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13270 Completed Projects

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Projects by Category

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

Development of a debris-flow risk reduction design tool

Steep creek hazards such as debris flows and debris floods pose a considerable risk to mountain communities and infrastructure. Relative to other geohazards, debris flows and debris floods are particularly hazardous because they travel rapidly, provide minimal warning and occur frequently. In Canada, professionals have little experience with debris-flow risk reduction due to limited development in mountainous areas. As mountain communities and infrastructure projects expand into more rugged terrain, there will be an increased demand for debris-flow and debris-flood protection in our country. This project aims to address this demand, by drawing on local and international experience to create a framework to inform the design of sustainable debris-flow risk reduction measures in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Stead

Student:

Emily Moase

Partner:

BGC Engineering

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Application, efficacy and scale up of a novel extraction method for valorization of by-products of Ascophyllum nodosum extract processing

The industry partner is a producer of a successful seaweed based plant product used globally to improve plant growth. However, a large amount of waste byproduct, termed seaweed insoluble residue, is created as a byproduct of the production process. This residue has been found to contain a large amount of the original seaweed biomass. By extracting this unused biomass from the product, it is possible to turn a current waste stream into a marketable product. The proposed project will make use of ultrasound processing to improve the solubility of the SIR. The resulting fractions will be fully characterized to determine composition. The industrial partner will benefit through the reduction of a costly waste stream and through the development of novel plant stimulatory products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Beth Mason

Student:

Corey Hanson

Partner:

Acadian Seaplants Limited

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Cape Breton University

Program:

Accelerate

Physiological Assessment and Analysis of the Physical Demand of Riding a Snowmobile

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate scientifically the physical demand associated with the safe operation of a snowmobile under typical (normal) riding conditions experienced by North American snowmobilers. We will quantify the physical demand of snowmobile riding and compare this to national recommendations for the promotion of health and fitness, as well as other comparable sports. The mission of the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations is dedicated to provide safe, organized and responsible snowmobiling in Canada. The partner organization and its members believe that snowmobiling may play a role in a healthy active lifestyle, but evidence as to the legitimacy of this claim are lacking. Such evidence could also prove important for provincial and federal government allocations and decisions regarding things such as land-use, tax credits and funding. As such, the partner will benefit from the generation of objective scientific data about their sport.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jamie Burr

Student:

Tania Pereira

Partner:

Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

High-Quality Urban Representation/iCity: Urban Informatics for Sustainable Metropolitan Growth

The intention of this collaborative research effort is to create an accurate digital 3D model of the City of Toronto waterfront that can be used by city planners to visualize factors relevant to the city when making high-level decisions regarding infrastructure and policy. This project is a collaboration between OCAD University and Esri Canada Limited, a software company that specializes in geographical information systems (GIS). EC has offered the use of their proprietary software CityEngine, which optimizes the process of creating realistic 3D city and geographical models. The OCAD University intern is responsible for learning this software, integrating relevant city and geographical data, and finally creating the digital model. Within the broader scope of the iCity project, this model will then be used as a testbed for developing custom visualization software. The benefit for EC is that they can showcase their software as a permanent component of the City of Toronto’s information architect

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sara Diamond

Student:

Michael Carnevale

Partner:

Esri Canada

Discipline:

Design

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

OCAD University

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding atmospheric peril risk across re/insurance portfolios

Natural disasters that are associated to the atmosphere (known as atmospheric perils) such as hurricanes, tornadoes and hail, flooding, drought, and wildfire, caused over $100 billion in damage throughout the world in 2015. Insurance companies often cannot afford to be responsible when such catastrophes occur, and so they purchase insurance to protect themselves (called reinsurance) from these large risks. In the case of atmospheric perils, the damage that is caused is spread unevenly throughout the world and strongly influenced by features of the climate system such as the temperature of the ocean. Currently, reinsurance companies do not take advantage of these critical features of atmospheric perils. Our study of how the geographic patterns of atmospheric perils affect our client?s reinsurance investments will enable the partner to better manage its risk, and therefore reduce costs and improve protection to clients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mathieu Boudreault

Student:

David Carozza

Partner:

XL Services UK Limited

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Career Connect

Enhancing water stress tolerance in soybean through phytoglobin manipulations – Year two

The purpose of the project is to generate soybean plants able to tolerate whole plant submergence and waterlogging (soil submergence). This will be achieved by inducing Pgb, a gene normally present in soybean and known to confer tolerance to excessive humidity, through genetic manipulations. Correlative studies between Pgb expression and performance under excessive water conditions will also be conducted in commercial varieties of soybean. Similar studies will be conducted to assess the effect of altered Pgb level to drought stress.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claudio Stasolla

Student:

Shuanglong Huang

Partner:

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

Design and validation of a novel peptide immunotherapeutic for the treatment of dog allergies – Year two

