Discovery Grant Renewed
April 15, 2014
Dr. Groulx's application for his Discovery Grant Renewal was successful with a 5-year award running until 2019.
April 15, 2014
Dr. Groulx's application for his Discovery Grant Renewal was successful with a 5-year award running until 2019.
Last Update: December 2014
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NEWS - 2014
Visit at the Australia Maritime College with Dr. Irene Penesis
April 7, 2014
Dr. Groulx is spending 4 weeks down in Tasmania (Australia) visiting and working with colleagues at the Australia Maritime College.
April 7, 2014
Dr. Groulx is spending 4 weeks down in Tasmania (Australia) visiting and working with colleagues at the Australia Maritime College.
Completion of an IRAP Project with McCharles Consulting Ltd.
March 31, 2014
Dominic, Benjamin and Laura just completed work and submitted the final report on a IRAP sponsored project with McCharles Consulting Ltd from Cape Breton, NS. The project had a large component on heat pumps working in cold climate.
March 31, 2014
Dominic, Benjamin and Laura just completed work and submitted the final report on a IRAP sponsored project with McCharles Consulting Ltd from Cape Breton, NS. The project had a large component on heat pumps working in cold climate.
Fundy Energy Research Network (FERN)
March 18, 2014
Dr. Groulx is now a member of the FERN Engineering Subcommitee.
March 18, 2014
Dr. Groulx is now a member of the FERN Engineering Subcommitee.
Successful Thesis Defence of Sebastian Manchester
April 1, 2014
It is not an April's fool, Sebastian successfully defended his MASc thesis today. Sebastian's work focused on electricity storage in relation to renewable energy; work done with LightSail Canada and Fundy Tidal Inc. Congratulations Seb!
April 1, 2014
It is not an April's fool, Sebastian successfully defended his MASc thesis today. Sebastian's work focused on electricity storage in relation to renewable energy; work done with LightSail Canada and Fundy Tidal Inc. Congratulations Seb!
Successful Thesis Defence of Trevor Jamieson
March 25, 2014
Trevor successfully defended his MASc thesis today; the research was performed in collaboration with the Michelin Bridgwater Plant. Congratulations Trevor!
March 25, 2014
Trevor successfully defended his MASc thesis today; the research was performed in collaboration with the Michelin Bridgwater Plant. Congratulations Trevor!
New LAMTE Researchers
May 5, 2014
Today, Luke Haliburton and Florent Herbinger are joining the LAMTE as summer undergraduate interns. We are really excited to have them on board! Jonas Skaluum who started as an intern at the LAMTE in January will continue with us for the summer too.
May 5, 2014
Today, Luke Haliburton and Florent Herbinger are joining the LAMTE as summer undergraduate interns. We are really excited to have them on board! Jonas Skaluum who started as an intern at the LAMTE in January will continue with us for the summer too.
New Researcher in Tidal/Fluid
May 5, 2014
Today, Aidan Bharath is joining the Tidal lab as a summer research assistant after his graduation from Acadia University with a Physics degree. We are really excited to have him working with us!
May 5, 2014
Today, Aidan Bharath is joining the Tidal lab as a summer research assistant after his graduation from Acadia University with a Physics degree. We are really excited to have him working with us!
Chang's First Paper is Accepted and Available Online
May 8, 2014
Chang's first paper titled "Experimental Study of the Phase Change Behavior of Lauric Acid inside a Horizontal Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System" is now available online in the International Journal of Thermal Sciences.
May 8, 2014
Chang's first paper titled "Experimental Study of the Phase Change Behavior of Lauric Acid inside a Horizontal Cylindrical Latent Heat Energy Storage System" is now available online in the International Journal of Thermal Sciences.
LAMTE's Participation at the Nova Scotia R&D Energy Conference
May 21, 2014
Louis, Moe and Nick (tidal engineering) all presented posters at this year edition of the NS R&D Energy Conference held at the Halifax Conference Center. Each poster gathered plenty of attention from visitors.
May 21, 2014
Louis, Moe and Nick (tidal engineering) all presented posters at this year edition of the NS R&D Energy Conference held at the Halifax Conference Center. Each poster gathered plenty of attention from visitors.
