Innovative Projects Realized

Smart Productivity for Entrepreneurs: AI-Driven Task Management, Habit Tracking, and Optimized Scheduling

This project develops a productivity platform designed to help small business owners reduce burnout, prioritize tasks, and build productive habits through AI-driven assistance, structured scheduling, and gamification.

Key Features Include:

Bloomzy Assistant – AI-powered productivity partner that prioritizes tasks, suggests next steps, and syncs with schedules to keep work aligned with goals.
Optimized Manager/Maker Time Blocking – Custom scheduling system that balances deep work (“maker time”) with meetings and planning (“manager time”).
Habitree – Gamified habit tracker where each completed habit grows a virtual tree, unlocking rewards and supporting real-world environmental causes.
Task Tutorials – Step-by-step guides that break down complex projects, ensuring users stay on track and make measurable progress.

By integrating AI, behavioural psychology, and structured workflows, this platform helps entrepreneurs reduce distractions, manage time efficiently, and achieve long-term business success. The system provides a clear, actionable framework for productivity, ensuring users stay motivated and focused on high-impact work.

Modelling and experiments of supersonic ejectors

Ce projet vise à faire progresser le développement des éjecteurs à jet, une technologie prometteuse pour des solutions énergétiques durables. La recherche, dans le cadre d’une thèse de doctorat, explorera des méthodes permettant d’améliorer l’efficacité des éjecteurs, réduisant ainsi la consommation d’énergie et les émissions. En améliorant ces systèmes, le projet vise à contribuer à l’atténuation du changement climatique grâce à des technologies énergétiques plus propres. Cet effort de collaboration entre des institutions canadiennes et espagnoles combine expertise et ressources, favorisant les échanges universitaires et technologiques internationaux. Les résultats attendus comprennent des innovations en matière d’efficacité énergétique, des liens de recherche bilatéraux plus solides et des contributions aux objectifs mondiaux de durabilité.

Steering the Innovation Process: Accelerating Ideas to Impact in Water Treatment – Conclusion

Demand for water and wastewater treatment has grown substantially in recent years, leading to a increased need for innovative technology. To remain a global leader in UV-based treatment technology, Trojan must continue to innovate through its intesive research and development program. One of Trojan’s distinguishing features has been the rigorous analysis and testing that our products undergo during design, development and validation. Trojan uses cutting-edge tools for modeling fluid flow, UV raidiation distribution, as well as biological and chemical kinetics to predict reactor performance. Trojan also performs extensive physical testing to validate integrated CFD-opticalkinetic models used during product development to optimize design and to validate completed designs. This proposal aims to complete the goals of our original proposal: defining a holistic Innovation Process Roadmap for accelerating the innovation process and engraining it within the organization through disciplined implementation.

Software developer and platform manage

TRICOAST Education specializes in K-12 language assessments, particularly through its Curriculum-Based Dynamic Assessment (CBDA), which helps identify students’ language support needs. They offer CBDA certification training, parent workshops, and educational webinars. Their goal is to distinguish between language development needs and specialized intervention requirements. TRICOAST Education appears to be facing challenges related to platform stability, requiring regular maintenance and bug fixes to ensure smooth operation. Managing updates without disrupting live services suggests difficulties in seamless deployment, possibly due to version control or CI/CD pipeline inefficiencies. The reliance on GitHub and AWS points to challenges in cloud deployment and code versioning. Additionally, the mention of security measures indicates potential vulnerabilities or compliance concerns. Scalability and performance optimization may also be areas of focus, as frequent updates could indicate efforts to enhance system efficiency and user experience.

Climate Change Education

The Gaia Project is a nonprofit focused on climate change education and sustainability in New Brunswick. They engage youth and teachers through hands-on learning, energy efficiency, and waste reduction initiatives. Their challenge is expanding outreach using digital tools and interactive content. This project will help develop innovative educational materials and strengthen community engagement. Expertise in environmental research, curriculum development, digital content creation, and social media management will be essential.

Systems Integrator

Fredericton Intercultural Centre Inc. serves as a hub for Fredericton’s cultural community and non-profit groups, offering flexible office, meeting, and event spaces to support collaboration and inclusivity within the Greater Fredericton area. They are seeking to enhance its digital infrastructure by implementing or replacing software, integrating applications, and developing workflow automation solutions. A key challenge they face is the inefficiency caused by disconnected systems, manual processes, and outdated technology, which hinder productivity and scalability. This project aims to address these issues by creating seamless connections between systems, improving data flow, and optimizing operations through automation. By leveraging expertise in software integration, debugging, and problem-solving, this initiative will go beyond day-to-day activities, driving innovation and long-term operational improvements.

