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Engineering
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Engineering - biomedical
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Engineering - chemical / biological

Transitioning from a Paper-Based to a Fully-Automated Organization

By considering privacy, data storage, data transfer and accessibility issues, the project aims to develop policies that both protect the client and the organization. The larger aim is to demonstrate that health information technologies can be successfully implemented to support nurses in the care planning process. The research will inform the long term goal of future implementation in settings across the healthcare sector and the real-time execution of an electronic health record. VON Canada will benefit from the internship by having the opportunity to obtain and then begin to understand the most relevant information that is available today concerning health information technology implementations. The knowledge will begin to assist and guide the VON on issues and policies related to privacy as it relates to electronic transmission of data and the development of the electronic health record.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Lynn Nagle

Student:

Andrew Chang

Partner:

VON Canada

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

National Review Service ULQA Benchmarking Study

National Review Services is the RCMP policy centre responsible for the Unit Level Quality Assurance (ULQA) program. National Review Services, as a unit within the Internal Audit function of the RCMP, maintains the intention to remain “best in class” within quality assurance programs in government and the Canadian police universe. National Review Services requires a comparison of the ULQA system with quality assurance systems currently accepted in the private and police sectors. This comparison will allow National Review Services to determine if the direction of the ULQA program should remain as is, or if should be modified and in what direction.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Wendy Cukier

Student:

Erin Barkel

Partner:

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Legal

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Measuring Spine Shrinkage as an Indicator of Cumulative Loading in Nurses

Nurses injure their backs at alarming rates. Experts now agree that most injuries are not due to a single lifting activity where the load exceeds the spine's ability to support it, as has been the conventional view. Instead, it is likely that most back Injuries are the result of the total loading (cumulative load) the spine is exposed to over the day. Unfortunately, it is difficult to estimate cumulative loading of the spine using conventional methods. The applicant proposes a new method for estimating cumulative loading which involves measuring changes in a nurse's height. An individual's height decreases by ~1% over the day. Experts believe that this change is proportional to the loading on the spine. The applicant will determine if it is possible to estimate cumulative loading of the spine by simply measuring changes in height. Ten participants will perform different activities ranging from seated desk work to simulated nursing activities while precise height measurements are taken every hour. Our ultimate goal is to develop a tool that nurses and other workers will use for assessing their own cumulative load exposure. This work includes usability testing of a new device called the ForceShoe which the industrial partner (A-Tech Instruments) will bring onto the market as a new product in the near future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Milos Popovich

Student:

Tilak Dutta

Partner:

iDAPT Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

EMR Benefits Realization Project

Under the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care's Physician IT Program, Ontario's physicians have been funded for an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system within their practice. OntarioMD, a subsidiary of the Ontario Medical Association, was established to support all physician adoption of health information technology (HIT). The purpose of the research project is to participate in the review undertaken by OntarioMD on the implementation and use of EMR systems to garner information on best practices that will facilitate knowledge sharing with other physicians, who will be implementing EMR, to aid in understanding the benefits to be realized from adopting the HIT. This research will contribute to the EMR Benefits Realization Project, which is an integral part of Ontario’s Physician eHealth initiative to promote and accelerate the adoption of EMRs in primary care settings that will be key for all Ontarians to achieve an electronic health record by 2015.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Aviv Shachak

Student:

Plumaletta Berry

Partner:

OntarioMD

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Dynamics of Epidemics in Contact Networks

Various deterministic and stochastic epidemic models for directly transmissible diseases, such as influenza, measles, HIV and SARS, have attracted increasing attention from researchers. However the most common models are still based on restrictive assumptions which refrain from accurate description of infectious agent's characteristics and their propagation from individual to individual, in time and space. In this project we relax two important epidemic model hypotheses. The first assumption is known as the "law of mass action" and implies that all individuals in a population are equally likely to acquire the infection. Since some directly transmissible infections require specific kind of contacts to propagate, e.g. sexually transmitted illnesses, the related epidemics are heavily affected by specific population's contact structure. The second hypothesis assumes agent's infectious and latent periods are exponentially distributed. The proposed outcomes of this project are theoretical results for the outbreak evolution and a computer simulation program. The statistical analysis and simulation of the outbreak will lead to more informed decision-making and the reduction of the economical and social impact of infectious illness.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Mary Thompson

Student:

Lilia Leticia Ramirez Ramirez

Partner:

Infonaut Inc.

Discipline:

Statistics / Actuarial sciences

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Control and Navigation System of a Pipe Inspection Robot (PipeCrawler)

The intern will work closely with PPIC PipeCrawler design engineer to develop a new control and navigation system. The tasks will include 1) analysis of the mechanism and motion of the PipeCrawler; 2) derivation of a dynamic model for control design and synthesis of model based control of the PipeCrawler; 3) development of a DSP based controller including hardware and software; 4) integration and testing. A PipeCrawler with the proposed control system will no longer need the high level driving skills, reducing operation cost and improving pipeline inspection efficiency.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Guangjun Liu

Student:

Hongwei Zhang

Partner:

Pressure Pipe Inspection Company Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

A Foundational Mathematics Course: Design, Implementation and Evaluation

This project will produce material, in the form of lesson plans, instructional guides and practice sheets, appropriate for a college-level foundational mathematics course and will monitor its effectiveness during an implementation at on Ontario college in the fall semester, 2009. Once completed, the material will become part of JUMP's growing body of course materials. It is hoped that the material will prove effective in addressing the mathematics requirement of college students and will be adopted at more institutions, fulfilling JUMP's goal of "[promoting] a numerate society".

