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- Visualizing data for Fraser River salmon stocks: Developing tools to promote insight and understandingX<Read More
For this project, we propose to integrate the data about Fraser River salmon populations into a multi-species, multi-population database, and develop an interactive data visualization tool that allows fisheries scientists and managers to explore this data at different spatial and temporal scales. The objective of this project is to provide...
Faculty Supervisor: Darko Odic
Student: Michael Barrus
Partner: Engage Data
Discipline: Psychology
Sector: Fisheries and wildlife
University: University of British Columbia
Program: Accelerate
> - '>Limpact des décisions prises pendant la conception architecturale sur le fonctionnement du bâtiment : Le cas de la Maison du développement durable à MontréalX<Read More
Limpact du cadre bâti sur lenvironnement est énorme : environ 40% de la consommation totale d'énergie et 30% des émissions de gaz à effet de serre proviennent de lindustrie de la construction. Alors que lon essaie de remédier à cette situation en construisant des bâtiments plus performants et durables, il...
Faculty Supervisor: Gonzalo Lizarralde
Student: Amy Oliver
Discipline: Architecture and design
Sector: Environmental industry
Program: Accelerate
> - Application of lean construction in small and medium-sized enterprisesX<Read More
Construction SMEs significantly contribute to Canadas economy. Therefore high productivity within the SMEs is highly beneficial for the development of the country. Building constructions and renovations are everyday occurrences which involve the constant need to improve and readapt business practices to market forces and trends of globalization. Consumers and business...
Faculty Supervisor: Mohamad Hassan Wafai
Student: Mohammed Sulaiman
Partner: Kinetic Construction Ltd
Discipline: Business
Sector: Manufacturing
University: Royal Roads University
Program: Accelerate
> - Investigating the causes of asphaltenes formation during visbreaking of deasphalted oilX<Read More
Canadian bitumen has high viscosity compared to conventional crude oils which unable its transportation to upgraders and refineries by pipeline. In order to improve its fluidity, bitumen is submitted to high temperatures that will allow the break of chemical bonds. This process is called visbreaking. Nevertheless, the product is unstable...
Faculty Supervisor: Arno de Klerk
Student: Glaucia Helena Carvalho do Prado
Partner: Nexen Energy ULC
Discipline: Engineering - chemical / biological
Sector: Oil and gas
University: University of Alberta
Program: Accelerate
> - Digitalizing Extractive IndustriesX<Read More
The broad objectives of this research include: (1) to develop an accurate picture of the extent to which digital technologies have been adopted by extractive industries, (2) to understand factors that have impacted on the pace of digitalization, (3) to develop an understanding of how further digitalization could transform extractive...
Faculty Supervisor: Ray Gosine
Student: Thumeera Wanasinghe
Partner: Petroleum Newfoundland & Labrador
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Oil and gas
University: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Program: Accelerate
> - Advanced Analytics InitiativeX<Read More
Mental health issues affect a large percentage of the military population. The HERE4U Military Version will be an instant messaging smartphone application to connect military family members (adults only) who are dealing with mental health problems to a mental health counseling solution that uses the IBM Watson cognitive platform. Being...
Faculty Supervisor: Ruth Lanius, Farhana Zulkernine
Student: Sherain Harricharan, Niventhini Indrajith, Janine Thome, Braeden Terpou
Partner: IBM Canada
Discipline: Computer science, Visual arts, Psychology
Sector: Medical devices
University: Western University
Program: Accelerate
> - Impacts of once-through cooling on the aquatic environmentX<Read More
Many thermal power plants, including Bruce Power, rely on once-through cooling using water from the Great Lakes. The warmer water that is released back into the lake has the potential to impact temperature sensitive aquatic species that occupy the near shore water close to the discharges. The proposed research will...
Faculty Supervisor: Joanna Wilson
Student: Carly Graham
Partner: Bruce Power
Discipline: Biology
Sector: Energy
University: McMaster University
Program: Accelerate
> - Designing quality control strategies to assess the self-assembly and biological stability of chitosan nanoparticlesX<Read More
In this grant, the consortium will develop new methods to characterize nanoparticles prepared with a proprietary polymer. This study will enable the fabrication and characterization of better performing nano-sized particles encapsulating therapeutic molecules, commonly called nanomedicines. This study will allow to monitor how the polymers self-assemble into nanoobjects under different...
Faculty Supervisor: Nicolas Bertrand
Student: Amrita Dikpati
Partner: Ovensa Inc
Discipline: Pharmacy / Pharmacology
Sector: Nanotechnologies
Program: Accelerate
> - Development of new therapeutics for castration-resistant prostate cancer treatmentX<Read More
Castration-resistant prostate cancer is a late stage disease and many people die of it due to lack of effective therapeutic drugs. In the current project, we propose to develop new therapeutic drug a to specifically target CRPCs common weak points, which are MCT4 and eIF4E genes proteint products that play...
