The Saanich Peninsula Environmental Coalition (SPEC) and the ACT – Action on Climate Team, SFU are working together to implement a bioregional approach to conservation and sustainability on the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island, BC. SPEC developed a Bioregional Framework in 2021 which outlined a holistic approach to environmental health and management and advocated for […]

Concussions are a frequently occurring injury with diverse clinical manifestations and an often-challenging recovery. Oculomotor deficits are commonly occurring in persons with concussion, both as an early symptoms and impairment long after the injury. Early assessment and rehabilitation of oculomotor deficits resulting from concussion have the potential to expedite recovery and improve affected individuals’ functioning. […]

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) are important in aquatic ecosystems as they represent hotspots of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Earth observation technologies (EOT) constitute a cost-effective monitoring tool for environmental variables at large scales but their use in freshwater environmental monitoring remains limited because of the optical complexity of inland waters. This research develops and builds […]

Nanoparticles are objects on the scale of billionths of a meter, and their small size gives them properties that are scientifically interesting and commercially important. Vive Crop Protection has commercialized a technology in which they use a nanoparticle-enabled approach to enhance the delivery of agricultural pesticides. This project is about controlling the process of clumping […]

Ce projet vise à développer de nouveaux matériaux lumineux appelés 3D-COFs capables d’émettre une phosphorescence à température ambiante. En intégrant des atomes lourds comme le silicium ou l’étain dans leur structure, nous cherchons à comprendre comment renforcer cette lumière durable. Ces matériaux pourraient servir à créer des capteurs plus sensibles et de nouveaux dispositifs optoélectroniques.

In 2023, Innovotech acquired a 60% interest in NouLife Sciences Inc., a company that developed the intellectual property for the linking of two antioxidant molecules commonly used in skin care products – alpha lipoic acid and acetyl-L-carnitine – into one molecule. The linking of the two molecules has been indicated by NouLife to increase the […]

Elev8 is working with L2M to help launch there MSK therapeutic device for tissue regeneration and longevity in the sport, military, and aging tech space.

The internship project, performed in collaboration with a theorist group at the University of Calgary, will demonstrate the decoy-state approach to analyze simple – but non-trivial – circuits with 2-3 inputs and outputs utilizing bulk photonics components. The intern will assist the team with building a setup and perform the measurements needed for the analysis. […]

This project will focus on the production of new molecules with a focus towards producing highly sensitive sensors for biogenic amines. Biogenic amines are molecules produced in food when they spoil, and can be used to identify spoilage within food. This technology is a promising strategy for the reduction of food waste as well as […]

Development of novel pharmaceutical agents typically starts from an initial “hit” compound. These initial hits are then optimized using chemical synthesis and then tested for activity. Many active agents are designed based on known starting compounds. These previously identified compounds serve as a starting scaffold on which to make modifications that will improve activity. In […]

Dans le cadre du retour sur la lune (et à fortiori des projets de mission humaines sur mars), la gestion de l’eau est un enjeu majeur. En effet, dans les systèmes fermés comme la station spatiale ou les habitats lunaires, l’objectif est d’être capable de recycler plus de 98% des eaux usées. A l’heure actuelle […]

Les couches minces nanocomposites, c’est à dire formées de nanoparticules incluses dans une matrice, représentent une voie intéressante pour développer des surfaces avec des propriétés multifonctionnelles. L’approche étudiée dans ce projet pour la synthèse de nanocomposites est l’injection d’une solution contenant des nanoparticules dans un réacteur plasma PECVD, afin d’obtenir en une seule étape, et […]