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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering - chemical / biological

Intelligent Query and Learning System (IQLS)

Intelligent Query and Learning System (IQLS) is a web application that offers a platform for a business owner, product seller, service provider, doctor, engineer or anyone with a goal of providing service to their client or audience. Using this platform, an individual can train the system with information related to their business, service, or product, and the system becomes ready to answer related questions to their followers or audience who are interested in the service or product. Providing answers to the questions of the clients can help to increase sales and grow the business. The platform provides question-answering scope to the users by means of a public URL or web page where the audience can ask questions. A part of their trained knowledge could be shared with someone else having a similar query, hence the platform can be used from people all around the world.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hossam Gaber

Student:

Sk Sami Al Jabar

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

Cloud-based analysis platform for in-house DNA sequencing: plasmid validation

Biological manufacturers are now starting to make chemicals and biological products (like proteins) by growing large amounts of microorganisms like bacteria or algae. One major quality control step in the manufacturing process is to check the genetic sequences of these microorganisms because they often not correctly made. This is due to the biological method for manipulating the sequences is not perfect. To check that the genetic sequences are correct, manufacturers typically send samples for DNA sequencing at international service providers. Recent advances in DNA-sequencing technology allow for this to be done in-house, but it requires specialized computers and software skills. We are therefore developing an easy-to-use web application for advanced biological manufacturers to verify genetic sequences in-house, which will significantly speed up the manufacturing process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Gloor

Student:

Daniel Giguere

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Design and Prototype of Hybrid Battery Management System (HBMS) to Supply Economic Energy Storage Solution in Ultra-Cold Climate

The battery is considered as the source of power for electric transport. The performance of the battery drops at low temperature which reduces the mileage of Electric Vehicle (EV). This issue is hindering the widespread adoption of EV in cold places like Canada. The Low-Temperature Battery (LTB) can be used in EV to solve the low milage problem in extreme cold temperature, but its cost is around three times higher than the Normal Temperature Battery (NTB). So, using the LTB in an EV is not economically feasible. In this Hybrid proposed Battery Management System, LTB will be used to warm up the NTB in extremely cold weather, and NTB will be used to drive the EV. A controller will control the warm-up process based on the temperature data. All the protections (over-heating, over-voltage, over-current, etc) for LTB & NTB will be ensured in this project to determine system fesability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hossam Gaber

Student:

Md. Ibrahim Adham

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

Enhancing the charge speed, useable capacity, and cycle life of lithium-ion battery packs using a novel health-conscious fast charging and active balancing strategy

One crucial difficulty with fast charging lithium-ion battery packs is the possibility of battery capacity deterioration if not properly managed. Fast charging electric vehicles for example, should involve ensuring that each one of the thousands of cells are charged safely and are balanced to all the other cells if the range of the vehicle is to be maintained for several years. The most common way to safely charge and balance cells involves a lot of wasted energy and suboptimal capacity saving methods. Our proposed research deals with both these problems by closely managing the charging process as well as the health and charge discrepancies among cells while fast charging. Using a technology like this enables automated systems like vehicles or robots to last long and spend more time on the road as opposed to charging.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xianke Lin

Student:

Olaoluwa (Joseph) Ojo

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

Design of a Wearable Soft Sensor to monitor Skin Health

For people with mobility impairments, such as spinal cord injury survivors, rehabilitation and at home care settings come with the possibility of costly, painful pressure ulcers and skin breakdown. Occurring at a high frequency, current practice requires constant vigilance by caretakers and individuals using self-management practices. This injury comes from a prolonged application of pressures, temperatures and humid environments causing the skin to die from a lack of blood flow, usually from situations that an able-bodied person can avoid, but those with mobility impairments cannot. Our research project looks to create a wearable garment, personalised to the individual, that provides information to the user and caretaker on how best to adjust the body’s pose and placement to prevent pressure ulcer formation beyond the current “visual inspection” approach commonly used to decrease pressure ulcer risk.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Tung

Student:

Christian Mele

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

The Pharmacokinetics Evaluation of HDAC6-selective Inhibitors for Use in Therapeutic Strategies

Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is a protein known to be involved in a wide array of cancers. Although there are currently 4 approved HDAC inhibitors to date, these drugs lack the selectivity to only target HDAC6, given its high structural similarities with 10 other HDAC proteins, resulting in severe side-effects in patients such as nausea, diarrhea, and cardiac toxicities. Moreover, these approved drugs are also easily eliminated by the body, requiring the patients to take high doses frequently, further worsening the toxicity profile. To mitigate these drawbacks, we have developed >500 molecules with exceptional potency, HDAC6-selectivity, and stability. With promising efficacy in cancer cell models, the next aim of our research is to evaluate the stability of these compounds. We hope to use the pharmacokinetics profiles obtained to guide the development of stable, effective and safe molecules as the next generation of disease-modifying treatment for T-cells prolymphocytic leukaemia.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Gunning

Student:

Nabanita Nawar

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Program:

Washable wearables for affordable and aesthetic augmentation of visuo-tactile sensory-perception enhancement in mixed reality

