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Projects by Category

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Engineering
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Engineering - biomedical
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Engineering - chemical / biological

A Novel Passive Wireless Printed Circuit Board Cavity Sensor for the Measurement of Electric and Magnetic Fields

Increasing demand for more reliable electric power requires advanced monitoring systems that prevent equipment failure and outages. The existing technologies used for monitoring the voltage and the electric field in the vicinity of the high voltage devices are bulky and expensive. On the other hand, maintenance of the monitoring devices requires specific safety precautions. In this research project, a small and inexpensive electric/magnetic field sensor is proposed. They are passive and require no source of power. This eliminates the need of changing the batteries and direct contact to the high voltage apparatus. The interrogation system that will be designed and employed is wireless that makes the distant measurement possible. This will increase the safety of the personnel and facilitate distributed measurements at different distances from the high voltage device.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Behzad Kordi;Gregory Bridges

Student:

Amirmasoud Amirkabiri;Dawn Idoko

Partner:

Manitoba Hydro

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Nothing About Us Without Us: People with Cognitive Disabilities Evaluate the Accessibility of Non-Curricular Documents on Three Nova Scotia University Websites

More than ever before, Nova Scotia universities and colleges are relying on digital materials to provide information to the public, staff, students, etc. For example, PDF and Word documents are being used for non-curriculum information, such as application materials, campus maps, etc. It is crucial that these documents are accessible for everyone.
In a first of its kind project, the current state of accessibility of these documents will be evaluated by Nova Scotians with cognitive, neurological, intellectual, and/or learning disabilities. Their First Voice results will be used to develop document accessibility recommendations, to help make non-curriculum documents more accessible for people with cognitive, neurological, intellectual, and/or learning disabilities
The final report and recommendations will be made publicly available on Access Changes Everything Inc. (ACE)’s website. ACE will provide these to Nova Scotia universities and colleges, and others around the world, to help make non-curriculum documents more accessible.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lynn Aylward

Student:

Lisa Snider

Partner:

Access Changes Everything

Discipline:

Education

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Acadia University

Program:

Redesign of a commercial across-breed genetic evaluation system and in-silico investigations of resulting system performance and flexibility.

Genetic improvement is core to the long-term productivity and viability of all livestock industries. A review of crossbred genetic evaluation methods and approaches for national and international genetic improvement programs will determine the necessary improvements to make to AgSights’ genetic evaluation system (GES). Research will be conducted on hardware, software packages and statistical methods best suited to achieve these improvements. Research results that will be used to redevelop AgSights’ GES. New types of information captured on-farm will be researched and simulated, including the use of DNA information, determining the preparedness and feasibility of the new AgSights GES at meeting emerging beef industry needs. Upon completion AgSights will provide a new GES with improved performance and flexibility, broadening their potential market. The Canadian beef industry will benefit through access to a GES capable of managing existing and novel beef cattle information from a variety of breed make-ups, resulting in increased animal genetic improvement and increased productivity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Angela Canovas

Student:

Kristin Lee

Partner:

Agricultural Insights Alliance

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Efficacy of online games for ocean career education

Ocean industries hold many opportunities for employment for the future Nova Scotian work force. However, Nova Scotian junior high students have a poor understanding and a lack of interest in Nova Scotia’s available ocean careers. Ocean career education through online interactive games could increase Nova Scotian students’ interest in ocean careers. By having students try the games and offering us their feedback through surveys we can determine how effective these online games are for increasing student’s interest in ocean related careers. We will investigate how an individual student’s race, gender, age, and individual identity may affect their response to the games in order to better engage underrepresented demographics in ocean careers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Katarin MacLeod

Student:

Gwendolyn Griffiths

Partner:

Stellar RHL Inc

Discipline:

Education

Sector:

Other

University:

St. Francis Xavier University

Program:

Accelerate

Relation between biometrics and traumatic brain injury risk: developing a data analysis procedure for concussion risk assessment and management

This project will attempt to uncover more insights into the importance of certain biological, situational and environmental factors that contribute to traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), especially in youth sports. By doing this, we hope to work towards better prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of concussions and other TBIs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dhirendra Shukla

Student:

Pascal McCarthy

Partner:

Concussion Legacy Foundation of Canada

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

In-situ performance verification of the Pizza Oven Waste Energy Recovery (POWER) System within Restaurant Environments

The demonstration project provides the opportunity to substantiate the ability of the POWER system to repurpose wasted thermal energy from a cooking appliance’s exhaust gases and improve the overall restaurant energy performance across three Pizza Pizza locations within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). The data collected through the project will also allow for further development of our building modeling tools and establish Harvest’s ability to deliver a complete “Made-in-Canada” waste heat recovery package at the completion of the demonstration project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Preston

Student:

Ahmed Ahmed;Mohamed Abdelnabi

Partner:

Harvest Systems

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Scaled Physical Modeling of Geomechanical Implications of Wormholes During CO2-Based CSI in CHOPS Reservoirs Part A: Centrifuge Testing of 3D Printed Specimens