Fredericton Botanic Garden Association

The Fredericton Botanic Garden is a community-driven organization focused on botanical conservation, environmental education, and public engagement through guided tours, workshops, and special events. While the Garden provides opportunities for visitors to explore native and non-native plant species and sustainable gardening practices, it faces the challenge of enhancing visitor engagement and increasing membership. To address this, the intern will design a structured, repeatable series of immersive “day experiences” that go beyond standard tours by combining themed mini-tours, interactive workshops, and nutrition breaks. These events will cater to a diverse audience, fostering deeper connections with nature while encouraging long-term involvement with the Garden. By developing a catalog of six event formats, securing materials and instructors, promoting the events, and conducting trial runs, this project will provide a sustainable framework for future programming. Additionally, a final report summarizing best practices and participant feedback will guide future iterations, supporting the Garden’s goal of increasing engagement and membership. Success will be measured through the number of events designed and delivered, promotional materials created, participant interest, and new memberships generated. This project requires expertise in event planning, community engagement, marketing, and environmental education to create engaging experiences that align with the Garden’s mission while ensuring long-term sustainability.

Spiro-Orthoester Polymerization: A Platform for Functionalized Mucoadhesive Polymers

(1) Moleculex is dedicated to transforming traditional internal wound and trauma management and closure with safe and effective bioadhesive and mucoadhesive technology.
(2) The core technology at Moleculex relies on natural-based polymers, which are limited by their inherent properties, through artificial synthesis.
(3) The new polymer expected to be developed can be integrated into our upcoming oral wound dressing and surgical bioadhesive products. This innovation has the potential to secure at least two medical device licenses and offer an improved solution for unmet clinical needs.

Navigating Transitions: Preparing Seniors-Serving Organizations for Change

The ‘Navigating Transitions’ project aims to address the existing gap in knowledge for community-based seniors-serving organizations undergoing organizational transitions, with a specific focus on a seniors centre in North Vancouver preparing for relocation. Currently, no comprehensive resources or guidelines exist to support seniors centres undertaking such moves. The findings from this study will not only assist the seniors centre in its transition but also serve as a foundational study for understanding broader trends, challenges, and needs faced by community-based seniors sector organizations during organizational moves. The ultimate goal is to develop a resource that can guide similar transitions across other seniors-serving organizations, contributing to the sustainability and inclusivity of community-based services for older adults.

Système d’information de mesurage énergétique (GeoStat)

Le projet est l’utilisation de diverses méthodes pour déterminer la capacité thermique des matériaux.
Les applications directes sont :
? La détermination de la capacité du sol à fournir une énergie thermique. L’information obtenue permettra un meilleur dimensionnement de forage géothermique et ainsi optimiser les coûts de projets en géothermie résidentiel.
? La détermination des pertes thermiques dans les parois des bâtiments. L’information obtenue sera essentielle pour évaluer la rentabilité de projets de réduction de la consommation énergétique par renforcement de l’enveloppe des bâtiments.
Ces 2 applications nous essentielle à l’atteinte de la mission d’Énergie-Stat à aider les clients à réduire leur coût énergétique tout en étant des contributeurs actifs au développement durable.

Continuation of “Use of a supersonic fluidic oscillator to generate pressure pulses in a single chamber superplastic forming process”

Supersonic fluidic oscillators are known to provide pressure pulsations which improve the metal superplastic blow forming manufacturing process. The symmetrical nature of a previously developed oscillator design, however, restricts their application to cases where two identical parts are formed simultaneously. Pressure fluctuation amplitudes are not sufficient when used for single part forming. This research aims to complete the research work of a Mitacs Elevate Fellowship in which a new, non-symmetrical supersonic fluidic oscillator was used to solve this problem. That work resulted in not only the development of an approximate model describing the performance of the non-symmetric oscillator but it’s interface with the metal forming software ANSYS LS-DYNA to generate a Hybrid Model which simulates the entire superplastic metal forming process. The Hybrid model can predict such measures of performance as forming time and wall thickness. Time limitations prevented the final validation of this model with experimental data obtained on a test part and tool in an industrial environment. That validation is the subject of the current application.

Nonprofit Business & Accounting Development Intern

Adapt for Education Inc. is a nonprofit organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, dedicated to improving access to post-secondary education for teen and young parents under the age of 25. The organization provides mentorship, financial assistance, and connections to vital resources to support young parents in achieving their academic and career goals. The key challenge Adapt for Education faces is establishing a solid operational foundation as it works toward attaining charitable status. This includes developing efficient accounting and financial management systems, training board members, and refining the organization’s business strategy. This project will help Adapt for Education by implementing structured financial processes, recommending cost-effective accounting software, and enhancing governance, which will strengthen long-term sustainability. Expertise in nonprofit management, accounting, strategic planning, and financial reporting is required to address these challenges effectively.