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Seismic vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete buildings subject to main shock and aftershocks

Many regions in Canada are prone to moderate to high seismic hazards. The seismic hazards, coupled with older, vulnerable infrastructures, pose the potential for damage and loss of life. The economic impact of seismic induced damage, on the Lower Mainland of British Columbia alone, has been estimated at 14.3 to 32.1 billion dollars. The overall objective of this research will combine current knowledge in the areas of seismic hazard assessment, structural engineering, and risk assessment to provide a comprehensive methodology to evaluate buildings and determine efficient retrofit alternatives. In the first phase of this MITACS proposal, the applicant will develop a methodology to quantify site seismicity (main shocks) and subsequent aftershocks, and develop a methodology to quantify damage accumulation. Subsequently, the proposed project will develop a decision support tool to assist in the planning and management of non-code conforming reinforced concrete (RC) buildings for resource and fund allocations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Solomon Tesfamariam

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating the predictive power of personality testing: Conducting in-depth research to improve a personality assessment tool

In the current socio-economic context, many companies, including Optimum Talent Inc., have begun using personality assessment tools to identify candidates and employees with high potential. Optimum Talent Inc.’s recent acquisition, the Pathfinder personality assessment tool, appears to be able to predict job performance with close to three time more precision than other personality measures. The goal of this research project will be to further validate the scientific merits of the tool, by first reviewing thoroughly the benchmarks created and used by the Pathfinder to predict job performance, and by designing a scientifically-based procedure to systematically assess its precision in predicting future performance of employees and candidates. From this perspective, the proposed research project should contribute to the tool’s improvement, in terms of the validity and credibility of its predictive power, and this should, in the long run, benefit the company’s distribution and marketing strategy for the tool.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jacques Forest

Student:

Partner:

Optimum Talent Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Maritime Domain Awareness: A Service-oriented Analytic Framework

Maritime situation analysis is critical for dynamic decision-making in responding to real-world situations. Rapidly unfolding situations that pose an imminent danger or threat to critical infrastructure or public safety require interactive decision-making to enable a swift response. The main objective of this project is to design a robust methodical framework for the development of intelligent systems and services for real-time anomaly detection in marine traffic, applied to large volume maritime surveillance operations. Striving for scalable and extensible solutions, the framework combines data-driven with model-driven situation analysis methods and uses a high performance maritime data warehouse as an integral part of the architecture. This is a joint project with MDA Systems Ltd. to strengthen their strategic R&D initiative to provide intelligent decision-support for Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Space Agency, and National Defence to protect the sovereignty of Canada’s coasts, including the Arctic.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Uwe Glasser

Student:

Partner:

MDA Corporation

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

Optimization of novel drugs to treat cardiac arrhythmias

This project aims to validate and optimize drugs to treat heart rhythm disorders. The heart is a complex organ that uses tiny electrical signals to maintain a healthy rhythm. When these electrical signals are disturbed, it can change the regular rhythm, which can result in life-threatening consequences such as sudden cardiac death. Here, I will visualize one of the components of the heart that is responsible for the electrical signals, a specialized protein known as the ‘sodium channel’. I will look at the three-dimensional structure of this component both with and without drugs bound to it. This will tell us how exactly these drugs affect the function of the sodium channel, and also allows us to predict the drugs that can bind better and that are less likely to have side effects. I will then test such improved drugs through various biochemical assays.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Filip Van Petegem

Student:

Partner:

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Synchronicity between phytoplankton and zooplankton phenology in the Salish Sea

The Salish Sea is a highly productive, dynamic coastal ocean with substantial temporal and spatial variability at lower trophic levels (e.g. phytoplankton and zooplankton). This variability, in turn, may directly impact resident and migratory fish populations that are of major economic importance in the region. The main goal of this research is to investigate the level of synchronicity between phytoplankton and zooplankton phenology in the Salish Sea. Time-series data for phytoplankton will be derived from satellite imagery, buoy
data, ferry data, citizen science data, and research cruise data, and then coupled with historical and present zooplankton data. By looking at long-term spatial data of phytoplankton arid zooplankton, we can identify their response to different climate drivers (e.g. SST, wind) and global climatic indices. Ultimately, changes in the seasonal patterns of these lower trophic levels will provide insight into their influence on the growth, survival, and overall return strength of salmon populations in the region. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maycira Costa

Student:

Partner:

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Large-Area High-Performance Transparent Electrodes for Pen/Touch Sensor Research – Year 2

Transparent electrodes (TEs) combine high optical transparency and electrical conductivity, useful in different devices such as light-emitting diodes, displays and solar cells. A highly competitive market of electronic devices, such as phones and flexible touch screens as well as a worldwide increasing demand for energy, drives research to improve the performance of TEs. However, mass production of high-performance TEs is expensive due to costly materials and fabrication techniques. The objective of this project is to develop a cost-effective technique for fabrication of high-performance large-area flexible TEs. The resulting TEs must be capable of being connected to other interfaces and electronics, and, in the case of use in a touch sensor, must be able to support high precision, touch object differentiation, and palm rejection. The primary goal is to create a technology for I2X Technologies that enables mass production of metre-scale advanced flexible touch screen devices in a cost-effective manner.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rustom Bhiladvala

Student:

Partner:

