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Novel membrane mimetics in HT antibody screening and structural biology

Many therapeutic targets are proteins embedded in the membrane that surrounds the cell. Traditionally, such targets present major challenges, because they required the use of detergents to extract them from the membrane and to purify them. Such detergents can cause artefacts, hampering the development of novel therapeutics. Here we will test new methods that get rid of detergents during extraction, purification, or both. The membrane proteins thus isolated can then be used for screening of therapeutic antibodies; for example the binding strength of an antibody against the target protein can be determined. In a different part of the project the purified protein can be used to determine the 3D-structure of the protein. The more native environment provided by the novel approaches is likely to improve stability of the sample and therefore increase the chances of success.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Filip Van Petegem

Student:

Partner:

Amgen British Columbia

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

System on Chip for aerospace embedded equipment

The aeronautic and aerospace industries are exploring new approached to reduce the mass of cables, bulky electronic systems. This rationally leads onto aircraft weight reduction as well as the amount of CO2 and greenhouse gas emitted by aircrafts. To reduce the mass of cables, power harvesting technique could be utilized. In this approach, the energy needed to power on electronic systems can be harvested from available and reliable sources such as vibration, passenger’s seat heat, data line idle states etc. Merging/embedding different electronic systems in a single chip could be another alternative. In this approach, massive electronic modules are miniaturized in a so-called SoC. Having had above techniques, it is anticipated to have better international green environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohamad Sawan

Student:

Partner:

Thales Canada Inc (St. Laurent, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Local community engagement: White Butte Eco-museum Heritage Ecology Project

Ecomuseums are primarily community-based endeavors that respond to local needs while concentrating on sustainability. They help guide and develop democratic projects that focus on connections to local history and heritage, which include local physical geographic features, natural resources, natural habitats and agricultural practices. This research concentrates on creating an educational program to be delivered on a local conservation easement in southern Saskatchewan. The White Butte Ecomuseum is embedded within the context of rural-urban connections and has identified education on environmental sustainability as one guiding principle. My aim is to create the program in collaboration with the local ecomuseum (FRSM), with researchers from the University of Regina and with local schools. The anticipated results will help identify the process of organizational collaboration tied to the unifying concept of sustainability. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amber Fletcher;Kyle Hodder

Student:

Partner:

Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Building the Case for Sustainable Forestry in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia forests boast the second highest private ownership rate in Canada, with almost 3 of 4.5 million hectares owned by 30,000 woodlot owners and private corporations. Because of this, forest management practices vary widely. Though the Nova Scotian forests traditionally consist of large, mature, unevenly aged trees that support both important biodiversity and a thriving forest sector, mismanagement of these forests for decades has led to a decline of the forests and the rural communities that depend on them. This project will identify potential policies, tools, and/or programs that will overcome the barriers faced by private woodlot owners to enacting forest management practices that enable both environmental and community prosperity. Ecotrust works with communities to increase sustainable forest management practices and developing economic solutions that generate greater social, cultural, ecological, and financial outcomes in communities. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nancy Olewiler

Student:

Partner:

Ecotrust Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Forestry; Natural Resources; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Social Media Impact Tool: Measuring ROI for Social Media Engagement

Currently there are no effective tools to capture and measure return on investment (ROI) in social media in conjunction with more traditional data points that come from sources such as Flyer Tracking and Point of Sale (POS) systems. Using visual analytics techniques, this project will develop and evaluate a set of ROI metrics that will incorporate available data points about shoppers and their purchasing patterns and will help Unilever Canada to (1) understand shoppers’ online behaviour, (2) reveal causal links between social media engagement and purchasing habits, and (3) establish effective ROI metrics for social media engagement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anatoliy Gruzd

Student:

Partner:

Unilever Canada Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing; Wholesale trade

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing bacterial kidney disease resistance in a commercial Atlantic salmon strain

The aim of this project is to determine which families are resistant to bacterial kidney disease, a bacterial infection that affects both wild and farmed Atlantic salmon. To do this many families of Atlantic salmon from a commercial aquaculture company are to be purposefully infected with the bacteria that causes the disease to establish which families have a high rate of survival and which have a low rate of survival. This is called a disease challenge, and is performed under controlled conditions to control environmental variation, increasing the detection of genetic variation of BKD survival. Knowing how each family performs in the challenge will enable the company to make breeding decisions such that families that performed well will be selected to pass their genetic superiority onto the next generation of Atlantic salmon, hopefully reducing the occurrence of BKD at production sea cage sites.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elizabeth Boulding

Student:

Partner:

Cooke Aquaculture Inc (Saint John, NB)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

