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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

Agricultural Methods to Improve Crop Yield & Identify Cost Effective Practices Across Different Soil Types

This research project will investigate cost effective methods for agricultural production. Specficially, soil will be classified as high expected yield and high yield variability, high expected yield and low yield variability, low expected yield and high yield variability, and low expected yield and low yield variability using appropriate statistical methods. Different seed and fertilization rates will be applied to each of four soil types. Harvest values will be used to determine the most effective seed and fertilization combination to maximize yield, while minimizing costs, within each soil type. The results of this project, including the methods used, are important as they could be used to help other Canadian farmers to improve the cost-effectiveness of their agricultural practices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr.Daniel Gillis

Student:

Justin Angevaare

Partner:

James and Ryan Marshall

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Applying Multi-surface Environments to Medical Imaging Techniques

In medicine, imagining-based exams are used to support diagnostics, treatment planning and/or the treatment itself. Considering the number, integration and nature of devices in a multi-surface environment (e.g. smartphones, tablets, multi-touch surfaces and wall displays), this project proposes a system for imaging visualization and manipulation that takes advantages from each device’s capabilities in the environment. The goal is to integrate the framework MSEAPI developed at the University of Calgary – responsible for the creation of multi-surface environments and applications, as well as interactions between users and devices – with ResolutionMD from Calgary Scientific Inc. – an imaging visualization tool for medical diagnosis. This integration aims to show (i) how the future of medical imaging manipulation and visualization tools is envisioned and (ii) present a case for Calgary Scientific to utilize their tools in a novel environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Frank Maurer

Student:

Francisco Marinho Moreira Rodrigues & Alemayehu Seyed

Partner:

Calgary Centre

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Geomorphic changes in Russell Creek Experimental Watershed following a record rain on snow event

Movement of sediment through landslide activities dominates sediment transport in headwater channels, and exerts a strong control on downstream channel morphology and aquatic habitat. Landslide and debris flow activity in headwater channels is controlled in part by the intensity of precipitation events. At Russell Creek Experimental Watershed on northern Vancouver Island, high resolution, remotely sensed (LiDAR) topographic data is available from both before and after a record rain-on-snow hydroclimatic event. This unique dataset, coupled with a dense weather station network through the watershed, presents a unique opportunity to examine the geomorphic impacts of a record runoff event on debris flows, landslides, and downstream channel and alluvial fan morphology. This research will develop mitigation strategies for hazardous debris flow features which frequently close a highway on Vancouver Island, and will contribute to a growing body of research on the links between climate, hydrology, land use, geomorphology and aquatic habitat.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Marwan Hassan

Student:

Leonora King

Partner:

MetaOptima Technology Inc.

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a low-cost tool for skin cancer screening

The proposed research project is intended to develop an educational tool for the general public to be able to perform self-screening of their skin lesions. For this, a melanoma-detection mobile application will be developed to analyze lesion images acquired using a low-cost dermoscope attached to a smartphone. This product helps public or students to learn more about skin cancer and increase their self-awareness for early skin cancer prevention and treatment. The application automatically finds a lesion in a captured image. After lesion analysis, it displays different irregularities may exist in the lesion. It then explains for the user what these irregularities are and how these concepts are related to skin cancer. The partner organization will benefit from the product as there is huge interest in buying such educational, self-health and self-awareness application. Furthermore, the project can pave the way to higher goals and more expert systems in the future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Stella Atkins

Student:

Mohammad Izadi

Partner:

MetaOptima Technology Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Using rate setting to control municipal water consumption

Canada’s municipal water suppliers are facing challenges from population growth, ageing infrastructure, and climate change. We can no longer rely on finding new water sources or increasing our abstraction rates; we must implement demand management approaches that reduce our need for water. This project will focus on the use of price reforms in Canadian municipal water-providing entities to reduce public water consumption. The data collection phase will take place at Econics, a company that provides environmental and financial services to water providers. This company will benefit from having a fresh perspective from an intern with a very strong educational background in water management and business. The intern will end his project at McGill, where he will combine his practical experience with academic guidance from his supervisor (who is an expert in urban water management and modelling) to contribute to the literature on how rate setting can be used as a demand management approach for municipal water providers in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Jan Adamowski

Student:

Ben Robinson

Partner:

Econics

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Student Web Portal

The proposed research project proposes to study how to best provide a student learning portal for children of age 8 to 13 years old. Such system requires to carefully reviewing the literature both in terms of designing for children, and in terms of interpreting the results of usability studies with children. Designing an effective student learning portal will demand of the intern to take into consideration what is attractive for this age group and how to make those students willing to spend some time online for their study. This includes looking at colors schemes, type of activities, type of motivations, etc. Another difficult task will be to extract valuable information from the children when testing the interface. For the partner company, this portal is a critical building block of their business: no company today can remain state of the art without providing online environment for their students.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Lasserre Patricia

Student:

Salma Kheiravar

Partner:

AIM Language Learning

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Resource assessment for wildlife based ecotourism:monitoring of black, Spirit and grizzly bears

