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Engineering - chemical / biological

A novel carbon dioxide redox flow battery: Stack design, modeling and performance testing

The world’s stringent need to transition to a low-carbon industrial economy is more pressing than ever and requires an ambitious departure from traditional processes through innovation, development and implementation of different breakthrough technologies within a strict timeline. AGORA is tackling two energy challenges simultaneously with its proprietary CO2 Redox Flow Battery (CRB) technology by enabling the transition from traditional emission-intensive power generation systems to low-carbon renewable sources through energy storage and addressing GHG-emission mitigation via converting CO2 during the battery operation to a by-product.
The proposed project will constitute the development of integral parts of the CRB unit to be employed in AGORA’s efforts for the first ever scale-up of a battery that utilizes CO2 and generates electricity and products that can be valorized as output. During the timeline proposed, the project will catalyze the transition of this technology from laboratory scale demonstration to large-scale pilot demonstration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elod Lajos Gyenge;Charles Haynes

Student:

Shahid Muhammad Bashir;Andrew Hakim

Partner:

Agora Energy Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Other

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Porous Rubber Pavement for the Canadian Climate

Porous Rubber Pavement (PRP) is a new type of permeable pavement in North America. It consists of stone aggregates, crumb rubber from recycled tires, and polyurethane as a binder. Due to a higher percentage of air voids (27% to 29%) and flexible nature, it offers extensive environmental and safety benefits, including improved stormwater management, reduced skid resistance, hydroplaning and greater potential for road traffic noise reduction. In the North American context, this material is currently used for low traffic roads and pedestrian walkways as a surface material. Because of the recent initiation, the performance, and the material properties of PRPs are not fully quantified yet. The main objective of this study is to explore the material properties and improve its performance in the Canadian climate as a pavement surface material for low trafficked areas. Working through this new type of porous paving provides substantial benefits for the partner, which will be realized through an extensive study within the project period. And that will be achieved through delivering a guideline helps the partners to optimize their raw materials and optimize their designs and selection.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan L. Tighe

Student:

Tamanna Kabir;Hanaa Khaleel Al-Bayati;Faraz Forghani;Mahshad Omidi

Partner:

Porous Pave Ontario

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Monitoring Interactions of Southern Resident Killer Whales with Recreational Boats and Commercial Vessels in Boundary Pass

Boundary Pass is located off the south coast of Saturna Island and is an important foraging spot for the endangered Southern Resident Killer whales (SRKW). This region is also used by fishing, recreational and ecotourism boats and by large commercial vessels transiting through the shipping lanes to Vancouver Ports. Starting in June, the ECHO Program is initiating a commercial vessel Slowdown Trial that includes the Boundary Pass region off Saturna Island. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a substantial reduction in tourism affecting recreational boating and commercial whale-watching. This natural reduction in boat presence in conjunction with a commercial vessel Slowdown Trial gives an unprecedented opportunity to collect baseline data. The results of this study will contribute observations and analyses to the larger goal of helping SMRU Canada Ltd understanding impacts of boat and vessel traffic to support the recovery of SRKW in the Salish Sea.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ruth Joy;Jeremy Venditti

Student:

Lucy Quayle

Partner:

SMRU Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimal Design of Switch Reluctance Motor Drives

The main goal of this project is to develop a platform that helps to optimal design of a power converter for switch reluctance motors. The research will focus on multi-domain models and multi-objective optimization routines. Due to the high complexity of developing such a tool, the component models will include loss, thermal, and cost aspects, and the optimization routine will aim to optimize the efficiency and cost of the motor drive design.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehdi Narimani

Student:

Ahoora Bahrami

Partner:

Enedym

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Gut loading crickets (Gryllus sigillatus) to improve their nutritional value for use in pet foods

Insects are a high protein feed ingredient that can be grown sustainably. Insects need less food input, use less water, and grow well indoors making them more sustainable than traditional pet feed ingredients such as soybeans and animal proteins. Some aspects of the nutritional profile of insects can be manipulated by growing them on different feed ingredients. In this study we hope to improve the vitamin E, manganese, and iron content of insects for use in pet foods. We will feed insects sunflower seeds to crickets for various lengths of time. We will design an optimized feeding regiment to boost the nutrient profile of crickets, with the lowest increase of feed input costs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephanie Collins

Student:

Bonita McCuaig

Partner:

Midgard Insect Farm Inc

Discipline:

Animal science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Multi-sensor long-range object detection & classification under challenging perceptual conditions

Autonomous vehicles must be constantly aware of all aspects of the driving environment, and so are typically designed with both omni-directional and long-range forward sensor footprints. The ability to accurately detect, track and predict the motion of distant vehicles and pedestrians along the driving route remains a significant challenge, for today’s state of the art perception methods, however, despite ever-more complex network designs and ever-better sensor configurations. The inherent need in long-range detection for high resolution appearance and depth is difficult to achieve with affordable hardware, leads to real-time performance challenges, and to significant drops in detection accuracy with range to objects due to heavy occlusion and viewpoint limitations.
In this project, we will attempt to make a major breakthrough in long-range 3D object detection and tracking for autonomous driving. Our strategy will involve three components, two led by University of Toronto researchers, and one by Gatik. First, we will develop novel 3D object detection methods operating over depth ranges of over 200 m, that combine vision and lidar data to produce accurate bounding box positions. Second.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Waslander

Student:

Cody Reading;John Willes

Partner:

Gatik Inc

Discipline:

Aerospace studies

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Advanced Graphene-Based Antiviral Nanocomposites against COVID-19

The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a serious threat to humanity worldwide. It is known that COVID-19 is a respiratory infection, which can be transmitted from person to person via small aerosolized droplets. The goal of this project is to develop advanced functional graphene-based nanocomposites with robust antiviral and antibacterial activities. The graphene-based nanocomposite layer not only filters out particulates, but also binds with and disinfects coronavirus. The proposed functional nanocomposites will be coated onto fabric to create advanced filters for the fabrication of novel re-usable masks. In addition to face masks, there also exists an immense demand for other personal protective equipment (PPE) such as face shields and aprons to protect front-line workers. The developed functional graphene-based nanocomposites can be coated onto the PPE as an antiviral layer to effectively disinfect coronavirus, thereby providing a safer environment for both patients and health care professionals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aicheng Chen

Student:

Aiman Khaleel;Lanting Qian;Michael Salverda;Antony Thiruppathi;Joshua van der Zalm;Sharmila Durairaj;Boopathi Sidhureddy

Partner:

ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Elucidating the safety and efficacy profiles of hypervalent antimicrobial agents towards combatting antibiotic resistance

Recent global events have shed light on the vulnerabilities within our health care systems. Undoubtedly, unpreparedness in the face of a global crisis will lead to disastrous repercussions. The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance is hailed as a pandemic in the making. As the antibiotics drug development pipeline dwindles, effective solutions to combat antimicrobial resistant strains of pathogenic bacteria are urgently needed. Here, we evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy and safety profile of a novel library of hypervalent antimicrobial agents. We explore the susceptibility of pathogenic bacterium, including resistant clinical isolates, in parallel with in-vitro cytotoxicity assays towards determining leading antimicrobial candidates. Working with a multidisciplinary team, the outcomes from this study will translate directly from bench to bedside resulting in the development of novel medical devices to combat antimicrobial resistance in a health care setting.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cezar Khursigara

Student:

Carlie Goodall

Partner:

Exciton Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Fracture patterns and their control on erosion and geohazards on the Niagara Escarpment, Hamilton, Ontario

The Niagara Escarpment is a dominant landform in southern Ontario and provides the region with exceptional sites of natural beauty including numerous waterfalls and exposed rocky cliffs. However, the escarpment is also a geomorphic feature formed by ongoing erosion processes that create many challenges for those living near or enjoying its natural beauty. Unfortunately, there is very little information or quantitative data regarding the nature of erosion processes or the rates at which they operate along the escarpment. The proposed project aims to investigate one of the major controls on erosion processes active along the escarpment, namely the characteristics of breaks and fractures in the rock units that allow water to penetrate and ice to form in the rocks. This information will provide information that may be used by government agencies, recreational users, and the public to protect and maintain access to this important geomorphic feature.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexander L. Peace

Student:

Rebecca Lee

Partner:

APGO Education Foundation

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Studying the oxygenation of 3D printed pancreatic tissues

Most people with type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar levels through frequent blood glucose monitoring and insulin injections or infusion. Insulin therapy is life-saving but also life-altering and leads to decreased life expectancy. Instead, insulin-producing cells could be transplanted in devices which would prevent their rejection by the immune system. The design of these devices must take into account oxygen supply to the graft, which becomes more problematic in human-scale devices compared to studies conducted in animals such as mice. Aspect Biosystems is developing pancreatic tissue devices fabricated by 3D bioprinting live insulin-producing cells. The objective of this project is to develop and implement a system to study oxygen profiles in these tissue patches. Ultimately, this project could lead to a new therapy to treat diabetes which would be long-lasting and require little to no daily intervention.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Corinne A Hoesli

Student:

Florent Lemaire

Partner:

Aspect Biosystems Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

COVID-19 Teaching and Learning Transition Project

As people and institutions around the world are incurring the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, education has felt a large blow. This blow is not only felt by students in post-secondary education who are needing to be educated, but also by instructors, administrators and staff who are all being transitioned into the online format.
For our study, we are looking to collect and analyze readiness data from members of the Ontario Tech University to explore how ready they were to transition in terms of teaching and learning to an online format, as well as their perceptions of their experiences. By doing so, we will be able to investigate the digital competence of individuals in the OntarioTechU community in pre- and post-COVID online teaching and learning contexts, and in turn, glean useful information from the transitional experiences of those involved.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roland van Oostveen

Student:

Cassidy Gagnon

Partner:

Ictinus

Discipline:

Education

Sector:

Education

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

Accelerate

Geological and Geochemical Controls on the Source of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) in the Early Triassic Montney Tight Gas Reservoir, Northeast British Columbia, Canada

The Montney Formation in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) is a productive low permeability natural gas reservoir. Alongside natural gas, it contains high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas, which is both economically and environmentally detrimental to the exploration and production of natural gas from the reservoir. This research proposal aims to examine the source(s) of the H2S in this reservoir in northeast British Columbia and the geological and geochemical conditions in which H2S gas has formed in or migrated into this reservoir. Identifying the source(s) of H2S and the conditions in which it has formed or migrated will result in the increased commercial value of natural gas, reduced environmental impacts, better management and informed planning of future exploration and production stages, and prediction of H2S occurrence at undrilled prospects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Per Kent Pedersen;Omid Haeri Ardakani

Student:

Mastaneh Haghnazar Liseroudi

Partner:

PETRONAS Canada

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

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