Innovative Projects Realized

Explore thousands of successful projects resulting from collaboration between organizations and post-secondary talent.

13270 Completed Projects

1072
AB
2795
BC
430
MB
106
NF
348
SK
4184
ON
2671
QC
43
PE
209
NB
474
NS

Projects by Category

10%
Computer science
9%
Engineering
1%
Engineering - biomedical
4%
Engineering - chemical / biological

Hydrodynamic impacts on walleye (sander vitreus) egg and larval distribution and survival in

The primary determinant of fish population size accessible for fisheries is the survival beyond the egg and larval stages. To estimate the number of fish available for harvest therefore, modelers must be able to accurately predict the percent of fish that survive these early life stages. Many species, such as walleye, must reside in nursery areas to survive the larval stage and current flow is a major factor determining their retention in these areas. This internship will study the effects of currents on survival and swimming ability of larval walleye to allow better prediction of survival during storm events and other variations in water flow. The Ministry of Natural Resources, the partner organization for this work, will then be able to use these data to better construct models of year class strength when determining fishing limits and population health.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Dennis Higgs

Student:

Sarah Humphrey

Partner:

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Flexible Integrated Data Aquistion, Monitoring and Display System for the TRCA’s Sustainable

The project with Toronto and Region Conservation Authority , an agency that promotes the understanding, enjoyment and care of the natural environment, will entail the development of a robust data acquisition and monitoring system. This will be used for the long term performance evaluation of the various new and emerging green/sustainable/renewable housing technologies. The finished product will provide an impartial, robust hardware and software combination of monitoring and evaluation of the installed and future sustainable housing technologies in the two houses. The facility will be used by the researchers, building industry, trades and the public for sustainable building technologies R&D, demonstration, training, education and outreach.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Alan Fung

Student:

Dahai Zhang and Rupayan Barua

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Establishment of Energy Crops on Decommissioned Landfills; Exclusion of Biogas from the Plant Root Zone Using a Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL)

One of the principle drawbacks to the production of biofuels is the competition that is created with traditional food crops for land. The potential for decommissioned municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills to support energy crop production has been left largely uninvestigated in Canada and other parts of North America. One of the primary obstacles to the establishment of crops on MSW landfills is the presence of high concentrations of landfill biogas in the plant root zone. Total exclusion of these gases from the plant root zone may improve the ability of a landfill cover to support crop growth creating a suitable location for energy crop production while alleviating the competition with conventional agriculture. The internship with Niagara Waste Systems Ltd will investigate whether the use of a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) can effectively exclude biogas from the plant root zone thus, positively contributing to the establishment of energy crops on an MSW landfill in southern Ontario.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Raymond McBride

Student:

Rachel Slessor

Partner:

Niagara Waste Systems Ltd.

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Enhanced UV Treatment of Fluids through Fluid Instabilities

Ultraviolet reactors are currently used on a commercial scale to disinfect fluids such as drinking water and secondary effluent. However, current reactor designs are limited in their ability to treat optically thick fluids, due to the short penetration of the UV in these fluids. New reactor designs are required to overcome this problem. This internship will use computer modeling to simulate the behaviour of a novel reactor for treating fluids with UV radiation. The modeling will help to determine the critical design parameters for treating various fluids. Through these simulations, TROJANUV, a developer of water treatment solutions, will gain insights into the design and operating parameters for this reactor. More important, the research will provide general knowledge about the behaviour of UV reactors in cases where the UV penetration is poor, and how to overcome this challenge. This project is in partnership with the Canadian Water Network.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Ajay Ray

Student:

Mahmoud Housyn

Partner:

TROJANUV

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Solar Hot Water Heater Performance Monitoring Protocol and Equipment

The internship will entail the development of a flexible and robust data acquisition and monitoring system for the large‐scale long‐term performance evaluation of residential Solar DHW heating systems. The literature review will guide different alternative solar heating options. The expected result will provide flexible and portable hardware/software equipment and survey protocol for large scale monitoring and evaluation of solar DHW systems. This will provide the necessary information on when and how such systems can be deployed based on the energy, economic & environmental perspectives. This will lead to new business for Reliance Home Comfort, a provider of energy-efficient home comfort products and services, and at the same time foster faster adoption of renewable energy in Ontario/Canada. This is the first of three internships related to the proposed long‐term project.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Alan Fung

Student:

Abu Mohammad Ahsan

Partner:

Reliance Home Comfort

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Control Software Architecture for an Automated Specimen Processing Robotic

The project with Dynacon Inc., a company applying automation and robotic technology to microbiology industry, aims to design control software that drives an automated specimen processing robotic system. This robotic system automates the processes of handling and labelling biological specimen containers. It is used to increase the productivity of microbiology laboratories and quality of their results. This robotic system controller handles hundreds of specimen containers in a single run. The task requires operating tens of motors simultaneously, which increases the complexity of the controller software significantly. Moreover the system motion patterns should be customizable by the operator instead of the current factory customization. The project targets the development of the complex control software without compromising reliability, customizability and performance. The control software will run on a central processor and will communicate with the motors’ controllers in order to achieve the required functionality. An efficient design will guarantee the reliability, ease of testing and upgradeability of the system.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Magdy Salama

