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13270 Completed Projects

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Projects by Category

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

Evaluation of the Effect of Air Sparging on the Performance of Industrial Copper Electrowinning

As part of a program to improve the profitability of operations at Quebrada Blanca, Chile, Teck is testing an air sparging system in their industrial copper electrowinning cells. This represents a unique opportunity to measure the effects of gas sparging on product quality and metal production cost, and to generate a predictive model to help optimize the operation of electrowinning cells employing gas sparging. The model generated will also aid in the understanding of how operating parameters affect the physical processes occurring within the reactors and help define the limits of those effects. The relevant sampling and performance evaluation methodologies developed during this project will be transferred to Teck's Zinc electrowinning operations at Trail, BC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Eduard Guerra

Student:

Bruno Welte-Kern

Partner:

Teck Metals Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Laurentian University

Program:

Accelerate

South Simcoe Green Business Transformation Project

Through a review of best practices in planning and economic development for sustainable communities the partner will obtain background information on how to move forward strategically with implementing the Green Business Transformation Project. A comparison of existing planning policies in South Simcoe at the provincial, regional and local level with sustainable community models provides Nottawasaga Futures with a menu of options to move towards more sustainable communities. Sustainable communities are connected, liveable, compact, and complete providing employment, recreation, a choice of housing and community services. The final report will provide a vehicle for communicating policy barriers to local governments and provide best practices of sustainable community planning for small towns and business that can be repeated in South Simcoe.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Gerda Wekerle

Student:

Susan Lloyd Swail

Partner:

NT Temps

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Visual Histories of Decision Processes for Business Intelligence

In contemporary professional work, particularly groupwork, knowing what has been done, and why it was done, is often crucial to a project's success. Further, an important aspect of organizational memory is the shared history of project work (successful and unsuccessful both). Yet, most work and project management software provide only minimal tools for supporting review, reflection and reporting of such histories. The goal of this research project is to devise, prototype and test dynamic visual histories and linked repositories for collaborative decision making. The partner company's core enterprise is software tools for complex tasks in organizations. The company will benefit through new concepts for managing project histories and new insights into their current and future products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Robert Woodbury

Student:

Karine Koslova

Partner:

SAP Business Objects Division

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Three-dimensional (3D) imaging libraries for the creation of virtual human models for use in education in the health

3D imaging is becoming an increasingly popular and important too in medical education. The anatomy is the founation for all health sciences and all groups of health professionals. Medical/dental students, pharmacists, physicians assistants, nurses, medical rehabilitation professionals, human biology and even arts students, will receive some form of anatomy training during their professional career. 3D virutal anatomy teaching facilitates the understanding of spatial structural relationships and facilitates a significantly enhanced and sustainable learning experience. This project aims at creating 3D virtual anatomy models of the human head. The potential of 3D imaging and virtual visualization in medical education is currently underutilized.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Sabine Hombach-Klonisch

Student:

Sharmin Farzana Khan

Partner:

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Simulation of a Liquid Helium Cryogenic System

This project aims to expand on an existing computer model of a liquid helium cryogenic system located at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. There are two facets to this work. The first facet is to modify and use the model to answer certain questions CLS staff members have regarding proposed cryogenic system changes and upgrades. The answers to these questions are important in helping CLS staff make decisions regarding these proposed upgrades. The second facet is to improve the coding on the current model by using established computational packages. This will provide a more flexible model of the system, as well as helping establish the validity of the existing mode.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Raymond Spiteri

Student:

Veeramani Chidambaranathan

Partner:

Canadian Light Source Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Identification of Rubber Material Properties within Automotive Components

The present project deals with the mechanical characterization of elastomere materials. An original method is proposed to identify the material parameters. It consists of performing only one mechanical of an automotive component containing an elastomere material, measuring the displacement/strain field using Digital Image Correlation software. The measured displacements are compared with a simulation results and the mechanical parameters are identified by minimizing the gap between the experiment and simulation results.The proposed methodology is expected to improve the design process of automotive components. The industrial and the academic partners will benefit in developing a new methodology that have the potential to reduce the coast of design and development of new components. The industrial partner will benefit particularly by exploring a new methodology of displacements and strains measurements. The main feature of the proposed identification method is to avoid cutting out a specimen as it is required by classical approaches.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Ghrib Faouzi

Student:

Wafa Polies

Partner:

Chrysler Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Heritage Architecture and Digital Archives

The intern will work coilaboratively with the Canadian Heritage Information Network to develop a knowledge based digital archive for heritage conservation generally and, more specifically, for materials applications and methods of construction related to heritage buildings. The archive, entitled Heritage Architecture and Digital Archives (HADA) will not only address technological challenges, but also effectively contextualize the complex and diverse forms of information that distinguish this field of study. Knowledge, in contrast to data, is a necessary part of a social, geographic and temporal milieu.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Stephen Fai

Student:

Darcy Charlton

Partner:

Canadian Heritage

Discipline:

Architecture and design

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Development and Performance evaluation of 3D powerline reconstruction method using airborne LiDAR data

The North American electric power distribution network comprises a vast critical infrastructure of interconnected grids and power lines. Effective management of this system requires timely, accurate power line mapping and monitoring. Scene analysis for powerline change monitoring requires precise detection of all key corridor objects (i.e., powerlines, towers, insulators, splices, switches and other components as well as the terrain, buildings, trees, etc.). The complexity of corridor scene content and large data size currently exceeds the ability of current state-of-the-art geospatial data processing systems to accurately detect corridor objects. In addition, the primary methodology, which is manual-centric, is costly, slow, tedious and expensive. This project primarily focuses on the development of automatically reconstructing 3D powerlines from airborne LiDAR data and evaluates the developed techniques on a large-scale powerline datasets collected by the GeoDigital International (GDI) Inc. During the project period, the GDI will exercise the developed technology's practicality for industrial purpose. The internship student will be participated in the project for four months; for two months, the student will work at the GDI's Hamilton office for onsite training the GDI's commercially driven data processing chain, testing the algorithm, and for the remaining two months, the student will work at the York University to improve the algorithms and conduct a large-scale throughput test in collaboration with GDI.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gunho Sohn

Student:

Heungsik Brian Kim

Partner:

GeoDigital International Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing a Carbon Strategy for Publicly Held Canadian Forest Products Company

The objectives are to determine to what extent a carbon strategy can add to the value of a publicly held Canadian forest products firm, what form that would take, and what conditions would be required to implement. The project will begin with an environmental scan of economic, technological, political]legal, and societal trends that are occurring in the broader context. The focus will then be turned to identify the opportunities available and the company's core competencies (strengths) to take advantage of these opportunities. The potential benefits and risks of various actions will then be quantified leading to recommendations. The expected benefits to the partner organization are increased knowledge in the organization with respect to global trends in carbon markets, ideas on how to leverage company knowledge, skills and abilities to profit from carbon projects under a cap and trade system, and a better understanding of the costs and benefits of being a forest industry world leader in carbon awareness and management

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Elizabeth Croft

Student:

Heungsik Brian Kim

Partner:

Canadian Forest Products

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Characterization and Treatment of Water from Decorative Water Features and Other Building Water Sources

Decorative water fountains have been widely used the inside/or outside of large buildings, squares, amusement parks, shopping malls and other architectural settings. Concerns have been raised recently about potential negative impact associated with the transmission of waterbourne infection. As well, the green building movement, particulary LEEDS criteria proposed by US green Building Council demands the efficient use of water on all sites and reuse of non]potable water sources. This internship will take a holistic approach with an aim to reclaim and reuse water from decorative water features and other water sources such as grey water, rain water, cooling water or air conditioned condensates available from large architectural building. To do so, a thorough literature review will be conducted to collect, compile and critically assess relevant literature information in terms of regulatory requirements, treatment and reuse options. A series of experimental testing under well controlled conditions will be conducted to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of water fountains in terms of ambient air and water quality. The results will be used to recommend efficient, cost]effective water management strategies that could minimize potential environmental impact while improving new building LEED certification for decorative water features.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Hongde Zhou

Student:

Karthik Srinivasan

Partner:

Crystal Fountains Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Project Portfolios in Dynamic Environments: Organizing for Uncertainty

This doctoral research will study the mechanisms put in place by organizations facing very dynamic environments to manage projectportfolios when the uncertainty level is high. The theoretical basis will include the literature on Project Portfolio Management,Organization Theory (Weick’s Sensemaking) and Strategy Theory (Dynamic Capabilities). The unit of analysis will be the processes put in place for sensing uncertainty, seizing opportunities and transforming the organization. The study will be exploratory in nature and will use two case studies: one large Canadian financial institution and one software product development organization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Brian Hobbs

Student:

Yvan Petit

Partner:

Ericsson Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of Optical Signal in Microarrays: Predicting properties of polycrystalline ZnO coatings

This project addresses an important need for more reliable diagnostics and health care testing. DNA microarray technology coupled with PCR has enabled a dramatic improvement in high]throughput clinical diagnostics, with analogous advances from other biomolecular and chemical microarrays in areas of metabolomics, proteomics, etc. There is still room for improvement, however, in boosting signal from low]replicate samples and reducing false positives from either fluorescence noise or lower fidelity hybridization or coupling. Our work can address these problems and enhance signal by developing new coatings for DNA microarray chips which will allow for detection of lower signals, increased reproducibility, and elimination of background signal and false positives. The first stage (this project) involves computational modeling to pre]screen and identify the most promising coating or set of coatings. Within a year we would have evidence to proceed with fabrication of the candidate coatings, for testing in prototype devices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erika Merschrod

Student:

Csaba Szakacs

Partner:

Atlantic Computational Excellence Network (ACEnet) and NewLab Life Sciences Inc.

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Nanotechnologies

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

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