I2X Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Elevate

Large-Area High-Performance Transparent Electrodes for Pen/Touch Sensor Research

Transparent electrodes (TEs) combine high optical transparency and electrical conductivity, useful in different devices such as light-emitting diodes, displays and solar cells. A highly competitive market of electronic devices, such as phones and flexible touch screens as well as a worldwide increasing demand for energy, drives research to improve the performance of TEs. However, mass production of high-performance TEs is expensive due to costly materials and fabrication techniques. The objective of this project is to develop a cost-effective technique for fabrication of high-performance large-area flexible TEs. The resulting TEs must be capable of being connected to other interfaces and electronics, and, in the case of use in a touch sensor, must be able to support high precision, touch object differentiation, and palm rejection. The primary goal is to create a technology for I2X Technologies that enables mass production of metre-scale advanced flexible touch screen devices in a cost-effective manner.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rustom Bhiladvala

Student:

Partner:

I2X Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Elevate

SPIRO – masque ventilatoire non invasif sur mesure pour enfant

Les masques respiratoires pour enfants sont souvent mal adaptés à leur croissance. Dans le cas où le port d’un masque est nécessaire, par exemple pour les patients atteints de dystrophie neuromusculaire, ces masques peu adaptés créent des fuites d’air qui nuisent et même empêchent le bon fonctionnement de l’appareil de ventilation. Le réflexe est alors de serrer le masque ce qui engendre des plaies et peut même mener à des déformations du crâne et de la face.
Le Centre de Réadaptation Marie Enfant du CHU Sainte Justine souhaite développer, à travers le projet SPIRO, un masque sur-mesure propre à chaque enfant fabriqué à partir d’un scan en 3 dimensions du visage du patient. Ce masque permettrait de distribuer uniformément la pression sur le visage, augmentant ainsi le confort, tout en diminuant les fuites d’air, les risques de blessures et de déformation du visage et du crâne.
Les objectifs sont non seulement la conception et le prototypage du produit mais aussi le développement de son procédé de fabrication (faisabilité, coût) pour le rendre disponible à la fois aux bébés, aux enfants ainsi qu’aux adolescents. Les technologies de fabrication additive seront utilisées pour le prototypage et possible également pour la production du masque.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvie Doré

Student:

Partner:

Fondation Mélio

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing the validity of virtual simulation as a learning tool in the medical field. – Year 2

With the increasing prevalence of mobile devices, it is unsurprising that they are also being adapted for use as tools for learning and perfecting complex procedures. One of these uses is training health care providers through simulated medical procedures. Two important points should be considered when designing simulated systems to assess the efficacy and efficiency of these teaching tools. 1) Individual differences in emotional biases and learning profiles may necessitate personalized stimulus presentations within simulated environments to achieve optimal and translatable learning. 2) Learning through indirect simulation, while beneficial to acquiring conceptual understanding of a procedure, may not utilize the same neural systems as actual performance of the actions. By utilizing cutting edge neuroimaging techniques, we will help optimize teaching performance by ensuring that the neurocognitive pathways trained in the simulated procedures are indeed the same pathways utilized in real-world application.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rebecca Todd

Student:

Partner:

Conquer Mobile;Conquer Experience Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Assessing the validity of virtual simulation as a learning tool in the medical field.

With the increasing prevalence of mobile devices, it is unsurprising that they are also being adapted for use as tools for learning and perfecting complex procedures. One of these uses is training health care providers through simulated medical procedures. Two important points should be considered when designing simulated systems to assess the efficacy and efficiency of these teaching tools. 1) Individual differences in emotional biases and learning profiles may necessitate personalized stimulus presentations within simulated environments to achieve optimal and translatable learning. 2) Learning through indirect simulation, while beneficial to acquiring conceptual understanding of a procedure, may not utilize the same neural systems as actual performance of the actions. By utilizing cutting edge neuroimaging techniques, we will help optimize teaching performance by ensuring that the neurocognitive pathways trained in the simulated procedures are indeed the same pathways utilized in real-world application.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rebecca Todd

Student:

Partner:

Conquer Mobile

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Statistical and Physiological Beat Modelling of Seismocardiogram Signal – Year 2

“Seismocardiogram (SCG) is a signal that is captured by placing an accelerometer on the human chest. This signal captures very important timing information such as opening and closing of the heart valves. In addition to these timing information, the non-invasive nature of this signal makes it an attractive solution for remote monitoring of patients with heart conditions.
The morphology of SCG signal changes depending on different types of heart conditions and diseases. A mathematical model represents the morphology of a signal in terms of certain parameters. The hypothesis is that different signal morphologies could be represented by different set of parameters. The ultimate goal of this project is design and implementation of a model that captures the morphology of SCG signal. Heart force medical is producing medical devices that incorporates SCG for diagnosis/monitoring of patients. The company could utilize the implementation of such model on their devices.”

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kouhyar Tavakolian

Student:

Partner:

Heart Force Medical Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

Statistical and Physiological Beat Modelling of Seismocardiogram Signal

“Seismocardiogram (SCG) is a signal that is captured by placing an accelerometer on the human chest. This signal captures very important timing information such as opening and closing of the heart valves. In addition to these timing information, the non-invasive nature of this signal makes it an attractive solution for remote monitoring of patients with heart conditions.
The morphology of SCG signal changes depending on different types of heart conditions and diseases. A mathematical model represents the morphology of a signal in terms of certain parameters. The hypothesis is that different signal morphologies could be represented by different set of parameters. The ultimate goal of this project is design and implementation of a model that captures the morphology of SCG signal. Heart force medical is producing medical devices that incorporates SCG for diagnosis/monitoring of patients. The company could utilize the implementation of such model on their devices.”

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Campbell

Student:

Partner:

Heart Force Medical Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

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