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Engineering - chemical / biological

Simplified Mathematical Models to Describe Ethylene Oxide Catalyst Activity and Selectivity

The scope of this project is to develop alternative simplified mathematical models for the description of ethylene oxide catalyst activity and selectivity decline based on plant historical data. The models will be employed and evaluated for on line performance monitoring and prediction. Adaptive, online model estimation procedures may be required for these purposes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Drs. Kim B. McAuley and Thomas J. Harris

Student:

Shaohua Wu

Partner:

Shell Global Solutions

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Chemicals

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Risk Rating Enhancement for Vancity

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity) and its subsidiary, Citizens Bank of Canada, is looking to improve its current commercial mortgage risk rating systems to better predict the default possibility of commercial mortgage loan customers. In this project, the intern will begin with familiarizing herself with the principles, processes and operation of the existing rating model and applications as well as understating the risk profile and loan performance data. Then, she will investigate, design and build the appropriate logistic regression models and run these models against the data collected by Vancity. Based on the results of thist testing, the model will be altered to optimize its performance. Finally, the intern will assess the portfolio-wide economic impact of the altered risk rating system in terms of changes in needed capital reserves and the return on capital.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Dan Putler

Student:

Jane Zhu

Partner:

Vancity Credit Union

Discipline:

Finance

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Predicting suitable habitat for deep-sea corals in BC

Although the existence of deep-sea coral reefs has been known for centuries, it is only in the last decade that interest and understanding of these ecosystems have increased. There is a growing concern about the diversity and magnitude of anthropogenic (human) threats to these fragile habitats. Bottom trawling poses by far the largest threat. These corals are in need of protection, but a lack of basic information on the distribution and extent of deep sea corals in BC is constraining managers’ ability provide this protection. The project to be conducted by the intern and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, a wilderness protection organization, aims to fill some basic information gaps by determining the known distribution of deep-sea corals within the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone, generating a model which uses environmental data to predict suitable habitat for the corals and identifying areas of interest and gaps in information that can help focus future research and conservation efforts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Isabelle Côté

Student:

Jessica Finney

Partner:

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Platform Prototyping for Haptic Steering Research

In “shared control” of a machine, a user works cooperatively with an intelligent system to continuously direct or steer the machine’s operation. In this project with Spark Robotics Technology Inc., a provider of products and services for the defense and security industry, the research team will apply this concept to the problem of navigating or searching information streams. More broadly, the intern is investigating the use of haptic (touch) feedback to render information streams in a usable manner (simple, unintrusive), in the context of mobile computing where visual (graphic) feedback is highly constrained.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Karon E. MacLean

Student:

Idin Karuei

Partner:

Spark Robotics Technology Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Network Architecture for the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Array

Kintama Research Corporation is the developer of the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) acoustic tracking array, which monitors the continental shelf and major river systems in the west coast of North America. This array provides measurements on the marine movements and survival of Pacific salmon and other fish. Kintama is interested in the design of a network architecture to allow near real-time remote access to the underwater hydrophones sited on bridges or other fixed structures along the rivers. The proposed network architecture aims to interconnect different sensors across the river by using the commercial, off-the-shelf components, remotely monitor the status and performance of the sensor nodes, issue commands to the individual sensors to upload the data when desired and allow remote access via several different existing communications technologies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Vincent Wong

Student:

Vahid Shah-Mansouri

Partner:

Kintama Research Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Mathematical and statistical synthesis of sea lice and salmon population dynamics in the Broughton Archipelago

The David Suzuki Foundation, a science-based Canadian environmental organization, and an intern from the University of Alberta will analyze data on sea lice and Pacific salmon population dynamics using mathematical and statistical techniques. The project will have three components: (1) evaluate how well current management actions work to protect wild juvenile salmon from sea lice from farmed salmon; (2) evaluate how sea lice affect the susceptibility of juvenile salmon to predators and how this can mediate the effect of sea lice from farmed salmon on wild salmon populations; (3) reconcile conflicting observations of infestations in the field and high resistance to sea lice in experiments. Together these analyses will contribute to the scientific understanding of how sea lice from salmon farms threaten wild salmon and how well current management works to protect wild salmon.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Mark Lewis

Student:

Martin Krkosek

Partner:

David Suzuki Foundation

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Machine Translation for Social Gaming

This project with Koolhaus Games, an electronic game developer, aims to use state-of-the-art natural language processing technology as part of a novel and innovative social networking and social gaming engine. Social networking games are popular, particularly among children, and the team hopes to use natural language processing technology to provide a transparent, multi-lingual interface for communication between children from various countries who speak different languages. The over-riding concern is also to provide a safe and secure environment, so that a natural language interface cannot be used to violate any user's privacy and security.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Anoop Sarkar

Student:

