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Large-Area High-Performance Transparent Electrodes for Pen/Touch Sensor Research – Year 2

Transparent electrodes (TEs) combine high optical transparency and electrical conductivity, useful in different devices such as light-emitting diodes, displays and solar cells. A highly competitive market of electronic devices, such as phones and flexible touch screens as well as a worldwide increasing demand for energy, drives research to improve the performance of TEs. However, mass production of high-performance TEs is expensive due to costly materials and fabrication techniques. The objective of this project is to develop a cost-effective technique for fabrication of high-performance large-area flexible TEs. The resulting TEs must be capable of being connected to other interfaces and electronics, and, in the case of use in a touch sensor, must be able to support high precision, touch object differentiation, and palm rejection. The primary goal is to create a technology for I2X Technologies that enables mass production of metre-scale advanced flexible touch screen devices in a cost-effective manner.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Rustom Bhiladvala

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

I2X Technologies Inc.

Discipline :

Earth science

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

University of Victoria

Programme :

Elevate

Large-Area High-Performance Transparent Electrodes for Pen/Touch Sensor Research

Transparent electrodes (TEs) combine high optical transparency and electrical conductivity, useful in different devices such as light-emitting diodes, displays and solar cells. A highly competitive market of electronic devices, such as phones and flexible touch screens as well as a worldwide increasing demand for energy, drives research to improve the performance of TEs. However, mass production of high-performance TEs is expensive due to costly materials and fabrication techniques. The objective of this project is to develop a cost-effective technique for fabrication of high-performance large-area flexible TEs. The resulting TEs must be capable of being connected to other interfaces and electronics, and, in the case of use in a touch sensor, must be able to support high precision, touch object differentiation, and palm rejection. The primary goal is to create a technology for I2X Technologies that enables mass production of metre-scale advanced flexible touch screen devices in a cost-effective manner.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Rustom Bhiladvala

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

I2X Technologies Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

University of Victoria

Programme :

Elevate

SPIRO – masque ventilatoire non invasif sur mesure pour enfant

Les masques respiratoires pour enfants sont souvent mal adaptés à leur croissance. Dans le cas où le port d’un masque est nécessaire, par exemple pour les patients atteints de dystrophie neuromusculaire, ces masques peu adaptés créent des fuites d’air qui nuisent et même empêchent le bon fonctionnement de l’appareil de ventilation. Le réflexe est alors de serrer le masque ce qui engendre des plaies et peut même mener à des déformations du crâne et de la face.
Le Centre de Réadaptation Marie Enfant du CHU Sainte Justine souhaite développer, à travers le projet SPIRO, un masque sur-mesure propre à chaque enfant fabriqué à partir d’un scan en 3 dimensions du visage du patient. Ce masque permettrait de distribuer uniformément la pression sur le visage, augmentant ainsi le confort, tout en diminuant les fuites d’air, les risques de blessures et de déformation du visage et du crâne.
Les objectifs sont non seulement la conception et le prototypage du produit mais aussi le développement de son procédé de fabrication (faisabilité, coût) pour le rendre disponible à la fois aux bébés, aux enfants ainsi qu’aux adolescents. Les technologies de fabrication additive seront utilisées pour le prototypage et possible également pour la production du masque.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sylvie Doré

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Fondation Mélio

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

École de technologie supérieure

Programme :

Accelerate

Assessing the validity of virtual simulation as a learning tool in the medical field. – Year 2

With the increasing prevalence of mobile devices, it is unsurprising that they are also being adapted for use as tools for learning and perfecting complex procedures. One of these uses is training health care providers through simulated medical procedures. Two important points should be considered when designing simulated systems to assess the efficacy and efficiency of these teaching tools. 1) Individual differences in emotional biases and learning profiles may necessitate personalized stimulus presentations within simulated environments to achieve optimal and translatable learning. 2) Learning through indirect simulation, while beneficial to acquiring conceptual understanding of a procedure, may not utilize the same neural systems as actual performance of the actions. By utilizing cutting edge neuroimaging techniques, we will help optimize teaching performance by ensuring that the neurocognitive pathways trained in the simulated procedures are indeed the same pathways utilized in real-world application.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Rebecca Todd

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Conquer Mobile;Conquer Experience Inc.

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Elevate

Assessing the validity of virtual simulation as a learning tool in the medical field.

With the increasing prevalence of mobile devices, it is unsurprising that they are also being adapted for use as tools for learning and perfecting complex procedures. One of these uses is training health care providers through simulated medical procedures. Two important points should be considered when designing simulated systems to assess the efficacy and efficiency of these teaching tools. 1) Individual differences in emotional biases and learning profiles may necessitate personalized stimulus presentations within simulated environments to achieve optimal and translatable learning. 2) Learning through indirect simulation, while beneficial to acquiring conceptual understanding of a procedure, may not utilize the same neural systems as actual performance of the actions. By utilizing cutting edge neuroimaging techniques, we will help optimize teaching performance by ensuring that the neurocognitive pathways trained in the simulated procedures are indeed the same pathways utilized in real-world application.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Rebecca Todd

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Conquer Mobile

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Education

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Elevate

Statistical and Physiological Beat Modelling of Seismocardiogram Signal – Year 2

“Seismocardiogram (SCG) is a signal that is captured by placing an accelerometer on the human chest. This signal captures very important timing information such as opening and closing of the heart valves. In addition to these timing information, the non-invasive nature of this signal makes it an attractive solution for remote monitoring of patients with heart conditions.
The morphology of SCG signal changes depending on different types of heart conditions and diseases. A mathematical model represents the morphology of a signal in terms of certain parameters. The hypothesis is that different signal morphologies could be represented by different set of parameters. The ultimate goal of this project is design and implementation of a model that captures the morphology of SCG signal. Heart force medical is producing medical devices that incorporates SCG for diagnosis/monitoring of patients. The company could utilize the implementation of such model on their devices.”