Louis and Dominic are presenting at the EUROTHERM Thermal Storage Seminar in Lleida, Spain
May 28-30, 2014
Louis and Dominic are participating and presenting two papers at the EUROTHERM Seminar 99 on Thermal Energy Storage in Lleida (Spain). The conference papers are "Thermodynamic Evaluation of Supercooled Seasonal Heat Storage at the Drake Landing Solar Community" and "PCM-based Thermal Storage System Research at Dalhousie University: A Review"
May 28-30, 2014
Louis and Dominic are participating and presenting two papers at the EUROTHERM Seminar 99 on Thermal Energy Storage in Lleida (Spain). The conference papers are "Thermodynamic Evaluation of Supercooled Seasonal Heat Storage at the Drake Landing Solar Community" and "PCM-based Thermal Storage System Research at Dalhousie University: A Review"
Moe is presenting his research work at the CSME Forum 2014 in Toronto
June 3, 2014
Moe is participating and presenting his paper at the CSME International Congress 2014 in Toronto (Canada). The conference paper is titled "Experimental Study of a Latent Heat Storage Unit with a Helical Coil Heat Exchanger".
June 3, 2014
Moe is participating and presenting his paper at the CSME International Congress 2014 in Toronto (Canada). The conference paper is titled "Experimental Study of a Latent Heat Storage Unit with a Helical Coil Heat Exchanger".
Dr. Alain Joseph is presenting results from our research collaboration at the International Conference on
Clean Energy 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey
June 8-12, 2014
Alain, research scientist at NSCC - Waterfront Campus and an associate to LAMTE, is participating and presenting our collaborative paper at the International Conference on Clean Energy (ICCE) 2014 in Istanbul (Turkey). The conference paper is titled "Real-Time Testing of Phase Change Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Storage".
June 8-12, 2014
Alain, research scientist at NSCC - Waterfront Campus and an associate to LAMTE, is participating and presenting our collaborative paper at the International Conference on Clean Energy (ICCE) 2014 in Istanbul (Turkey). The conference paper is titled "Real-Time Testing of Phase Change Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Storage".
Dominic was an invited researcher at the Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
July 7-16, 2014
Dominic spent two week in Nice working in collaboration with Dr. Pascal Henry Biwole, a LAMTE associate, at l'Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis. They were performing simulations on COMSOL Multiphysics related to temperature control of PV panel using PCM as well as preparing manuscript for paper submission to the International Journal of Thermal Sciences.
July 7-16, 2014
Dominic spent two week in Nice working in collaboration with Dr. Pascal Henry Biwole, a LAMTE associate, at l'Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis. They were performing simulations on COMSOL Multiphysics related to temperature control of PV panel using PCM as well as preparing manuscript for paper submission to the International Journal of Thermal Sciences.
Dominic is presenting at AWTEC 2014 in Tokyo
July 30, 2014
Dominic is presenting some preliminary research results from Nicholas Osbourne's work as a MASc student, in collaboration with Dr. Irene Penesis from AMC, at the 2nd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference in Tokyo; the paper title is "Three Dimensional Simulations of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine - Comparison with Experimental Results".
July 30, 2014
Dominic is presenting some preliminary research results from Nicholas Osbourne's work as a MASc student, in collaboration with Dr. Irene Penesis from AMC, at the 2nd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference in Tokyo; the paper title is "Three Dimensional Simulations of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine - Comparison with Experimental Results".
Dominic is presenting LAMTE's work at the 15th IHTC in Kyoto
August 11-15, 2014
Dominic is presenting two research papers at the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference in Kyoto; from the work of Louis titled "Two-Region Fin Model Adjacent Temperature Profile Interactions" and from a research collaboration with Dr. Biwole from Nice: "Solar PV Passive Temperature Control using Phase Change Materials".
August 11-15, 2014
Dominic is presenting two research papers at the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference in Kyoto; from the work of Louis titled "Two-Region Fin Model Adjacent Temperature Profile Interactions" and from a research collaboration with Dr. Biwole from Nice: "Solar PV Passive Temperature Control using Phase Change Materials".
