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13270 Completed Projects

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Wave Diffraction of Floating Structures in Partially Frozen Seas

The objective of the proposed project is to develop a mathematical model to compute the wave diffraction force on a floating structure partially frozen or surrounded by an ice sheet. The horizontal and vertical forces on the cylinder and bending stress in the ice plate will be computed. The results will be compared with those by decoupled solutions. The research results will improve the understanding of the coupled wave-ice-structure interaction and will lay a foundation for the development of a comprehensive simulator to simulate floating structures in harsh environments.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Wei Qui

Student:

Qingyong Yang

Partner:

NRC - Institute for Ocean Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Statistical Qualification of an Existing Industry-held “Malware” Feature Set

ParetoLogic Inc is a Victoria, BC-based software company which develops anti-spyware solutions. Maintaining the accuracy and completeness of their products’ spyware detection capabilities is a key business need in the competitive anti-spyware marketplace. Currently, maintaining the requisite spyware signature database is a human-intensive effort, relying on highly-skilled personnel to both collect and analyze potentially malicious code. With the continued growth and expansion of spyware technologies and approaches relying solely on human efforts to perform these tasks is seen as untenable from a business perspective. Hence, ParetoLogic Inc. has embarked on a project to automate significant portions of the code collection and adjudication processes required to maintain the completeness and accuracy of the spyware detection database. To this end, ParetoLogic has recorded run-time “features” exhibited by 2,000 collected real-world spyware examples. The company wishes to formally statistically qualify the “quality” of the chosen features with respect to their ability to a) differentiate spyware (and more generally, malware) from benign code examples, and b) to differentiate classes of malware between each other. Additionally, the company wishes to identify possible “patterns” within the feature data which are indicative of malware or malware classes. Thus, the purpose of this internship is to perform this formal, statistical qualification and pattern identification work.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Stephen Neville

Student:

Mohammed El Gamal

Partner:

ParetoLogic Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of the SyncWave Power Resonator

SyncWave Energy Inc (SEI) is a domestic developer of wave energy conversion technology. In 2008, SyncWave aims to deliver small, commercial SyncWave Power Resonators for servicing isolated communities and offshore installations. In parallel with experimental of the first prototype unit, named CHARLOTTE, SEI is collaborating with UVic researchers on the development of a tuning device named SWELS. In order to implement SWELS in CHARLOTTE, it is necessary to use linear mathematical models and optimization algorithms to determine how SWELS should be controlled with changing wave frequencies and heights. The intern will use experimental data gathered in January 2007 to validate SWELS and the mathematics used to govern its operation. If good correlation is observed, the linear modelling will be extended to create a non-linear simulator that will be the primary design tool in the development of commercial units for 2008.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Bradley Buckham

Student:

Scott Beatty

Partner:

SyncWave Energy Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Modelling of Hydrogen Storage Materials

This research involves the study and development of materials that can store large amounts of hydrogen for use as a fuel in the impending “Hydrogen Economy”. This project will establish a modelling program that will dovetail with, and augment, the company’s experimental work. Calculations will be carried out on a wide range of potential hydrogen storage systems and only the most promising of these will continue to the experimental stage.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Sean McGrady

Student:

Peter Sirsch

Partner:

HSM Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Fuel cells

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Mathematical Modelling of Small Craft Motion

Simulation training is widely used in the aircraft industry to train pilots to operate aircraft. Likewise, ship bridge simulators are used to train the crews of large vessels. The efficacy of this type of training is recognized by international standards and is often required by regulations. A new application of simulation training technology is being developed by Virtual Marine Technology in co-operation with researchers at Memorial University. Specifically, they have developed immersive training simulators for small vessels such as lifeboats and fast rescue craft. The simulated environment is ideal for exposing trainees to safety critical and dangerous operations which include common in lifeboat evacuations and fast rescue craft operations. To be effective, the simulated environment must represent reality with a high degree of fidelity. This requires accurate mathematical models of complex phenomena, such as vessel motions in a seaway. This internship project deals with modelling the impact processes typical of lifeboat launching and fast rescue craft slamming when underway in waves. New mathematical models of this phenomenon will be developed, verified and validated and then incorporated in a simulation environment where it will improve the training provided to mariners. Ultimately, it will improve the safety of life at sea.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Brian Veitch

Student:

Mandeep Singh Pruthi

Partner:

Virtual Marine Technology Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

LCD Colour Correction of LED Back Light Arrays

A High Dynamic Range display is a display that can reproduce a wider range of image intensities than typical displays – that is, a range more closely matching the capabilities of the human visual system. Specifically, BrightSide Technologies’ DR37-P display can produce an eye-squinting 4000 cd/m2 (as bright as a ceiling fluorescent light) or as dim as 0 cd/m2. This large range is achieved by replacing the array of “always on” fluorescent tubes in a traditional LCD display with an array of individually-controlled high-power white LEDs, with image processing algorithms calculating for each input image the modulation pattern for the LEDs and LCD. However, due to manufacturing variability of the LEDs, each having a different “colour” of white, the resulting image may look yellowish in one area and bluish in another. This research project will seek to measure and model the output of each of the LEDs in an HDR display and correct for their variation in colour by adjusting the filter responses of the LCD panel of the HDR display. The relevant mathematical techniques to be applied include multidimensional data modelling, especially dimensionality reduction techniques, practical methods for optimization, as well as concepts and algorithms from image processing and color theory.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Richard Zhang

