Innovative Projects Realized

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13270 Completed Projects

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BC
430
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106
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348
SK
4184
ON
2671
QC
43
PE
209
NB
474
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Projects by Category

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Computer science
9%
Engineering
1%
Engineering - biomedical
4%
Engineering - chemical / biological

Mitigation of concrete corrosion in potash mine and milling operations

The objective of this research will be to evaluate the ability of a rebar coating strategy to resist chloride induced corrosion and to test its efficacy in mitigating concrete corrosion in potash mill environments. This research project involves a collaboration between academics and the potash industry under the guidance of the International Mineral Innovation Institute (IMII). The academic research team will be able to supply the partner organizations with highly trained HQP with expertise in corrosion and materials science. The successful implementation of the proposed strategy would be a major contributor to reduce environmental impact and improved safety performance to the potash mining companies who are our industrial partners. Furthermore, as the technology would also be applicable to concrete corrosion mitigation in any high-salinity environment (e.g. highway infrastructure and marine settings), commercialization could lead to markets beyond the initial scope of the project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Grosvenor

Student:

Xiaoxuan Guo

Partner:

International Minerals Innovation Institute

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

SmogStop Barrier Testing

Sound barriers can be seen beside highways across Ontario and are designed to protect residents from the noise produced by traffic. However, these barriers do little in the way of protecting residents from the pollution produced by nearby vehicles. This project combines a novel sound barrier design with a new pollution control technology that will help reduce the level of traffic related pollutants that those living near major roadways will be exposed to. The partner organization is an R&D firm that would greatly benefit from the access to equipment and HQP that they would gain from a partnership with the University of Guelph.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bill Van Heyst

Student:

David Wood

Partner:

Envision SQ Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Integrating hydrological process science into watershed management for the Upper Athabasca

Water use, land use and climate change can alter hydrology and effect the downstream availably of water and timing of flows. The Athabasca River is vital for supply of oil sands energy development and in-stream aquatic habitats. Much of the water for the river originates in the Mountain and Foothills Regions, in the Upper Athabasca. The Foothills Region is busy landscape with, forestry, natural forest disturbance, and upstream oil and gas developments. WaterSMART is developing a multi-stakeholder project in hopes to inform decision making. This project will enable the novel use of hydrological modelling to assess the impact of possible land use scenarios on the hydrology.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Axel Anderson

Student:

Nazila Sedaei

Partner:

WaterSMART Solutions Ltd

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Developing and Investigating of Glass FRP Composite Electrical and Telecommunication Towers, Poles, and H-frames

The existing utility infrastructures in Canada and the United States are struggling with hard environmental conditions. They are made of wood, steel, or concrete which sustain many problems under the effects of weather. Therefore, most of these infrastructures are in need of renewal within a few years of their construction. Currently, the industry trend is to build infrastructures to be more reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable for longer times. New infrastructures made of composite materials with high durable characteristics represent a viable alternative to the current materials. The proposed research will introduce strong and important data about these innovative composite infrastructures to the industrial community in order to push the implementation of this new technology in the field in the upcoming few years. This technology could be adopted in a short period of time across the country and benefit the utility service industry by extending the service life of its infrastructures.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brahim Benmokrane

Student:

Omar Abdelkarim

Partner:

Cegeny Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Advanced manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Combined Physical Testing and Finite Element Modelling of Masonry Systems

Finite element modelling (FEM) can be used enhance the understanding of physical testing results and will be applied to two distinct structural problems. The first problem will involve compressive testing of concrete masonry units, and the second problem will involve the performance of adhered stone veneer under wind loading. Compressive testing has been conducted previously on standard compressive testing samples and numerical modelling will build on these results to evaluate and potentially modify current code factors to improve their accuracy. Adhered stone veneer will be analysed with a combination of physical testing and numerical modelling. This research would involve testing of walls over 3.2m (10’) in height, for which design must be done on a case-by-case basis. Such a testing regime will improve the understanding of the performance of these components under wind loading.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nigel Shrive

Student:

Andrea Isfeld

Partner:

Alberta Masonry Council

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Integration and Application of Microlens Arrays within Heads-Up Displays

Recon Instruments Inc. is a Canadian company, founded in 2008, that is based out of Vancouver, BC. Recon develops technologies to incorporate displays into eyewear. The company recently released a Heads-Up Display for snowboarding goggles and they have had great success with it. They have sold more than 40,000 of the units. The proposed project will leverage this success and develop new technologies to extend the functionality of Recon’s displays. Fully integrated Heads-Up Displays will be developed through the course of the project for use in personal eyewear, such as eyeglasses and sunglasses. The developed technologies will be major advancements for this emerging market sector—and Recon is looking forward to continued success through the project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Holzman

Student:

Xian Jin

Partner:

Recon Instruments Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Media and communications

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Increasing harvestable berry yield using precision agriculture technologies

