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DreamWafer Intelligent Rapid Prototyping Platform for Electronic Systems

The WaterBoard is a 'waffle iron' for prototyping electronic systems. In the envisioned concept, the user simply places components('dough') in the WaferBoard and closes the cover. 'WaferBoard' then senses the component contacts and recognizes the components and interconnects them ('cooks them'). The prototype ('waffle') is now ready to be brought up and run. The WaferBoard will have saved the PCB development process weeks or months in time to market and tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars (or more). The interns will do research on the intelligent control software, which includes (1) the sofrware to bootup the WaferBoard, (2) the software to diagnose and map defect in the defect-tolerant JTAG chains and the defect-tolerant interconnection network, (3) the software to provide instruments to the user to diagnose and validate his application using the WaterBoard prototyping system capabilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Yves Blaquiere

Student:

Jean-Sebastien Turgeon, Issam Eddine Hamzaoui, Etienne Lepercq, Mohammed Bougataya, Mamadou Diop and Oussama Berriah

Partner:

Richard Prytula

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Ice Throw from Wind Turbines

In cold climates there is a perception that ice fragments could be thrown from rotating large wind turbines and create a hazard. While turbines should be shut down in icing conditions several authorities now require calculation of the risk associated with this potential hazard, in terms of numbers of ice fragment strikes per unit area per year in areas surrounding a proposed wind farm. As service providers to the wind energy industry, Zephyr North wish to have an accurate, reliable model to provide this information. The goal of this project is to learn more about ice throw and develop an improved model to calculate the trajectories of ice fragments that could conceivably be thrown from turbine blades under given wind speed conditions. These calculations coupled with site specific turbine and wind statistics, could then be used to map out the risk in areas surrounding a wind farm.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter A Taylor

Student:

Sumita Biswas

Partner:

Zephyr North Canada Ltd.

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a Sample Preservation and DNA Extraction Buffer for C-POD™

Sample preparation for DNA extraction is labour intensive, tedious and a recognized bottleneck and impediment to high throughput automated DNA profiling. The organization sponsor, DNA Ident Inc., has a uniquely designed sample collection container (C‐POD) developed to capture DNA and to streamline sample preparation. The proposed project will develop DNA stabilization formulae for use as an embedded component of the C‐POD sampler. Extraction methodologies will be utilized to reduce reagent volumes, improve the time for DNA testing and cut the cost associated with DNA profiling. A number of tissue preservation/lysis formulations to accommodate a variety of biological materials for DNA isolation and analysis will be developed. The components and concentrations vary depending on the tissue involved. To accelerate the process the focus will be on formulations that are compatible with downstream DNA isolation with magnetic beads and as an integral component of the C‐POD. DNA Ident will commercialize the results of this research by offering it as a valuable attribute, which enhances the usefulness of its proprietary C‐POD sampling device.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Bradley White

Student:

Tasnova Khan

Partner:

DNA Ident Inc.

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Trent University

Program:

Accelerate

A new approach to the assessment and evaluation of technical skills

Surgical education has changed dramatically over the last 15 years as traditional “time served” approaches have given way to objective assessments of efficiency. These assessments are very resource intensive and require a greater level of training for the educators and evaluators. Furthermore they often do not provide timely, meaningful feedback to the trainees. To overcome these difficulties, the Surgical Skills Centre (SSC) at Mount Sinai Hospital is seeking to improve the efficiency of the assessment process and concurrently better integrate feedback into surgical education. As yet a comprehensive list of indicators that will assist with this are not available. The proposed project will collect traditional checklist assessment data, along with established measures of proficiency (e.g. motion tracking of movements) as a first step towards eventually developing a comprehensive, low cost training tool incorporating objective assessments and feedback. Focus will be on improving motion tracking techniques.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Alex Mihailidis

Student:

Neil Rittenhouse

Partner:

Mount Sinai Hospital

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating methods of long-term follow-up for patients with Metabolic Syndrome

This project was in partnership with the Canadian Obesity Network. Providence Healthcare has estrablished a reputation as one of the leading centres for cardiovascular research and treatment in Canada. Providence Healthcare and AstraZeneca, a research-based pharmaceutical company, are interested in furthering science and improve patient outcomes. The purpose of this study is to determine the best method of long term follow up for patients with Metabolic Syndrome once they have completed an intensive lifestyle modification program.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Sammy Chan

Student:

Ali Zentner

Partner:

AstraZeneca

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Identifying and measuring the ecosystem and their economic value in a shade grown Mate Plantation/Atlantic rain forest restoration venture.

Guayaki is an American tea company looking for areas to showcase their environmental restoration and conservation initiatives and attract potential investors. By assessing the ecosystem services they have been working to conserve, ecosystem marketplaces will be able interpret the economic value of Guayaki‟s environmental initiatives. The Canadian owned resource management group Spectrum Resource Group would like to explore the opportunity of expanding into the ecosystem service assessment area. This purpose of this internship is to explore the process of developing and implementing an ecosystem services assessment case study. Helping to develop a case study will provide Spectrum with intellectual capital and know how in order to credibly provided diligent ecosystem services assessments to clients in the future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Barry Glickman

Student:

Branden Beatty

Partner:

Spectrum Resource Group Inc.

