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Silicon Photonic Water Quality Sensor

Pesticide detection in water has become a high priority worldwide, from protecting the population from environmental contamination due to agricultural pesticides, and bio-threats from terrorist activities. An exhaustive characterization of water pollutants requires laboratory-based analyses which are inherently slow and expensive. Thus, regarding the above mentioned pesticide contaminations, developing a real-time and in-situ detection technique would be very valuable to rapidly protect the population and the environment, especially in remote places. This project aims to develop continuous sensors using silicon photonics technology. The sensor will target the most relevant pesticides and exhibits a limit of detection that allows to test the quality standards for water within a few minutes. This project gives the opportunity for the interns to gain multi-disciplinary skills on a fast-growing technology, while it provides a R&D service to the industrial partner and a new product to Canada.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lukas Chrostowski

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Luxmux Technology Corporation

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Robotic Arm Development for Total Automation of the Ignition Quality Tester (IQT™)

A novel diesel fuel Ignition Quality Tester (IQT™) was developed by Advanced Engine Technology Ltd. (AET) to provided fast, precise, and reliable measurements of Cetane number, which can be obtained by measuring the ignition delay from the start of diesel fuel injection to the point of combustion. The current testing system using IQT™ requires extensive user input to operate, and a demand has been identified for a totally automated system. The automated system will incorporate intelligent system technologies to minimize the amount of operator input required, which will reduce operating time and cost of using the equipment. In this project, a compact cost-effective robotic arm, a nitrogen supply connection system, and their control system will be designed for the automated fuel sample reservoir loading task. The success of the automated system will lead to an increase of the system’s productivity, which will provide a significant competitive advantage to the system.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jurek Sasiadek

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Carleton University

Programme :

Accelerate

Evaluation of a National Employment Readiness Program

This research project will examine the challenges facing service providers in running the Worktopia program and aim to develop strategies to overcome those challenges and improve the program delivery. The Worktopia program is a training program designed to improve the employment readiness and skills of young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The program will be provided through thirteen service providers across Canada and will be led by the Sinneave Family Foundation. Through iterviews with senior staff at the service providers,
along with a formal roundtable consultation, this project with identify the challenges and work to improve the program. This will allow the Sinneave Family Foundation to build a stronger program going forward and improve its long-term viability.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Nicholas

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Sinneave Family Foundation

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

University of Calgary

Programme :

Accelerate

Developing spatial and participatory resolutions for the Canadian Aboriginal housing crisis

The Aboriginal housing situation in Canada is in crisis with a lack of culturally and environmentally appropriate housing. A Participatory Approach towards Housing Solutions (PATHS) Framework has been developed that recognizes and visualizes the strengths and limitations of communities, and assesses pathways with which they may achieve their housing goals. Communities are actively engaged in order to identify their aspirations and translate them into measurable indicators and associated capitals. The PATHS Framework methodology includes: 1) identification and development of aspirations, indicators, and capitals using participatory techniques; 2) visualization of past and present trends using GIS; 3) co-development and interpretation of scenarios to reflect a pathway towards achieving said aspirations and goals; 4) identification of achievable scenarios from collaboratively developed strategies; and 5) evaluation of each strategies’ viability and capability to meet the aspirations of the community. Benefit to Partner Organization: An important component of this project is that the post-doctoral researcher, under the mentoring of the principal investigator, will develop both strong academic skills in participatory research and hands-on experience helping Aboriginal communities achieve their goals. For the latter, she will work closely with the research partner, FPInnovations; in particular with their Aboriginal Forest Sector Program. TO BE CONT’D

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Christopher Gaston

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

FPInnovations (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Agriculture; Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of a system for the automatic recognition and classification of normal and abnormal cells in human blood samples

Automation of medical diagnosis/detection process is very important in terms of enhancing diagnostic accuracy, increasing throughput, reducing costs, and training new staff. Our current goal is to go from the proof of concept stage (automatic recognition and classification of human blood images) to a complete working and optimized prototype and to start testing it in an actual clinical lab environment with the help of Calgary Laboratory Services. The prototype design will take into account user friendliness, high throughput, robustness, integration with existing laboratory workflow and reasonable cost. Our goal is to decrease the image processing time to 0.1 seconds by code optimizations and parallel programming and also increase the cell classification accuracy to be more than 95% which is an acceptable rate in comparison with manual processing.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Behrouz Far

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Smart Labs Ltd

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Calgary

Programme :

Accelerate

Development and Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Assay for Avian Influenza to the Point of Care Setting

Ontario’s chicken industry contributes $2.72 billion to Canadian economy, and supports 19,183 full-time equivalent jobs (Ontario Chicken Industry Report, 2013). To date, 2015 has seen 309 individual outbreaks of avian influenza (AI) reported to the World Organization for Animal Health, a 147% increase on outbreaks reported in 2014. In Ontario alone, 29 farms were quarantined in April 2015 due to AI outbreak (CFIA, 2015). Type A, especially strains A (H5N2 and H5N1) and A (H7N9), has proven to be deadlier, putting governments and farmers alike under pressure to ensure the health of birds and ultimately the people who consume them. Preventing the spread of the infection with effective surveillance through early diagnosis is the best way to keep the disease under control. To meet the challenges of food security and production efficiency in Canada’s poultry industry, we propose to develop and evaluate a rapid, electrochemical biosensor assay with superior sensitivity and specificity with a miniaturized electrochemical sensor assembly as a portable device for pen side diagnosis of avian influenza virus from poultry. A rapid diagnostic tool would allow veterinarians and farmers to make early diagnosis, and will enhance rapid management decisions to control or treat the flu outbreaks.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Suresh Neethirajan