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Kouhyar Tavakolian

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Heart Force Medical Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Elevate

Statistical and Physiological Beat Modelling of Seismocardiogram Signal

“Seismocardiogram (SCG) is a signal that is captured by placing an accelerometer on the human chest. This signal captures very important timing information such as opening and closing of the heart valves. In addition to these timing information, the non-invasive nature of this signal makes it an attractive solution for remote monitoring of patients with heart conditions.
The morphology of SCG signal changes depending on different types of heart conditions and diseases. A mathematical model represents the morphology of a signal in terms of certain parameters. The hypothesis is that different signal morphologies could be represented by different set of parameters. The ultimate goal of this project is design and implementation of a model that captures the morphology of SCG signal. Heart force medical is producing medical devices that incorporates SCG for diagnosis/monitoring of patients. The company could utilize the implementation of such model on their devices.”

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Campbell

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Heart Force Medical Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Elevate

Design and Innovation: Academic-In-Residence Project

This project builds upon two previous Mitacs Accelerate projects with Creative BC (CrBC). CrBC leads the economic development and promotion of BC’s creative industries. Recently CrBC and UBC PhD candidate, Angèle Beausoleil co-designed and delivered an innovative strategic plan involving 80 industry stakeholders. Angèle facilitated design sessions, observed the process, and proposed a new strategic framework for CrBC. From this framework, Angèle and CrBC seek to pilot an ‘academic in residence’ as her post-doctorate fellowship project. The two-year fellowship will support the implementation of key action plans focused on creating a culture of innovation required to grow BC’s creative industries. She will support the CEO’s vision to cultivate a new generation of creative and strategic thinkers. The PDF objectives include: leading applied research on new program and service development; teaching the strategic design method to staff and stakeholders; and, generating academic research publications on the innovation process within university-industry collaborations.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Moura Quayle

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Creative BC

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Elevate

Development of Indicators and Benchmarks of Sustainability for a Standardized Municipal Sustainability Index

Municipal sustainability in Canada has been gaining importance in recent years. In order to ensure real progress is made, sustainability assessment must be conducted. Indicators are the recommended measures for sustainability assessment. This research project will create a core set of indicators for use in a sustainable cities index. A set of sustainability best practices will also be compiled to assist in developing benchmarks for use in a ranking of sustainable cities. These objectives will be completed by conducting both academic and practitioner literature reviews and a comparison of the two. Further depth will be gained through selected interviews with relevant city officials and/or staff. The research gained through this project will benefit the private sector partner (MMM Group) by providing the indicator and benchmark bases for their ‘successful cities audit’.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Amelia Clarke

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Discipline :

Earth science

Secteur :

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Accelerate

Gearbox fault detection and failure prediction

The objective of the project is to develop an automated monitoring system to accurately and reliably detect deterioration within gearboxes operating on an industrial forming line. This will involve reviewing, developing and testing one or more methodologies based on vibration signal measurement and analysis. In particular the work will focus on exploring existing potential methods, defining the capabilities of different sensors that could be used in the given environment and developing appropriate vibration signal analysis algorithms for gearbox deterioration detection and decision making. The final result of the work will be a system suitable for implementation on an actual forming line.
The participating sponsor anticipates to benefit from the project through participation and guidance of an investigation into the possibility of developing a new automated, accurate and reliable gearbox deterioration detection system. A successful system could be used in a wide range of applications where machinery condition inspection is done manually or not at all. Reliable detection of gearbox deterioration will result in improved efficiency and therefore lower costs.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Chris Mechefske

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Co-Ex-Tec

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Queen's University

Programme :

Accelerate

Improving usage pattern quality by comparing different sequential pattern mining methods and the effect of considering additional user information

Frequent usage patterns generated can provide valuable information for several applications such as platform restructuring and recommendation. In this project, we aim to compare different practical methods, and to investigate the effect of user identity and user intention information on them. To that end, a technique and a framework need to be developed, in which frequent patterns are composed of more refined analysis result instead of simple frequent sequences of basic operations over all users’ behavior. The outcome of this project is expected to improve the user experience for the partner organization’s product and such methods can be also used in various relevant applications.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Fred Popowich

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Kinematicsoup Technologies Inc

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Accelerate

Development and application of molecular tools to assess the acute and chronic impacts of petroleum hydrocarbons on birds

The Northern Gateway Pipeline and similar projects propose to transport oil from Alberta to tidewater terminals in British Columbia and eastern Canada. Accidental release of petroleum distillates and related by-products would have consequences on the marine ecosystem. To evaluate spill implications for seabirds, we propose to develop and apply molecular tools to assess toxicological and health endpoints in selected seabird monitoring species, using a combination of laboratory and field research. This study will inform regulators about baseline molecular responses in seabirds to current levels of petroleum hydrocarbons in proposed shipping channels and to those anticipated in the unlikelihood of a spill. Results from this study will provide insight into the toxicology of oil in seabirds, will advance our ability to evaluate a change in the health of seabirds due to a spill and will enable our partner organization as they conduct risk assessments for proposed oil transportation.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

John Edward Elliott

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Northern Gateway Pipelines

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Mining

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Elevate

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