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13270 Completed Projects

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Projects by Category

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Engineering - chemical / biological

Development of Monoclonal Antibodies and Rapid Lateral Flow Test Kit for the Specific Detection of Streptococcus agalactiae

Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae) is a worldwide-distributed bacterium. It is a major infectious agent to humans, cattle and aquatic animals. The outbreak and prevalence of S. agalactiae in aquaculture has been reported in different countries as one of the major causes of mortality leading to serious economic losses and threatening the sound development of aquaculture. The current methods for detection of S. agalactiae are time-consuming and require specific equipment and technical training. Therefore we will develop a diagnostic test for the simple, rapid and early detection of the disease caused by S. agalactiae in aquaculture. The antibody-based test will provide an answer within seconds. This test will facilitate the breaking of Artron Bioresearch into the fish-industry market and will position Artron as a successful and reliable company for the development of diagnostic tests for aquaculture. The growth of Artron will in turn create more employment opportunities in the biotechnology sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Horacio Bach

Student:

Maria de Lourdes Vallejo Espi

Partner:

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Elevate

Scientific Validation of the CBI Workplace Solutions Pre-Placement Functional Assessment for Canada Post Delivery Agents

The purpose of this project is to conduct a scientific evaluation of pre-placement functional assessment for Canada Post delivery agents. Within the project, the research team will evaluate how delivery agents (letter carriers) perform mocked-up work tasks (based on actual job tasks observed in the field). Then the research team will evaluate how delivery agents perform the pre-placement functional assessment. The research team will compare the results from each condition to determine if the pre-placement functional assessment exposes delivery agent to physical demands that are similar to those experienced when performing the mocked-up work tasks. It is important to conduct a scientific evaluation of a pre-placement functional assessment to ensure that it is an adequate and reliable test of a delivery agents ability to perform the job of a delivery agent.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Fischer

Student:

Kim Moull

Partner:

CBI Workplace Solutions

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a novel processing method for stabilization, extraction and bio-refining of value-added functional ingredients from marine by-products for use in feed and food products.

This research will look to extract value from marine food processing by-products through development of green chemistry technologies, to generate valuable bio-products that may be used in a health prevention role in animals and humans. This will benefit existing food processors by addressing underutilized resources, add value in the partner industry and provide tools for Canadians in the future to access affordable functional food ingredients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Beth Mason

Student:

Subin Rajendran

Partner:

Saputo

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Cape Breton University

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of the Elder Abuse Prevention and Response Services Program (EAPRS) of Renfrew County

Elder abuse (physical, emotional, sexual, financial abuse, deprivation, neglect) is a pressing social concern. Approximately 10% of seniors in Canada are victims of some form of abuse each year (Department of Justice, 2004). Elder abuse impacts all social, cultural and economic groups. Prevention programs have been put in place to address the underlying causes of abuse, stop it and reduce the prevalence and incidences of abuse. However, the body of research on the effectiveness of elder abuse prevention and the consequences of abuse is sparse. Needed is research that identifies best practices and lessons learned in preventing elder abuse in Canada, and the proposed study will address this question through a particular focus on Renfrew County.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bradley Cousins

Student:

France Gagnon

Partner:

Carefor Health and Community Services

Discipline:

Education

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Redevelopment of PHOPHLO as a tablet based screening tool forthe school environment

The Intern will develop a tablet based version of a test that identifies French-speaking children at school entry who are at risk for problems learning to read and write. The project will provide an opportunity for a doctoral candidate with a dual academic background in computer science and linguistics to gain skills and experience in applied settings. The project is consistent with CRIM’s mandate to support the development of innovative IT solutions and the training of highly qualified personnel.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Rvachew

Student:

Alexandre Herbay

Partner:

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Biomolecular Structure Analysis to Accelerate Develoment of New Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibodies

Manufacturing of consistently high quality products is the commitment of the pharmaceutical industry. To achieve this, new products must be thoroughly tested and the results meet government-approved product specifications. Improving existing and adopting improved analytical technologies for product testing ensure the production of safe and effective products. This is particularly critical for the manufacturing of biologic products which, relative to small molecular drugs, have a larger size, are more complex in structure and are thus more difficult to characterize. Modern instrumental analyses, including Mass Spectrometry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Capillary Electrophoresis, are capable of high resolution and precision analyses of primary and higher order biomolecule structures. Using these cutting-edge technologies, we are proposing to develop new methodologies to improve biomolecule characterization. The proposed internships will provide training in these advanced technologies and thus foster the development of a talent pool of highly qualified Canadians with expertise to contribute to research-based biopharmaceutical industries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Derek Wilson

Student:

Agnesa Shala

Partner:

Sanofi Pasteur

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

White pine endophytes: improving tolerance to white pine blister rust

White pine blister rust is a serious disease of pine, an ecologically and economically important forest species in Ontario and the Maritime Provinces. In western Canada, this pathogen has virtually eliminated pine as a commercial species and the disease now threatens eastern Canada. Endophytes are fungi that live in the leaves of various plants including conifers. In collaboration with the Miller lab, JD Irving, Limited has invested in the potential of spruce endophytes to increase tolerance to an insect pest, the spruce budworm. During production, seedlings can be inoculated with ‘good endophytes’ which persist in the tree and provide the desired tolerance. Pine endophytes can make potently antifungal compounds that inhibit the growth of needle pathogens. Identifying strains that can be used to inoculate pine seedlings is a potentially important tool to limit the destruction of white pine. The intern will be involved in isolating and characterizing antifungal compounds and will learn how endophytes can be used in operational forestry in the Maritime Innovation Limited facility (a J.D. Irving, Limited subsidiary) in New Brunswick.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Miller

Student:

David McMullin

Partner:

Maritime Innovation Limited

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Routing and Spectral Assignment in Mesh Optical Networks

The project consists in the design, development and testing of algorithms that can solve the routing and wavelength assignment problem in optical networks, for data instances with up to 100 wavelengths and few hundred nodes. Indeed, for each demand between a source and destination, it consists in determining a route, and assigning it a wavelength such that no link supports 2 routes with the same wavelength. In addition, we will consider contiguity constraints, i.e., constraints forcing to assign adjacent wavelengths to a demand requiring more than one wavelength in order to improve the quality of service. While this problem has been studied a lot, there is still no algorithm able to solve large data sets in a reasonable amount of time, with some accuracy guarantee on the quality of the solution.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brigitte Jaumard

Student:

Ting Wang

Partner:

Ciena Corp.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Cold Spray Titanium Parts by Additive Manufacturing and Titanium Coated Composite Parts for the Aerospace Sector

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising field as a sustainable alternative to traditional manufacturing processes for the aerospace sector because of the potential of low buy-to-fly ratio on materials. Cold spray offers the potential for AM of titanium parts due to its large deposition rates compared with current AM methods. However, some hurdles are found when spraying titanium by cold spray, in particular the tendency to have high porosity levels and the requirements to use of extreme spray parameters. This part of the research program aim at validating the potential of low pressure cold spray for
the AM of titanium parts for the aerospace sector. In parallel, the aerospace industry is using more composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRCs). The strength-to-weight ratio and resistance to mechanical stress of aircraft skins are improved when using CFRCs but issues concerning the wear/erosion resistance at specific locations are arising. Current protective solutions are labor intensive and costly. It is envisioned that cold spray could be used to produce titanium coated CFRCs allowing for localized application of titanium, resulting in reduced weight and enhanced local protection. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bertrand Jodoin

Student:

Ruben Fernandez

Partner:

Centerline Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Improvements for Dione: An Integrated Software Analytics Solution

Solutions proposed by software engineering researchers are not usually used by practitioners due to the lack of tool support. The research software Dione was developed as a solution to this problem. Dione is a platform agnostic integrated software analytics solution to tackle this problem. We have implemented prediction models for effort estimation and defect prediction in Dione previously. However, further improvements to the software are necessary to make it useful for the practitioners. In this project we will integrate Dione with IBM technologies and use the software in a large industrial setting. An updated version of the software will be developed as a result with integrations to IBM Rational Team Concert. IBM Rational Concert team will help us to achieve these goals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ayse Basar Bener

Student:

Bora Caglayan

Partner:

IBM Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Effects of Pulse Lighting Regimes on Microalgae Growth

Algae are microorganisms present in all aquatic environments with the ability to grow using sunlight as energy source. This ability can be harnessed to produce biomass for various purposes of industrial interests such as biofuel, animal feed, nutrients, etc. This project seeks to improve the productivity of an algal growth facility while reducing energy costs by exploring alternative illumination methods.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claudio Slamovits

Student:

Donika Shala

Partner:

Sabrtech Inc.

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Structural, Vibrations and Aerodynamic Analysis of Composite Trailer Tail System

The proposed project is to develop a design tool box with the cooperation R&D team in Transtex Composite, research fellow and academic supervisor. The design toolbox help the engineers in design department of Transtex Composite to design the trailer tail structure based on finite element analysis to be developed by research fellow. Therefore, this package saves time and design cost for different trailers which is added value for Transtex Composites. In addition research fellow will gain industrial experience in studying design requirements and standards for new product in North America market. This product improves the fuel efficiency of the trailer trucks which is beneficial for Canada environment. The proposed study will reduce the design cost, and the product market price which makes this product more popular.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rama Bhat

Student:

Ali Fellah Jahromi

Partner:

Transtex Composite

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

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