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Construction of Canada’s First 3D Printed Residential Homes – A Demonstration Project

This Mitacs project is a demonstration project through which four small residential homes will be printed in the Windsor-Essex region. This project will be the first construction project in Canada where 3D printing technologies will be used to build residential homes. These homes will be built by Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex for low-income families and homeless teenagers. The objective is to introduce and implement these cutting-edge 3D printing technologies in Canada’s construction industry. Since an automated machine will be building the main structure, productivity will significantly increase and greenhouse gas emissions will be significantly reduced. The goal is to use an automated construction process to make homes more affordable and environmentally sustainable. The lessons learned from this project will lay the foundation for future projects where affordable homes will be built using a 3D concrete printer. The Mitacs interns will have the unique opportunity to learn this novel construction process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sreekanta Das

Student:

Partner:

Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Improving Efficiency of Operations in Paint Shop and Pre-flight Processes at Bombardier Aerospace Company (Toronto Plant)

The principles of lean engineering design are well documented for the automotive industry – where they have served to revolutionize the efficiencies of North American manufacturing operations. Lean engineering has subsequently been transferred into other sectors – where it continues to generate impressive results. The aerospace industry is faced with demands for efficiency of operations, and the throughput of existing plant operations are being challenged to meet increased needs for aircraft to support the growth of emerging markets, and the need for more fuel efficient aircraft. The aerospace industry has a legacy of craftsmanship execution and knowledge transfer through skilled employees that have employed their trade in the industry for decades, and have developed a wealth of expertise and tribal knowledge. order to increase efficiencies of operations – it is necessary to develop a rigorous documentation protocol to record the exact tasks performed at all stages of the assembly process – in a format that can be used by industrial engineers. Once this process is thoroughly documented through SOP – production bottlenecks and efficiency bottlenecks can be understood and measured – with opportunities for improvement clearly identified

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Faculty Supervisor:

Viliam Makis

Student:

Partner:

Bombardier Aerospace Inc (Toronto, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Clinically-Informed Product Refinement, Patent Protection & Business Partnership Strategy for Air Microfluidics Systems Inc

This project aims to facilitate interdisciplinary innovation between student with a background rich in clinical oncology & lymphedema experience with a biotech engineering startup to launch the world of lymphedema management into the 21st century. The proposed project will see the student working to inform the biotech company about what challenges exist in the world of the clinician and the patient to help with cutting-edge technological application and to justify the necessity of a new patent as well as foster good interdisciplinary and commerical relationships between the biotech sector, the healthcare sector and provincial manufacturing partners. From this project, Air Microfluidic Systems Inc can expect to expedite the product refinement process, make valuable partnerships with parties who matter and be able to better justify the need and usefulness of their project in publications, patents and proposals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Clark Dickerson

Student:

Partner:

Air Microfluidic Systems Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Canadian School Food Program Survey and Research Briefs

Internationally, school food programs (SFPs) are one of the most successful drivers of improved health, education, and economic growth. Yet, Canada is among the minority of countries without a nationally harmonized SFP. This project involves the creation of research briefing notes on key areas of impact of SFPs to support the Coalition for Healthy School Food’s (part of Food Secure Canada) engagement with the federal government. Second, building on Ruetz & McKenna, 2021 on the first nationwide survey of SFPs, the survey tool will be enhanced to collect updated data from provincial and territorial SFP funders to assess the breadth and gaps of student access to SFPs. These results will serve as a catalog of SFPs that could form the basis of a Canadian School Food Program Monitoring System for program enhancement and future research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rachel Engler-Stringer

Student:

Partner:

Food Secure Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating the supply chain for raw materials used in the production of plant-based hair care products for afro-textured hair.

The proposed research project is set out to raise an awareness in the Black hair community and Black communities in Halifax and Canada by extension as regard the natural hair industry and what she can offer. I believe the afro texture hair is quite different from every other hair type out there and it is just fair that she also has natural haircare product that is tailor made for her to address her needs without necessarily cause any form of harm to the and body in a long run which is locally made and not imported. Therefore, this project is set to develop eco-friendly plant-based natural hair care products. This project is also set to bring light and address the hug gap that currently exist in the Canadian Black haircare market.
The partner organization can use this research to inform the broader communities about industrial trend and the impact of different present and emerging innovations and ideas on the haircare industry as well as foster the growth of innovative development within the Canadian economy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alison Thompson

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Commercial Services; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Marine Way

This internship will contribute to the market research and go-to-market strategy development of the Marine Way app, a citizen science mapping mobile application that will help combat the global ghost gear problem. The resultant outcome of the internship is expected to contribute to the establishment of a company and the future publication of the mobile app, which will fit well with the partner organization’s constant strive to encourage technological advancements in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Boris Worm

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Ocean Tech; Environmental Science and Technology; Aquaculture and Fishing

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Internalisation des valeurs de la finance durable : les déterminants organisationnels

