École de Technologie Supérieure

High-Resolution Assessment of Coastal Flood Risk Under Future Climate Scenarios in Atlantic Canada

Coastal regions of Atlantic Canada face increasing tropical-cyclone flood risk under climate change. This study presents a building-level coastal flood-risk framework that translates regional synthetic-hurricane projections into localized risk estimates for Charlottetown, Prince...

Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis Does Not Alter Early Gait Biomechanics After ACL Reconstruction in a Pediatric Population: A Motion Analysis Study

Background: Lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) is increasingly added to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) to reduce graft failure and improve rotatory stability. However, concerns remain that LET may overconstrain the lateral compartment, alter gait biomechani...

Bond Behavior of CFRP/Steel Double Strap Joints: An Experimental Study

The performance of steel elements retrofitted with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) relies on the bond behavior of the interface between CFRP and steel substrate, as the adhesive is typically the weakest link of the retrofitting system. Therefore, understanding the bond beh...

MergeRepair: An Exploratory Study on Merging Task-Specific Adapters in Code LLMs for Automated Program Repair

Abstract Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown high capabilities in several software development-related tasks such as program repair, documentation, code refactoring, debugging, and testing. However, training these models requires massive amount of data and significant computa...

A Coupled Experimental–Numerical Framework to Characterize Ice Fracture Mechanics for Vibration-Based De-Icing

Resonant-vibration de-icing offers a low-power alternative to electrothermal systems, but its effectiveness depends on ice fracture and ice–substrate interfacial failure under dynamic loading. This study develops a coupled experimental–numerical methodology to characterize ice fr...

Evaluating the impact of airflow conditions and fabric thickness on nonwoven thermal resistance via local thermal non-equilibrium

Natural-based nonwovens featuring hollow fibers are investigated for eco-friendly cold-protective clothing due to their biodegradability and low thermal conductivity. However, predicting their thermal resistance under high-velocity airflow requires resolving complex fiber-air hea...

Configurational Approaches to Optimal Distinctiveness: Exploring Signal Sets and Originality for Entrepreneurship Legitimacy

For entrepreneurs, the legitimisation process in the early stages is crucial for acquiring essential resources and ensuring the viability and growth of their new ventures. Drawing on signalling theory and optimal distinctiveness literature, the article investigates the configurat...

Delivering building demand flexibility for grid-interactive operation: from perception and cognition to decision, execution, and verification

As both buildings and power systems undergo rapid decarbonization, demand flexibility (DF) in buildings has emerged as a key enabler for renewable energy integration, grid reliability, energy resilience, and efficient and low carbon operation. By dynamically adjusting building en...

Operational Availability Assessment of Tidal Stream Turbines Using Environmental Data and Fuzzy Logic Inference

In hybrid energy systems, maintaining an optimal scheduling strategy for real-time distribution systems, particularly in triple hybrid power generation units, remains a critical challenge. The lack of an efficient real-time observability platform for off-grid hybrid units directl...

A Capacitive Tactile Sensor Digital Twin for Real-Time Synthetic Data Generation and Sim-to-Real Transfer in NVIDIA Isaac Sim

With advances in robotic manipulation in recent years, tactile sensing has become increasingly important in scenarios where visual information is unreliable or insufficient. However, the development of learning-based tactile algorithms and policies is limited by the cost and time...