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Electrochemical Impedance Modeling and Optimization of Li-Ion Battery Utility using Active Battery Management System (ActiveBMS) – Year two

In the last decade, lithium-ion batteries (LIB) have become the most popular power sources for consumer devices, telecommunication, energy storage systems, as well as electric vehicles. This type of batteries is indispensable in maintain our modern society. GBatteries have developed an active battery management system (ActiveBMS), which hinders LIB degradation mechanisms, such as the anode cracking and temperature growth by continuously adapting bursts of energy during the charging process. ActiveBMS is an innovative technological approach for battery management that enhances battery performance by optimizing ion flow based on measurement of a battery’s unique state and condition in real-time. The project aims to provide insights of LIBs degradation during cycling by ActiveBMS in comparisons with the conventional CCCV protocols. The insights will be correlated to EIS signals which in turn would be used to allow further improvements of LIBs and ActiveBMS technologies.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Elena Baranova

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

GBatteries Energy Canada Inc;University of Ottawa

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Ottawa

Programme :

Elevate

Electrochemical Impedance Modeling and Optimization of Li-Ion Battery Utility using Active Battery Management System (ActiveBMS)

Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are considered the top candidates among electrochemical energy storage systems (ESS) due to their high energy density which has triggered the growth market of popular devices such as cell phones, computers, electric vehicles (EV) etc. As ESS, LIBs are continuously charged and discharged during their utility. The charge/discharge cycle is known to contribute towards their degradation depending on the charging protocol and operating conditions. In response to this challenge, advanced battery management systems (BMS) have been developed to ensure the largest usable capacity, longest life, faster charging speed, and to lower the cost. However, currently there is no efficient BMS due to poor understanding of the complex degradation mechanism of LIBs. Besides, the protocols to measure capacity fade are inadequate and labor intensive. This project aims to enhance GBatteries’ active BMS (ActiveBMS), which is a set of hardware and software providing a real-time self-learning control system handling LIBs during the charge, idle, and discharge. The project is expected to fill the knowledge gaps via correlation studies between impedance values and capacity fading. The correlations will be developed into a model for predicting LIBs degradation and allow the BMS to send a signal to mitigate the degradation.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Elena Baranova

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

GBatteries Energy Canada Inc;University of Ottawa

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Ottawa

Programme :

Elevate

Development of new seaweed based plant biostimulant products and understanding their mode of action

Plant biostimulant is a new class of agricultural input that has gained importance and wide acceptance in the last few years. Acadian Seaplants Limited, a marine biotechnology company, manufactures liquid and powdered Ascophyllum nodosum extract plant biostimulants. To maintain the leadership in plant biostimulants ASL has embarked on developing new A. nodosum based biostimulatns. This project will focus on new product development by adopting novel seaweed processing technologies, creating blends of seaweed extracts and functional ingredients. Further, more importantly, the physiological and molecular mode of action of the most promising products will be studied that will facilitate marketing of the new product(s).This project will train at eight post-doctoral fellows, three Ph.D. graduate students and two M.Sc. graduate students providing them with a unique opportunity to interact with industry.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Balakrishnan Prithiviraj

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Acadian Seaplants Limited

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Agriculture

Université :

Dalhousie University

Programme :

Accelerate

Multiscale modeling of hydrogen storage in nanomaterials

Fuel cells operated vehicles are most attractive alternative to current gasoline base vehicles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment. Fuel cells used Hydrogen as fuel and therefore it is need to be stored on-board. Due to light weight of hydrogen special storage mechanism is necessary to store the adequate quantity. All available options have own limitations and to find the ultimate solution to hydrogen storage continue research is required. In proposed research work simulation will be performed to understand charging and discharging of hydrogen into carbon base solid state material consists of several layers. The understanding of this mechanism will help to design the experiment in more efficient way. Partner organization will receive expertise in terms of modeling and simulation for hydrogen storage that will help to design the prototype of hydrogen storage tank and scale up for future market applications.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Erik Kjeang

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Hydrogen in Motion

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Accelerate

Preparation of a new formulation to prevent surgical adhesions

Inter-tissue adhesions cause significant complications following veterinary surgery of domesticated animals. Fucoidans are natural, negatively charged, carbohydrate polymers (polysaccharides) from seaweeds that have been successfully developed and commercialized for reducing such adhesions, thereby improving surgical outcomes. Currently, the inherent variability in the molecular size and composition of native fucoidans extracted from seaweed presents a significant barrier for their break-through application in human surgery. Hence, the objective of this project is to develop a scalable, efficient route to synthesize novel anionic polysaccharide derivatives that both mimic the function of extracted fucoidans as a medical device, and meet the stringent requirements on purity and structural homogeneity necessary for use in humans. Successful completion of this project will result in a process method for the production of a novel medical device that will supersede current fucoidan preparations for the reduction of post-surgical adhesions. Subsequent development by the industrial partner of this device into a product will reduce pain, suffering, and mortality in Canadian patients following routine surgical procedures. The resulting reductions in hospital stay durations, re-admissions, and re-operations will reduce healthcare costs to all Canadians.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Harry Brumer

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

ARC Medical Devices Inc

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Preclinical evaluation of novel meningococcal vaccines

Neisseria meningitidis (Nme) is a bacterial pathogen that often colonizes the upper respiratory tract of humans without symptoms, but which may also develop into rapidly-progressing sepsis and meningitis that can be fatal. Nme has evolved elegant means to specifically interact with human cells and proteins in order to colonize, survive and the evade host immune system. In partnership with Vaxiron Inc., we are developing a novel class of vaccines that target systems involved in Nme acquisition of the essential micronutrient, iron, during infection. The goal of this program is to perform pre-clinical studies using humanized mouse models to evaluate the potential of these novel vaccines to elicit an immune response that can protect against invasive infection and prevent nasal carriage.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Trevor Moraes

