Venture Studio Fellowship

This role is a critical and multi-faceted position. The intern will be an active contributor to the venture-building and studio asset allocation process. At the heart of FutureSight is a four-phase venture lifecycle – which systematically moves opportunities through ideation, validation, formation, and growth stages. New ideas are rigorously screened, market-tested, and validated before a […]

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Improve customer data warehouse creation

We are seeking someone who can work closely with our founding engineers to enhance the various methods we collect and process data from customers. Specific tasks will include conducting secondary and primary source research on data sources of interest (data silos). Tasks will also include producing validation that data sources can be ingested from customer […]

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Modular aqua-farming system for growing fish

The proposal of the project Structure of Zero GHG Footprint Sustainable Community will benefit the community. The creation of the module design system using aquaponics methods, exploring the design of cooling system and thermal system will integrate the full process of producing sustainable food with zero pollution to the environment. As a researcher in this […]

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Geo-Mechanical Modeling for Management of Geologic Carbon Sequestration Risk

The proposed work will involve the development of a fully coupled Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) model to study the behavior of cold CO2 fluid injection with surrounding rock. The numerical solution is based on the 2-D thermo-poroelastic displacement discontinuity method (DDM), which is a nonlinear joint deformation model, coupled with the finite element method (FEM) for solving […]

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Analysis of the Material Properties of 3D Printed Bone Graft Substitutes

Bone graft substitutes are used when the defect in the bone is so large that the body cannot heal naturally. Tissue engineering involves the production of materials that when combined with cells are able to fill the volume of the defect. Over time, degradable materials are replaced by bone and the natural state is eventually […]

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A Novel Lactic Acid Bacteria Consortium for Controlling Foodborne Pathogens on Ready-To-Eat Foods and Drain

There remains a high incidence of foodborne illness and product recalls due to contamination such as Listeria. Salmonella and E. coli. Although a range of synthetic preservatives are available there is a preference for natural antimicrobial agents such as protective cultures. In the proposed research a novel combination of lactic acid bacteria developed by Biointeligenza […]

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Prototyping Tiny Homes for Affordable Housing in Cambridge

In response to the current housing crisis, we are studying the effectiveness of tiny homes as a solution to transitional housing for housing insecure persons in the Region of Waterloo. We have completed an earlier phase of this research which produced a Tiny House prototype and propose to continue this research through the following two […]

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Past and current Bitcoin adopters in Canada

The popularity of cryptocurrency has continued to increase over the past years and has raised serious policy concerns among Central Banks. Given the Bank of Canada’s role in maintaining financial stability, its 2019 Financial System Review identified the evolution of the cryptoasset market as one of six financial vulnerabilities that need to be monitored closely. […]

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Allergen Dispersion System Development in an Exposure Room

Patients can be exposed to airborne allergens in specially designed and controlled rooms for clinical studies. This research aims at improving the spatial homogeneity and temporal stability of airborne pollen concentration in a new exposure room over a period from 2 to 6 hours. Initially, the flow dynamics and particle dispersion will be also investigated […]

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Development of high yielding, Eastern Canadian hard and soft red winter wheat cultivars and germplasm with increased resistance to Fusarium head blight and leaf diseases

Development of high yielding winter wheat cultivars, resistant or tolerant to different stresses, with good agronomic and quality characteristics, is important to wheat growers and industry. Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a serious wheat disease caused by a fungus Fusarium graminearum. FHB epidemics in Ontario were reported in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2015. […]

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Process mapping and documentation at Eclipse Automation: Balancing standardization and flexibility in an engineer order-to-order operation

The research will document process knowledge that is currently held by individual employees. The main objective is that this personal knowledge about processes can be shared and used to create standardized documents which, as a result, can improve coordination and collaboration. The documentation work will include reviewing existing organization’s documents, engaging personnel in series of […]

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