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Forestry

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Robust Face Detection and Tracking for Video Surveillance

Intelligent visual surveillance refers to the use of context rich visual sensors, i.e. video cameras, for the purpose of surveillance. Surveillance systems can be deployed in diverse environments, such as airports, department stores, office buildings, home buildings, conference rooms, parking lots, and hotels for diverse purposes, such as ambient and personal security, information recording, and personal identification. The aim of this project is to explore innovative face detection and tracking solutions to equip automatic, visual surveillance systems with features that allow increased privacy and customized communications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Kostas Plataniotis

Student:

Gaurav Jain

Partner:

Xiris Automation Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

PPB Sensitive Optical Breath Analyser

This internship will enable a very successful collaboration to continue between Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Corp. and Trent University, associated with designing and constructing a new generation of all‐optical breath alcohol sensors. The high‐sensitivity, highselectivity breathalysers that will emerge from this collaboration are expected to become a valued diagnostic tool within many sectors, from professional to recreational. Portable breathalysers are currently based on chemicallyinduced changes, while an all‐optical device could extend the existing advantages of these devices to include higher sensitivity, increased reliability, and a longer working life. With parts per billion sensitivity, there is also potential for passive detection of alcohol, without active participation of the person under question. ACS Corp has been a leading manufacturer of alcohol sensing instruments for more than 20 years, with a very active industrially‐related research program. This internship, funded in part by MITACS, will optimally combine the output from university‐based research with that from industry to enable a speedy development of a product that will undoubtedly have significant commercial potential.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Ralph Shiell

Student:

Bryan Van der Ende

Partner:

Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Corp.

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Trent University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of the economic potential of Jerusalem artichoke as feedstock for production of ethanol, inulin, and biomass pellets

CENNATEK Bioanalytical Services Inc. is leading a R&D project with the goal of using Jerusalem artichoke as a feedstock for the production of ethanol, inulin and biomass pellets. The Jerusalem artichoke crop contains large amounts of carbohydrates, mainly inulin, which can be converted to sugars such as fructose. Fructose is used as a sweetener in the food industry and has several health benefits. The inulin, other extractable sugars, and cellulose can also be used to produce ethanol. Cellulose within the biomass of the Jerusalem artichoke plant contain sugars that can be fermented into ethanol, which is then purified by distillation to be used as a blend with gasoline in automobile engines. The leftover biomass not used for inulin and/or ethanol production can be pelletized and used for combustion and heat generation. As a result, the entire crop can be used to produce value added products to maximize the economic potential. The first phase of the project involves determining the amount of extractable and structural sugars contained within the crop and establishing the best conditions for crop harvesting. The next phase of the project involves the development of a lab-scale experimental procedure looking at the production of ethanol, extraction of inulin and the pelletization of biomass. The various reaction parameters and process pathways will be optimized. Finally, an economic plan and assessment of the overall process will be investigated. This project is in partnership with the Bioindustrial Innovation Center.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Don Hewson

Student:

Nicholas Ivan Ruzich

Partner:

CENNATEK Bioanalytical Services Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Mining sites as incubators for green energy and other value added products

The mining industry is a key economic driver for Northern Ontario, and mine and associated support and processing facility closures result, therefore, in significant impacts on the local community direct and indirect employment and economy. Despite each mining operation representing a significant investment in preparation, transport, infrastructure and technology, much, if not all, is lost to the community after closure. A mine site also creates and occupies significant tracts of land that are essentially non‐productive assets. To address this issue, this is a multi‐disciplinary, multi‐company research program that involves both a school of process engineering and of medicine, and links energy recovery and greenhouse gas accounting with generation of biofuels and natural microbial sourced heath compounds. It is based around innovative uses of mine lands for achieving extractable energy value from sources of waste heat generated. In particular use of these sites as an “incubators” for the production from indigenous microalgae of renewable biofuels and therapeutic compounds. The intention is that systems identified will not just be viable during a mining operation’s active life, but also, at least in part, allow mine sites to have functional economic generating value post closure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. John Ashley Scott

Student:

Zouleiksa Abdalla, Lisa Renaud, Andrew Hall, Bozhi Zhang, and Joe Eibl

Partner:

Al Consultants Inc. ChemAdvance Drive and Xstrata Nickel

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Laurentian University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of Plastic Scintillator Thicknesses for Beta Gamma Detection

Because radiation is so prevalent in modern technology it is important to have instruments that will measure radiation. Instruments that measure exposure rate or the intensity of radiation at a location are called radiation detectors. Most of the detectors used to measure ionizing radiation (such as alpha, beta, and gamma radiation) are based on the ability of the radiation to ionize materials or to excite atoms within materials. Most of the radiation detectors used in radiation measurements will measure only one type of radiation at a time (for example, only beta or only gamma radiation). This project is to investigate using a plastic scintillator detector for beta]gamma at the same time. Scintillate means; to produce sparks of light when hit by particles or photons and there is crystal and plastic scintillator to use it in detectors. By attaching the two layer of plastic with difference in thickness and placing just one photomultiplier (PMT) in both layers, we can detect betaparticles (electrons) and gamma]radiation (photons) at the same time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Rachid Machrafi

Student:

Khadijeh Farzaneh Pourtangestani

Partner:

CANBERRA

Discipline:

Sector:

Nanotechnologies

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

Accelerate

Monitoring and Characterizing Driver Behaviour Among Ski Resort Fleet

This research intends to acquire a better understanding of driver behaviour, fuel consumption and the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the operation of ski resort fleet. Twenty‐six light and medium duty vehicles at ski resorts will be equipped with an onboard logging device that records electronic engine data (i.e.: idle time, distance travelled, highest speed, fuel efficiency, fuel cost, hard braking and acceleration thresholds) over an 8 month period. Using the data, the intern will evaluate the short‐term impact of an ecodriver training course by comparing driving behaviour before and after the course. The intern will also evaluate the influence of invehicle audible driver feedback on driving behaviour when activated on select vehicles after the course. This research project will help the Ontario Snow Resorts Association members quantify and pursue opportunities to reduce their fuel consumption and the greenhouse gas emissions associated with operating light and medium duty vehicles within their fleet.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Jean Audrey

Student:

Michelle Rutty

Partner:

Ontario Snow Resorts Association

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Sports and recreation

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

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