Student:

Xiaoxing Li

Partner:

BrightSide Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Intensity Adjustments for Authentic Image Display and Perception in High Dynamic Range Imaging

New High dynamic range (HDR) display devices are being developed which have contract ratios 300 times greater than existing LCD displays. These HDR displays are the first that are able to fully represent the range of intensities that are produced by illuminated objects on a sunny day, and are joining HDR cameras and file formats in creating a pipeline from image capture/construction to display that is able to maintain much higher image fidelity than was previously possible. Part of the pipeline includes techniques for expanding the dynamic range of low dynamic range (LDR) imagery to take advantage of the capabilities of HDR displays. In collaboration with BrightSide Technologies, the research will develop and use mathematical models of images that occur in nature (natural image statistics) to guide the LDR to HDR expansion so that the resultant images approximate their real-world representations as authentically as possible.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Wolfgang Heidrich

Student:

Allan Rempel

Partner:

BrightSide Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

FOCI and its Implementation in Industry

Geo-X Processing, Divestco Inc., a Canadian seismic processing contractor, is seeking to enter a new segment of the market, the so-called “depth imaging” market, by Q3 2007. The company is currently developing a comprehensive suite of depth imaging algorithms aimed at competing in the above market, but currently lacks a certain sophisticated tool. Such a tool has been recently developed at the University of Calgary, called the “FOCI algorithm”. In the proposed internship research project, the intern will first insert the FOCI algorithm into a skeleton provided by Geo-X with the end result being a leading-edge prestack wave equation migration algorithm which can, in laymen’s terms, product accurate images of the earth’s subsurface in the presence of complicated geology. The intern will further assist with assessing this new migration algorithm’s efficacy compared to an existing conventional Geo-X migration algorithm, which also seeks to produce an image of the earth’s subsurface, but which is known to give a less accurate image when the geology is very complex.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Michael Lamoureux

Student:

Wentao Sun

Partner:

Divestco Inc.

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Oil and gas

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating Forest Machine Operator Musculoskeletal Health

The intern will conduct a detailed cross-sectional study of ergonomic issues impacting operators of typical tree-harvesting machines used in Atlantic Canada. Operators from forest products companies will be recruited for this study. Data will be collected from structured interviews, field testing and simulated forest machine tasks. Recommendations will be developed to provide both owners and operators with the information they need to analyze current operational practices, in order to develop ergonomic guidelines, which will reduce workplace injuries and stress, and increase machine efficiencies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Usha Kuruganti

Student:

Dawn Santucci

Partner:

IRSST - Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Forestry

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Computational Fluid Dynamics for Computer Gaming

As computer hardware becomes more powerful, the ability to produce effects approximating physical phenomena in soft real-time for computer games becomes an achievable and important goal for game realism. Interactive smoke effects are one such phenomenon. Despite advances in game architecture, however, computing gas/fluid motion with a high degree of physical accuracy is prohibitively expensive. This project's immediate goal is to research the optimal balance of physics and aesthetics so that this particular effect can be provided to gamers in soft real-time on current hardware. The ultimate goal is to deliver a working implementation to the partner company.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Mary-Catherine Kropinski

Student:

Todd Keeler

Partner:

Radical Entertainment

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Digital media

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Conservation Practices and the Infection Risk of Tick-borne Zoonotic Diseases in the Southern Okanagan

Biodiversity is critical in mediating, and even preventing, the spread of emerging zoonotic diseases, or diseases that are transmissible from wildlife to human populations. These include avian flu and Hantavirus. Understanding how threats to biodiversity conservation may also threaten human health is urgent, particularly as human development, changing environmental conditions and global trade are facilitating the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases. Biodiversity conservation planning could play an important role in mediating the impact of diseases on wildlife and human health through initiatives such as reducing habitat fragmentation and encouraging conservation-oriented development. This research will study the impacts of development and conservation activities on emerging zoonotic diseases in human and wildlife populations. The intern will focus on the relationship of land-use change and conservation efforts to the spread and impact of tick-borne zoonotic diseases, such as Lyme Disease in the Okanagan-Similkameen in BC. By doing so, the research will further our understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and emerging infectious disease and also to the nascent field of conservation medicine, where human and ecosystem concerns overlap.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Kai Chan

Student:

Jack Teng

Partner:

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Applying Dynamic Constraint Scheduling Technology to the Efficient Management of Emergency Responders

In this project, the intern research team is proposing to research and develop a Decision Support System (DSS) based on current research in constraint-based optimization, dynamic scheduling and probabilistic modelling. The Ottawa Paramedic Services (OPS) can use this system in their command and control centre to improve its operation and as a result improve the lives of the residents of Ottawa. The system is supposed to handle the burden of the combinatorial complexity while the human operator makes high level, strategic and tactical decisions. The basic underlying research problem is Dynamic Vehicle Routing Programming based on the probabilistic model of the problem.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Bill Havens

Student:

Saba Sajjadian

Partner:

Greenley and Associates Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

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