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Optimization of astaxanthin production in large-scale cultivation of microalgae by utilizing industrial CO2 emissions – Year two

Haematococcus pluvialis is a green microalga that concentrates the compound astaxanthin, a commercial product with nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, aquaculture, and food applications. Astaxanthin is a carotenoid pigment with high antioxidative activity, used as a feed additive to provide a characteristic pink color to salmonids and shrimp, as well as a human nutraceutical providing protection from oxidative stress.
Maximizing large-scale biomass production rates and enhancing astaxanthin concentration in algal cells grown by capturing industrial carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are the main objectives of this research study. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Grant Allen

Student:

Partner:

Pond Technologies Inc;University of Toronto

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Optimization of astaxanthin production in large-scale cultivation of microalgae by utilizing industrial CO2 emissions

Haematococcus pluvialis is a green microalga that concentrates the compound astaxanthin, a commercial product with nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, aquaculture, and food applications. Astaxanthin is a carotenoid pigment with high antioxidative activity, used as a feed additive to provide a characteristic pink color to salmonids and shrimp, as well as a human nutraceutical providing protection from oxidative stress.
Maximizing large-scale biomass production rates and enhancing astaxanthin concentration in algal cells grown by capturing industrial carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are the main objectives of this research study. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Grant Allen

Student:

Partner:

Pond Technologies Inc;University of Toronto

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Analysis of techno-economic-environmental feasibility of zero emission buses on public transit routes in Canadian context – Year two

Substitution of existing diesel buses by zero-emission propulsion technologies (electric batteries and hydrogen fuel cell) in vehicles – specifically public transit fleets – can play an instrumental role in realizing Canada’s obligation towards green house gas emission reduction. It is imperative to enable transit agencies to assess the capabilities of existing technology variants in meeting the demands of existing operations to achieve successful, long-term integration while maintaining commercially viability. Most of Canada’s transit agencies today lack a comprehensive understanding of the impact of these buses, in terms of their operational performance, cost, degree of interoperability, infrastructure requirements and environmental impacts. In the proposed project, the post-doctoral fellow (PDF) will develop a modeling-based predictive and comparative analysis tool. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather MacLean

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (ON);University of Toronto

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Analysis of techno-economic-environmental feasibility of zero emission buses on public transit routes in Canadian context

Substitution of existing diesel buses by zero-emission propulsion technologies (electric batteries and hydrogen fuel cell) in vehicles – specifically public transit fleets – can play an instrumental role in realizing Canada’s obligation towards green house gas emission reduction. It is imperative to enable transit agencies to assess the capabilities of existing technology variants in meeting the demands of existing operations to achieve successful, long-term integration while maintaining commercially viability. Most of Canada’s transit agencies today lack a comprehensive understanding of the impact of these buses, in terms of their operational performance, cost, degree of interoperability, infrastructure requirements and environmental impacts. In the proposed project, the post-doctoral fellow (PDF) will develop a modeling-based predictive and comparative analysis tool. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather MacLean

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (ON);University of Toronto

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Clean Technology; Energy and Utilities; Green/Alternative Energy

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Heavy Rare Earth Elements: New Insight into Mineralogical Parameters That Impact Mine Processing – Year two

Current Heavy Rare Earth Element (HREE) processing techniques are expensive, environmentally-challenging, and slow. Kinetic models predict that the rate of acid permeation of a mineral is the rate controlling step. Therefore, permeation rate controls the acid quantity and residency time of the mineral in the acid bath; impacting costs. Kinetic models are based on structural assumptions including the uniform distribution of elements within a mineral. This study proposes to employ atom probe tomography on the HREE-mineral gadolinite: an ore mineral in the resource at Strange Lake, Quebec. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Desmond Moser

Student:

Partner:

Juniper Associates Ltd

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Elevate

Heavy Rare Earth Elements: New Insight into Mineralogical Parameters That Impact Mine Processing

Current Heavy Rare Earth Element (HREE) processing techniques are expensive, environmentally-challenging, and slow. Kinetic models predict that the rate of acid permeation of a mineral is the rate controlling step. Therefore, permeation rate controls the acid quantity and residency time of the mineral in the acid bath; impacting costs. Kinetic models are based on structural assumptions including the uniform distribution of elements within a mineral. This study proposes to employ atom probe tomography on the HREE-mineral gadolinite: an ore mineral in the resource at Strange Lake, Quebec. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Desmond Moser

Student:

Partner:

Juniper Associates Ltd

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Elevate

The Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Moving Towards its Implementation in Canada

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has established the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) as an international standard. This right is especially important regarding the use of Indigenous peoples’ lands and resources by the extractive industry. Currently there is no common understanding about how this standard should be applied in a Canadian context and the policy gap is a barrier to its implementation. This research will contribute to creating coherence between the way FPIC is conceptualized and the way it is experienced by Indigenous communities in Canada. It will also help KAIROS Canada to meet the goals of their Indigenous rights action plan which aims, in part, to raise awareness amongst non-Indigenous Canadians about land rights issues. The research will be used to create educational resources that Indigenous communities, corporations, governments and community groups can use when embarking on projects that may involve FPIC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Guy Goulet