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Peter Taylor

Student:

Wes Maciejewski

Partner:

JUMP Math

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Education

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Bounding an Obfuscated Program to a Specific Hardware Platform

The topic area of this work is node-binding. Node binding is the problem of binding software to a specific instance of a hardware platform. Applications of node binding include protection of copywrited software and digital media. The specific focus of this work will be the creation of a software mechanism which can be used to bind an arbitrary piece of software to a specific x86 hardware platform instance. Study must be made of the literature and the hardware platform in question so that a technique for node binding can be devised. Furthermore, the software mechanism or 'module' which will be created will require the use of obfuscation tools already available in the Cloakware toolset. Finally, when finished, the module will integrate with the existing Cloakware toolset so that any code which makes use of Cloakware products will have a mechanism through which it is being bound to an x86 platform.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Carlisle Adams

Student:

Michael Bodis

Partner:

Cloakware Corporation

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Novel RF Coil Design for Parallel MRI of the Breast

This project will be focused on the testing of the performance of a new type of parallel RF coil system that allows for significantly higher signal to noise and imaging performance than currently available coil systems (estimated 3 times higher signal to noise and acceleration of imaging times by a factor of 8-16 times). The coil system which will be tested is a breast imaging coil designed for operation with a 3T GE DVMR imaging platform. The coils to be compared are designed with 8 channel, 16 channel and 32 channel coil arrays. With these systems, novel imaging techniques will be investigated to determine maximize acceptable spatial resolution (within a specific time window), and minimum acceptable temporal resolution (within a specific resolution limit). Additionally, the utility of these coils for performing spectroscopic analysis will be investigated. During the course of the project, new types of analysis techniques will be required to be developed to attempt to characterize multiple parameters in a single, or set of performance metrics. Sentinelle Medical will benefit from this project as they will be able to determine the performance of the coil systems and have objective evidence of relative coil performance under clinical conditions. Additionally, this will allow for an opportunity for Sentinelle to be able to collaborate with the research group at University of Western Ontario and allow for training of an MRI researcher through the internship.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Giles Santyr

Student:

Julie Tanguay

Partner:

Sentinelle Medical Inc.

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Using a Community-based Approach to Determine Best Practices for the Expansion of Access to Highly-active Anti-retroviral Therapy in a Resource-limited Setting

Dignitas International is a Toronto-based humanitarian organization, which works with the Malawian Ministry of Health to develop and disseminate a healthcare delivery model that increases access to essential HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care, and support at the community-level. In 2004, Dignitas established its pilot project in Zomba, the fifth largest district in Malawi with the country's second highest adult HIV infection prevalence at 17.8%. The primary objective of the present project is to explore the general and context-specific barriers to expanding access to highly-active anti-retroviral therapy (or HAART) in Zomba, using a mix of key informant interviews and focus groups with community stakeholders (e.g., health workers, traditional healers), in order to improve service delivery and meet the demand for HIV/AIDS-related services. The proposed project is highly relevant for Dignitas' capacity to conduct and disseminate excellent and sound operational research in an effort to improve the international response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Donald Cole

Student:

Beth Rachlis

Partner:

Dignitas International

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Treatment of the Effluent Wastewater Generated in the Existing TODA Plant in Sarnia

Separation of dissolved solids (sodium sulfate salt) from effluent wastewater of TODA Inc. in Sarnia will be experimentally explored based on the proposed/recommended technology by the Company. In the first term of the internship, several technologies from the State-of-the-arts and Best Available technologies have been reviewed, analyzed and compared according to environmental and economical aspects. Newly innovated technology "Membrane Crystallization" process was selected an approved by TODA for experimental verification. In this technology a hydrophobic membrane is applied. Due to the nature of this membrane, water and dissolved inorganics (sodium sulfate and nickel sulfate in this study)will not permeate through the membrane pores, however water vapor can be easily transported and condensed on the other side of membrane by cold water. Condensation of water vapor establishes a concentration gradient for the vapor to be transferred continuously through membrane. The process can be operated at 40 oC and fortunately the TODA's effluent stream is available at this temperature and no energy is required to warm up the water. The intern has prepared the required experimental setup in the lab to conduct preliminary bench-scale experiments, determine the effects of different parameters on the process, and maximize the process efficiency. In the second term depending on the obtained results, successful implementation of the project may require the design and assembly of a pilot scale unit to better understand the behavior of the system at a large scale. As required, modifications will be made and pilot scale experiments are expected to identify practical issues and design parameters. In general, an iterative procedure may be necessary to achieve the goals of the project. The student will incorporate cost estimation at different phases to improve the feasibility of the process and safety and environmental issues will be considered at all stages.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Shahzad Barghi

Student:

Abdul Matin Quazi

Partner:

TODA Advanced Materials Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Public Broadcasting Reviews and the Public Interest: An Evaluation of Procedures and Outcomes Since the Liberalization of the Broadcasting Sector

This study will evaluate the process and outcomes of public broadcasting reviews over the last 30 years in English-speaking parliamentary democracies. The objective is two]fold: to measure the effectiveness of the review process in each country, and to evaluate and make recommendations about the process in Canada. While a great deal of literature on this sector focuses on the structure and operation of public broadcasters themselves, this study aims to contribute to the less common discussion of policy reviews. Created to address issues that compromise the integrity of the overall audio-visual system in Canada, FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting (FRIENDS) regularly conducts research, prepares submissions and appears before such reviews. This study is designed to contribute to the organizations' deep knowledge of the broadcasting review process and provide long-term value as a resource that can be easily updated as more information becomes available in subsequent years.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Tuna Baskoy

Student:

Deanna Ivy Cadette

Partner:

FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

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