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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering - chemical / biological

Examining the ParticipACTION mobile app to promote physical activity among people who identify as women

Many Canadians currently do not meet government guidelines for weekly physical activity, particularly among people who identify as women. Media health (mHealth) such as fitness apps and tracking devices can help people to be more physically active. One such resource that has been developed for individuals living in Canada is the ParticipACTION mobile app. However, there has been little research that has examined how effective the ParticipACTION app is for increasing physical activity among individuals who identify as women. Therefore, this research project aims to understand whether the mobile app helps to increase physical activity among women who use the app. The research project also aimed to understand women’s views on the app, including likes and dislikes, as well as what can be improved in the app to help them be more physically active and engaged with app content.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Katherine Tamminen

Student:

Rachel Clare Dunn

Partner:

ParticipACTION

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Development of optimized contact materials for interconnect layers in reversible solid oxide fuel cells for the conversion of CO2 and H2O to syngas

SeeO2 Energy has developed world-leading catalysts for reversible solid oxide fuel cell (RSOFC) systems with promising performance to produce syngas from H2O:CO2 feeds. The company has scaled-up the technology and has moved closer towards commercialization by building larger cells. However, assembling the RSOFC stack presents challenges due to issues associated with contact materials especially at the oxygen side of interconnects. The contact material connects the respective electrodes and interconnect and provides high electrical conduction paths between the interconnect and electrodes. To this end, SeeO2 Energy has been working towards optimizing contact materials for use in assembling a RSOFC stack. Finding an optimized contact material for RSOFC stack is an important step towards commercialization. Proposed project aims to develop a highly electrically conductive, chemically and thermally stable contact material for RSOFC stack, which can facilitate long-term operation. The optimized contact material will fulfill following requirements: high electronic conductivity and matching thermal expansion coefficient values with other cell components, and appropriate sintering activity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Trudel

Student:

Santiago Jimenez Villegas

Partner:

SeeO2 Energy

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Minimization of Switching Power Converter Ripples in RF Power Amplifier Circuits

As the power processing density in new technologies such as 5G and 6G increases, reduction of ripples caused by switching power converter operation becomes a gradually more difficult design problem to solve. Analysis of these ripples and exploring various methods for the ripple reduction in the RF power amplifier circuits are the main topics for this project. Except of developing and evaluation of various HW solutions for the ripple reduction, additional benefits for the partner organization include improving the design process by reusing algorithms developed for i) analysis of ripple voltage in circuits with switching power converters, ii) analysis of currents through electrolytic capacitors, and iii) design of the switching power converters. On the intern’s side, working on the project will create opportunity to gain industrial experience, specifically learning new skills and acquiring knowledge in the power supply area, and also learning the design process from the industry leader.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michel Nakhla;Xiaoyu Wang;Ram Achar

Student:

Tohid Rahimi;Ye Tao

Partner:

Ericsson Canada

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Building Capacity for Campus Suicide Prevention: A Policy Practice Partnership

Post-secondary student mental health is of great concern, with increased rates of anxiety, depression, feelings of isolation, and suicidality observed. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health stressors and concerns about campus suicides, already on the rise. In response, the BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions has funded the BC Campus Suicide Prevention Initiative (CSPI), partnering with the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC division (CMHA BC) who will distribute funding and offer technical support to all 25 BC publicly funded post-secondary institutions. This HSIF project will evaluate the implementation and early impacts of the CSPI, identify where further support is needed, and provide recommendations for how the public health system can ensure long-term and sustainable impacts and national scale-up to improve post-secondary suicide prevention and overall mental health and well-being. This study has the following aims: 1. to monitor early outcomes across the CSPI program’s implementation; 2. to understand the mediating role of CMHA BC (program administrator and technical support coordinator) in the collaborative processes and outcomes of participating post-secondary institutions; and 3. to assess scalability and sustainability of the CSPI in BC and nationally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emily Jenkins

Student:

Corey McAuliffe

Partner:

Canadian Mental Health Association

Discipline:

Nursing

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

AAV Vectored Immunoprophylaxis for Prevention of Respiratory Infectious Diseases

This project aims to provide an alternative therapeutic for the prevention and treatment of the virus responsible for COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, as well as respiratory syncytial virus and influenza. Using a single viral vector platform, we will deliver antibodies from human survivors of these diseases to provide sustained levels of protection against the virus for all patients, including the elderly and immunocompromised. This project will help Avamab Pharma Inc. brings its first treatment to clinical trials, with the ultimate goal of providing patient populations with a universal therapeutic treatment to combat a variety of respiratory pathogens of public health concern.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Wootton

Student:

Amira Rghei

Partner:

Avamab Pharma Inc

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Applications of ML/AI in Asset Management – part 1

ML/AI is widely used and deployed in many industries. Its deployment in Asset Management industry (and especially in Canadian pension fund sector) is significantly behind. Part of it is the fear of “black box” and what recommendation it gives. This sentiment is outdated as the recent advancements in ML/AI allow looking inside the “black box and thus focus on “white box” asset allocation recommendations.
Another reason is that asset management these days is the intersection of three disciplines: Financial Economics, Statistics, and Computer Science. The University system does not provide appropriate training program across these three pillars.
FIRM Labs fills these gaps, and brings together researchers from all three disciplines to work on one common problem – adapt the latest advancements in ML/AI for the better asset management practices. Doing this, we invest in the future of not only our Pension Funds system, but also the whole financial system in Montreal, and Quebec overall. ML/AI have shown around the glob to outperform traditional asset management practices. We help Quebec finance sector to adopt these practices by controlling the risks of misusing or incorrectly applying ML/AI to solve everyday problems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ruslan Goyenko

Student:

Chengyu Zhang

Partner:

Forum d'investissement alternatif de Montréal

Discipline:

Finance

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

McGill University

Program:

Exploring the Utility of TVISFD with MLSE LaunchPad in Moss Park

MLSE LaunchPad is a sport for development (SFD) organization in Moss Park, Toronto that uses sport and physical activity to build healthy communities. A trauma- and violence- informed approach is a treatment practice used to provide safe and inclusive spaces for traumatized youth, however, it is rarely incorporated in SFD programs. In collaboration with MLSE Launchpad, this research will explore how trauma- and violence- informed approaches are used in SFD to prevent gender-based violence and intersecting health inequities. Research participants will engage in arts-based methods and interviews to discuss their experiences in sports programming, including how their gender identities have impacted their experiences, and how these programs have impacted their health and well-being.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lyndsay Hayhurst

Student:

Julia Ferreira Gomes

Partner:

MLSE LaunchPad

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a wet fractionation process for producing millet protein ingredients

The quest for finding plant protein alternatives to traditional protein sources (e.g., meat, dairy, eggs and soy) used by the food industry is being driven by consumer demand for healthier choices, population growth, environmental sustainability and regulator influencers. Millet represents a staple food for developing countries, especially in Africa and Asia, and represents rich source of dietary fibre, minerals and B-complex vitamins. In terms of their protein content, levels range between 8-10% by weight. The present research focuses on developing a wet fractionation process (e.g., alkaline extraction followed by isoelectric precipitation) to obtain protein isolates with protein levels >80%, and then to characterize their functional properties (e.g., solubility, emulsification, foaming and water/oil holding capacities) and their protein quality (e.g., amino acid profile, digestibility and PDCAAS). Depending on the protein ingredients yield and functionality, the process will be scaled up at GFR Ingredients (Alberta) to gain sufficient quantities of materials for product application testing. This new ingredient could be positioned to fill the market gap in the emerging plant protein sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Nickerson

Student:

Abhiroop Mookerjee

Partner:

Rainfed Foods Ltd.

