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13270 Completed Projects

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Projects by Category

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Engineering
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Engineering - chemical / biological

Metabolic Targeting of Inflammatory Pathways for the Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and/or chronic kidney disease (CKD) affect more than 5 million Canadians. Progression of CKD is the primary cause of end-stage renal disease while NASH is now the leading cause of liver cirrhosis and liver transplant. Despite their high prevalence and severe impact on morbidity and mortality, current therapies are largely ineffective and do not target the underlying cause of the disease which is inflammation.
inflammatory cells utilize a metabolic process called glycolysis (similar to what is used during a 100 m dash) while anti-inflammatory cells utilize oxidative metabolism (similar to what is used by someone running a marathon). Therefore, shifting cells in the liver and kidney to a more oxidative state may suppress inflammation. This project will help determine how a molecule developed by Espervita Therapeutics suppresses inflammation in NASH and CKD.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Steinberg;Joan Krepinsky

Student:

Jaya Gautam;Marcos Leal

Partner:

Espervita Therapeutics

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a Sustainable Program Quality Improvement Framework using a Balanced Scorecard Methodology at Family Services Ottawa

FSO (Family Services Ottawa) is a not-for-profit social service agency whose mission is to assist individuals, to build on their strengths and to improve their mental health. FSO does so by providing counselling, education, and advocacy within a context of working to foster systemic change. Although their programs are increasingly monitored and evaluated at the program level, FSO does not currently have a tool to assess and monitor their organization as a whole. This project will identify the most critical measures for monitoring and developing a strategic direction for the organization, balancing theories of strategy with the practical needs related to executing strategy. The intern will work with a working committee of relevant stakeholders and organization members to develop a performance monitoring template that the organization can use to track important information they can use to demonstrate effectiveness to funders and improve organizational functioning.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Sylvestre;Tim Aubry

Student:

Konrad Czechowski

Partner:

Family Services Ottawa

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Star Salvager: A Remote Games User Research Toolkit for Small Teams

As Games User Research (GUR) becomes a mature and essential pillar of game development, the challenges of performing rigorous qualitative and quantitative research in small teams are exacerbated by the disruption caused by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Research methods such as heuristic evaluation, think-aloud usability testing, initial experience testing, playthrough observation, and post-launch data analysis are taught as industry-standard in GUR courses. And they yield important insights on game usability, balance, learnability, and accessibility. However, many of these GUR methods require resources, staff, and lab space beyond the reach of small game developers. Such teams may struggle to perform a useful spread of research activities due to limited timelines and funds, while ad hoc, casual playtests are more difficult to perform while working remotely.
The objective of this project is to create, test, and refine remote-friendly versions of three key GUR approaches: think-aloud usability testing, full playthrough observation, and game balance telemetry. Our research aims to assess the effectiveness of each method variant in yielding actionable insights, and to document the challenges encountered when deploying them under a triforce of unfavourable conditions: a small team conducting remote research with significant time and budgetary constraints.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anthony Tang;Velian Pandeliev

Student:

Chu Li

Partner:

A-Game Studios Inc

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Model Development for Ground-Engaging Tools using Real-Time Numerical Terramechanics and Discrete-Element Method

This Ph.D. study will focus on simulating and validating soil flow behavior models using numerical terramechanics for three distinct applications of soil flow behaviors from operations of construction equipment: hauling loose material (wheel loader), excavation of soil (backhoe loader/excavator) and pushing large quantities of soil (bulldozer). Numerical terramechanics models will be compared with DEM models in terms of prediction of forces on ground-engaging tools and to quantify soil flow behavior. The main advantage of this type of real-time simulation allows for direct control of the equipment to quickly observe the general soil behavior (for design optimization) and for training purposes of operators.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Viacheslav Adamchuk

Student:

Guillaume Cloutier Boily

Partner:

CNH Industrial

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Mapping anthropogenic noise in Alberta using passive acoustic monitoring data

Noise from human activities negatively affects the well-being of humans and wildlife alike. In rural areas, ecosystems that are relatively undisturbed by human activities may still be subjected to noise exposure from vehicles passing nearby, industry-related noise (e.g., compressor stations), or from airplanes overhead. To date, however, little work has been done to quantify what proportion of Canada’s land area might be exposed to anthropogenic noise, and how much noise is out there. This project will use existing sound recordings to produce a map of estimated noise levels across the province of Alberta. This map will estimate, for the first time, 1) how much of the province is subjected to noise levels over and above the natural background; 2) which areas are most severely affected by noise pollution; and 3) which areas remain relatively free of human noise. This project promises to build upon previous work mapping the impacts of human activities in Alberta, to produce new insights into patterns of anthropogenic noise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erin Bayne

Student:

Richard Hedley

Partner:

Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing Consumer Preferences for By-Catch Fishery Products

This project extends the development of an innovative fishery by-product business of an earlier Mitacs-funded project (McKay, McLachlan, O’Gorman, Oldroyd and Rad-Spice (2020)). The disposal of by-catch fish in Manitoba has been identified by fishers in Misipawistik Cree Nation as not only environmentally wasteful but also a missed opportunity for sustainable and culturally-relevant economic development. The earlier project is developing a restaurant/grocer survey to estimate the market for fish by-catch products in Manitoba. The current project proposes to extend this work by surveying consumers (online) regarding their preferences for by-catch fish products. We will ask questions aimed at gauging consumers’ health preferences, willingness to pay for an environmentally superior product, and concern for fishers’ remuneration, and their willingness to pay for such attributes. This information will bolster the business plan that Alex is developing for Misipawistik Cree Nations fishers by revealing characteristics of fish products that appeal to consumers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Melanie O’Gorman

Student:

Alex Oldroyd;Ricky Harper

Partner:

Farmafeed Consulting

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Accelerate

The Effects of Release Size, Location and Timing on Chinook Salmon on the West Coast of Vancouver Island

Throughout Western North America with few exceptions all species of Pacific Salmon stocks have been in steady decline for over 50 years. On the West Coast of Vancouver Island, Chinook salmon stocks are of particular concern. These fish provide ecological, cultural and economic value to the region and current numbers are at an all-time low. This research will use PIT telemetry and capture-recapture techniques to study survival, growth and habitat use of Chinook salmon during outmigration and early marine life to identify habitat bottle necks or other limiting factors to production/survival as well as study success of hatchery released fish. It is important to study the early life history as egg-to-smolt life stages of salmonids experience high mortality rates and survival during this time is a key factor contributing to population growth for Pacific salmonids.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eduardo Martins

Student:

Thomas Balfour

Partner:

Toquaht Management Ltd.

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Fault Diagnosis for Gas Turbine Engine Systems Using Model-Based Techniques

The ability to find fault in engine systems and proactively monitor their progression to remedy the root-cause before it fails is of paramount importance in today’s industry safety. An effecting change in current engine monitoring methods will require insight and understanding of the level of robustness and engineering rigour required to maintain safety and airworthiness standards. A model-based fault detection method compares the engine’s output data to that of a model running simultaneously. A suitable threshold should be selected to avoid false alarms due to measurement non-repeatability and current model uncertainty. Any difference beyond a threshold value signifies that a fault has occurred. This project aims to develop novel methods for fault diagnosis of gas turbines that require fewer data/parameters to work while maintaining or improving the detection and isolation schemes’ accuracy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Afshin Rahimi

Student:

Farshid Bazmi

Partner:

Reticom Solutions

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Ownership of Content in an Overlay Platform

The notion of ownership is fundamental and essential in a number of settings, including the setting that is the focus of this proposal: information over the Internet. Ownership of some content, in turn, endows the owner with certain rights over the content. The intent of this proposed research project is to (a) precisely enunciate what properties we associate with the notion of ownership in the software platform for structuring content over the Internet that our partner organization, Scrawlr Inc., is developing, and (2) incorporating into their software using sound software engineering principles elements of this notion of ownership. Our research will be of value to both our partner organization, and more broadly, to Canadians, as management and generation of new ways of presenting content over the Internet has now become a norm, and we seek to give owners of information meaningful control over it.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mahesh Tripunitara

Student:

Yiqin Huang

Partner:

Scrawlr Development Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Kitigay: Indigenous food systems research with Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Manitoba

This research documents the social impact of an Indigenous food systems development and education program called Kitigay. Kitigay means to plant in Ojibway to describe planting food but also ideas and education. This proposed participatory research supports farm and wild rice paddy design, implementation, training, and food product marketing in the First Nation of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation. This research explores how community-led Indigenous food systems education and projects can meet communities’ needs and priorities to foster Indigenous food sovereignty and self-determination. The study will also analyze the impact of the farm and capacity building on the Kitigay participants’ food security, educational outcomes and sustainable livelihoods. A baseline survey will initially provide a needs analysis to help put in place the required supports for students. Six-month and post-program longitudinal surveys will follow up this baseline to see the program’s medium and long-term impacts on participants. This study will be part of the national longitudinal study of at-risk youth in work-integrated social enterprises. Finally, the research will analyze farm and rice paddy designs and conduct field trials to ensure that the regenerative approach chosen is successful.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shirley Thompson

Student:

Tricia Desjarlias;Uche Nwankwo;Babajide David Oni;James Queskekapow;Uriel Jelin;Angela Dumas;Anna Neil;Brendan LaPierre;Chris Haney;Colin Pangman;Hayden Gilmour;Hevyn-Lee Martens;Jamie Bear;Jason Greyeyes;Jonathan Spence;Justice Kent;Kirstin Witwicki;Misbah Khaliq

Partner:

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Kisik clean energy solar photovoltaic power with Sayisi Dene First Nation

Sayisi Dene First Nation is a fly-in remote northern Manitoba community wanting to shift to clean energy. Kisik Clean Energy focuses for this project on shifting this diesel energy-dependent First Nation communities to solar energy integrating energy storage with lithium-ion batteries for assisting with microgrid technology. The Sun will soon deliver the Sayisi Dene community’s power, and the diesel generators can switch off to reduce the diesel used per year. All the feasibility and engineering work are to be done by Kisik staff with their contractors, with an Indigenous doctoral student from the University of Manitoba assisting with community engagement. Community engagement will help the community build their capacity and interest in solar energy. Community programs to ensure local well-trained staff receive the jobs and have back-up supports requires some training programs. This program will not be limited to the clean energy champions but extend to the community and school-aged children.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shirley Thompson

Student:

Trea StormHunter

Partner:

Kisik Marketing & Communication Ltd.

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Energy

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Piece of Mind: arts-based knowledge translation of Parkinson’s disease research and lived experience

academic sphere, and limit interactions with the stakeholder community. This project promotes meaningful collaboration for the co-construction of knowledge around Parkinson’s disease (PD), using the performing arts as an interactive tool for knowledge translation. Piece of Mind brings together researchers, performing artists, and persons affected by PD to create a performance piece based on scientific research and lived experience. We expect the creative process to foster knowledge exchange and empathy between participants, and the resulting performance to engage a wide audience on both an intellectual and emotional level. Our hope is that this research-creation project will 1) facilitate research uptake outside the academic community, and 2) present a more holistic, person-centered view of PD. As a key stakeholder in the Canadian PD community, Parkinson Québec will benefit through direct access to the resulting knowledge translation materials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stefanie Blain-Moraes

Student:

Naila Kuhlmann

Partner:

Parkinson Québec

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

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