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Mathematical Modelling and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Degradation Monitoring of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers

Water electrolysis plays a vital role in clean energy generation by producing hydrogen from water.
Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers represent a novel technology used for this purpose.
The performance of such electrolyzers is highly affected by various degradation processes occurring in
such systems. In this project, we are aiming to understand the sources of inefficiencies and the
parameters that control such mechanisms in water electrolyzer systems. Mathematical models
equipped with data obtained using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy will be used to
investigate the response of a test system to different degradation mechanisms. Finally, mitigation
strategies will be developed in order to enhance the efficiency of water electrolyzers. The applicability
of the proposed methodology for monitoring water electrolyzer systems can be extended to other
types of electrochemical systems, including larger-scale industrial systems.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Bartosz Protas

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Pulsenics

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

McMaster University

Programme :

Accelerate

Asper School of Business, Higher Learning Foundation

This project is related to #IT24812 and this is phase 2 of that project. After the success of my first BSI project with the Higher Learning Foundation (HLF), we have decided to continue applying for the program to expand the positive impact we have on the mental well-being of our community. HLF is a registered charity that nurtures mental fitness by providing mental fitness classes, scholarship opportunities, and community-building projects. The added value of this project is I will be focusing my attention and resources on innovating HLF’s organizational structures and processes. As a small rising non-profit, HLF currently does not have a systematic process to ensure the consistency of the employee experience. Since HLF’s goal is to grow in size and replicate our success in the local community on a wider scale, I will be building a full-fledged Employee Experience Plan (EXP) to provide a structure to the process and ensure the quality of employees and volunteers’ experience. Within my goal of providing organizational structures I will also create marketing processes to grow our social media and provide structure for future roadmap.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Subbu Sivaramakrishnan

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Higher Learning Foundation

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Education; Other services (except public administration)

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Business Strategy Internship

Investigation of Raman Spectroscopy for Commercial Clinical Chemistry Applications

The project aims to address the issue of the lack of access to basic blood tests in a majority of the world’s population. We will explore the potential of Raman spectroscopy to provide a reagent-less alternative to traditional clinical chemistry methods. By proving that Raman spectroscopy, in conjunction with advanced machine learning, is able to quantitate critical yet low-concentration analytes, it is possible to develop a purpose-built, commercial, reagent-less clinical chemistry analyzer platform providing critical insight into the health of patients in low resource settings.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Keng Chou

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

EluciDx

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

A Needs Assessment and Preliminary Program Evaluation of a Community Social-Emotional Learning Program

Mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression, are becoming increasingly common among children and adolescents, yet still only a small portion of youth receive the support they need. For these reasons, many community organizations have been focused on helping children develop the social and emotional skills which help to support children’s mental health and avoid mental illness. This project involves evaluating such a program, called Brainworx!, which is run by a Canadian not-for-profit, Start2Finish. A team of developmental psychologists will evaluate the social and emotional needs of children involved in the program. They will also evaluate how children’s social and emotional skills change over the course of the program. Finally, the team will make recommendations on how the program could be modified to better promote the social and emotional needs of children in the program.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Heather Henderson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Start2Finish

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Accelerate

Retrospective model for search and identification of imprint

Immediately after birth, female mammals possess around 1 milion of gamete cells (oocyte). However, less than 1% of this pool will become a fertilizable oocyte. Part of this occurs due to a natural process of selection during development. During the oocyte’s growth phase, they must undergo a process of cytoplasmic maturation, where they accumulate proteins, metabolites and RNAs essential to support embryonic development. They also need to undergo the so-called “nuclear or epigenetic maturation”, where the chromosomes condense, segregate and reprogram/acquire the epigenetic marks. In this point, the oocyte’s DNA is correctly marked with DNA methylation and histone modifications. One of the most studied imprinted genes, the IGF2R, is controlled by elements sensitive to chromatin methylation and is expressed when the ICR (imprinting control region) region is methylated in the maternal allele. To achieve this goal, we propose to compare the methylation patterns between the first polar body and their respective oocyte and the oocyte’s ability to develop parthenogenetically to the blastocyst stage in vitro.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lawrence Smith

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Universidade de São Paulo

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Education

Université :

Université de Montréal

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Development and characterization of antimicrobial Ever-gel for medical textiles

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to combat infectious diseases and reduce their spread around
the world. In particular, bacteria and viruses can survive on many common fabrics for days or even weeks, from
which they can be transmitted to people or other surfaces. The proposed research project aims to develop a
coating for personal protective equipment for healthcare workers and the public that would enable it to kill viruses
and bacteria, taking away this path for them to spread. This coating would be based on the Ever-gel material
developed by Everbond Interface Technologies Inc., expanding the applications of this material platform to
medical textiles and fabrics and leading to a new product line. The project will involve making sure the coating is
effective at killing viruses and bacteria, that it is safe and nontoxic, and that it does not come off the coated fabrics
during use or washing.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

William Anderson;Boxin Zhao

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Everbond Interface Technologies Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Accelerate

Generation of integration-free, high-quality iPS cell lines from a non-invasive, accessible tissue source, the plucked hair follicle