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Poultry Research Council

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Guelph

Programme :

Accelerate

Blood biomarkers of asthma

Allergic asthma is a condition of the airways characterized by airway constriction and hyperresponsiveness upon allergen exposure. About half of the allergic asthmatic individuals experience only an acute airway constriction (early response) within several minutes upon exposure to allergen while the other half of individuals experience not only an acute airway constriction but also a chronic airway constriction plus inflammation (late response) within several hours after the allergen exposure. It is not clear why the late response is not developed in all sensitized individuals. Chen Xi Yang will participate in developing an assay that can be implemented in a clinical setting to help predict individuals who are likely to develop the late response by measuring the expression of 55 genes. Successful development of the assay will provide a new diagnostic tool towards distinguishing these two phenotypes of allergic asthma, and will further the mandates of our partner organizations – British Columbia Lung Association and Phoenix Molecular Designs.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Scott Tebbutt

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Phoenix Molecular Designs;British Columbia Lung Association;University of British Columbia

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Native and domesticated bees habitat assessment

Insect pollinator health is a crucial component of managed and natural landscapes due to their important impact on crop pollination and ecosystem equilibrium. Some pollinator populations have experience notable declines, due to changes in habitat, presence of pests and pathogens, pesticides and toxins present in the environment as well as nutritional requirements. A proper identification of native pollinators as well as assessing the status of pollinator populations, interactions with other native and non-native insect pollinator species in different sites such as urban, suburban, and rural landscapes is crucial to inventories to establish baseline conditions to properly address decision-making on pollinator health and conservation.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jean Phillipe Lessard

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Agronova Consultants

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Concordia University

Programme :

Accelerate

Identifying Predictive Learning Analytics for Learner AcademicSuccess.

With the increased capabilities of technology, data plays an increasingly important role in decision-making (Mandinach & Gummer, 2013; McAfee & Brynjolfsson, 2012) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) now require employees to use data to inform practice (Earl & Seashore Louis, 2013; Lohr, 2012). Furthermore, harnessing big data and predictive analytics has transformed many industries, yet analytics to support next generation learning has been missing from education (Baker, 2013, para. 3). Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate data analytics that can be used to support learning and sustainable growth of local SMEs. The findings from this research will result in the improvement of educational services to Communitech’s 1,000 member companies and an initial prototype learning analytics platform, resulting in ultimate success and sustainability of local SMEs. This research may also be of interest to K-12 and post-secondary educators who wish to implement a learning analytics approach to instruction.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Julie Mueller

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Communitech Inc

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Education; Technology

Université :

Wilfrid Laurier University

Programme :

Accelerate

Effective ECD/ECE Principles for Immigrant and Refugee Children: Researching Applied Models in British Columbia

The research project will look at types of service models/supports developed for different client groups, effectiveness of the service models for different client groups, partnerships, impacts of different funding structures, etc. It will also provide an opportunity to review government and school policies in place that support effective models, and the service needs not currently being met through existing programs.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Shauna Butterwick

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Formulation and Toxicology of Bone-Targeting Nanoparticles – Year two

Bones undergo a renewal process by replenishing calcium mineral through a cellular process known as remodeling. Usually, it happens in a balanced manner, but in many bone diseases, the remodeling process is increased with regional bone metabolism. Bisphosphonate (BP) drugs selectivity and strongly bind to bone mineral and become incorporated at active sites of bone turnover in an increased amount. Accordingly, we have exploited that increased bone metabolism to develop novel bone imaging tracers of metabolism based on BP-conjugated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (BP-SPIONs), which localize to remodeling bone surfaces for detection by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The current project aims to establish and characterize a stable formulation of the proprietary OsteoMetabolix Pharma BP-SPION, with subsequent toxicity testing in-vitro in cell culture, and in-vivo in rodents (rats), to ascertain minimum effective dose and expected adverse effects of BP-SPIONs as a potential non-ionizing alternative to the technetium radionuclide bone scan.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Raimar Loebenberg

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Osteometabolix Pharmaceuticals Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Elevate

Formulation and Toxicology of Bone-Targeting Nanoparticles

Bones undergo a renewal process by replenishing calcium mineral through a cellular process known as remodeling. Usually, it happens in a balanced manner, but in many bone diseases, the remodeling process is increased with regional bone metabolism. Bisphosphonate (BP) drugs selectivity and strongly bind to bone mineral and become incorporated at active sites of bone turnover in an increased amount. Accordingly, we have exploited that increased bone metabolism to develop novel bone imaging tracers of metabolism based on BP-conjugated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (BP-SPIONs), which localize to remodeling bone surfaces for detection by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The current project aims to establish and characterize a stable formulation of the proprietary OsteoMetabolix Pharma BP-SPION, with subsequent toxicity testing in-vitro in cell culture, and in-vivo in rodents (rats), to ascertain minimum effective dose and expected adverse effects of BP-SPIONs as a potential non-ionizing alternative to the technetium radionuclide bone scan.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Raimar Loebenberg

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Osteometabolix Pharmaceuticals Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Elevate

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