Dong Song

Partner:

Koolhaus Games

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Digital media

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Highly Sensitive Magnetometer

This internship with Photon Control, a Vancouver-based engineering design, development, and manufacturing company is the first phase of a project to design a highly sensitive magnetometer that will act as a non-invasive interface of a human brain to a machine or computer though many other commercial applications of this device are also anticipated. Electrochemical activity in the brain can be interpreted as a “signal” which in turn can be manipulated by a computer to derive information related to thoughts or intentions. These manipulated signals can be used to, for example, control a motorized wheelchair or a computer mouse effectively bypassing spinal chord injuries or severe disabilities. Recent innovations in optical magnetometry have enabled devices of greater sensitivity to these biomagnetic fields to be produced and have created new opportunities for biomedical applications such as the one mentioned. Further applications in geology and navigation are among a growing list of potential applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Andrew Rawicz

Student:

Stephen Guy Roy

Partner:

Photon Control

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Estimating Abundance and Other Population Parameters for Harlequin Ducks

Harlequin Ducks were marked with individually numbered tags over a 12 year period. In each year, new birds were marked and some of the older birds were resighted. Based on the pattern of when these marks are seen, important parameters such as the abundance, survival rates, and migration rates of the ducks can be estimated. The study undertaken by the intern has a number of unique features (e.g. only resightings are done at some occasions; males are not present at some occasions; the parentage of chicks is known from banding studies) so that new mark-recapture methods of analysis need to be developed. These new methods will be used to estimate abundance, the effect of pair-bonding on individual survival rates; and the influence of parental lineage on juvenile survival.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Carl Schwarz

Student:

Wendell Challenger

Partner:

Bighorn Wildlife Technologies Ltd.

Discipline:

Statistics / Actuarial sciences

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Oral Appliance Technology for the Treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children

The overall objective of this pilot study is to develop design, manufacturing and clinical protocols for the application of Klearway’s oral appliance therapy to a child population. By evaluating orthodontic records (questionnaires, x-rays and dental study models) together with blood oxygen levels before and after treatment, new applications for Klearway’s oral appliance use and new protocols in children may be defined. Five to ten children enrolled in the undergraduate orthodontic clinical program at the University of British Columbia will be recruited. The pilot sample is small to allow for design, laboratory and clinical protocol development in a structured manner which will be labour intensive until all the protocols redefined. As the deciduous dentition “baby teeth” transitions to adult teeth, up to three teeth in each arch can be completely relieved and adequate retention will be maintained. Selected patients may need more than one appliance manufactured. Patients will be instructed to wear the oral appliance at night only and will be seen approximately monthly for the 10 month test period. Standard clinical assessments to ensure that the effects are not simply postural in nature will be undertaken art each appointment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Alan A. Lowe

Student:

Hiroko Tsuda

Partner:

Space Maintainers Laboratories (Vancouver) Ltd.

Discipline:

Dentistry

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Development and evaluation of an integrated modeling approach for a risk analysis of alternative Oil Sands reclamation strategies

Considerable information has been acquired on soil dynamics in areas under oil sands reclamation and a variety of models have been developed that simulate moisture dynamics and ecosystem productivity. However, to date, nutrient and moisture dynamics have been considered largely in isolation; for models to be useful in reclamation, they need to be capable of representing how soil moisture influences nutrient cycling, how available moisture limits vegetation growth and how ecosystem development can change nutrient cycles and moisture dynamics. In this project with FORRX Consulting, the FORECAST model will be calibrated with available data to simulate the soil conditions and the combination of plants and trees to get back a productive forest in the reclaimed sites under different climates. FORECAST is used to simulate the effect of different nutrient and moisture conditions on tree growth, to find the optimum combination of fertilization, soil type and plant and tree species most likely to develop in the target forest. Results of this research will provide guidelines for the companies to get certified reclamation plans.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. James P. Kimmins

Student:

Juan A. Blanco

Partner:

FORRx Consulting Inc.

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Forestry

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Datapath Modeling of a Network Element

Zeugma Systems is currently developing the next generation wireline networking equipment which allows the telecommunication service providers to deliver multimedia services over bandwidth constrained infrastructure. The platform of this equipment contains various 3rd party, off-the-shelf, packet switching and processing devices. In this project, queuing models and network simulators will be used to analyze the system level behaviour of this platform. The simulation model includes various traffic management and scheduling algorithms. The performance metrics include the system throughput, average packet loss rate, average packet transfer delay, and packet jitter. The end results of this project allow the sponsoring company: (a) to evaluate the performance of their proposed algorithms, (b) to identify any potential system design issues and bottlenecks, and (c) to provide recommendations on system configuration and parameters tuning.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Vincent Wong

Student:

Chi Sun

Partner:

Zeugma Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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