The Federal Government in Canada announced to ban harmful single-use plastics in 2019. University of Calgary has undertaken responsible stewardship towards sustainable development through the creation of a “zero-waste” campus vision. Eliminating the use of single-use plastics on the campus would directly contribute towards the goal. Dr. Irene Herremans and Kruti Mukesh working with Nature’s […]

To enable economic recovery and growth by assisting Alberta small and medium-sized businesses to participate in e-commerce that is designed to meet their needs. ACC has developed a new tool to connect and support employers across a variety of sectors with an innovative e-commerce platform that not only supports SMEs in getting their products or […]

Current EV charging systems are forecasted to create a strain on the electrical grid system that will require large capital projects to upgrade by utilities and municipalities to manage. This project will be focused on customer discovery and market analysis of an new off-grid EV charging and energy storage system. The resulting data will be […]

Rapid advancements in biotechnologies made possible novel studies to tackle chronic diseases such as breast cancer, or provide new insights into the role played by gut bacteria in a variety of chronic conditions. Data generated by biotechnologies comes with many analytical challenges: high number of candidate biomarkers measured compared to the number of patients, correlations […]

NovusTX Devices is a Calgary-based start-up company founded at the University of Calgary working on the development of ultrasound-based neuromodulation therapy. Our group is building a new medical device aimed at treating neurological disorders. Our team has access to a strong network of research and clinical collaborators that will allow us to deliver an effective […]

Ten Peaks Innovation Alliance is an Alberta not-for-profit organization with the mandate to educate Alberta youth in the areas of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship as it relates to energy, environment and climate. My project will involve developing a suite of workshops, lesson plans, web-content, and student action programs which centre around energy transition, emerging climate […]

The SDI Group has been a part of the Co op program for the last 13 years. We have supported many students in providing a well rounded experience and mentorship as part of their education. A student being able to be in the field and working directly with the health and safety organization, complements their […]

A. Overall Project Objective Recent research at the University of Calgary has focused on shear walls and on evaluating the influence of various parameters on in-plane shear capacity. The reason for this is that, for example, while it is recognized by most researchers that compression on walls increases the shear strength of masonry, the quantification […]

The development of a clinical decision support system is at the nexus of using data analytic techniques to inform and support dentists in the clinical practice. The purpose of this project is to develop conduct an innovation study to validate the analytic algorithms developed by OraQ for the purposes of facilitating clinical diagnosis. OraQ has […]

Our company is developing a video game and as such we have a need for people from various disciplines. The game is called Dead Matter and it’s a multiplayer zombie survival game. We are currently in a growth phase and are looking for both senior staff and junior staff that can be trained on our […]

On their mission to empower local businesses to adopt and benefit from complex technologies, SwiftRoot is creating a city-wide, online local-only market with same-day delivery. The platform will allow local businesses to support each other’s growth and give Calgarian consumers the ease and convenience of supporting and enjoying local products, while fostering community-building, belonging, and […]

Metabolomics is a rapidly growing field involved in detecting and characterizing all the metabolites present in a biological system such as blood, urine, cells and tissues. Metabolomics has been increasingly used in many different areas of applications, including the discovery of metabolite biomarkers for early diagnosis or prognosis of diseases, holistic study of biological systems […]