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INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION

Research and innovation to improve efficiencies and processes for a wide range of industries

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> Customer appreciation
  • Research from the Ryerson Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity reveals a need for greater understanding of ethnic markets.

> Advanced robotics
  • The manufacturing sector, especially the hard-hit automobile and aerospace industries, is continually looking at ways to get a leg up on the competition.

> LEEDing by design
  • A new centre at Laurentian University has incorporated sustainability into both its design and mandate. A sustainable construction project, the centre has researchers who will study damaged freshwater lakes and climate change.

> Sounds right
  • A researcher at the University of Windsor is putting a new twist on the phrase "safe and sound." He uses acoustical image technology to create quality-assurance testing tools for the automotive, aircraft, energy and agriculture sectors.

> The fast and the furious: a new muscle for cars
  • It's plastic fantastic at the Royal Military College of Canada, where a researcher joins various polymers to create stronger, better and more efficient cars.

41,000

the average # of students projected to be added to universities over the next 5 years