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HUB Cycling Bike Friendly Building (BFB) Consulting Services –Marketing Research Plan

By having an intern do market research for this project on active transportation cycling in British Columbia, there are several objectives to be met. program to research this quickly evolving market niche, confirm HUB Cycling’s service offering, and develop a targeted marketing plan to draw in more and more diverse clients. This in-depth study will provide new business developmental strategies for the bike friendly building component of the construction industry. Further, this research will be beneficial for the government and private sector with particular focus on providing unique analyses and advice to support building developers and managers to create exceptional experiences for people travelling by bicycle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Kuch

Student:

Partner:

HUB Cycling

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

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

University:

Capilano University

Program:

Accelerate

Earth X-ray for Low-Impact Mining

Meeting our national and global commitments to emission reductions requires the increasing utilization of clean technologies. The demand for the minerals needed in clean-tech (such as nickel, copper, zinc, and cobalt) is expected to grow by at least fivefold in the coming years. At the same time, the mineral resource industry needs to reduce its own environmental impact.
The time is therefore ripe for transformative innovation in the mining sector. The Earth X-ray project aims to develop a Discovery Platform that allows for investigating the mineral composition at depths of up to 1 km beneath the Earth surface. This unprecedented capability will be made possible by integrating the novel muon tomography technology from Ideon with a new-to-the-world gravimeter and advanced artificial intelligence from SFU. Combined, these technologies will provide the mining industry with a low-cost, minimally invasive technology for sustainable mineral exploration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Glyn Williams-Jones;Behraad Bahreyni;Derek Bingham;Don Estep

Student:

Partner:

Ideon

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Natural Resources; Mining

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

ChainCert platform: Verification of authenticity of certificates by exploiting hybrid Blockchain technologies

Blockchain is a well-known immutable, transparent and anti-counterfeit platform. As such it can be appropriate for submitting certificates for validation and safe-keeping. However, because of its requirements for complex and heavy computations for enhanced security and verification of each submission in the network, in this project, we will first study both public and private Blockchain platforms in detail, in terms of costs, performance, security, throughput and vulnerability. Then we will design a cost-efficient hybrid Blockchain model for validation and authentication of certificates. The proposed method has a great impact to make sure that the paper-based certificates are authenticated and original.
This project has been suggested by the organization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marios-Eleftherios Fokaefs

Student:

Partner:

App-Scoop Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Raffiner la compréhension des comportements consommateurs afin de contribuer à la robustesse des études en analyse du cycle de vie : le cas des briquets BIC

À ce jour, les modélisations d’impacts environnementaux du cycle de vie des briquets de poche démontrent que la phase de production des briquets de poche est celle qui a le plus d’impacts en raison des matières premières utilisées. D’autres paramètres peuvent également avoir une incidence importante sur les résultats, comme, le niveau de combustible encore disponible dans les briquets au moment où ils sont jetés, le choix de bac de gestion des matières résiduelles dans lequel le consommateur décide de placer le briquet, l’oubli dans les milieux naturels en fin de vie, etc. Une gestion plus efficace de la fin de vie de ces matériaux afin d’en faire le traitement et de les réintégrer à la production a le potentiel de réduire significativement les impacts potentiels par l’implantation de stratégies d’économie circulaire. Les modélisations d’impacts environnementaux se base généralement sur des scénarios hypothétiques pour modéliser le comportement d’usage et de gestion en fin de vie des produits. L’intégration de données recueillies directement auprès des utilisateurs permettra d’assurer une plus grande robustesse aux analyses d’impacts environnementaux des produits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cécile Bulle

Student:

Partner:

BIC Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Methods development and applications for neuromelanin-sensitive MRI

Dopamine and noradrenaline are neurotransmitters that are released from neurons located in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus. Therefore, these brain structures have the unique property of containing high concentrations of neuromelanin, a dark pigment that can be visualized with specialized MRI sequences. The neuromelanin-sensitive MRI signal has been used to visualize degeneration of these neurons. Recent work has shown that this signal can also serve as a proxy measure for long-term imbalance in activity of these neurotransmitter systems. This line of work will investigate this novel measure as a potential biomarker in diverse populations including, PTSD, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, ADHD, and healthy children. The goal of this line of work is to develop and optimize the method and test it in expanded research and clinical applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Clifford Cassidy

Student:

Partner:

Terran Biosciences

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

High-throughput cyclotron target manufacturing

Molecular imaging (MI) is a tool designed to help clinicians better understand disease, and potentiates effective clinical patient management through efficient diagnoses, patient stratification and monitoring of treatment response. As such, MI has a rapidly emerging role in the transition toward personalized medicine. One key enabler of MI are radioisotopes, many of which are produced using hospital-based particle accelerators, called cyclotrons. Cyclotron-based isotope production is rapidly increasing in importance as a number of new positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals (pharmaceuticals labeled with radioisotopes) are coming to market. Gallium-68 (68Ga) is one emerging isotope that is experiencing rapid community adoption, particularly as a companion diagnostic in the realm of prostate and neuroendocrine tumor therapies. 68Ga-PSMA and 68Ga-DOTATATE are two examples which, to date, have relied on a clinical 68Ga supply enabled via the germanium-68 (68Ge)/68Ga generator. However, these generators are experiencing supply challenges, which when coupled to their limited isotope output, has several prominent radiopharmaceutical companies exploring novel methods for producing more isotope. ARTMS has developed a particle-accelerator (cyclotron) based solution that enables 100-fold higher 68Ga production by irradiating enriched zinc-68 (68Zn) with accelerated protons. A high-throughput method to manufacture 68Zn cyclotron targets is needed in order to meet looming demand.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Schaffer