The overall objective of the proposed initiative is to develop a novel, berry harvesting system that will identify the root causes of increased loses; increase berry picking efficiency and product quality. Currently, there are 15 to 25% fruit yield losses during the harvesting. The wild blueberry growers set a goal increase the harvestable yields by 33%. To achieve this, the technology based products and processes that are envision include (i) identification of sources responsible for increased losses (ii) improve harvestable berry recovery, (ii) replacement of old technology with innovative integrated harvesting system, (iv) find out a suitable combination of machine parameters (ground speed harvester head revolution) an d appropriate harvesting time with minimum losses using precision agriculture technologies and mathematical modeling procedures. Improving harvesting efficiency can reduce fruit losses and contribute millions of dollars to provincial as well as the federal economy every year.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qamar Zaman

Student:

Salamat Ali

Partner:

Slack Farms Limited

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of Ion-Exchange and Nanofiltration as Effective Methods for the Removal of Trihalomethanes Pre-cursors at the Waterhen Water Treatment Plant

This project aims to establish an ion-exchange/nanofiltration pilot study at the Waterhen water treatment plant. A natural result of the chlorination disinfection process in water treatment is the formation of disinfection by-products (DBP), a family of known carcinogens. This project aims to limit the formation of these DBP by removal of their precursors using the newly implemented pilot system. KGS Group is a contributing partner to this project, and will benefit from the interaction with the University and the expertise and the analysis that they have to offer. Manitoba Aboriginal and Northern Affairs (MANA) aims to improve the local water quality of their representing Manitoba water treatment plants. This research will aim to improve the availability of safe drinking water to the residents of Waterhen, Manitoba.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Beata Gorczyca

Student:

Kenneth Brezinski

Partner:

Kontzamanis Graumann Smith Macmillan Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Implementation of the parallel FDTD analysis for optical devices simulation

As the complexity of the modern simulation problems increase, the simulation efforts have been growing constantly. Taking advantage of the current multi-core chip to fully utilizing the modern processors available in the market, the development of computational simulators that are scalable and portable between current hardware have become a real challenge. As a result of its simple implementation and wide frequency coverage, the FDTD solver is popular in several research / industry fields. The main objective of this project will be the implementation the FDTD method using the current parallel hardware and provide integration with the Crosslight software. Hence, an efficient and fast optical solver will be realized. Although, the proposed package is mainly optimized to design and analyze optical devices, other applications – such vacuum electronic devices and Surface Plasmon structures – will be considered.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Student:

Ahmed Ibrahim Abdelfattah Nashed

Partner:

Crosslight Software

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

High Speed Determination of Tulip Bulb Pose Using Computer Vision

The cost of labour makes up almost a third of the operating costs for greenhouse, nursery and floriculture operations. Many growers are seeking ways of automating labour intensive processes to reduce their exposure to increasing minimum wages and shortages of available labour. Planting flower bulbs is an example of one such process. The main barriers to developing an automated system are: identifying the bulbs with computer vision despite significant variations in size and shape within flower species; determining the bulb pose so that the bulbs can be planted pointed end up for consistent growth; operating fast enough to replace multiple workers and stay cost-effective; and visually checking for bulbs that are rotten or moldy. The researchers will need to evaluate existing sensors and computer vision techniques, and then adapt them to perform this task. The partner organization will benefit from the project through the potential commercialization of the developed system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gary Bone

Student:

Yahu Choudhary

Partner:

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Advanced manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Process and product development of NaquaPureTM, a sustainable novel nano technology for the removal of heavy metals in industrial wastewater

NB-BioMatrix Inc. (NBBM) has developed a magnetic chitosan nanoparticle product, Naqua PureTM for industrial heavy metal water remediation. Unlike current heavy metal removal technologies, Naqua PureTM is cheap, environmentally friendly, requires a low energy input, and is highly efficient. However, in order to commercialize this technology it is necessary to (1) develop and implement quality assurance standards for NBBM internal expectations and consumer driven external driven expectations; and (2) design a manufacturing practise and pilot-plant design for the scale-up production of Naqua PureTM. It is proposed for the MITACS intern to develop the necessary quality assurance measures and large scale production processes based on evidence provided by research data. The intern will study the Naqua PureTM heavy metal removal efficiencies via ICP-MS, to determine the adsorption capacities and kinetics within the laboratory and industrial settings. In addition the intern will identify any potential cytotoxicity risks of Naqua PureTM.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jong Sung Kim

Student:

Paul Nicholson Duchesne

Partner:

NB Biomatrix Inc.

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding the Youth Volunteer Market: An Evaluation of Professional Skills Developed through Volunteering with World University Services of Canada

WUSC is a non-profit organization in international development that works to provide education, employment, empowerment opportunities, which includes providing enhanced leadership and life skills opportunities for youth in Canada and internationally. This project will evaluate how two key programs at WUSC (Students Without Borders and the Student Refugee Program) contribute to the professional development of students volunteering in international development and; to identify the impact of WUSC’s programs on its campus-based youth volunteers. The outcomes of this project will: 1) contribute to WUSC’s objective of ensuring that its youth volunteering initiatives in international development reflect best practice in youth professional development in Canada and in our countries of intervention; 2) contribute to an enhanced understanding of the impact of leadership programs and volunteering on future employment prospects for youth in specific economic sectors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rebecca Tiessen

Student:

Hugo Eizo Narumiya

Partner:

Word University Service of Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

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