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Engineering - chemical / biological

Dual-ion doped vanadium oxide nanobelts as the cathode in rechargeable aqueous zinc ion battery

Rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries (RAZBs) have been used extensively because of their safety and low-cost. As an available cathode material for ZIBs, layered vanadium oxide (V2O5) has been considered due to its high specific discharge capacity. Because V2O5 is slightly soluble in water, it is suitable for doping V2O5 with metal ions to stabilize its layered structure and decrease the solubility of V2O5 in aqueous electrolyte systems. Hydrothermal method will be used to insert metal ions into V2O5 interlayer and shape the commercial V2O5 into nanobelts. In this research, we will experiment with the molar ratio of metal ions to active material to determine the ratio and the synthesis conditions that provides the best cycling performance and that enhances the specific discharge capacity of V2O5 cathode for RAZBs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pu Chen

Student:

Mei Han

Partner:

Enerclean Technology Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Exploring applications of Machine Learning and Quantum Computing in optimization, finance, and the healthcare industry

MITACS interns at 1QBit will aid in the research and development of experimental usage of quantum and classical hardware devices for industry use including, healthcare, finance, advanced materials, and optimization. Interns will have the opportunity to work alongside academics and research teams. MITACS interns will gain the practical experience of applying their knowledge for industry use and working in a business setting with clients. Internships provide a great opportunity for future career of the students at 1QBit. 1QBit will stay in touch with successful interns and offer hiring opportunities to the elite students after successful completion of their postgraduate degrees.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Schmidt;Charmaine B. Dean

Student:

Wenyu (Kelly) Shen

Partner:

1QB Information Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Statistics / Actuarial sciences

Sector:

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Simultaneous Functional Calcium Imaging with Quartet® for studying odor memory circuits and developing second generation Quartet®

Episodic memory refers to an ensemble of memory processes and is the capacity to recollect where and when past events occurred, which involves subjective consciousness and a sense of time in retrieving past experiences. The hippocampus is essential for representing spatiotemporal context and establishing its association with the sensory details of daily life to form episodic memories and the olfactory cortex shares exclusive anatomical connections with the hippocampus as a result of their common evolutionary history. This makes olfaction a privileged sense for accessing memories. The AON receives unidirectional, monosynaptic inputs from the CA1 and it has been shown that hippocampal inputs to the AON can alter olfactory perception and odour-guided behaviors. The HPC-AON pathway provides a novel circuit model for studying fundamental aspects of human episodic memory. Here we propose to develop optical imaging methods for studying odor memory circuit. simultaneous image acquisition using Quartet® to monitor neuronal activity between the ventral hippocampus and AON. This will help to understand the circuit mechanisms between the ventral hippocampus and olfactory cortex and also demonstrate that odour memory information is delivered by hippocampal inputs to the AON. We also propose to develop second generation Quartet® (Ver.2) with improved accessories.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Junchul Kim

Student:

Roshni Christo

Partner:

Neurescence Inc.

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Market Analysis of Next-Generation Lithium Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized electronics over the past two decades, however, they do not have sufficient energy density to meet the long-term needs of society, such as the development of electric vehicles. This formidable challenge has driven research into many new battery technologies with different chemistries and configurations, but it remains unclear which technology is best-suited to surpass Li-ion batteries. The goal of the proposed research project is to assess the current market for next-generation lithium batteries to determine the best technologies to research, develop, and commercialize. The proposed research project will be carried out through: 1) a literature survey; 2) interviews with key stakeholders and; and 3) a final market analysis report. The implications of the market analysis report will help define the future of Lion Battery Technologies and will play a key role in identifying the barriers and opportunities in next generation battery technologies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Curtis Berlinguette

Student:

Roxanna Delima

Partner:

Lion Battery Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Next-Gen Amplified Sustainable Agriculture (NASA) – Its’s About Space

To mitigate risks of global malnutrition, hunger, and conflict; food production should become more efficient and sustainable. Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) can produce higher yields at reduced spatial and environmental footprints. This control improves management of key elements like water, nutrients, and nutritional outcomes. These advantages come with a cost however; of which energy is among the greatest. Greenhouses and vertical farms can have significant thermal management requirements, and increasingly, very large electricity demands. This project radically rethinks how CEA should be designed and implemented at small scales, large scales, and worlds beyond our own. The groundbreaking model-and-maker platform will transcend existing paradigms that historically have constrained CEA to specific locations, configurations, scales, or socioeconomic class. The program aims to 1) transform energy efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability of CEA operations, 2) increase global access to the advantages of CEA, and 3) grow the next generation of amplified agriculturalists.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rupp Carriveau;David Ting

Student:

Sadaf Ekhtiari;Chris Patterson;Sarah Nichol

Partner:

George Weston

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Interpretable Machine Learning for Predictive Analytics in Employee Benefits Insurance

In recent years, many machine learning methods have been developed for predictive analytics and automated decision making. However, the lack of explanation resulted in both practical and ethical issues. In this project, we will employ and advance interpretable machine learning methods for various predictive analytics tasks in employee benefit insurance. The proposed methods can be used by the partner organization to improve transparency and hence trust in a wide range of applications that involve predictive analytics.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Majid Komeili

Student:

Seyed Omid Davoudi;Mohammad Nokhbeh Zaeem

Partner:

