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Battery Management System for Lithium Polymer and Solid-State Batteries

Energy storage systems (ESS) are vital components in the power grid to ensure the reliable performance of the power grid integrated a considerable amount of renewable energy resources (DER). ESSs are employed to compensate for the unexpected changes in DERs and shift load during peak hours. ESSs are complex structures consisting of several series and parallel connected battery cells. Battery cells may have different characteristics due to the ambient temperature and aging differences. As a result, the operation limits of each battery cell vary. A battery management system (BMS) is responsible for assuring the safe operation of the battery cells in different operating conditions. The design of the battery management system is required to accommodate various types of cell chemistries. In this project, we develop an efficient and accurate battery management system for state-of-art battery chemistries, such as Solid-State batteries, to facilitate the adaptation of different battery cell chemistries in ESSs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benoit Boulet

Student:

Asal Zabetian-Hosseini

Partner:

Hydro-Québec

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Energy

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Study of the synergistic effects of fatigue and corrosion in CA6NM steels and welds for hydraulic turbine applications

In this project we propose to evaluate the synergistic effects of fatigue and corrosion to further understand the degradation mechanism of the alloys used by our partner. This will help the partner defining their total cost of ownership & develop mitigating corrosion strategies to ensure long term sustainability of their infrastructure. Specifically, we will i) study two types of soft martensitic stainless CA6NM (13%Cr-4%Ni) cast low carbon steel (as received and welded), ii) quantify their localized corrosion properties, iii) study the synergistic effect that static applied mechanical stress has on the corrosion behavior.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Janine Mauzeroll

Student:

Lindsay Grandy

Partner:

Hydro-Québec

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Energy

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Anaerobic Bioaugmentation of a PHC Groundwater Plume: Pilot-Scale Experiment

Bacterial cultures are sometimes added to groundwater to increase the rate of degradation of contaminants. Three cultures that are able to completely biodegrade their primary compound to non-toxic end products in the absence of oxygen have been enriched from contaminated soils. The goal of this project is to demonstrate the efficacy of these cultures in a controlled field experiment. High resolution temporal and spatial data will be collected to estimate degradation rates, and support a process level understanding. This novel work will allow SiREM and Geosyntec to further expand its technical expertise, and provide high-value opportunities for field applications of for a suite of contaminants not currently in their portfolio.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Neil Thomson

Student:

Adam E. Schneider

Partner:

SiREM

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Psilocybin as a potential treatment for social behavior (SB) disorders

Impaired empathy and social skills lead to severe social consequences and influence the development and treatment of several psychiatric disorders. Furthermore, empathy has been shown to play a crucial role in moral and prosocial behavior. Recently, a revamped interest for psychedelic compounds has invested the medical research community. For instance, psilocybin is a psychedelic compound which has been demonstrated to safely relieve depression in treatment-resistant depressive patients when used in a controlled setting. Intriguingly, a recent clinical study revealed that psilocybin significantly increased emotional empathy compared with placebo. Preliminary results from our laboratory showed that repeated administration of a non-hallucinogenic dose of lysergic acid diethylamide, a psychedelic compound sharing a similar mechanism of action with psilocybin, increases social behavior in mice. Therefore, we hypothesize that psilocybin can produce a similar prosocial effect via a serotonin mechanism and that it can be used to treat behavioral deficits in genetic mutant mice models of autism.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gabriella Gobbi

Student:

Michael Pileggi

Partner:

Diamond Therapeutics Inc.

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing the effects of neurofeedback through a comprehensive systematic review

Recently, principles gleaned from research on learning have been applied to change people’s brains. Specifically, there is evidence that how the brain communicates can be changed through the application of positive and negative reinforcement, a concept known as neurofeedback. Importantly, researchers claim that by changing how the brain communicates, neurofeedback can change behaviour and reduce clinical symptoms. As these techniques have grown in popularity, companies such as Neurotech Forty have applied neurofeedback to serve Canadians. However, due to variations in research quality, it is difficult for companies to discern quality research and where true neurofeedback effects are present. In the present work, we will undertake a systematic investigation of the literature to determine where consistent neurofeedback effects lie and provide an assessment of the quality of this work. The review undertaken for Neurotech Forty will allow the company to produce scientifically sound neurofeedback services, which in turn will allow Neurotech Forty to remain innovative and cutting edge.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Olav Krigoslon

Student:

Thomas Ferguson

Partner:

Neurotech Forty Inc.

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Other

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

An integrated watershed-lake framework for water quality assessment in Toronto Harbour and Region Waterfront – Year two

This project aims to develop an integrated watershed-lake framework for Don River watershed draining into the Toronto Harbour to assess the best management practices towards improving the water quality in Toronto and Region Area of Concern (AOC). The framework will evaluate the impacts of suspended solids and bioavailable nutrients delivered by surface runoff and lake upwelling events on Toronto Harbour water quality, and their subsequent effects on eutrophication and growth of undesirable algae. The proposed modelling framework consists of four main modules: the Don River watershed model, the .ne-dimensional water/sediment routing model for the Don River, a three-dimensional hydrodynamic-water quality model for the Toronto Harbour, and a Bayesian-inference risk assessment module. The development of this serial-model ensemble will also facilitate the simulation of other spill events (e.g., Escherichia coli bacteria release due to sanitary and combined sewer overflows, oil spills, bird droppings), thereby serving as a comprehensive management tool for policy analysis. Hence, the proposed research can benefit the local management practices to more rigorously assess the exceedance probability and confidence of compliance with different water quality standards.

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Faculty Supervisor:

George Arhonditsis

Student:

Ali Saber Sichani

Partner:

AEML Associates Ltd.

