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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering - chemical / biological

Biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) against selected key insect pests of canola, cereal and high value crops in Alberta.

Crop losses and the economic impact caused by canola insect pests is substantial, depending on outbreak conditions. With the predicted de-registration of two key insecticides, canola producers are potential subject to greater economic losses. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs), also known as predatory nematodes, are commercially available biocontrol agents for the management of insect pests. Although below-ground insect stages are more susceptible to EPNs, recent advancement in application technology has improved their biocontrol efficiency against the foliar insect pests. In this project we propose to explore EPN use against foliar insect pests including flea beetles, diamond back moth, lygus, and below ground pest wireworms. Laboratory experiments will evaluate five different commercially available EPN species, at different rates required to kill the insect pests. Positive findings will direct future investigations under field trials with the long term goal of providing a sustainable insect pest management approach for Western Canadian growers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Tiege

Student:

Darius Ramrattan

Partner:

Alberta Canola Producers Commission

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Olds College

Program:

Accelerate

Spaces, People, Things: Entanglements within Congregate Living

This project explores how one congregate living environment in Edmonton Alberta supports their residents through the use of the material environment including designed spaces and objects created by architectural and interior designers. The web of person-environment relationships and interactions that is complicated, dynamic, messy, and riddled with shifting agency is unpacked revealing how humans depend on things, things depend on things, and things depend on humans. This project takes on theory and practice by conducting research that is directly applied to the renovation, operation and programming of the congregate living complex studied. In sum, this project is informed by and contributes to scholarly research on material culture, architectural and interior design; directly impacts the re-visioning, re-design and re-programming of one congregate living environment; and develops essential in-depth case study research to inform design practitioners in the future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Megan Strickfaden

Student:

Lara Pinchbeck

Partner:

Canterbury Foundation

Discipline:

Agriculture

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Integrating Digital Design + Prefabrication Processes into Calgary-based Architecture and Design Firms (continued)

Many architecture and design firms in Calgary have a strong desire to incorporate parametric software (BIM) and digital manufacturing (CAD-CAM) technologies into their design processes in order to meet evolving client demands, regulatory requirements, and sustainability performance targets. These are necessary criteria that constitute high-quality built environments capable of meeting the needs of multiple stakeholders including clients as well as the general public. This proposal asks how architectural projects can be used as a platform for digital design and fabrication research that bolsters in-house digital prefabrication expertise while identifying alternatives to conventional trade-based construction practices. The general objective of the research project is to catalyze the adoption of digital design and prefabrication in Calgary-based architecture and design practices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joshua M Taron;Caroline Hachem-Vermette;Kris Fox

Student:

Ayoyimika Edun;Jesse Siegle;Kim Anson Tse;Gordon Skilling;Nicolas Hamel

Partner:

Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Measuring the Effects of a Cycling Program on Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care

This research will measure the effects of the Cycling Without Age program on participants by observing a variety of indicators. An existing program in a long-term care home will be observed, and 50 residents will be recruited: a biking group (n=25) who will be biked twice a week for 12 weeks and a strolls group (n=25) who will go for walks/wheelchair rides outside. Data will be harvested from the Resident-Assessment Instrument – Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) regarding scores from the pain scale, cognitive performance scale, index of social engagement, activities of daily living hierarchy scale, and the aggressive behavior scale. Happiness will be measured using a visual analogue scale, and the LTC QoL assessment will be used to assess QOL. The partner organization will benefit by allowing residents the opportunity to participate in more outdoor programs than offered in the past.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aleksandra Zecevic

Student:

Victoria Cotnam

Partner:

Dundas Manor

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing surfactant–nanoparticle systems for enhanced oil recovery

There has been a growing interest in the application of nanotechnology for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Nanoparticles possess unique physical and chemical properties due to their small size. In addition, their surface coating can be easily tailored for a particular EOR application. The proposed research will develop surfactant-coated nanoparticles as an additive. These nanoparticles will increase the recovery of residual oil in unconventional reservoirs found in Saskatchewan. Silica nanoparticles will be coated with zwitterionic surfactants. These surfactants are commonly found in personal care products and are derived from plant oils, such as coconut oil. To date, few zwitterionic surfactants have been examined for their application in EOR processes. This research will benefit PTRC stakeholders in both the private and public sectors. Industrial partners will benefit through a reduction in operating costs and enhanced oil recovery from producing well sites. The Saskatchewan government and Canada will benefit through royalty revenue by attracting additional industrial partners to Saskatchewan oil resources. Further, this nanotechnology will be marketable nationally and internationally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

R. Scott Murphy

Student:

Virendrakumar Bharatkumar Patel;Krishna Janak Patel

Partner:

Petroleum Technology Research Centre

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

The Art of Small City Transformation: exploring a role for socially engaged public art institutes as leaders with municipal cultural sustainability agendas

This project investigates the role small city public art galleries play, and might play, in catalyzing community transformation on the municipal level. In looks, in particular, at the work being accomplished by socially-engaged small city galleries across Canada, and at the ways in which this work can inform and mobilize municipal agendas rooted in cultural sustainable development. By connecting the work of these galleries with the desires expressed by municipalities for culture-led change leading to greater sustainable futures, this project contributes new knowledge leading to greater linkages between small city governments and the creative non-profit sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicole Vaugeois

Student:

Sharon Karsten

Partner:

Comox Valley Art Gallery

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

University:

Vancouver Island University

Program:

Accelerate

Agrégation et enlèvement des nano-microplastiques par l’entremise de sels métalliques préhydrolysés et de polymères organiques : impact d’une préoxydation par l’ozone et d’une préexposition aux rayons UV sur l’efficacité d’agrégation