In theory, hair cells will be reverted back into stem cells and then pushed towards pancreatic progenitor cells to create pancreatic organoids. The goal of the project is to pluck hair follicles from individuals across Canada, cryogenically preserve them and use those follicles towards reprogramming. We want to determine whether or not we can create high quality iPS cell lines using a tissue source which can be obtained anywhere in the world, without a painful procedure. If successful, this would mitigate the burden of cell collection with respect to autologous iPS- based therapies. It would also generate a research biobank of iPS cell lines, which can be further evaluated to determine the effects of donor age and the quality of the starting material on iPS generation. This in turn would validate Acorn Biolab’s commercial services of biobanking as well as provide a possible end-use case for the stored samples.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ian Rogers

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Acorn Biolabs

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

Pilot testing the recovery of gold from mine tailings using a novel clean technology

AJ Min Inc. is developing a novel technology to recover gold from tailings material. The technology requires little energy, little to no reagents, and little to no additional water. Past testwork has indicated that this technology can recover significant amounts of gold from some tailings material, and that the recovered gold can be upgraded. This project will build on previous testwork to assemble and test a pilot unit to evaluate if the recovered gold can be upgraded sufficiently to be commercially viable. In addition, empirical models will be developed from the testwork to describe the performance and capabilities of the technology.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Bern Klein

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

AJ Min Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Mining

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Implementation of the Quality Management System in VIBRAINT Inc.

According to the World Health Organization, one in six people worldwide have a stroke. Two out of three survive, but up to 85% suffer from paralysis and only 5% fully restore. This is one of the reasons why the rehabilitation exercise equipment market reaches $2.2B in 2021, as published in Markets & Markets, REHAB EQUIPMENT MARKET – FORECASTS TO 2021, 2019. However, in this huge market there are almost no tools to help in case of large paralysis. VIBRAINT Inc., an Ontario corporation is developing a rehabilitation robotics device named VIBRAINT RehUp incorporating a brain-computer interface (BCI) and purposed to help paralyzed people in regaining motion. BCI helps the largely paralyzed and also provides opportunities for personalized, including at-home, rehabilitation starting from the 2nd-3rd day after stroke, when it is the most effective. VIBRAINT RehUp was successfully clinically piloted and is now being prepared for industrial manufacturing. Through this Mitacs Business Strategy Internship funding VIBRAINT, with Shaw Quality, the consultant firm that VIBRAINT has hired to help with developing the Quality Management System (QMS), two students from Seneca College’s Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs (RA) and Quality Assurance (QA) program, under the supervision of Professor Greg Staios, will work on developing QMS documents describing design, manufacturing and handling processes and risks from templates pre-developed by Shaw Quality, in coordination with VIBRAINT professionals.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Greg Staios

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

VIBRAINT Inc.

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

Programme :

Business Strategy Internship

Reduction of CO2 emissions using AI-based algorithms and optimization methods for the optimal control

The generation and supply of energy is the largest anthropogenic source of CO2 and thus contributes significantly to climate change and the associated global consequences. As a result, a reduction of CO2 emissions in energy generation and distribution is an unavoidable key issue that must be addressed. In this research project, the main focus is on deriving methods to reduce the CO2 emissions of energy generation, distribution and consumption. Our research directly addresses this issue by developing validated models of sector-coupled energy systems, ranging from household level to cities, and to optimize their energy systems using intelligent algorithms, including AI-based methods.
The research of the PhD students showed, that tremendous savings in emitted CO2 can be expected by optimally controlling the energy system. This knowledge is fueled by the opportunities offered at the University of Waterloo as one of the most prestigious universities in the field of energy research worldwide.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Claudio Adrián Cañizares;Kankar Bhattacharya

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Integrated modelling system for the North Atlantic Right Whale

Our integrated modelling system for the North Atlantic Right Whale (NARW) will help predict the presence of this critically endangered species in the Northwest Atlantic shelf, including the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Gulf of Maine. Our international consortium composed of partners from Canada, the United States and France will develop models based on high-resolution operational circulation models and satellite-derived bio-optical variables using NARW’s preferred prey (the Calanus sp. zooplankton species) as a sentinel species. Our novel tools will help decision-makers and mariners make more accurate recommendations when determining restriction zones for anthropogenic activities in areas likely to encounter NARW.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Frederic Maps

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Arctus Inc

Discipline :

Earth science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Accelerate

Connected Canadians – Feedback Coordinator

Connected Canadians is a non-profit organization that provides older adults with free technology support and training.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for their services significantly, as our ways of connecting, interacting, and living have shifted online. Connected Canadians has been growing its volunteer mentor team significantly to help meet the rising needs of its clients. The proposed research project is to monitor and document the knowledge gained by senior clients through our training activities to improve training processes. The project would involve collecting feedback from our senior clients and analyzing it, utilizing research tools such as qualitative interviews and online surveys to gather information and translate them into key learnings and findings. The goal of this research project is to support the learning and growth of both the senior clients and the technology mentors and improve Connected Canadians’ future mentor onboarding processes and senior client learnings.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Shaobo Ji

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Connected Canadians

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Education

Université :

Carleton University

Programme :

Business Strategy Internship

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