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Vaxiron Inc;University of Toronto

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Elevate

Level the field: Sport and Disability Inclusion

Canadian Sport Policy states a desire to provide sport programs that are accessible and reflect the full diversity of Canadian society. However a recent evaluation of 61 sport organizations in British Columbia revealed that most organizations are ill-equipped to serve people with disabilities wishing to partake in their leisure and sport programs (with some individuals with specific types of disabilities and impairments having little to no opportunity to get involved). Additionally, people with disabilities are underrepresented in other roles within the sport system and face many barriers to getting involved as spectators/fans and volunteers or to pursue careers in sport (for example, working as coaches or sport administrators). This research will investigate what factors facilitate or impede individuals with impairments from engaging in sport in diverse roles. It is intended to inform practices and polices that lead to more accessible and equitable sport opportunities for British Columbians with disabilities.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Andrea Bundon

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

viaSport British Columbia Society

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Semantic Information Processing to Improve e-Commerce Shopper Experience

Granify provides a service to stores on the internet that offers promotions, discounts, and information to customers who might need such information or incentives for the store to make a sale. Granify does this by using an artificial intelligence “brain” that guesses when the best opportunity to act to keep that store’s customers happy. We plan to help Granify by applying advanced research on searching and finding information, combined with research about enabling computers to understand text and its meaning to help it’s artificial intelligence brain make decisions with even more intelligence. Yet there are many websites and many different web browsers, such as Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, these products all act slightly differently and have different issues and bugs, this makes Granify’s job even harder as they have to deal with all of these products. By using these advanced search and understanding techniques we want to help Granify diagnose and debug these mutli-product problems. TO BE CONT’D

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Denilson Barbosa;Marek Reformat;Abram Hindle

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Granify Inc

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Accelerate

Human Detection from Videos based on Deep Learning

Since the state-of-the-art detection performances are mainly from still images, besides the existing algorithms validation, effective algorithms specifically designed for feature extraction and human detection from videos are expected to be developed or extended from algorithms for general object detection and human detection tasks. What’s more, it will be possible to analyze human actions like tracking customers’ paths, measuring the number of people entering or leaving the store based on the extracted features and human detection results above. “Smart Retail” project started by Sengled Canada in September, 2016 is highly related to human detection and human action understanding field.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Greg Mori

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Sengled Canada

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Accelerate

Chemical and Microbial Contaminants of Medical Air in Healthcare Institutions – Year two

Medical air is commonly used in healthcare institutions as a life support drug distributed to patients. This medical air is often produced on site through devices which draw, compress and filter outside air in order to redirect it into buildings. However, depending on the outdoor conditions, the state of the ventilation system or the presence of microorganisms, this air can be altered. We propose a multi-disciplinary, cross-sector approach leveraging expertise from the academic fields of engineering and microbiology in collaboration with Air Liquide to characterize the extent of any contamination present, knowledge needed to ultimately help shape programs to develop and evaluate mitigation strategies. This work will provide significant insights into potential patient exposure to chemical and microbial contamination of medical air with implications for patient outcomes. It will also help Air Liquide to improve their service offer, the quality of their product and upgrade their filtration protocols.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Samira Mubareka

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Air Liquide Healthcare;University of Toronto (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Elevate

Chemical and Microbial Contaminants of Medical Air in Healthcare Institutions

Administration of supplemental oxygen through medical air is a life-supporting measure essential for the management of severe primary respiratory conditions as well as secondary lung injury due to systemic insults such as trauma and sepsis. This medical air is often produced on site through devices which draw, compress and filter outside air in order to redirect it into buildings. However, depending on the outdoor conditions, the state of the ventilation system or the presence of microorganisms, this air can be contaminated. We propose a multi-disciplinary, cross-sector approach leveraging expertise from the academic fields of engineering and microbiology in collaboration with Air Liquide to characterize the extent of any contamination present, knowledge needed to ultimately help shape programs to develop and evaluate mitigation strategies. This work will provide significant insights into potential patient exposure to chemical and microbial contamination of medical air with implications for patient outcomes. It will also help Air Liquide to improve their service offer, the quality of their product and upgrade their filtration protocols.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Samira Mubareka

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Air Liquide Healthcare;University of Toronto (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Elevate

Monodisperse PhytoSpherix Nanoparticles Modified for Key Applications in Personal Care, Food and Nutraceuticals – Year two

Our previous work has shown the promise of monodisperse phytoglycogen for many applications. However, these experiments only scratch the surface of potential uses since the chemistry of the particles (as extracted) is fixed. Nanoparticles offer very high surface areas, and glucose units are easily modifiable, thus there exist a multitude of ways to chemically modify the surface to produce a wide variety of new material properties. We will characterize key properties of chemically modified PhytoSpherix nanoparticles that show exceptional promise for use in personal care, and food and nutraceutical applications. Specifically, these data will evaluate the technical advantages of the modified particles over competing technologies, while providing the additional benefit of an inherently safe profile. We will combine in-house experiments with large-scale facility measurements to determine a comprehensive range of key properties: degree of substitution and uniformity of the surface modified layer, particle size and radial density profile, hydration, viscosity, charge and stability of formulations. These studies will result in new products, ranging from sports recovery formulations to transdermal delivery of cosmeceuticals to antimicrobial agents for food packaging.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

John Dutcher

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Mirexus;University of Guelph

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Nanotechnology; Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals

Université :

University of Guelph

Programme :

Elevate

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