Global IQX

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Journalism Product Innovation and Audience Engagement at The Conversation Canada

The Conversation Canada (TCC) is an independent news startup that specializes in short-form, evidence-based explanatory journalism written by experts in universities and curated by professional journalists. TCC is supported by a consortium of universities, agencies, and governments. News articles are freely available online and may be republished at no cost under a Creative Commons license. In 2018 The Conversation Canada published nearly 1,000 stories, and has around 1.3 million monthly views, two-thirds from outside Canada. Research will be undertaken to help The Conversation Canada to further develop impactful explanatory journalism by experimenting with new journalism products in three new formats: podcasting, newsletter, and long-form journalism. As well, analytics will be used to assess The Conversation Canada’s current audience. The focus will be on articles in The Conversation Canada’s section on Culture, Society, and Critical Race Issues.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Charles Davis

Student:

Saniya - duplicate Rashid;Saniya Rashid

Partner:

The Conversation Canada

Discipline:

Journalism / Media studies and communication

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Smart Controls for Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems in an Era of COVID-19

Existing HVAC system design may be contributing to the spread of viruses such as COVID-19 with transmission through ventilation systems. Many HVAC systems recirculate up to 85% of the air, can have cross-contamination of the exhaust air stream with the supply air stream and virus transmission is more likely to occur when the relative humidity is outside of the recommend range of 40-60%. There is also a need to reduce energy consumption of HVAC systems producing greenhouse gases causing climate change. This project will explore the opportunity for designing a smart HVAC controller that uses sensors, algorithms and possibly artificial intelligence to control the operation of a Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS) providing 100% fresh air to building occupants for healthy Indoor Air Quality in a way that minimizes energy consumption.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lexuan Zhong

Student:

Yousef Alipouri

Partner:

Oxygen8

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Other

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Application of multi-omics and pharmacological studies to discover potential new therapeutics for COVID-19

COVID-19 is the largest pandemic of the 21st century, affecting over 6.6 million individuals and claiming over 391,000 lives worldwide as of June 4, 2020. It is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2), which uses a receptor to gain entry into the host and cause active infection. This project involves the expertise of PROOF Centre and Professors Don Sin and Pascal Bernatchez. We would like to apply genomic studies and test new drugs studies to 1) better understand the genetics behind COVID-19 and 2) test these newly synthesized compounds for fighting this disease. These results will be used to guide future clinical studies, enabling new treatment options for COVID-19.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Don Sin;Pascal Bernatchez

Student:

Anthony Tam;Ana Isabel Hernandez Cordero;Stephen Milne;Nagavenkata Durga Prasad Atmuri;Zoe White;Elodie Sauge

Partner:

PROOF Centre of Excellence

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Overcoming the Challenge of COVID-19: How entrepreneurs in Rural NL can understand and face the pandemic

The response to COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders have led to skyrocketing unemployment and various economic impacts. Entrepreneurs are coping up with challenges and conflicts that require solutions to sustain rural communities. With researchers based in Grenfell Campus, Memorial University (MUN) of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), this study will focus on how enterprise hubs could help entrepreneurship development in rural communities. With the support of personnel at the partner institution, the researchers will identify the assets contributing to entrepreneurship initiatives in rural communities, establish an enterprise hub in a pilot community to build capacity, and evaluate and analyze the impact of the enterprise hub. The research results will bring out the feedback, thoughts, and experiences of the entrepreneurs within the community to ensure that their feedback is mapped out in decision making on new policies, procedures and reforms post pandemic COVID-19.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kelly Vodden

Student:

Roshayne Mendis

Partner:

CBDC NORTIP

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Establishing best practices for generating synthetic pediatric health data

As the COVID-19 pandemic has made painfully clear, it is both important and difficult to analyze the large volumes of patient data collected by hospitals and other healthcare providers. Ideally, data would be widely-shared between institutions, and experts and teams with diverse backgrounds would be able to contribute to the analysis. Unfortunately, this is not possible: sharing of healthcare data would severely compromise patient privacy, with many negative consequences. The goal of this project is to develop methods for the generation of realistic synthetic datasets that closely mimic real longitudinal healthcare records, without containing sensitive patient information. This synthetic data could then be shared widely and used as the basis for first-stage analysis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aaron Smith

Student:

Elnaz Karimian Sichani

Partner:

CHEO Foundation

Discipline:

Statistics / Actuarial sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Multifunctional anti-viral membranes for removing pathogens

Nowadays the spread of different kinds of pathogens such as bacteria and viruses like COVID-19, dyes, heavy metals, etc. into the environment cause a threat for all human beings, living microorganisms, and nature. Thus, new approaches are needed to solve this problem or prevent the spread and reduce the negative consequences upon contamination.
Designing multifunctional membranes with antipathogenic and pollution-removal properties with the potency to be applied in different industries including water treatment, food packaging and biosensors could be a great solution to fight against the negative impacts of the pathogens pandemics and spread of pollutants. These biocompatible membranes modified with adsorbents and antimicrobial agents will prevent and remove different types of pathogens and pollutants, leading to minimized impact on environment and health of living species.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hadis Zarrin;Philip Chan

Student:

Nahid Azizi

Partner:

Sensofine Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

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