Faculty Supervisor: Yuzhuo Wang
Student: Faline Yang, Yu Wang
Partner: Pharmaplanter Technologies Inc
Discipline: Visual arts
Sector: Pharmaceuticals
University: University of British Columbia
Program: Accelerate
> - New graphene thermoplastics nanocomposites with improved mechanical, electrical properties and EMI shielding effectivenessX<Read More
In a prior project, promising results were obtained showing the possibility of using graphene/polymer composites as advanced materials having superior properties than the conventional carbon black loaded polymers. The composites obtained presented electrical conductivities with values of about 10-2 S/m when the percolation threshold was exceeded, an increase of more...
Faculty Supervisor: Nicole Demarquette
Student: Emna Helal, Scheyla Kuester, Rafael Kurusu
Partner: NanoXplore Inc
Discipline: Engineering - mechanical
Sector: Nanotechnologies
Program: Accelerate
> - Développement dun outil dinterpolation entre les régimes de fonctionnement dune turbine hydrauliqueX<Read More
Ce projet a pour but le développement dun outil pour améliorer nos capacités à prédire la nature et les amplitudes des sollicitations mécaniques sur une roue de turbine hydraulique type Francis pour les régimes stationnaire et transitoire. Plus spécifiquement, le projet a pour objectif le développement et la validation dun...
Faculty Supervisor: Souheil-Antoine Tahan
Student: Quang Hung Pham
Partner: Andritz Hydro
Discipline: Engineering - mechanical
Sector: Energy
Program: Accelerate
> - Thermal Analysis of Poly-V Belt Transmission SystemX<Read More
Nowadays, automotive companies are seeking to use prospective robust, light-weight, anti-corrosive and cost-effective composites such as fibre reinforced polymer (FRP), instead of traditional materials like steel or aluminum alloy, to make their products more competitive in the market. The sponsor company in this project, Litens Automotive Group, is investigating the...
Faculty Supervisor: Kamran Behdinan
Student: Xingchen Liu
Partner: Litens Automotive
Discipline: Engineering - mechanical
Sector: Automotive and transportation
University: University of Toronto
Program: Accelerate
> - Identification des caractéristiques du comportement dynamique des roues de turbine hydroélectrique par létude des régimes transitoiresX<Read More
Ce projet a pour but développer un outil pour améliorer nos capacités à prédire la nature et les amplitudes des sollicitations mécaniques sur une roue de turbine hydraulique type Francis pour les régimes stationnaire et transitoire. Plus spécifiquement, le projet a pour objectif le développement et la validation dun modèle...
Faculty Supervisor: Souheil-Antoine Tahan
Student: Quentin Dollon
Partner: Andritz Hydro
Discipline: Engineering - mechanical
Sector: Energy
Program: Accelerate
> - Green Chemistry for Green SolventsX<Read More
A major contributor to smog formation is the release of volatile chemicals into the atmosphere which are emitted from many sources including automobile exhaust and consumer products such as paints. To combat the adverse effects smog has on air quality in North America, agencies such as Environment and Climate Change...
Faculty Supervisor: Laurel Schafer
Student: Joseph Clarkson
Partner: TBF Environmental Technology Inc
Discipline: Chemistry
Sector: Alternative energy
University: University of British Columbia
Program: Elevate
> - Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell for UAV IntegrationX<Read More
The joint objective of the consortium is to undertake R&D necessary to produce a scalable, cost-effective combined hydrogen storage and fuel cell solution for UAVs that addresses weight and volume and improves refueling logistics. The novel hydrogen storage system will be combined with a high-power density optimized fuel cell stack...
Faculty Supervisor: Erik Kjeang, Michael Eikerling
Student: Adam MacIntosh, Sandeep Bhattacharya, Narinder Singh Khattra, Jacob Spooner
Partner: Ballard Power Systems Inc.
Discipline: Chemistry, Engineering - mechanical
Sector: Alternative energy
University: Simon Fraser University
Program: Accelerate
> - Assessing cognitive load in cochlear implant users through short-term storage of speechX<Read More
Cochlear implants are surgical implanted devices that allow deaf people to recover some form of hearing and understand speech, but current devices are limited, and the consequences of these limitations have not been fully explored. For example, there is a growing consensus that hearing loss interacts with cognitive systems. Yet,...
Faculty Supervisor: Alexandre Lehmann
Student: Yue Zhang
Partner: Oticon Canada
Discipline: Visual arts, Medicine
Sector: Medical devices
University: McGill University
Program: Accelerate
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