The inclusion of touch and physical sensations from within Virtual Reality and other Mixed Reality experiences provides exciting opportunities from both an entertainment and academic perspective. Enhancing immersive integration within these environments is useful, beneficial and thus highly desired- whether we are looking to develop skills for use in challenging technical and medical or dangerous environments; physical-therapy work needing sensitive hand interaction; enhancing creative tools that use gestures and full-body movement; transferring realistic and complex sensations in virtual games or educational settings; understanding our sensory-perception systems under unique circumstances; or even social implications of regaining touch within available digital technologies. This internship addresses the open-problem of touch-based sensations from a perspective that values technical development methodologies focused on solutions that are: low-cost; open-source; accessible; washable; lightweight; and aesthetic. Wearable on the wrist and fingertips- this flexible prototype has the potential to provide greater access to viable developments in increased virtual sensory-perception.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Graham Wakefield

Student:

Sarah Vollmer

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Thermal analysis of heat capture and upgrade systems for thermochemical hydrogen production

In order to meet Canada’s need for emissions-free hydrogen fuel, we aim to develop the Copper-Chlorine (Cu-Cl) thermochemical hydrogen production cycle into a pilot-plant which can be used to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of the process. An important portion of this development is research into how to integrate the Cu-Cl cycle with a waste heat source. By utilizing waste heat capture and upgrade, the Cu-Cl cycle can generate hydrogen fuel using energy that otherwise would be radiated into the environment. This project will involve a thermodynamic model of the Cu-Cl cycle which integrates waste heat capture and upgrade systems, allowing for multiple industrial waste heat sources to be considered. This model would also help the integration of the Cu-Cl cycle with dedicated thermal sources to generate large amounts of clean, emissions-free hydrogen fuel.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamiel Gabriel

Student:

Leonard Finney

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

A combination host-pathogen rapid diagnostic technology for decentralized monitoring of respiratory infections

Current testing for SARS-CoV-2 focuses on detection of the pathogen via isolated nucleic acids, routinely from nasopharyngeal swabs. To our knowledge, no approved clinical SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests using nasopharyngeal swabs incorporate measurements of host responses at the time of diagnosis. Monitoring host responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection is important, as stratification of COVID-19 patients based on host responses is predictive of mortality. Conveniently, host nucleic acids can be isolated from the same swab used for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, providing an efficient means for early and simultaneous measurement of both host and viral transcripts.
We will generate algorithms for predicting patient morbidity/mortality and healthcare system utilization by correlating host transcriptome profile from COVID-19 diagnostic swabs with clinical outcomes of cases and controls.
Our results will define the relationship between host transcriptome responses and COVID-19 disease progression will i) identify high-risk patients that would benefit from early intervention strategies and ii) provide predictive capacity for hospitals to efficiently prepare and allocate resources for optimal patient health.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeremy Hirota

Student:

Dayna Mikkelsen

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Building a Digital Development Readiness Tool with Indigenous Communities

This project will develop a new tool to identify strengths and needs in communities. This tool will be designed for and designed with Indigenous communities. This project will be a partnership between an Indigenous tech company, Function Four, and a research team at the University of Winnipeg. F4 already has and digital community assessment tool and the team will build on this tool to create the comprehensive assessment tool. This tool will assess areas that include community infrastructure, food production, health, and sovereign wealth development in Indigenous communities. To develop the community assessment tool, the research team will engage Indigenous communities and leaders in all of the design and research stages. The outcome of this project will be a community assessment tool and process that is tailored for and respectful of Indigenous communities and culture.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ryan Bullock

Student:

Wayne Kelly

Partner:

Function Four

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Accelerate

Development of the McMaster Cough Monitor (MaCough)

Chronic cough is a persistent daily cough that lasts greater than eight weeks and affects 10% of the general population. It is associated with a significant burden on health and quality of life. In clinical practice, there are very limited tools in order to quantitively monitor cough. Existing products are too expensive and labor intensive, making it impractical for use in day-to-day clinical practice. This project is aimed to create a quantitative way for clinicians to be able to diagnose, assess and monitor cough more efficiently. We are developing a wearable cough monitor that will be lightweight, inexpensive and fully automated with an algorithm aimed to classify coughs from non-cough sounds. Therefore, this project will aid clinicians in diagnosing, monitoring and assessing cough more effectively to allow for better treatment and monitoring of patients. This project will give partner organizations an opportunity to continue to drive innovation and technology development in Canada as being the first fully automated cough monitor used in clinics to help diagnose patients with respiratory diseases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Imran Satia;Qiyin Fang

Student:

Mustafaa Abdul Wahab

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Printable/sprayable anti-infective and anti-fouling coatings based on biomedical-grade polymers

Despite substantial research efforts, the problems of spreading infectious diseases (such as COVID-19) through surface transmission and infections associated with medical devices persist. One promising solution is to apply a coating to the surface of concern that can provide effective surface disinfection. However, existing approaches typically provide only short-term disinfection effects (a few hours), contain materials having potential human or environmental health risks, or require specific fabrication steps that can be performed only during device manufacturing. Instead, the project proposed herein aims to develop and validate the use of water-based coatings made of biomedical-grade polymers that offer long-term disinfection, and can chemically bond to different surfaces of medical relevance using a facile application strategy (i.e. printing, dip-coating, or spraying) that would be scalable to industrial production and/or applicable at the point of care. We anticipate such coatings will offer a safer and longer-term solution to the challenge of surface disinfection.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Todd Ryan Hoare

Student:

Afshin Abrishamkar

Partner:

Incubate Innovate Network of Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

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