UAVs for Building Envelope Inspection and Energy Audits

Space Heating and Cooling in residential, commercial, and institutional buildings accounted for roughly 20% of Canada’s overall energy. Early detection and repair of building envelope defects ensures continued energy performance and building longevity, thus energy audits are a necessary, but time-intensive process using today’s methods. Utilizing the emergent technology of small unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, or drones, a complete exterior survey of a building can be captured quickly. Equipped with an infrared camera, and the application of recent leaps in quantitative thermography and building energy simulation, these aerial survey platforms provide a unique opportunity for the development of a more cost-effective and automated energy auditing technique, as well as an advantageous business opportunity for UAV services companies and civil/municipal engineers responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of built environment infrastructure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya

Student:

Partner:

High Angle Imaging Systems;Morrison Hershfield Limited

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Impacts of the Privacy and User Experience requirements on the implementation of the Identity Networks based on distributed Hashtrees

Nowadays, a number of public and private organizations have implemented various identity management solutions to manage authentication; authorization privileges of their users within or across system and enterprise boundaries. The idea of using a third party identity provider (IdP) to access a relying party (RP) is not new, and both RP and IdP have much to gain from such solution. A federated identity ecosystem in which RPs and IdPs have to connect only once has further benefits. While deployed identity brokerage systems provide great utility to their participants, it has been noted that the principles upon which they are designed have several security and privacy gaps. Potential shortcomings of federated identity access systems stem from a central observation point, where a ‘honest but curious’ or ‘compromised’ broker may gain unauthorized access to the data. It is clear that federated identity ecosystems need to evolve to address the challenges described.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benjamin Rossman

Student:

Partner:

SecureKey Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Optimisation de la traction d’un système de propulsion électrique pour vélo

L’entreprise Alizeti souhaite mettre sur le marché une solution abordable permettant de convertir un vélo conventionnel en vélo électrique. Le projet de l’entreprise s’inscrit dans le développement d’alternatives aux modes de transport traditionnels, notamment l’automobile.
La technologie développée par l’entreprise repose sur une plateforme novatrice intégrée dans un porte-bagages de vélo. Le mécanisme de propulsion de ce système repose sur une roue à friction qui est en contact direct avec le pneu. Ce type de transmission nécessite d’appliquer une force entre la roue à friction et le pneu pour permettre au couple du moteur d’être transmis à la roue arrière du vélo.
Pour tirer le meilleur rendement possible du système de propulsion, il est nécessaire de commander cette force afin de minimiser les pertes dans le système. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lyne Woodward

Student:

Partner:

Alizeti Unimobil Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Construction et suivi de deux réacteurs passifs biochimiques pour le traitement du drainage minier en climat nordique

L’industrie minière est un secteur économique important au Canada, mais qui entraine des impacts environnementaux importants. Les problèmes de pollution associés à l’activité minière sont principalement liés à la contamination des eaux, soit le drainage minier (DM), qui doit être traité. Une approche efficace est le réacteur passif biochimique, très utilisé en climat tempéré ou semi-aride. Cependant, sa mise en place en climat nordique est plus difficile et moins connue. Donc, le présent projet a pour objectif d’évaluer la performance du réacteur passif biochimique pour le traitement du drainage minier, à faible température et forte salinité. Deux réacteurs pilote seront ainsi construits sur le site de la Mine Raglan et suivis sur une période de 4 à 6 mois. Les résultats obtenus à l’issu du projet permettront éventuellement de mettre en place un système de traitement passif à grande échelle sur le site minier du partenaire industriel ou un autre.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carmen Mihaela Neculita

Student:

Partner:

Glencore Canada Corporation - Raglan Mine

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

Testing plant-derived products as biopesticides for plant pathogen management

Like humans and other animals, plants also get sick, exhibit disease symptoms, and even die. Over the past 100 years, farmers have heavily relied upon chemical fertilizers and pesticides in order to increase crop productivity and quality. However, the environmental pollution caused by excessive use and misuse of agrochemicals has led to considerable changes in people’s attitudes towards the use of pesticides in agriculture. As an alternative,, biopesticides, derived from natural materials, are being developed to replace some of the most problematic, pollution creating and carcinogenic chemical pesticides currently in use. This research will investigate the performance of plant-derived products as biopesticides on several different plant pathogens in vitro and in vivo, for better understanding of their disease control spectrum. This project will be under the collaboration of Dr. Li lab at UBC and Terramera, for further improving the formulations of available biopesticides to be more effective.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xin Li

Student:

Partner:

Terramera Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Using Analytics for the Optimization of Product Support Data

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are used to store data records of activities underlying various business processes, from which Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are derived, providing visibility into the organization. How well the recorded information adheres to business processes and how well those are defined and implemented affect data quality, determining how KPIs accurately portray the present and future state of the organization. KPIs derived from ERP data can sometimes differ greatly or even conflict with business process models, producing an incomplete or erroneous view of the organization. Process Mining, a multidisciplinary field at the convergence of data-mining and business process management, can be applied to analyze patterns in ERP data, extracting process workflow patterns that can reconcile conflicts between ERP data and business process models. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Ester

Student:

Partner:

Finning International

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Commercial Services; Manufacturing and Construction

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

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