Deliberate massive sand influx used to increase oil recovery from shallow heavy oil resources ultimately results in low oil recovery. This means 85-95% of oil would remain unrecovered during the co-production of oil and sand process, which is referred to as Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS). In this project, we looked at the possibility to enhance oil recovery using CO2 injection. By employing a geotechnical centrifuge and additive manufacturing (3D printing rock) technology, this research provides a better understanding of the dominant driving forces during cyclic injection of CO2 for sustainable, responsible, and transformative heavy oil production from these CHOPS reservoirs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rick Chalaturnyk

Student:

Alireza Rangrizshokri

Partner:

Petroleum Technology Research Centre

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Computational Fluid Dynamics Optimization of Very High Lift Coe?cient Airfoil

The proposed research project’s objective is to perform analysis on airfoil dimensions and configurations for a crosswind power kite system for wind energy generation. The airfoil will be examined through computational methods to determine how well the airfoil will perform. The airfoil configurations will then be optimized to find better designs for airborne wind energy systems. The The partner will benefit from this work as better airfoil designs may be found, along with further understanding of how changes in airfoil configurations effect the behavior. The partner will also be provided with a method for visual feedback of how the airfoil performs through simulation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raymond Spiteri

Student:

Marcus Lau

Partner:

Kinetic Intelligence Systems Corp

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Simulating dynamics of flux qubits with charge and hybrid flux noise

D-Wave Systems has designed processors based on a scalable architecture that aim to implement quantum annealing, an algorithm that can be used to solve a wide variety of optimization problems. A minimal requirement for a device to perform quantum annealing is that it maintains coherence throughout an appreciable fraction of the annealing protocol. In reality, any quantum annealer will be subject to noise, which leads to decoherence in some form. Accurate numerical modelling of environmental noise in quantum annealing is therefore of critical importance to the designing of future architectures, and the study of open quantum dynamics in general. To data, efforts to numerically model quantum annealing in D-Wave devices have ignored the effects of charge noise, focusing only on flux noise. We propose developing an approach that is computationally efficient, numerically exact, and that accounts for the effects due to both charge and hybrid noise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Malcolm Kennett

Student:

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Partner:

D-Wave Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Standardization and optimization of saliva sample processing for SARS-CoV-2 detection without nucleic acid purification

The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, which started in Dec. 2019, has so far not been contained due to unpreparedness and unsuccessful development of antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2. In response to this pandemic, we propose development of a diagnostic assay based on saliva samples. We will also standardize virus collection procedure and inactivation steps to reduce the turnaround time of the results. We have the required expertise of working with virology techniques, molecular biology and diagnostic assay development. The goal of our design will be to 1) standardize sample collection buffer; 2) standardize additive which is most effective for inactivation of SARS-CoV2; 3) Standardize isolation buffer to skip the RNA extraction step; 4) Reduce the turn-around time for result.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rakesh Bhat

Student:

Archana Koul

Partner:

JRC Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Discipline:

Pharmacy / Pharmacology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Exploring the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion of the Canadian Sport Industry

This project will examine the equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within the Canadian sport industry. The central research question is: “To what extent does the Canadian sport industry demonstrate principles of diversity, equity and inclusion; and to what effect are these corresponding values evident via policy and lived experiences.” The study will employ a mixed methods approach, building on a case study analysis to ground the study in industry practices and concerns, and to explore the effects of EDI in Canadian sport industry.
The objectives for this project are a) to offer a baseline assessment of the EDI of the Canadian sport industry b) to develop a EDI model and measure for the Canadian sport industry to address barriers and promote greater diversity in sport organizations, and c) to spark and support conversations to ultimately offer strategic guidance to address long-standing inequalities within our sport industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cheri Bradish

Student:

Richard Norman

Partner:

MLSE LaunchPad

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

The politics of clinical trials in a pandemic: The role of the blood service indeveloping a treatment for COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of clinical trials are currently ongoing to evaluate the effectiveness of convalescent plasma derived from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. As a licensed plasma collector for transfusible plasma and the National blood operator (outside Quebec), Canadian Blood Services has consequently taken on a unique role in several nationally and internationally coordinated clinical trials. This project will generate critical knowledge to explore the experiences and key challenges faced by Canadian Blood Services related to when and how to partner with a variety of actors within the clinical trials landscape. Our findings will thus inform the development of clinical trials governance policies, processes, and Formulaire de demande Mitacs Accélération Mitacs-SSHRC Joint Initiative- Accelerate Proposal Streamline Application V01_2018 20 of 22 www.mitacs.ca protocols at Canadian Blood Services aimed at ensuring research integrity, public accountability, and equitable allocation of plasma products. We will also explore how CBS leverages its credibility, expertise and resources to recruit donors for clinical trials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Quinn Grundy

Student:

Ridwaanah Ali;Chantal Campbell

Partner:

Canadian Blood Services

Discipline:

Nursing

Sector:

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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