±«ÓãÖ±²¥ News - bioresource engineering /channels/news_feeds/all/term/bioresource%20engineering/rss en Bioresource Engineering funding to support innovative research /channels/channels/news/bioresource-engineering-funding-support-innovative-research-323404 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Professor <strong>Jan Adamowski</strong> (Bioresource Engineering) for receiving a $198,569 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant: #CitiSciWater – Exploring the potential of scalable, user-centric citizen science platforms and tools to co-create actionable knowledge and transform water governance. <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-researchers-garner-over-7m-in-sshrc-funding/" target="_blank">Read more</a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 29 Jul 2020 18:00:16 +0000 webfull 162152 at /channels THE GAZETTE | Soy milk the best plant-based dairy drink: ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Study /channels/channels/news/gazette-soy-milk-best-plant-based-dairy-drink-mcgill-study-284315 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Among plant-based milks, soy milk is the best nutritionally, according to a team of researchers at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥. Faced with the ever-growing popularity of these plant-based dairy drinks, and in the face of increasingly diversified offering on grocery-store shelves, the researchers have sorted out the list.</p> <p><span><a href="http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/soy-milk-the-best-plant-based-dairy-drink-mcgill-study">The Gazette</a></span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gazette.png?itok=eFWL9Jqp" width="116" height="116" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:22:12 +0000 webfull 134590 at /channels Gestion des eaux de ruissellement - Montréal annonce un nouveau partenariat avec l'Université ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ afin d'identifier les meilleures pratiques de plantation d'arbres /channels/news/gestion-des-eaux-de-ruissellement-montreal-annonce-un-nouveau-partenariat-avec-luniversite-mcgill-af-267759 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Bioresource Engineering professors <strong>Grant Clark</strong>  and <strong>Shiv Prasher</strong>, along with colleagues <strong>Dr. Maryam Kargar</strong> (Postdoctoral Fellow and Project Manager), Masters student <strong>Marcelo Frosi</strong>, <strong>Dr.</strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:14:24 +0000 webfull 127173 at /channels MALE CHICK CULLING IN EGG INDUSTRY COULD END, THANKS TO CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY /channels/news/male-chick-culling-egg-industry-could-end-thanks-canadian-technology-261483 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p>Harry Pelissero is the general manager of Egg Farmers of Ontario, which has been working with Michael Ngadi, a professor of bioresource engineering at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, to develop a machine that selects female eggs before they're hatched.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/male-chick-culling-technology-1.3647228" target="_blank">Read more on CBC</a></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/148703600.jpg?itok=MAQMhHB1" width="160" height="90" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:59:42 +0000 webfull 119580 at /channels Researchers Turn Fish Waste Into A Coffee-Scented Biofuel /channels/news/researchers-turn-fish-waste-coffee-scented-biofuel-257335 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Before that beautiful salmon filet lands on your plate, a lot of less appetizing stuff gets stripped away: By one estimate, the global seafood industry produces 64 million metric tons of waste each year. A new study suggests a potentially sweeter fate for all those heads and guts: They can be turned into a coal-like substance called hydrochar, which could be used as fuel or added to soil to improve fertility and sequester carbon (Energy Fuels 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01671).</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:11:11 +0000 webfull 114640 at /channels Le carnage des poussins mâles pourrait bientôt prendre fin /channels/news/le-carnage-des-poussins-males-pourrait-bientot-prendre-fin-257266 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Chaque année, des millions de poussins mâles, jugés sans valeur par l'industrie des poules pondeuses, sont euthanasiés dès leur sortie de l'oeuf. Une pratique que l'Allemagne veut cesser d'ici 2017, et à laquelle une mystérieuse invention de l'Université ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ pourrait mettre fin....Au Québec, l'Université ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ planche aussi secrètement sur une technologie semblable.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/ngadim-thumbnail.jpg?itok=MCYTgWME" width="160" height="160" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:49:00 +0000 webfull 114555 at /channels Farming of the future /channels/news/farming-future-255559 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p>Bioresource Engineering professor <strong>Mark Lefsrud</strong> and PhD candidate <strong>Débora Parrine</strong> were featured on <strong>CBC's The National</strong> on Tuesday, September 22.</p> <p>Mark spoke about his work with Urban Barns, and how the new growth systems that he is developing are changing the face of agriculture.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:38:32 +0000 webfull 112708 at /channels