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Engineered enzyme architectures for renewable hydrogen generation

The storage of solar energy is one of the bottlenecks that prevent its widespread adoption. Perhaps the most widely accepted, and promising, strategy is to store solar energy in the form of energetic chemicals like hydrogen. This feat requires water splitting technology that can use solar energy to convert water to hydrogen and oxygen. In so doing, that solar energy is stored in the form of hydrogen. This proposal describes the development of artificial biological systems that interface with modern electrical components as a means to make hydrogen. The key problem that we are addressing is to eliminate the need for rare and expensive metals (e.g., platinum) that are used in state-of-the-art devices. Anodyne Chemistries (the partner) is a recently formed company that is developing low-carbon, bio-based technology. Their partnership with the Warren group at SFU takes advantage of their expertise in bioinorganic and electrochemistry and is a key benefit to early-stage technology development

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeffrey J Warren

Student:

Partner:

Anodyne Chemistries Inc.

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Contribution au développement de nouvelles méthodes de mises à la terre (MALT) basées sur l’utilisation de bétons et/ou géopolymères électriquement conducteurs

Le projet de recherche a pour but de valoriser les sous-produits et résidus miniers de l’industrie de l’aluminium. Pour rendre possible cette valorisation, le projet consiste à développer de nouvelles méthodes de mises à la terre (MALT) à base de géopolymères électriquement conducteurs qui seront par la suite utilisées dans les grandes structures électriques telles que les réseaux électriques aériens (pylônes et postes), les parcs éoliens ou encore les fermes solaires. L’objectif principal est le développement de produits manufacturés et/ou matières premières alternatives qui implique le développement de procédés pour le traitement des résidus. Afin de pouvoir commercialiser ces produits dans la vie de tous les jours, ces géopolymères seront utilisés en plus grande quantité afin d’offrir des caractéristiques électriques de MALT équivalentes aux matériaux utilisés actuellement, sachant qu’ils sont bien plus économiques que ces derniers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guy Simard;Christophe Volat

Student:

Partner:

Centre de recherche et de développement d’Arvida

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology; Sustainability & the Environment; Mining

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques to model smart thermostats data of big buildings

This project tackles the issue of knowledge incompleteness and lack of domain coverage in resume and job posting matching caused by the exploitation of domain-general resources. A variety of co-operative semantic/ontological resources will be used to filter out irrelevant resumes. A two-way (candidate to job and job to candidate) semantic-based automatic suitability ranking is proposed. The suitability is determined by the semantic distance of resumes and job postings, evaluated by their word embeddings. An efficient semantic space created through the Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Networks will be utilized with different word embedding mechanisms along with different classification methods. The project also investigates the potential of knowledge graphs in illustrating inconsistencies between the resumes and job postings will be investigated. This study improves an automatic system capable of precisely detecting, extracting, and visualizing the resume and job posting’s relevant skills as well as the implicitly encoded semantic dimensions of applicant resumes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Behrouz Far

Student:

Partner:

ENA Solution Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

PGX-processed yeast beta-glucans as an inhalable immuno-therapeutic/-prophylactic for COVID-19-induced lung fibrosis

The long-term effects of COVID-19 on individual health remain to be elucidated, with numerous reports emerging of fibrotic changes in the lung beyond the acute phase of the disease. Considering the reported cases of COVID-19 worldwide, even a small percentage of these patients developing lung fibrosis can have detrimental consequences on our healthcare system. In this project, we seek to expand on preliminary results from an ongoing collaboration between the labs of Kjetil Ask and Todd Hoare at McMaster University and our industry partner Ceapro regarding the utility of yeast beta-glucan particles processed using Ceapro’s pressurized gas expanded liquids (PGX) technology for modulating the immune system and serving as an anti-fibrotic agent without any added drug. PGX processing both purifies and expands the raw yeast beta-glucan product to both remove components that can cause undesirable side-effects and reduce the density of the material to make the particles easier to inhale directly into the targeted lung tissue. To advance this promising technology to clinical trials, we aim to optimize the delivery of PGX-YBG to the lung and validate its performance for reducing lung fibrosis, both alone and loaded with an anti-inflammatory drug currently used for COVID-19 therapy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Kolb;Todd Hoare

Student:

Partner:

Ceapro

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Multidimensional Energy Consumption Analysis in Large Organizations: An Information Visualization Design Study

The goal of this project is to improve the process by which professional energy managers and utility company personnel analyze large amounts of data related to energy consumption. This process is often exploratory, meaning that many analysis questions are open-ended and cannot be phrased as a directed query. Open-ended exploration can be supported by information visualization, which involves a collection of techniques for displaying and interacting with large amounts and varying types of data. Information visualization provides users with an overview of the data, as well as an ability to drill down into specific subsets of the data as their analysis questions are refined. The application of information visualization techniques to the problem of large-scale energy consumption analysis will involve an iterative user-centred design and evaluation process, which will include eliciting requirements from representative users, designing prototypes, implementing, and evaluating one or more information visualization tools.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tamara Munzner

Student:

Partner:

Pulse Energy inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Trends in financial markets: Uncovering the distribution of intensity and duration

Representing the collective consensus of global prescriptions of value, financial markets represent a sophisticated and complex system of academic and practitioner study. Quantitative and systematic investment strategies seek to understand characteristics of the market, and design investment strategies to profit off of those market features. A persistent and well-known market feature, known as trend, represents a particular observed feature of the market where it is possible to profit off a strategy that invests in recent winners and divests from recent losers. While there is a breadth of literature—both academic and practitioner alike—on the implementation of effective trend-following strategies, there has been comparatively little attention paid to comprehensive understanding of the global properties of trending markets. In this research project, we will perform a comprehensive characterization of market trends, providing a valuable tool for understanding both universal and regime-dependent aspects of trending markets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jingjing Wu;Xuewen Lu