En contribuant au champ de recherche de la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE) et de la théorie des parties prenantes, cette étude empirique qualitative répond à la question « Quels sont les facteurs déterminants qu’une organisation doit adopter pour internaliser les valeurs de la finance durable ? ». Ce projet de recherche vise alors à identifier les facteurs clés de succès des entreprises œuvrant dans le secteur de l’assurance pour intégrer ces valeurs. Les mécanismes formels, comme la structure du conseil d’administration, la rémunération de la haute direction et le cadre de gouvernance, ainsi que les mécanismes informels, soit la culture organisationnelle, la communication, la formation et les pratiques de gestion, sont autant de caractéristiques qui seront analysées et étudiées. Afin d’y arriver, des entrevues semi-dirigées seront réalisées auprès d’entreprises européennes œuvrant dans le domaine des assurances. Par ailleurs, des sources importantes comme l’institut « Swiss Sustainable Finance » ou encore le « Sustainable Finance Geneva » seront consultées et rencontrées. Finalement, mener cette recherche permettra de proposer un cadre conceptuel, basé sur les marchés européens, pour inspirer les organisations canadiennes à internaliser des pratiques concrètes correspondant aux valeurs et aux principes de la finance durable.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zhan Su

Student:

Partner:

Université de Lausanne

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Finance and Insurance

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Design and Development of a Novel Multifunctional Epoxy-based Nanocomposite with Enhanced Creep and Gas Barrier Properties

The Optical Transport Business Unit of Lumentum Operations LLC is an Ottawa-based R&D operation with interest and experience in the design of Wavelength Selectable Switch (WSS) products for application in optical fiber communications networks. The performance and cost-effectiveness of WSS devices depends on epoxy technologies; epoxy is used to fix free-space optical components in highly precise and stable spatial arrangements and is used in the hermetic sealing of the enclosures that house the optics. Improvements to the engineering properties of epoxy technology can directly contribute to improved performance of WSS devices, delivering a critical competitive edge. Toronto Smart Materials and Structures (TSMART) specializes in advanced manufacturing with next-generation materials. In this project, Lumentum in collaboration with TSMART aims to develop the new generation of adhesive epoxies by incorporation of nanoparticles to enhance the mechanical and gas barrier properties using the state-of-the art manufacturing technologies and material characterization equipment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hani Naguib

Student:

Partner:

Lumentum

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Development of 3D culture reagents and scoring systems for assays of normal andmalignant epithelial stem cells

The overarching objective of this proposal is to develop and validate a new, robust and reproducible 3D culture system that supports the clonal growth of primary sources of normal and malignant human epithelial cells and that is suitable for commercialization by STEMCELL Technologies who will partner in its development. The work will systematically address 3 Specific Aims. These will be designed to test, optimize and validate the culture components required to generate clonal structures that mimic in vivo outputs of freshly isolated human epithelial cells at high efficiency, reproducibly, and with a described scoring method that may be adapted to automation for future use for screening molecules that promote or inhibit growth. This project will use cells isolated from normal human mammary tissue and samples of human breast cancer as a prototype, but we expect that the general approach will be transferable to other types of epithelial cells with minimal modification. Specific Aims: 1. To develop and characterize an initial basic system for growing defined subsets of normal human mammary epithelial progenitors in 3D Matrigel cultures.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Samuel Aparicio

Student:

Partner:

STEMCELL Technologies Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Biotechnology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Une cellule robotisée collaborative pour la manipulation et l’inspection intelligente de pièces translucides et déformables

La manipulation d’objets translucides et/ou déformables demeure un défi important pour les robots d’aujourd’hui et cela limite significativement le potentiel d’automatisation d’une panoplie de procédés industriels. Par conséquent, les petites et moyennes entreprises qui composent avec de telles pièces sur leurs chaînes de montage doivent souvent se fier sur des opérateurs humains pour manipuler et inspecter ces objets. Les opérateurs ainsi chargés de travailler avec ces pièces ont donc souvent à exécuter des tâches de manutention et d’inspection, tâches souvent répétitives et lassantes. L’objectif principal de ce projet de recherche réalisé en étroite collaboration avec l’entreprise Exo-S de Richmond, consiste à faire des avancées qui permettront aux robots de mieux saisir, manipuler et inspecter des pièces translucides et/ou déformables. Il s’agira de combler ce fossé technologique grâce à la robotique collaborative et de créer une cellule robotisée dans laquelle des humains et un robot collaboreront pour l’inspection de pièces complexes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Philippe Roberge

Student:

Partner:

Exo-s inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an enhanced Haptic based Virtual Reality Ground Control Station

In this project, we would like to develop an enhanced Haptics Virtual Reality Ground Control Station (Haptics VR-GCS) to control an aerial vehicle using a virtual controller defined within the virtual environment. Such an advanced portable Haptics VR-GCS system is important to lower pilot workload and increase situational awareness. In the first place, the stand-alone VR headset would be connected to the haptics gloves and the flight simulation tool. The VR headset will be used to visualize basic flight simulation while the vehicle will be controlled via the haptic gloves and a virtual RC controller defined in the virtual environment. Secondly, the actual aerial vehicle equipped with an onboard camera will be flown using the VR headset while being controlled with the use of the haptic gloves. Finally, a test procedure will be conducted to assure the comfortability of the proposed Haptics VR-GCS.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joon Chung

Student:

Partner:

Columbiad Launch Services

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Employing Data Mining and Visualization Strategies for the Analysis of Well-being Indicators: A follow-up

In this project, an online, interactive map visualization tool will be built to illustrate trends of community wellbeing indicators across Nova Scotia using the 2019 Quality of Life survey as the primary source of information. The goal is to empower residents and decision-makers to understand unique well-being trends in communities, providing an invaluable resource for planners, researchers, and policymakers. The Engage team does not have the personnel resources or expertise required to build such a visualization tool and collaborating with experts in this field will make this possible.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fernando Paulovich;Evangelos Milios

Student:

Partner:

Engage Nova Scotia

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

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