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Investigating the mechanistic links between cannabinoid and pain-related gene variants and functional measures of musculoskeletal pain – Year two

Pain is a combination of mental, physical and social factors. This makes it difficult to understand and even more difficult to treat. Chronic pain is unique to the individual, and to treat it effectively requires a better understanding of how pain is generated in each person. The goal of this study is to describe the relationships between inherited genes and the factors that affect pain, recovery, and people’s response to medication. The first phase of this study has 2 aims. The first aim is to describe the relationship between genes, pain, and recovery time. The second aim is to see if there are any differences between the drugs that people were prescribed and the ones that are recommended based on their genes. The second phase of this study is to look at the effects of cannabis medications on pain in the context of the underlying genes. This study will not only help to refine the use of gene-based strategies for drug prescription, but it will increase our understanding of how to prescribe cannabis medications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Walton

Student:

Joshua Lee

Partner:

Inagene

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Elevate

Investigating the effect of the Virtual Meditative Walk on brain in chronic pain conditions: A longitudinal fMRI study – Year two

The Virtual Meditative Walk (VMW) (1) is a well-developed therapeutic protocol that can be used alone or in combination with the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction techniques in an Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) environment. It has been shown to be effective in reducing pain levels in patients with chronic pain (CP); however, little is known about how IVRs such as VMW may affect pain processing networks in the brain. During this post-doctorate position, a longitudinal neuroimaging clinical trial will be designed and implemented to explore alterations in the brain after a course of the VMW in CP patients. Methods. Patients with CP will be recruited and randomly assigned to one of the VMW or MBSR based WMV groups. Initially, pain levels and resting-state and task-based functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging data will be acquired. Participants will then receive twelve 20-minute therapeutic sessions, three per week; post-scans and pain levels will thereafter be acquired. Following a three-month post-study period, patients’ pain levels will be acquired again.Benefits the partner. These findings may provide a neuroscientific explanation for analgesic effects of IVR therapy and support the Easa Therapeutics to provide better services to patients and develop more specialized VR protocols for chronic pain conditions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Diane Gromala;Halil Erhan

Student:

Zahra Ofoghi

Partner:

Easa Therapeutics

Discipline:

Interactive arts and technology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

Identifying subgroups of patients and predicting relapse in bipolar disorder: a prospective longitudinal study

Bipolar disorder affects 2.2% of Canadians and profoundly impacts their quality of life, functioning, and overall health. There is a major unmet need of understanding the illness course and knowing which patients will present a higher risk to develop worse outcomes. This knowledge is important to develop new preventative treatments. This project is aiming to develop an analysis using information (including sleep, physical activity, mood self-records) collected from patients using a wrist-worn device and a smartphone application in order to recognize distinct forms of bipolar disorder and detect when patients will relapse. The digital tool proposed in this project will be developed by the Mindpax company in collaboration with McMaster University and has the potential to enable individualized predictions of mood relapse using easily obtainable patient data. This creates the potential for preventative interventions rather than attempts to remediate relapses, thus improving patient’s quality of life.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Flavio Kapczinski

Student:

Bianca Pfaffenseller

Partner:

Mindpax GmbH

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Other

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Optimizing High Performance Distributed Computing Framework in Heterogeneous Environment System at Lakehead University

Universities in Canada and around the world are adopting the DCP (Distributed Compute Protocol) as a method of obtaining free, abundant compute resources for research and innovation. In doing so, IT departments are deploying DCP workers on fleets of desktop computers in departments, libraries and administration offices on campuses. All of these computers, once connected to the distributed computer, consume network bandwidth, switching, and power resources. DCP is unique. Other utilities such as networks, cloud compute, and/or other mainframe systems have existed for years. These have been characterized, configured and deployed in ever-more optimized ways. This project seeks to understand ways in which these deployments can be improved, negative impacts mitigated, and solutions optimized for Canadian University research and innovation by running a pilot project at Lakehead University.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Salimur Choudhury

Student:

Danial Akbarzadeh

Partner:

Kings Distributed Systems

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Accelerate

COVID-19 and resiliency: How Registered Practical Nurses working in long-term care adapt in times of personal, professional, and institutional crisis

Working in partnership, interdisciplinary professionals and the Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) Association of Ontario (WeRPN) aim to understand what contributes to and detracts from personal, professional and institutional resiliency for RPNs during COVID-19. This is a rare opportunity to learn from front-line workers directly during historical social periods, such as COVID-19, and even less often does the public become acutely aware of the residents’ social inequities within the long-term care (LTC) sector and the indispensable nature of the largest regulated LTC workforce. This partnership will research ongoing first-hand experiences of RPNs as a training project for Canadian students. This information will inform institution-level policy and practices to address the systemic challenges that have plagued the sector for years, offer solutions from invaluable front-line RPNs, and will be accessible to researchers and public audiences, globally

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Faculty Supervisor:

Denise Connelly

Student:

Cecilia Flores Sandoval

Partner:

WeRPN

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Other

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing the Market for the Finfish Vaccine

The aquaculture industry is growing rapidly worldwide and provides job opportunities as well as food for humans. However, diseases that are bacterial or viral, having a devastating effect on this sector. Every year huge economic losses are occurring due to bacterial diseases. Though there are several commercial vaccines available on the market, their efficacy is still questionable. By identifying potential markets, distribution channels, market needs, and the problems it addresses, it is possible to distribute an in-house vaccine that can further help farmers and the aquaculture industry by minimizing fish diseases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Javier Santander

Student:

Md Ahhmed Hossain

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic

Discipline:

Oceanography

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

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