Student:

Partner:

Viewpoint Investment Partners Corporation

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Industrial Help Advanced Manufacturing

The proposed research will focus on creating new technologies to enable commercialization of industrial hemp projects using nanotechnology. The goal is to contribute to new technology creating advance materials and manufacturing processes. The project will explore the utilization stalk from industrial hemp for developing efficient methods for manufacturing nanocellulose fibers and creating new products. The target applications areas include sustainable packaging, moulded products, and energy. The research collaboration will enable interns to learn and improve their skills in areas of nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and sustainable products. The recent introduction of industrial hemp grains (food supply) in Canada has created an enormous surplus that remains in the farm and cannot be tilled back in the soil. Therefore, the utilization of the hemp stalk is a requirement to further success of industrial hemp in Canada. The impact of this research is the creation of technology to enable manufacturing and commercialization of industrial hemp products by the industrial partner Tangho Green Canada Inc.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Leonardo Simon

Student:

Partner:

Tangho Green Canada Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Étude des bases moléculaires et cellulaires pathologiques liés aux maladies cardiovasculaires

Les causes des maladies cardiovasculaires sont multifactorielles; certaines sont génétiques, d’autres liées intimement aux habitudes de vie et d’autres tombent dans ce qu’on appelle l’épigénétique. Ce domaine étudie les influences environnementales sur l’expression de nos gènes et se subdivise en plusieurs sous-spécialités de recherche. Au cours de notre projet, nous étudierons les influences des protéines qui lient les ARN messagers (des séquences nucléiques servant à produire des protéines lors de la transcription) sur l’expression du bagage génétique; pour ce faire, nous utiliserons des méthodes novatrices de modification génétique, la méthode CRISPR. Cette méthode permet d’exciser certaines bases nucléiques et de les insérer à un autre endroit ou dans une autre cellule (c’est cette technologie qui est à la base des OGMs). La modification des séquences génétiques nous permettra d’identifier le rôle de certaines séquences d’ADN dans le bon fonctionnement des cellules du cœur humain et, ultimement, préparer le terrain pour le développement de nouvelles cibles thérapeutiques et de nouveaux médicaments qui permettront de mitiger les effets des maladies cardiovasculaires sur la population canadienne.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregor Andelfinger

Student:

Partner:

Cornell University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology; Nanotechnology

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

We-Watch Corp. Research & Planning Project

The goal of this project is to conduct market research and landscape analysis for potential areas that We-Watch may
enter. The intern will be responsible for leveraging surveys conducted by We-Watch to find the best customer groups.
Additionally, the intern will develop various customer personas in order to draft recommendations for which features
the firm should focus on. Finally, utilizing all aforementioned facts the intern will recommend a potential monetization
model that best suits the needs for We-Watch’s need for rapid customer base and revenue expansion. The firm
expects to gain a better understanding of the market, and understand what features and monetization modes best
appeals to potential customers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Dippel

Student:

Partner:

We-Watch Corp.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Developing a knowledge translation activity to share the neuroscience of living with housing instability

Homelessness is a growing challenge in Canada, with devastating economic and social costs. Neuroscience offers important insights into the causes and consequences of homelessness. Individuals experiencing housing instability are more likely to have a history of brain injury and mental illness than the general population. These brain-based conditions can be associated with impaired cognition, which can include difficulties in tasks such as following instructions, completing paperwork, or managing a schedule. Despite this, many programs and services that target homelessness are not designed with impaired cognition in mind. Our project will nurture collaborations among experts in neuroscience, education, and housing instability to develop educational activities about the role of the brain in homelessness. In the future, these educational activities will be shared with front-line workers and decision-makers. We hope this work will ultimately result in more accessible interventions as well as greater empathy for those experiencing housing instability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erin Mazerolle;Conor Barker

Student:

Partner:

Family Service in Mi’kma’ki

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

St. Francis Xavier University

Program:

Accelerate

Identifying and classifying patient-uploaded image quality for teledermatology practices

This project focuses on the development of an automated system to detect images consisting of skin moles. The detection of images consisting of moles will play a central role in dermatology screening using telemedical and virtual healthcare platforms. Upon classification, images consisting of moles will be sent to specialists for further diagnosis and treatment procedures. To achieve the proposed objective, this project will utilize the recent developments in image processing, computer vision, machine learning, and artificial intelligence techniques. The proposed project will be undertaken by an MSc student who will develop image processing approaches to enhance the image quality before proceeding with the development of the feature extraction approach. Once the salient features are extracted from the images, the intern will develop a machine learning approach to automatically detect and classify images consisting of skin moles. This project will be undertaken in collaboration with ORO Health Inc.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kumaradevan Punithakumar

Student:

Partner:

ORO Health Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Assessing urban parks design and its influence on natural systems health

Ensuring biodiversity is maintained as Edmonton continues to grow is vital in maintaining Regional connectivity and ensuring long term sustainability of the City’s natural systems and the ecosystem services that it provides to Edmonton’s residents. The goal of this project is to identify public open space site characteristics that are associated with increased (or decreased) wildlife visitation and species richness observations. This project will assist the City in assessing the health and sustainability of Edmonton’s natural systems by using biodiversity of wildlife species as a “barometer” of ecosystem health. Results will be used to inform future recommendations on urban open space parks design and support the implementation work of Breathe: Edmonton’s Green Network Strategy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Summers

Student:

Partner:

City of Edmonton

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Public administration

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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