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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering
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Engineering - chemical / biological

Integrated Thermal Control Methods for Use in Scalable Battery Systems

Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly being used to reduce fossil fuel use and emissions. Cold weather performance of Lithium-ion batteries is a limiting factor in outdoor applications. Mavio Technologies Inc. aspires to construct durable Canadian made Lithium-ion batteries packs that perform well in the adverse Canadian climate. This project plans to research the effect of using insulation to increase cold weather performance. A new thermally insulated structural enclosure will be experimentally tested in a temperature-controlled laboratory enviroment at the Renewable Energy Storage Lab (RESL) with additional structural testing being completed at the Dalhousie IDEA hub. Experimental findings will support the construction and demonstration of a prototype battery pack that could be used in outdoor Canadian marine environments.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lukas Swan;Clifton Johnston

Student:

Mitch Gregory

Partner:

Mavio Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea a Novel Risk Factor for Cancer?

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is an important disease characterized by recurrent blockages of the upper airway during sleep leading to breathing cessations (up to 100 times per hour); OSA is common and is widely under-diagnosed. OSA might cause cancer or lead to cancer progression, potentially mediated through low oxygen levels; however, evidence for this association is limited. This research study will use rigorous methods to determine if there is a potential link between OSA and cancer; specifically, we will link our large database of approximately 1800 patients with suspected OSA. We will assess rates of both prevalent and incident cancer as well as rates of specific types of cancer in these patients by linking to the BC cancer agency registry

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Faculty Supervisor:

Najib Ayas

Student:

AJ Hirsch Allen

Partner:

Vancouver General Hospital

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

COVID-19 and long term care workers: Staffing shortages and diverse pathways to entry

The goal of this project is to enhance health workforce planning in the Waterloo Region in collaboration with the Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin (WPB), to address the Long Term Care staffing crisis by providing quantitative analysis of the demographic make up of the labour market involved in health relation professions, which will identify the demographic specifics of this population in terms of immigration status, length of residence in Canada etc. This will provide useful data for employers and educators to assist them in targeting their recruitment, retention and training plans.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Margaret Walton-Roberts

Student:

Rafael Harun

Partner:

Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Wilfrid Laurier University

Program:

Accelerate

A novel intraocular injectable platform for long-term treatment of retinal diseases.

Retinal diseases are the leading causes of blindness in Canada. Retinal diseases are currently treated by monthly or bimonthly intraocular injections of biologics. At the Sheardown lab, we are developing a new injectable hydrogel that can provide prolonged treatment for retinal diseases. Upon injection, the new treatment forms a transparent solid depot inside the eye that doesn’t interfere with the patient’s vision. The depot provides sustained release of the biologics over several months and is completely resorbable after delivery of its payload. The new treatment aims at reducing the frequency of intraocular injections to improve patient convenience and reduce the burden on ophthalmology clinics.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Sheardown

Student:

Karim Soliman

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Effect of agro?climatic conditions on the cannabinoid quantities in hemp crops

We want to determine the relationship between weather such as rainfall and temperature on outdoor grown hemp. Specifically what these variables do in terms of changing the content of THC and CBD in certain varieties of hemp. Our goal is to give farmers the knowledge so that they can determine when is optimal time to harvest their crop based on that years weather if they want to be below a .3 thc content, and have a high CBD content. However, the research we do will lend itself to farmers seeking other CBD and THC outcomes in their crops.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Donald Smith

Student:

Dina Saleh

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

AR Marine Visualization System

A sailor needs to obtain real-time information about the status of the sailboat and also derive an accurate approximation of the behaviour of the surrounding environment, in order to safely and successfully sail a boat. We also aim to investigate how providing vital knowledge using an immersive approach will affect the cognitive load on the sailor, thus potentially enhancing efficiency and safety at sea.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bruce Kapron

Student:

Eduard Cojoc Wisernig

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Application of machine learning techniques to control surface quality of as-printed wire arc additive manufactured components

Nowadays, the wire arc additive manufacturing is making its path toward providing benefits to aerospace, defense, and oil and gas sectors, ascribed to the process capacity to fabricate components with minimum waste of material and lead time. However, the main challenges associated with the WAAM that have hindered the wide-spread application of the technology include the irregular and random quality of the WAAM fabricated surfaces. The mission of this project is to control aforementioned irregularities in fabrication by implementing machine learning-based algorithms and modify the process parameters to achieve a defect-free part with high surface quality. The anticipated trained machine learning method in this project will foster the progress toward completion of an autonomous in-situ defect recognition and correction (AIDRAC) system, which is the primary goal of the intern.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ali Nasiri