Student:

Wafik Moussa

Partner:

Dynacon Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Design Cycle for power electronic systems: from simulation to hardware implementation

Industrial Systems have become increasingly complex and hence their design requires extensive new tools and techniques. Computers and computer simulations play an important role in helping the design engineers in finding suitable solutions to the design of modern industrial systems. This Mitacs-Accelerate internship aims to improve the methods and techniques used in the computer aided design of power electronic systems incorporating optimization and combining it with a simulation program. It is expected the research will place the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre in a better position to supply its clients in the growingly important field of power and energy with a superior product that can enhance the design of future infrastructure.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Shahin Filizadeh

Student:

Chathura Patabandi Maddumage

Partner:

Manitoba HVDC Research Centre

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

A Review of Current Algorithms in Mine Ventilation Optimization

Mine ventilation is a process that accounts for 15‐22% of a company’s operating costs, and is responsible for up to 40% of energy consumed. With increasing pressure on mines to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, mining operations are forced to develop new design approaches and tools, and incorporate the latest mining technologies in order to lower production costs while meeting production, worker safety and environmental requirements. The research with MIRARCO, an applied research firm, integrates genetic algorithms principals with fluid modelling to determine optimal fan types, positions, air flow and pressure. This in turn moderates energy demands and results in immediate operational profitability without compromising productivity.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Julien Dompierre

Student:

Enrique Acuna Duhart

Partner:

MIRARCO

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Laurentian University

Program:

Accelerate

State of the Art Study of Civil Infrastructure for Advanced Rapid Transit

This project is in partnership with ISIS Canada. Bombardier’s Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) solution is a medium capacity transit system, filling the gap between street‐running trams (low capacity) and heavy rail metros (high capacity). This internship aims to understand the design decisions and how new approaches and technology can reduce the costs of civil infrastructure for ART systems. The prime focus of this study is on the guideway (beams, columns, footings) and its cost. Discussions with Bombardier engineers have helped the intern identify the following focus areas: Finding optimum span lengths, eliminating a second concrete pour for trackwork, and eradicating corrosion in neighbouring infrastructure by replacing steel reinforcement with Fibre Reinforced Polymers.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Amir Fam

Student:

Ray Saiedi

Partner:

Bombardier Transportation Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Simulation of Network Attacks

The rapid propagation of the Internet into nearly every aspect of daily life together with the increase in volume and sophistication of network attacks puts a special emphasis on the security of the network systems. Currently, security modeling and simulation is one of the widely acknowledged methods for network security evaluation. However, in spite of its fundamental role, the information and communication security domain still lacks the sound and comprehensive tools for assessment of network system state. This internship proposes to build a simulator; a tool which allows simulation of attacks and ‘what‐if’ scenarios to identify security loopholes and assess preparedness. The proposed simulator is of great interest to network administrators. Using this simulator the network administrator would be able to visualize attack scenarios and plan for response strategies before the attack occurs, substantially improving the survivability of the network.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Ali A. Ghorbani

Student:

Hanli Ren

Partner:

Q1 Labs

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Screening for Risky Cannabis Use in a Canadian Population Survey

The purpose of this internship with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse is to compare the effectiveness of two instruments that assess risky/problematic cannabis use (i.e. the ASSIST and the CUDIT), for predicting cannabis‐related harms in the new national survey of drug and alcohol use, and to recommend which of the two instruments be retained in future cycles of the survey. Second, the research will need to validate criteria (i.e. cut‐off scores) for identifying problematic/risky use of cannabis. Establishing valid criteria for identifying subclinical risky use of alcohol and illicit drugs is critical for the identification of targets for brief intervention. The final product will be a publication‐ready report detailing the recommendations and analyses supporting those recommendations.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Christopher G. Davis

Student:

Jennifer Thake

Partner:

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Rehabilitation of Landfills to Produce Biomass Energy Crops

This project is targeted at rehabilitating closed landfill sites to produce biomass energy crops as an alternative to traditional agricultural crops. The establishment of agricultural crops on brownfield lands like these present unknown risks of contamination from legacy materials in the landfill. Growing biomass energy crops on these sites eliminates that risk and provides a significant technical, economic and system related unknowns associated with producing biomass energy crops under this type of site condition. The technical issues are being addressed through an ongoing field research program. This internship relates to the second and third phase of a project with Niagara Waste Systems Ltd. Providing a comprehensive economic analysis of alternative process, multifactor economic modeling, and developing an ideal field to fuel production process that is : 1.) technically feasible, 2.) economically feasible, and 3.) developed into a portable, scalable process that can be easily transferred to other similar sites.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Raymond A. McBride

Student:

Lee Battiston

Partner:

Niagara Waste Systems Ltd.

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Previous
1…447448449450451452453…1,106
Next

Join a thriving innovation ecosystem.

Subscribe to our newsletter now!

Subscribe