Ehsan Sobhani will have his Computer Science MSc defense on Tuesday, July 23 at 10 a.m. on Zoom. The presentation will take place over zoom. Please email Brenda at grad.compsci@lakeheadu.ca for the link.

With the growing focus on sustainable transportation, Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) have emerged as a viable solution. BEBs have received significant recognition as an environmentally conscious and sustainable means of transportation. Designing an effective strategy, which encompasses placing charging sites and implementing proper charging mechanisms, is crucial to ensuring the efficient and consistent charging of BEBs in an electrified public transit system.This research endeavours to tackle the challenge of efficient charging strategies including placement of charging stations, cost of running electric buses, and adhering to the bus timetable. To this end, this thesis outlines a four-step approach for transit system planners to attain optimal solutions, including worst-case energy consumption calculation, off-service charging site placement, off-service (overnight) charging mechanisms, on-route charging planning, determining the required number of BEBs, and their integration into a fully electric transit system. Four novel methods are designed for planning: the Constrained Greedy Clustering (CGC) algorithm, the Priority Charging Mechanism (PCM), the Constraint Affinity Clustering Algorithm (CACA), and timetable tuning. A case study based on the real-world Thunder Bay, ON transit system is discussed to validate the proposed methodologies and assess their effectiveness in improving the BEB fleet’s overall performance. The research results demonstrate significant improvements in operational efficiency, cost reduction, and environmental sustainability by implementing the proposed charging infrastructure optimization strategies.

Everyone is welcome

Zotero is a free and convenient tool that can be used to help you manage information for your research, insert citations into your writing and easily create bibliographies. This session will provide an overview of how Zotero can support your work throughout the research process, with hands-on opportunities to practice using the tool.

After attending this workshop, you will have learned how to use Zotero to:

• save time with the research process
• create better citations and bibliographies
• organise all the books / articles you find during the research process
• use advanced features in Zotero

Join us in celebrating Pride! Drop by the picnic tables outside the Dining Hall between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to take part in Show Your Pride event activities including:

Lawn Games
Crafts and donations for the Gilbert Centre
Painting picnic tables with designs in recognition of Two Spirited folks and Allies
Wellness information and supplies
Pizza and cake pops (will be available at 12pm)

This event is open to students, faculty, and staff

Zotero is a free and convenient tool that can be used to help you manage information for your research, insert citations into your writing and easily create bibliographies. This session will provide an overview of how Zotero can support your work throughout the research process, with hands-on opportunities to practice using the tool.

After attending this workshop, you will have learned how to use Zotero to:

• save time with the research process
• create better citations and bibliographies
• organize all the books / articles you find during the research process
• use advanced features in Zotero

Looking for healthy patient models for for 1.5 hour time slots on July 4 and 5, 2024 to help Emergency Medicine physicians train in bedside abdominal ultrasound.

Demographics:
Females: age 15-50 (reproductive age, healthy uterus/ovaries)
Males: age 15-65.

To register, please sign-up here: https://nosm.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_egmpnj05YM4vjdI

Join Dr. Aislin Mushquash, Associate Professor, Clinical Psychologist, and the director of the Coping Research Lab,as she discusses resilience, human development / trust, and the implementation and evaluation of the e-mental health JoyPop app.

Grad student Izzy Malik, who is doing a review of e-mental apps and the implementations of AI, will join Dr. Mushquash to present.

Tomatoes! Peppers! Basil! Support the LU Greenhouse and stock up on your veggie essentials.

Join Student Accessibility Services in celebrating Red Shirt Day of Action for Accessibility and Inclusion as part of National Access Ability Week! Put on your favourite red shirt and make a pledge to improve accessibility and inclusion in your community. Pledge sheets and information will be available in the Chancellor Paterson Library main floor from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. All are welcome!

Please join the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities for the Spring Jibe, a fundraiser in support of the student engagement fund. 

$2 donation for each buffet/entree (dine-in)

Wednesday, May 29, 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Masala Grille, 170 Algoma St. N., Thunder Bay

You are invited to attend a seminar presented by Dr. Tao Tao on May 13, in CB 4058 at 10 am.

Department of Biology & Biotechnology PhD Program Special Seminar
Title: Progress in Human Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Presenter: Dr. Tao Tao, PhD, HCLD
Time: May 13, 2024, Monday from 10 am to 11 am
Place: CB 4058
Host: Dr. Wensheng Qin

Abstract:
Since the delivery of Louise Brown in 1978, the first child born as a result of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the advances in the field of assisted reproductive technologies have been remarkable. Innovations in the areas of the treatment of infertility and improvements in laboratory techniques have enabled many couples to achieve their dream of having a child. This presentation reviews important advances that have made the field of assisted reproduction a dynamic subspecialty including In vitro fertilization, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, Preimplantation genetic testing, embryo culture, embryo cryopreservation et al and provides insight into some exciting areas of research that will continue to revolutionize the field in the future.

Dr. Tao’s Biography:
Dr. Tao is a CFAS certified ART laboratory director and ABB board certified Embryologist, Andrologist and High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director (HCLD). He received his PhD in Embryo Biotechnology from China Agricultural University and the Institut fur Tierzucht und Tierverhalten, FAL, Germany (joint program), and completed extensive post-doctoral training at the University of Missouri. Dr. Tao has worked in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technologies for over 30 years. From 1988 to 1999, Dr. Tao had been engaged in the studies on embryo biotechnologies, including nuclear transfer, gene transfer, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, in vitro maturation, in vitro fertilization, embryo freezing and embryo splitting in the pig, cow, rabbit, goat, and mouse. In 2000, Dr. Tao joined Conceptia Reproductive Clinic, Moncton, NB, Canada, as a senior embryologist. He established all ART programs and ran the IVF Laboratory. With his added expertise, Conceptia Reproductive Clinic became one of the top fertility clinics in Canada at that time. Dr. Tao then joined several other fertility clinics in North American as IVF laboratory director between 2005 and 2018. During these years, he acquired extensive knowledge in the areas of human ICSI, IVF, IVM, TESA, Egg freezing, PGT, Assisted Hatching, Blastocyst Culture and Vitrification, Cryopreservation. Dr. Tao also served as an Assistant Professor in the OB/GYN department at the Mercer University School of Medicine. He has over 40 publications in peer review journals to his credit. Dr. Tao currently join IVF Canada Inc as a laboratory scientific director. Dr. Tao’s 30 years of experience in assisted reproduction has been an asset to establishment and the continuing growth of our ART program. Dr. Tao is a member of many professional associations, such as Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society; the American Society for Reproductive Medicine; European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. Currently Dr. Tao co-supervises Biotechnology PhD student Devon Dickson with Dr. Wensheng Qin on a project of Mitochondrial DNA Content as a Novel Biomarker to Improve Embryo Implantation Potential.