La production mondiale annuelle de plastiques est estimée à plus de 335 millions de tonnes et risque de doubler d’ici 20 ans. De cette production, moins de 26 % est actuellement recyclé; plus de 74 % de ces plastiques sont donc redirigés à l’enfouissement ou relargués dans l’environnement. Il est clair que l’accumulation des plastiques dans les eaux de surface pose un enjeu important sur la santé publique et menace les écosystèmes aquatiques. L’une des méthodes actuelles pour limiter leur relargage dans l’environnement consiste en l’agrégation/coagulation suivie d’une décantation lors du traitement des eaux usées.
L’objectif du projet consiste à comprendre les interactions entre certains coagulants prometteurs et divers microplastiques afin de maximiser l’abattement de ces microplastiques lors de la décantation. Ce projet permettra notamment à notre partenaire (Kemira) de se positionner quant aux coagulants devant être recommandés lorsque les contaminants cibles sont les microplastiques.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathalie Tufenkji

Student:

Mathieu Lapointe

Partner:

Kemira

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Cannabis used for medical purposes by children in Canada

Cannabis products are being used for a variety of conditions. In Canada, there are no cannabis products approved for use in children. Without evidence from clinical trials doctors are hesitant to recommend cannabis products for children. In order for doctors to feel confident in advising parents on medical cannabis they need better information on if these products work, how to dose them and long-term safety. Our national collaboration between parents, doctors, researchers, industry and policy makers will study the use of medical cannabis in children. We will review the literature and work with parents to identify knowledge gaps and priorities. As a supporter of this project, Canopy Health Innovations will contribute to important research and education that advances care and treatment options for paediatric patients. Our goal is to equip parents and doctors with the materials needed to make informed decisions about using medical cannabis in children.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lauren E Kelly;Geert't Jong

Student:

Arun Paul

Partner:

10607410 Canada Inc (STAR/CHI)

Discipline:

Pharmacy / Pharmacology

Sector:

Other

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Radio-frequency Thermal Plasma Assisted Solid Waste Conversion to Energy using Thermochemical Process Technology

The field of plastic waste management is essential for sustainable society that utilizes plastic waste for energy production. Land filing and incineration of plastic waste has large environmental impacts due to GHG emissions. Thus, pyrolysis is considered a low environmental impact process with high value end products. RF thermal plasma technology will help reduce operating cost, cleaner thermal source, shorten reaction time and provide high quality hydrocarbon gasoline and diesel. The research project involves developing a highly efficient RF thermal plasma system that can work in pyrolysis reactors. The partner organisation will start to utilize thermal plasma systems in their chemical reactors and drive the waste management industry forward by reducing operating cost of plastic to oil.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hossam Gaber

Student:

Mohamed Aboughaly;Ahmed Gad;Vahid Damideh

Partner:

Pro-Flange Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering - other

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

Accelerate

Adopting Knowledge Management Practices in the Creation of a Tribal Archives in Rural Québec

Different groups of people like to find and use different kinds of information. This is true of First Nations as their information and knowledge needs extend beyond the walls of libraries or archives and into museums and the communities themselves. The collaboration between tribal and nontribal Archives can be mutually beneficial but first it is crucial to understand what information is needed and how they prefer to find and make use of it. This project looks at a collection of tribal archives in a rural Quebec First Nations community and how their community archives or “tribal archives” can be an alternative tool for self-governing, a means to become independent from other external institutions, and help further develop a sense of autonomy. Particular importance will be placed on the sharing and preservation of tacit (difficult to articulate) knowledge as it is typically shared and preserved through traditional oral storytelling.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kimiz Dalkir

Student:

Dominique Robichaud

Partner:

Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Creative Housing Options for Adults with Developmental Disabilities and High Complex Needs

A crisis is looming for many Ontario citizens with developmental disability and other challenges that make their support needs especially complex. In recent decades a process of deinstitutionalization moved the Province away from a morally problematic “warehousing” model towards one where people had an opportunity at meaningful lives in their communities. However, many are living lives that depend on family members who are stressed, aging, and in declining health, and there is no plan in place for what happens when these families can no longer carry that load. This project will gather and analyze information that will help clarify what can reasonably be done to help avert the looming crisis, but gathering information about what sorts of homes the people involve need and hope for, and by investigating creative approaches taken in other jurisdictions to evaluate their appropriateness for the Ontario context.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Devidi

Student:

Elizabeth Kim Guthrie

Partner:

Waterloo Wellington Autism Services

Discipline:

Religion

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Addressing Energy Poverty in British Columbia’s Rural and Indigenous Communities

Rural and indigenous communities in Canada experience energy poverty due to poor quality housing, lower incomes, high fuel costs, limited access to natural gas, and in some cases no access to grid electricity. Ecotrust Canada’s Community Energy Initiative seeks to address Energy Poverty by improving access to affordable heat in rural and indigenous communities across Canada. Residential heating constitutes majority of energy costs for Canadian households, and so, heating system retrofits are a compelling opportunity to address high energy costs. We will assess opportunities for rural indigenous communities in British Columbia to reduce heating costs by analyzing a range of alternatives including pellet stoves, high-efficiency heat pumps, building envelop retrofits, and natural gas connections close to existing pipeline. Through this, we attempt to design policy recommendations and pricing structures to better support delivery of affordable heat in rural and indigenous communities across British Columbia.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Milind Kandlikar

Student:

Rudri Bhatt

Partner:

Ecotrust Canada

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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