Wildlife viewing-based ecotourism relies on accurate accounting and predictable presence of their target animal populations. Spirit Bear Lodge, a community owned company of the Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation, operates a bear viewing operation throughout their Traditional Territory on the central coast of British Columbia. Their business plan and investment strategy require research to: i) identify areas of reoccurring presence and high densities of black, Spirit (i.e., white), and grizzly bears, ii) examine the potential occupation of grizzly bears on islands, and iii) assess the impact of grizzly bears on Spirit and black bears’ consumption of salmon, a primary food source that contributes positively to reproductive success and subsequent population dynamics. DNA sampled from noninvasively derived bear hair will allow the identification of unique bears and yield minimum population estimates. These data will also be paired with remote camera data to provide supplementary detection/non-detection data for all species. In concert, chemical markers indicative of diet will be sampled from the hair to provide an estimate of salmon consumption for all bear species. These data will be used to build models to estimate spatial patterns of species abundance, and assess the impact that grizzly bear presence has on the salmon consumption of Spirit bears, the primary viewing product of the business. This information will allow Spirit Bear Lodge to offer predictable and informative wildlife experiences. In addition, providing the opportunity for clients to interact with the research process and research product will produce a novel market offering that no other bear viewing business in British Columbia can offer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Chris Darimont

Student:

Christina Service

Partner:

Spirit Bear Lodge

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Recipient Perspectives on Private Aid in Tanzania

My research examines the role of private funding as it increasingly shapes international aid. Despite trillions of dollars spent worldwide on government funded official aid, poverty is anything but a thing of the past. From a recipient perspective, is private aid any better? More Canadians are setting up private family foundations, and globally more private funding is flowing to poorer countries annually. Little is known about the work of private development aid in general and even less is known about the recipient’s experience. This research will provide an in-depth, contextually rich examination of the recipients’ experience of private aid in Tanzania. Philanthropic leaders would benefit from this research, which explores the nature, magnitude, reach and impacts of private aid. My internship with Development Action will consist of incorporating research findings into the company’s leadership training and development initiatives. In supporting this proposed research Development Action gains valuable insight into the under-examined topic of private development aid and taps into the potential to become leaders in philanthropic leadership training for donors and non-profit executives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Leslie King

Student:

Carla Funk

Partner:

Development Action

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Royal Roads University

Program:

Accelerate

Experimental characterization of thermal shims for space applications

MDA Montreal possesses a niche expertise on a wide variety of high-performance satellite telecommunication antennas. These antennas are exposed to extremely harsh environments. Some panels require a rigid mechanical assembly (i.e., nut and bolt fastening) but must preserve their thermal isolation for the proper operation of the antennas and to limit heat exchange towards the spacecraft. Relatively thick thermal shims or washers are currently inserted into these assemblies to almost completely block the heat flow between the two structures. The main problem is due to the viscoelastic behaviour of the current shim material used. Under a compressive initial load, the shims exhibit an important stress relaxation (i.e., softening of the material with respect to time) and the initial pre-load in the fastened assembly is significantly reduced over time. The main objective of this internship perfomed by a post doctoral fellow is to resolve MDA stress relaxation problem by designing and predicting the response a high-performance multifunctional shim featuring an almost elastic mechanical behaviour while exhibiting a very low thermal conductivity and characterizing the stress relaxation behaviour of “standard” thermal washers materials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Drs. Daniel Therriault & Martin Lévesque

Student:

Thibaud Chatel

Partner:

MDA Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Big Data Research for Open Source Applications

Big data is a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications. The challenges include capture, curation, storage, search, sharing, transfer, analysis, and visualization. In this internship, we analyze a real-world big data set(s) to make sensible inferences by taking into account a selected range of criteria. A number of methods and algorithms are investigated, evaluated and evolved to advance the development of specialized tools and processes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Mark Coates

Student:

Milad Kharratzadeh

Partner:

AppNovation Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of key-to-key collision repair process system

The intent of this project is to reduce the cycle time in the vehicle repair process across the Carstar network. The project also includes developing process models that will help in guiding Carstar to reduce cycle time in major process steps for all stores of varying size and disparate locations. During the process of investigation and analyzing the data, the waste (inventory limitations, conflicts, redundant process steps and blockage) will be identified and eliminated. Also, the cost analysis will be documented for each part of the repair process to help show the value of improving the process and the impact on severity, touch time etc. Establishing new process models with improved cycle time will benefit company to remain competitive in repairing vehicles with best quality, at lowest price and at the same time helping the Carstar be profitable.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Robert Fleisig

Student:

Krishnakant R. Patel

Partner:

Carstar Automotive Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Integrated Terahertz Sensors Using Silicon Nanowires

Already the material of choice for electronics for decades, silicon has now emerged as the premier material in photonics and terahertz, offering cost-effective solutions for several applications. In this project, we plan to address the specific problem that TeTechS Inc is facing at this stage of its product development project, which is developing a silicon-based CMOS compatible platform for THz generation and integrate it with a sensor for bio-sensing applications. This project combines nanofabrication, micro-fabrication and nano-photonic on a single chip and not only reduces the fabrication cost but also enables the platform to integrate with other silicon-based components to increase the range of the applications to imaging and short range communications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Student:

Mohammadreza Khorasaninejad

Partner:

TeTechs Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

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