Student:

Partner:

KAIROS Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

Saint Paul University

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating Natural Channel Design Performance in Southern Ontario

Natural channel design practices are continually evolving, but monitoring the performance and success of these urban river engineering projects is often limited to sparse point measurements of streamflow, stream morphology, and species inventories during the 2 – 5 years following construction. The result is relatively few data on the overall performance of natural channel design projects, both in terms of the original project goals and geomorphic function (no net erosion and deposition). Advances in survey technologies (e.g., Mobile Laser Scanning) allow high-resolution topographic data to be collected quickly in the field, which has the potential to improve both the quality of data collected as well as our overall understanding of how natural channel designs function geomorphically post-construction. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Ashmore

Student:

Partner:

Matrix Solutions Inc (Calgary, AB)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Elevate

Assessment of DNA Ministring technology in cell transfection and the treatment of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) – Year two

Despite the power of gene therapy, its successful application to medicine has been diminished due to: (i) high toxicities and potentially fatal adverse effects; (ii) poor transgene expression in target cells; and (iii) extensive vector degradation. While viral vectors greatly improve efficiency, they sometimes lead to cancers due to chromosomal integration and may suffer from a lack of desired tissue selectivity. In contrast, nonviral systems have proven safer, but less efficient. Developing highly effective and safe DNA vectors is essential.
The double-stranded DNA-minimal construct, called “DNA ministrings”, are miniaturized-DNA constructs carry only the expression cassette (promoter, gene of interest, intron, and nuclear translocation enhancing sequences). As such, DNA ministrings offer a much safer, yet highly effective alternative to current gene delivery vectors. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shawn Wettig

Student:

Partner:

Mediphage Bioceuticals Inc;University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

Assessment of DNA Ministring technology in cell transfection and the treatment of Colorectal Cancer (CRC)

Despite the power of gene therapy, its successful application to medicine has been diminished due to: (i) high toxicities and potentially fatal adverse effects; (ii) poor transgene expression in target cells; and (iii) extensive vector degradation. While viral vectors greatly improve efficiency, they sometimes lead to cancers due to chromosomal integration and may suffer from a lack of desired tissue selectivity. In contrast, nonviral systems have proven safer, but less efficient. Developing highly effective and safe DNA vectors is essential.
The double-stranded DNA-minimal construct, called “DNA ministrings”, are miniaturized-DNA constructs carry only the expression cassette (promoter, gene of interest, intron, and nuclear translocation enhancing sequences). As such, DNA ministrings offer a much safer, yet highly effective alternative to current gene delivery vectors. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shawn Wettig

Student:

Partner:

Mediphage Bioceuticals Inc;University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

Fruit Extract to Dyes – Elucidating the Mechanism of Dye Formation using Genipin to Unlock New Colours

Dyes which are either sourced directly or derived from naturally-occurring products are of growing interest in the cosmetics industry. Sourcing chemical dyes or their close precursors from natural products can significantly reduce the environmental impact of manufacture by reducing the number of derivatization and purification steps. The industrial partner, Inkbox Ink, currently uses genipin, a dye precursor derived primarily from extracts of the gardenia fruit, in their semi-permanent tattoo technologies. The general mechanism of action involves the reaction of genipin with primary amines, in this case amino acids in the skin. The mechanism by which a colourless fruit extract becomes a brilliant blue dye is poorly understood, with numerous reports providing contradictory hypotheses. The rare ability of genipin to rapidly form non-permanent skin dyes suggests a number of potential applications. In order to develop new target dyes and facilitating new dermal technologies, the mechanism of action must be better understood. This Elevate program endeavours to elucidate the mechanism through selective synthetic modifications and analytical experiments. The knowledge gained from these studies will be applied to the development of new dyes and skin-binding technologies for Inkbox to commercialize, allowing for rapid growth for a Canadian start-up company.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Caputo

Student:

Partner:

Inkbox Ink Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Retail trade

University:

York University

Program:

Elevate

Iron battery: a safety, economic and environmentally friendly aqueous secondary battery – Year two

The past few decades have witnessed the unprecedented development of aqueous rechargeable batteries and there are many scientific groups focusing their interest on this energy technology research field. Ideal active electrode materials and plain economic considerations are the critical factors in the design of batteries. Among them, Fe//MnO2 aqueous battery is one of the best candidates because of lower cost, high safety and eco-friendliness. In addition, improved conductivity and better cycle performance can be obtained by carbon coating. This proposal mainly discusses the carbon coated Fe and MnO2 nanostructured materials for iron battery applications. Afterwards, this proposed iron battery will be used to light minor surgical lights on-site at our partner organization. Apparently, once the project is successful, our partner can reduce production costs, seize market share and maximize the company’s benefits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pu Chen

Student:

Partner:

D&H Partners Ltd;University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

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