Monitoring subway cracks. Team MTL.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 15, 2017
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Le Réseau d'Information Municipale du Québec (behind a paywall) writes about a widely-reported study by Thikra Dawood, a PhD candidate in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering who describes an automated method of measuring concrete degradation that could generate significant savings in subway system maintenance. The research was published in Automation in Construction.
- Journal Métro reports on the work of Team MTL, made up of Concordia and McGill students and faculty, who together designed and assembled the net-zero energy Deep-Performance Dwelling. The Journal Métro story appears on the front page of the hard copy. Le Lézard picks up a CNW release announcing that wool insulation manufacturer ROXUL Inc. is sponsoring Team MTL entry in 'Solar Decathlon China 2018', in Dezhou, China.