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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering - chemical / biological

Defining Age-Specific Heat Exposure Limits Forworkers: From Laboratory To Field

This project will examine how heat stress develops in young {18-30 years) and older miners {45-65 years) of different levels of fitness when physically demanding mining jobs are made more challenging by increases in air temperature and humidity as well as changes In a worker’s hydration status. Further, a field-based study will be conducted to determine to what extent older workers differ in their work patterns and physiological response to work in the heat. By understanding how heat stress may develop in older individuals by examining responses in both a laboratory and field setting, and with guidance from Vale, our industry partner, we will be in an excellent position to interpret, design and implement an appropriate heat planning and management strategy to protect older workers from the detrimental health effects associated with heat exposure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Glen Kenny

Student:

Sheila Dervis

Partner:

Vale Ltd.

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Micromirror for Portable Laser Marking Machine

Laser marking uses laser power to make permanent signs on product surface. In 2012, World Star Technologies developed the first portable laser marking machine in the world by replacing the conventional galvanometer based scanning head with a 2D micromirror. It reduces the size, weight and price by 1000, 5 and 10 times. However it has limited marking area due to the limited rotation angle of the micromirror. It is highly desired by the customers to have a larger marking area to be used in more applications. In this project a novel 2D micromirror is to be developed which can output 2 times larger rotation angle to enlarge the marking area by 4 times without sacrificing the making speed. The improved performance will significantly increase the product’s market share.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Siyuan He

Student:

Hui Zuo

Partner:

World Star Tech

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Development and Assessment of Modalities for Adult Science Engagement at Science World

Scientific literacy and life-long scientific education is becoming increasingly important for everyday life in our society. One of the mediums through which the public can find accessible information on science and technology advancements is their local science centre such as Science World. Science World would like to increase their adult-oriented content by 2020 and support me in assessing which modalities are most effective at educating, engaging and entertaining adult audiences. I will assess the abilities of 3 different modalities at fulfilling these goals and determine which aspects of each framework are most effective in order to help Science World develop successful modalities for adult engagement with science. I expect that coupling scientific education with tasks applicable to everyday life will increase attendance, enjoyment and engagement thus increasing appreciation and literacy of scientific knowledge through free-choice learning approaches.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandra Scott

Student:

Lindsay Petley-Ragan

Partner:

Science World

Discipline:

Education

Sector:

Education

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Elk River Flood Solutions Strategy

Flooding causes significant impacts to economic activities, disrupts and displaces populations and creates substantial risk to human safety. Recovery efforts from major flood events can be lengthy and have huge economic impacts both in loss of revenue and cost of repair and restoration. Changes in physical characteristics, economic practices and/or human actions can impact the hydrology of a watershed. The Elk River has experience extreme flooding in 1995, 2005 and 2013. The proposed Elk River Alliance (ERA) Flood Solutions Strategy Study will (i) prepare a literature review of flood mitigation and adaptation programs and policies applicable in the Elk Valley; (ii) model historical runoff and a range of future runoff scenarios in the watershed based on a series of landuse and climate change scenarios; and (iii) provide advice and direction on a range of strategies, policies and adaptation plans to increase Elk Valley resiliency and reduce vulnerability to flooding.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Byrne

Student:

Celeste Barnes

Partner:

Elk River Alliance

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of Lethbridge

Program:

Accelerate

DeepCity

DeepCity is a strategy game initially for iOS, Android and desktop that is set in a strange, fascinating near future of mega-storms and scarcity. The goal: Survive. Defend. Regenerate. DeepCity advances concepts of resilience, urban ecology, sustainable futures, and systems-thinking within urban environments for players. The DeepCity prototype research project will provide the student with an opportunity to be creatively engaged in researching and making a new game for change, benefitting from mentorship and collaboration with accomplished industry professionals and academic researchers. While collaborating on design and programming of the game prototype, the intern will focus on the research question, how does sustainable systems research and urban resilience design practice translate into a game, and what is an effective way to integrate this thinking into the game design and development process? Evergreen CityWorks will benefit from the project through the advancement of DeepCity game research and development, to make an effective and popular game that can serve to expand the public understanding of urban resilience problems and solutions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emma Westecott

Student:

Hector Garcia

Partner:

Evergreen

Discipline:

Interactive arts and technology

Sector:

Education

University:

OCAD University

Program:

Accelerate

Towards the commercialization of a robotics-assisted rehabilitation platform for stroke therapy of upper limb

Stroke is the primary cause of physical disability resulting in motor dysfunction. Rehabilitation robots are employed to automate repetitive goal-oriented tasks, and strengthen neural pathways. The portable robot built by our team in collaboration with Quanser can be programmed to aid therapists, and assist upper-limb movements to deliver rehabilitation. In this project, various limitations that currently exist are overcome. First, movement assessment in rehabilitation is usually subjective, and lacks quantitative measures so adding proper sensing mechanisms bridges this gap. To this end, our proposed system incorporates kinesthetic and tactile haptic feedback for therapy and functionality assessment. Additionally, introducing tele-rehabilitation technology alleviates strains on therapists, and releases the need of active physical presence. Therefore, it facilitates home-based therapy that can potentially contribute to the reduction of healthcare costs while offering more accessibility, precision and consistency than traditional techniques. Ultimately, these extra features will justify the commercialization of the Quanser’s rehabilitation robot.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alex Mihailidis