Student:

Partner:

ARTMS

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

TRIUMF

Program:

Accelerate

Développement de biocapteurs électrochimiques, enzymatiques à base de nanotubes de carbone et/ou d’oxyde de graphène pour la détection de l’histamine et de la diamine oxidase dans des liquides biologiques

Ce projet sera focalisé sur le développement d’un système très sensible, rentable et multiplexe en combinant différents domaines: nanofabrication, biomatériaux et nanomatériaux. Le prototype aura un rôle interdisciplinaire dans la surveillance des maladies allergiques au besoin. Il va générer également des innovations dans les
dispositifs miniaturisés et les diagnostics qui sécuriseront la commercialisation et ajouteront des services de grande valeur dans l’industrie de la santé au Canada. Le but du projet proposé est de répondre à tous ces besoins en développant des outils de diagnostic rapide sensibles avec un dispositif efficace et qui donne des résultats de tests rapides aux patients à tous les stades de l’allergie, ne nécessitant pas de préparation complexe d’échantillons et peu coûteux.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ricardo Izquierdo;Mohamed Siaj

Student:

Partner:

Groupe E.N. Biomédical

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Enhancement of metal refining by electrochemical application

High purity structural metal such as steel requires a cleaning process during its production. Conventional cleaning process called refining using molten oxide has been arrived at its limit. Development of a breakthrough technology is required. Beyond utilization of conventional materials engineering, application of electrochemical refining is attempted in this project. The applicant has already carried out a number of experimental works in home university showing possibility of the enhanced refining by the application of electricity. During this visiting research program, it is intended to elucidate its mechanism by exploring electrical conductivity of molten oxide, which has been investigated by the host university. It is expected that a new breakthrough methodology will be developed coupling both high temperature experimental approach with theoretical analysis for the electrochemical refining process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrice Chartrand

Student:

Partner:

Pohang University of Science and Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Clean Technology; Green/Alternative Energy; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Integrating ethno-cultural equity, diversity, and inclusion in culture planning

The research question at the centre of this project is, “how can culture planning integrate equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)?”. The project will focus on ethno-cultural dimensions of EDI in culture planning. The project aims to explore how different ethno-cultural communities are engaged in the culture planning process and how culture planning outcomes impact these communities. The main objective of this research project is to gather insight and provide recommendations to improve the planning profession’s ability to integrate EDI into culture planning and its outcomes. This project benefits the partner organization, PROCESS, by providing funded opportunity to research the culture planning and urban planning landscape in Canada and integrate research findings and learning into their work and networks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pamela Robinson

Student:

Partner:

PROCESS;Ontario Professional Planners Institute

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Social demographic data collection and use in Ontario’s CHCs in the context of virtual delivery of social programs

Ontario’s 73 Community Health Centres provide both health and social care services to at risk populations. During the pandemic, Community Health Centres have had to switch much of their care from in-person to virtual services. This has had some positive effects (for example, by reducing rates of missed appointments) and some negative (many clients do not have access to devices or stable internet). Yet, it is impossible to judge how different population groups have been affected by this change without the right data such as age, sex, education, ethnicity, income, etc. Much of this social demographic data is not collected regularly across Ontario’s CHC. This internship project will help us understand why social demographic data is not collected and who can help ensure it is collected in the future. The project will help the partner, the Community Health Centre’s membership organization, by developing tools and key performance indicators to support better data collection and use.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Agnes Grudniewicz

Student:

Partner:

Alliance for Healthier Communities

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Development of quantum dot fluorescent probes/contrast agents

Iron-based nanoparticles can not only be used in sensitizers or absorbers but also retain excellent electrical conductivity, optical, electrical, and magnetic properties. So far, very few synthetic methods are known to implement stable Iron-based nanomaterials. We propose to develop novel synthesis routes to produce QDs. In addition, we plan to develop surface modification processes to improve the performance of QDs, and to precisely analyze the effects of surface modification on structural and chemical properties according to the surface/interface/depth by various spectroscopic methods. The development of new biocompatible probes, including in-vivo imaging using MRI, provides a breakthrough technology that enables the early diagnosis of many intractable diseases. The biotoxicity and stability of nanomaterials are important for use in biotechnology and medicine. We also propose to develop low-cost synthetic methods, solve toxicity using Fe-based quantum dot synthesis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Seshasai Srinivasan;Amin Rajabzadeh

Student:

Partner:

Chungnam National University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Nanotechnology; Quantum Science; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Thermal Management for High-power-density Airborne Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Terminals

As a full-service, data-driven solutions provider for aviation, SKYTRAC Systems is developing new 2-MCU satellite communications (SATCOM) terminal, SDL-350, which will be capable of achieving globally available broadband transfer rates of 352 kbps both to and from the aircraft. One critical challenge facing the R&D engineers of SDL-350 is the thermal management, because the power dissipation level of SDL-350 is beyond what is achievable for the convectional thermal designs of avionics. Dr. Li will partner with SKYTRAC to develop an effective thermal design which will enable all components in SDL-350 to operate within their qualified temperature limits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sunny Ri Li

Student:

Partner:

SKYTRAC

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

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