An ENGAGE project with Internat Energy Solution is now completed
September 19, 2014
Florent and Dominic, along with Dr. White and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Kahwaji, are meeting with Livio Nichilo of Internat Energy Solution to presnet the results of the 6 month project looking at incorporating PCM in office space of historical buildings in Toronto to mitigage the large temperature flutuations observed in them.
September 19, 2014
Florent and Dominic, along with Dr. White and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Kahwaji, are meeting with Livio Nichilo of Internat Energy Solution to presnet the results of the 6 month project looking at incorporating PCM in office space of historical buildings in Toronto to mitigage the large temperature flutuations observed in them.
Dominic is presenting LAMTE's work on tablet temperature control to Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon
September 10, 2014
Dominic presented the work done so far on a 3-year Intel contract on fanless temperature control of electronics using PCMs at Intel's research day in Hillsboro, Oregon.
September 10, 2014
Dominic presented the work done so far on a 3-year Intel contract on fanless temperature control of electronics using PCMs at Intel's research day in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Completion of an ENGAGE Project with PoleCo Ltd.
August 29, 2014
Jonas, Trevor and Dominic just completed work and submitted the final report on an ENGAGE project with PoleCo Ltd. The project dealt with thermal studies and modeling of lead-acid batteries for off-grid applications.
August 29, 2014
Jonas, Trevor and Dominic just completed work and submitted the final report on an ENGAGE project with PoleCo Ltd. The project dealt with thermal studies and modeling of lead-acid batteries for off-grid applications.
New LAMTE Researchers
September 4, 2014
Today, Ali C. Kheirabadi, Tousif Ahmed and Behnam Dastvareh are joining the LAMTE as MASc students. We are really excited to have them on board!
September 4, 2014
Today, Ali C. Kheirabadi, Tousif Ahmed and Behnam Dastvareh are joining the LAMTE as MASc students. We are really excited to have them on board!
LAMTE's work is presented at the COMSOL Conference in Boston, Massachusetts
October 8-10, 2014
Dominic, Ali and Florent presented 4 papers at this year COMSOL Conference in Boston.
October 8-10, 2014
Dominic, Ali and Florent presented 4 papers at this year COMSOL Conference in Boston.
Completion of an ENGAGE Project with Ocean Sonics
November 15, 2014
Aidan, Sean and Dominic just completed work and submitted the final report on an ENGAGE project with OceanSonics. The project was on turbulent induced noise around an hydrophone using small-scale LES CFD.
November 15, 2014
Aidan, Sean and Dominic just completed work and submitted the final report on an ENGAGE project with OceanSonics. The project was on turbulent induced noise around an hydrophone using small-scale LES CFD.
A NSERC Engage grant awarded for Tidal research with Open Hydro Canada
December 3, 2014
Dominic was awarded a $25,000 Engage grant for a CFD study of the flow over and around Open Hydro's subsea structure. Nick will get this project going in January using one of the newer 16 core/128 GB of RAM computer at the LAMTE.
December 3, 2014
Dominic was awarded a $25,000 Engage grant for a CFD study of the flow over and around Open Hydro's subsea structure. Nick will get this project going in January using one of the newer 16 core/128 GB of RAM computer at the LAMTE.
Innovacorp funding awarded to a LAMTE Invention
November 27, 2014
Louis, Dominic and Mary Anne where successful in securing $15,000 in Early Stage Commercialization Funding from Innovacorp from Louis' invention in thermal storage. A market study will soon be undertaken!
November 27, 2014
Louis, Dominic and Mary Anne where successful in securing $15,000 in Early Stage Commercialization Funding from Innovacorp from Louis' invention in thermal storage. A market study will soon be undertaken!
A second paper in collaboration with the RESL is now published
December 1, 2014
Sebastian's paper titled "Regenerative Air Energy Storage for Remote Wind-Diesel Micro-grid Communities" is now available online in Applied Energy.
December 1, 2014
Sebastian's paper titled "Regenerative Air Energy Storage for Remote Wind-Diesel Micro-grid Communities" is now available online in Applied Energy.
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