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Guidelines for Evaluating Service Programming for Autistic Adults: A Patient-Oriented Perspective on Service Evaluation using Functional Criteria

Currently there are few standards for evaluating service delivery, and since health care service delivery is a domain of the provinces, new health care services need to be tested and evaluated in each province before being widely offered. This leads to inefficiency in evaluations as well as unequal access to new services across the country. Also, the evaluations that are done are usually based on what the service delivery organization values about the programming rather than what the patient community served by the programming values. This project proposes creating sets of guidelines for evaluating service programs for autistic adults using functional criteria, criteria based on functional needs rather than diagnosis, determined by stakeholder engagement, including engagement with autistic adults, clinicians, and service providers, via focus groups. These guidelines would account for the variability of symptoms that can present in autistic adults, due to the focus on functional needs rather than diagnosis, and these guidelines would also increase efficiency and comparability in service evaluation and health care service delivery to the autism community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stelios Georgiades

Student:

Mackenzie Salt

Partner:

Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorder Alliance

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Elevate

Journeys through Early Learning and Care

The Mitacs project will build on the findings of a 2019 study and explore the experiences of newcomer families—specifically those in the cultural minority—with children 0-5 years old in community-based early learning and child care (ELCC) in Edmonton. The study will look at the lived experiences of these families as they access and receive ELCC in Edmonton, and see what opportunities exist to bridge the gap between cultural minorities and mainstream ELCC to shift approaches and practices. This will ultimately help identify how ELCC service providers can utilize evidence to inform systems change to meet their organizational goals and client needs. Hence, the Mitacs project will benefit the United Way in one of its three primary focus areas, namely breaking the cycle of poverty through early learning and development support, as well as the ECN’s and SSHRC PG’s goals and foci in knowledge creation and evidence discovery for action. ECN will particularly be able to use this Mitacs project to explore the impacts of a community-driven and culturally relevant evaluation practice that supports families and children and contributes to the long-term well-being and development of children.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rebecca Gokiert

Student:

Primitivo Ilumin

Partner:

United Way

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Applications of ML/AI in Asset Management – part 2

ML/AI is widely used and deployed in many industries. Its deployment in Asset Management industry (and
especially in Canadian pension fund sector) is significantly behind. Part of it is the fear of “black box” and what recommendation it gives. This sentiment is outdated as the recent advancements in ML/AI allow looking inside the “black box and thus focus on “white box” asset allocation recommendations.
Another reason is that asset management these days is the intersection of three disciplines: Financial
Economics, Statistics, and Computer Science. The University system does not provide appropriate training program across these three pillars.
FIRM Labs fills these gaps, and brings together researchers from all three disciplines to work on one common problem – adapt the latest advancements in ML/AI for the better asset management practices.
Doing this, we invest in the future of not only our Pension Funds system, but also the whole financial system in Montreal, and Quebec overall. ML/AI have shown around the glob to outperform traditional asset
management practices. We help Quebec finance sector to adopt these practices by controlling the risks of misusing or incorrectly applying ML/AI to solve everyday problems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ruslan Goyenko

Student:

WenJing Cai

Partner:

Forum d'investissement alternatif de Montréal

Discipline:

Economics

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

McGill University

Program:

Performance Evaluation of Solvent Co-Injection Scenarios in Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD)-Based Bitumen Recovery

Through the outlined objectives and methodologies, this project aims at evaluating the performance of the solvent assisted bitumen recovery techniques under various operation scenarios and in presence of reservoir heterogeneities. The objectives are fulfilled through advance numerical reservoir simulation studies, detailed review of the present technologies, and analyzing the laboratory/field production results. Ms. Fazlyeva will be accomplishing the outlined tasks under direct supervisions of senior reservoir engineering and technology developers. By building a solid and comprehensive understanding of the physics and fundamentals of solvent aided bitumen recovery processes, COP can optimize its future solvent applications to ensure maximized bitumen recovery and substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sudarshan (Raj) Mehta

Student:

Rita Fazlyeva

Partner:

ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corporation

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

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