to understand what natural processes can be applied to enhance the functional attributes of dry or wet fractionated pulse ingredients. This project serves to establish a base for fractionating pulses into proteins and starches and then utilize natural modifications to transform the functional properties of these ingredients beyond their unmodified capacities. This will be done by first establishing a baseline for dry and wet fractionating of pulses and then applying hydrothermal or enzymatic treatments to the fractionation process to enhance their functional attributes or attempt to resolve some of the issues for where they are limiting. This project also serves to shed light on the effects of processing on the nutritional qualities of the manufactured proteins such as anti-nutritive factors.

In the current project, a new cost functional for the variational formulation is proposed, wherein all the intrinsic properties of the most complete version of the Navier-Stokes equation including the non-linear terms are incorporated. To achieve this, one needs to simultaneously consider the Navier-Stokes system and its dual by means of non-convex optimization theory. Due to the presence of a convex function and its Fenchel dual, this new and symmetric energy functional is constructed and used as follows: first, a general framework, in which solutions of the Navier-Stokes system – which is not of the Euler-Lagrange type – are identified as the minima of an appropriately devised non-negative self-dual energy functional. As the second step, such self-dual features are used to develop a systematic approach for a variational resolution and stability of the solutions of the developed equations.

The purpose of the program is to provide support to organizations that undertake projects that that contribute to the development and implementation of coastal zone plans, identify restoration priorities, implement projects, and address threats to marin

The overarching goal (purpose) is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of co-development and sustainable economic development.

The purpose of the Small Craft Harbours Class Contribution Program (SCH-CCP) is to support the acquisition, development, construction, improvement or repair as well as the management, maintenance, safety and accessibility of eligible fishing and recreat

The purpose of the Small Craft Harbours Class Contribution Program (SCH-CCP) is to support the acquisition, development, construction, improvement or repair as well as the management, maintenance, safety and accessibility of eligible fishing and recreat