Student:

Salar Salahi

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation & sensitivity study of behind-the-meter load disaggregation methods

Solar energy generation at commercial and industrial sites has been gaining popularity in recent years. The addition of batteries to existing solar installations can allow for solar to not only be used during the day when the sun is out, but also at night. There however, are various hurdles to this process specifically involving the transparency of the data coming from the solar unit. Several methods have addressed this issue at residential sites and offer promising results. However, these methods have not be tested for various geographies, climates, and operational issues that can arise at commercial and industrial sites. We will attempt to build upon residential PV disaggregation methods using both physics and statistics-based models. If successful, our method will likely allow for energy storage to be added at existing PV locations, increasing the amount of clean energy used in various industries across Canada & North America.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrea Scott

Student:

Daniel Sola

Partner:

Energy Toolbase

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Multi-channel Fluidic Cartridges for Parallel Nanopore Sensing

Solid-state nanopores are tiny holes in thin membranes comparable to the size of individual biomolecules like protein or DNA. They are using as sensors to detect these molecules one at a time, and have the potential to revolutionize DNA sequencing, personalized medicine, point-of-care diagnostics, and next-generation information storage methods, but have not been able to so far due to the high cost and inability to scale of the methods traditional used to fabricate them. We recently developed a method that allows to inexpensive, scalable fabrication of nanopore sensors. This project seeks develop the fluidic handling methods to allow for parallel use of multiple nanopore sensors for the sake of increased experimental redundancy and throughput, allowing researchers to accelerate the pace of work toward disruptive application of these sensors in a variety of increasingly critical markets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vincent Tabard-Cossa

Student:

Kyle Briggs

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

AttentionTrip: a gamified tool for measuring the networks of attention

Attention is an important part of everyday functioning. We use it to interact with the world around us and take in new information. ‘AttentionTrip’ is a sophisticated tool that allows clinicians and researchers to measure the different components of attention, while it feels like you are playing a videogame. With this tool, we can see how attention changes across age groups, and in the future how it may differ in clinical populations, like people with autism or ADHD. It also allows us to see if treatments being provided to people with attention-issues are actually working. In order to best apply this tool, we need to find out what the average attention score is with as many age groups as we can. So, we will be testing people from six to 80 years old with AttentionTrip and averaging their scores, so that we have a baseline to make comparisons.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raymond Klein

Student:

Colin McCormick

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

3D-Printing for Remote Industries (3DPRI) in Harsh Environments: On the post-processing of a wire arc additive manufactured 420 martensitic stainless steel for enhanced functionality and service life

Newly developed additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, also known as 3D-printing, are able to fabricate complex geometry components at a relatively high deposition rate, the lowest possible number of production cycles, and minimum materials waste in contrast with the conventional subtractive fabrication techniques. By drastic reduction in the fabrication time and production steps, minimizing the on-hold inventory, additive manufacturing technologies have the potential to revolutionize the industrial manufacturing sectors. This research project aims to further expand the industrialization of this fast-evolving technology by modifying the microstructural features of the 3D-printed parts, and consequently improve the performance of the fabricated structure during the harsh in-service conditions through applying post-printing heat treatment cycles.
Currently, all industrial sectors dealing with damaged or failed engineering parts during operation have to order their required parts from different fabricators. This can potentially lead to interruptions of their regular work process and incurrence of valuable lost time. We propose to solve this issue by establishing an on-site small to medium-scale 3D-Priniting manufacturing platform. This unit would be capable of fabricating a wide range of engineering parts made from different materials, size, and geometry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ali Nasiri

Student:

Alireza Vahedi Nemani

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Phenols-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as a New Class of Antioxidants for the Prevention of Degenerative Diseases

The present project proposes a new type of antioxidant drug as a way to reduce genetically the probability of appearance of degenerative diseases, e.g. different cancers, Alzheimer’s disease and Atherosclerosis. The general idea is to combine two different types of compounds with antioxidant properties: nanomaterials and certain molecules extracted from a cuban plant with the goal to enhance their biological properties. In other words: if we combine two antioxidants in one, the resultant is even better. To design these new drugs we will use in principle computer modeling. Specifically with Lab2Market we will talk to different companies, manufacturers, professors and researchers to validate and decide if the research idea is feasible from a practical and economical point of view. In this way our partner organization will also benefit from associating with potential clients for the commercialization and promotion of a possible new antioxidant.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cherif Matta

Student:

Lázaro Andrés Monteserín Castanedo

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Mount Saint Vincent University

Program:

Accelerate

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