- 0October 2015But while the Halifax-based startup had worked-out the mechanical design of its brace, its team knew they needed people with expertise in body movement and rehabilitation to test it. That’s where Mitacs Accelerate came in.
- 0September 2015Han Chen, a Mechanical Engineering Masters student at McGill University, has created what amounts to a virtual factory, where new tools and equipment can be designed and tested, significantly reducing their real-world production time and creating a lot of opportunities.
- 0August 2015Since she was a little girl, Shefali Garg has been interested in design and technology. This summer she’s exploring her passion as a Globalink Research intern at the University of Waterloo.
- 0June 2015Umang says the experience has been valuable for his eventual career in a biomedical start up. “Having research experience through Mitacs Globalink will be very useful to my career. I couldn’t have learned these same techniques and tools without doing a project like this.”
- 0June 2015“This research let us fine-tune our systems, and learn a lot about our how they work... Bringing someone in through Mitacs gave us a glimpse of what we do from a different perspective.”
- 0May 2015“We pushed the limits of the connector’s material and structure. In the end, we learned how to make a better connector..."
- 0May 2015Mitacs Elevate alumnus Richard Beal is the recipient of the First Place, $20,000 prize of the inaugural Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards for his company, COFOVO Energy.
- 1May 2015Mitacs Accelerate alumnus Guillaume Brault is the recipient of the second place, $15,000 prize of the inaugural Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards with co-founder Viviane Bélair for their company, Inova Source.
- 1May 2015Mitacs Accelerate alumnus Clayton Hiles was the recipient of an Honourable Mention at the inaugural Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards.
- 0May 2015“This project was really valuable. It yielded enough interesting information that Actavis set up a second internship for me."
- 0April 2015“Mitacs gives us access to really good people, as well as to equipment and infrastructure at universities that we — as a small company — could never think of getting otherwise.”
- 1January 2015Trojan Technologies, a London, Ontario-based water treatment technology company, was recognized as the recipient of the 2014 Mitacs Industry Award for Outstanding Leadership.