Student:

Nima Najmaei

Partner:

Quanser Consulting

Discipline:

Engineering - biomedical

Sector:

Advanced manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Quality Assurance of Biosand Filters: Production and Distribution

The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) is a non-profit organization promoting appropriate technologies in water and sanitation for the developing world. An example is the biosand filter, currently manufactured by hundreds of organizations in 55 countries, and used by 650,000+ families. Ensuring filter quality will accelerate its dissemination worldwide. In this project, the quality assurance (QA) procedures are developed for (1) biosand filters (2) their construction processes, and (3) the distribution network, using Nepal as a case study. Besides verifying the quality requirements, the QA procedures will diagnose the causes and effects of poor quality, such as skills and knowledge of filter construction technicians, and determine ways for continual improvements. This project is expected to contribute towards developing a validation system that is locally owned, adaptive and sustainable, motivating continual improvements rather than pass/fail, and transferable to other countries, resulting in better health and livelihood worldwide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Li

Student:

Nicole Chan

Partner:

Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Identification of STAT3/5 Advanced Preclinical Candidates

It is estimated that 1 in 2/3 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Cancer is a genetic disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth of cells. While treatments are available for many cancers, remission of the disease, side-effects of the medication, and the onset of resistance by the cancer to the drugs being used, contribute to the high fatality rates observed for several cancers. The blood cancers CML and AML are driven by the out-of-control activity of a protein in cancer cells called STAT5. Inhibition of STAT5 activity has been shown to cause cancer cells to die. The aim of this project is to optimize the properties of potential STAT5 inhibitor drugs develope at University of Toronto Mississauga, to allow them to be taken orally, and negate adverse side effects. This will be achieved in collaboration with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC), which aims to eradicate blood-borne cancers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Gunning

Student:

David Rosa

Partner:

CanPeptide

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Green Codes: Alternative Means of Approval when Building Green in Non-Charter Municipalities

Given tre extraordinary natural resources used for the construction, operation and demolition of buildings and the extensive impact that buildings have on natural cycles and the environment, there is an urgent need to shift towards greener buildings. In Canada, regulation presents obstacles to building green. This project will investigate the building code variances used in the top performing green buildings constructed in non-charter municipalities. Since non-charter municipalities have limited legal authority to make policy exemptions for green building compared to Charter cities like Vancouver and Toronto, this project will examine the alternative building code approvals used to construct green buildings these jurisdictions. In doing so, best practices will be aggrega;ed and shared among green building practitioners to facilitate uptake and construction of high performing buildings in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sean Markey

Student:

Julia Fryer

Partner:

SFU Community Trust

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Insight from the top 2 000 mobile games found in the Apple store

The organization partner is currently allocating video advertisement inside mobile applications. The mobile applications that publish the video advertisement are designated as publisher. To allocate the video advertisement inside the right mobile application, the potential publishers are manually searched in the Apple App store. This search process is a bottleneck. It also involves a lot of manual work and room for error. The intern will use technologies in order to gather information on the top 2 000 mobile applications in the Apple App store. The information will represent contextual, descriptive and ranking information from each mobile application. Afterward, the intern will have to segment and do a correlation analysis in order to provide insight on successful features of top ranked mobile apps. The partner will benefit from this research project as information is gathered, an

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Faculty Supervisor:

Denis Larocque

Student:

Jean-Philippe Mallette

Partner:

Floop Technologies

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Digital media

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Stochastic inversion of geophysical and petrophysical data to develop an integrated 5-8 Block Model

This project aims at exploiting existing geophysical and petrophysical data to develop an integrated geological model of the 5-8 block of the Raglan mine in Northern Quebec. In contrast to previously conducted analysis of individual datasets, a weighted stochastic inversion of combined datasets will be conducted. Determining the synergies between the diverse rock parameters will lead to improved knowledge about the geometry and material properties of the 5-8 block. Ultimately, this will result in enhanced metal recovery and economic benefits to the Raglan mine and the greater community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexander Braun

Student:

Robin Maedel

Partner:

Raglan Mine

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Speaker Identification in a Collaborative Environment

At present, there is an increasing demand from industries for new generation of interactive technologies to support productivity and minimize time wasted for meeting room set up. In response to this demand, SMART technologies is investing into development of new UC&C technologies. The goal of this research will be the development of a software for reliable speaker identification and authentication in a meeting room environment. The software will be able to recognize users in the meeting room with the flexibility in dealing with noise and variable recording quality, including various voice samples. The developed software will take into an account the various machine learning methods to deal with proper training, the insufficient amount of samples, and the physical characteristics of data sets used to validate the methodology. It will be adaptive to different types of voice input data: the live voice and the voice from the teleconference/cell phone. This would require development of sophisticated machine learning methods which will also further enhance the areas of data mining, pattern recognition, and signal processing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marina Gavrilova

Student:

Faisal Ahmed

Partner:

SMART Technologies

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

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