Adiga Life Sciences Inc. developed a novel immunotherapeutic platform in which small components (peptides) of allergen proteins are identified and administered in a regimen that causes immune cells to become non-responsive towards the allergens. In a phase II clinical trial, the cat allergy treatment developed by Adiga using this platform reduced allergic symptoms in allergic subjects. However, the mechanism of action of the peptide treatment is still not fully understood. During this project, relevant peptides from dog allergens will be identified and assessed for the ability to ameliorate dog allergy. In addition, samples collected from the clinical trials will be assessed to identify how the treatment works and affects immune cells. This project will therefore lead to the production of a new allergen immunotherapeutic and identify a mechanism(s) of action. This will increase our understanding of immunotherapy and potentially identify new targets and biomarkers for the treatment of allergic diseases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Larche

Student:

Rebekah Sherburn

Partner:

Adiga Life Science Inc.

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Elevate

Visualization of TBI Multimodal Brain Imaging Data

The increased incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its potentially serious long-term consequences have enormous clinical, societal and economic impacts in Canada. Yet despite its relatively high prevalence, TBI is one of the least understood neurological injuries. Emerging evidence shows that the effects of TBI are not transient and may be associated with significant long-term consequences on brain function. An impact to the head results in an immediate and direct insult to the brain, setting off a complex cascade of metabolic and neurochemical events. These effects can lead to long-term changes in brain physiology and ultimately impact cognitive, motor and affective function. Over a lifetime, repeated brain trauma is associated with increased incidence of multiple neuropsychiatric conditions and is a significant risk factor for developing neurodegenerative disorders.
Diagnosing TBI is currently based on clinical symptoms and neuroimaging changes as seen with a single modality such as CT or MRI to establish the presence of TBI. The main challenge is the reliance on a single brain imaging technology that provides a limited and constrained view of the complex brain injury. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mirza Beg

Student:

Donghuan Lu

Partner:

Arrowsmith Program Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating the Health and Economic Benefits of Colostrum and Milk from Dairy Cattle Selected for Enhanced Immunity

Diseases of dairy cattle adversely affect meat and milk quality. Our research demonstrates that high immune response (HIR™) cattle have many health advantages, including better quality colostrum/milk. HIR™ technology is marketed by our partner Semex Inc as Immunity+. While many advantages of HIR™ exist, there is more to learn, particularly as it relates to colostrum. Colostrum is the first milk from the mother that protects the new born. HIR™ cows have enhanced specific antibody and pass this protection to their calves via colostrum. Apart from specific antibody there is also “natural” antibody that circulates without previous exposure to pathogens. Natural antibody has been under-investigated even though it is known to provide first-line defense. Various other natural defense molecules, known as defensins, also have not been investigated in the context of high immune responders. Examining natural antibody, vaccine response and defensins in colostrum/milk from high versus average immune responders will be the focus here.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bonnie Mallard

Student:

Lauraine Wagter-Lesperance

Partner:

Semex Alliance

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Elevate

Using systems engineering as a framework to evaluate a Pre-residency program for international medical graduates

Evaluation is a key element to assure the high quality of programs. The Pre-Residency program is meant to prepare the international medical graduates to be at the same level as any locally trained Medical graduate in Canada for their specialty training rotations. In this project we are using an innovative engineering approach to conduct an evaluation of the Pre-Residency program. Our goal is to provide a more objective evaluation using engineering to help assure the high quality of the Pre-Residency training program offered by the Touchstone Institute.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ryan Brydges

Student:

David Rojas

Partner:

Touchstone Institute

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

The effects of unilateral dominant knee extensors fatigue on non-exercised contralateral and ipsilateral elbow flexors

The aim of this study is to further quantify the global effects of NLMF. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of it’s kind to examine NLMF in muscle groups of both the upper and lower body which are ipsilateral to the fatigued muscle group.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Behm

Student:

Joseph Whitten

Partner:

Definitions Health and Wellness

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Building Scalable Business Transaction and Data Mining Systems For Insurance Workloads

Farmers of North America (FNA) and FNA Strategic Agriculture Institute (FNA STAG) are two Canadian organizations dedicated to maximizing farm profitability. They collect and analyze demographic, legal, marketing and relevant data about its producers and partnering commodity organizations to understand the farmer market need and create strategies for business operation functionality. With this project, the organizations will get two database systems, the market/consumer research and distributed database. The research database system will allow them to generate and manage surveys to collect, disseminate, receive and collate data about producers and commodity organizations; track, compile and manage the collected data. The distributed database system will allow them to manage their operation functionality; collect data relevant for marketing purposes; connect to trade related websites, suppliers, credit insurer IT databases, lenders, potential/actual grain and commodity broker websites; and capture information useful to further development of the program in future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ralph Deters

Student:

Mayra Samaniego

Partner:

Farmers of North America Strategic Agriculture Institute

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

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