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13270 Completed Projects

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Application of Short-Reach Optical Interconnects to Information and Communications Technology Systems

This project will allow the research group at Ericsson Canada Inc. to produce in less time more R&D results and proof of concept related to short-reach optical interconnects applied to ICT systems. This will keep the interest of the mother company in Sweden and help us attract other interesting R&D mandates in Ericsson Montreal to eventually create new local employment positions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Plant

Student:

Mehrdad Mir Shafiei

Partner:

Ericsson Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Energy Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis for selected industrial and commercial Enbridge Gas Distribution (EGD) Customers

The objective of this proposal is to do energy assessment and cost-benefits analyses among selected industrial and commercial Enbridge Gas Distribution (EGD) customers, engaging Ryerson faculty and students. EGD operates defamed side management (DSM) programs to encourage its industrial customers to adopt energy saving equipment and strategies to reduce the natural gas consumption. As a part of DSM program, EGD is partnering with Ryerson University to undertake the energy assessments for small and medium size industrial customers. These customers are in range of 300,000 to 1.5 million cubic meter natural gas consumption per year. The energy assessment will be at, no cost, to the customers to help alleviate their technical and financial barriers and help the next generation energy engineers possessing a unique mixture of engineering and energy management expertise. The students will be provided training in energy assessment and energy management procedures both from faculty and EGD staff. The potential energy related systems that will be investigated include steam generation systems, process & heat recovery applications and space heating and ventilation. The duration of the program will be approximately 18 months. The expected launch date will be September 2013 or as soon as the project is approved.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Alan Fung

Student:

Farzin Masoumi Rad, Miguel Ayala & Altamash Baig

Partner:

Enbridge

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Oil and gas

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Research and Development of Ultra-portable Modulus Structures

Canada is considered to be one of the leading nations in nature conservation. Greenheart specializes in the design and construction of aerial trails. University of British Columbia (UBC) is a world renowned institute for structural engineering research. This Mitacs Intern Program is intended to create a robust research program that allows UBC researchers to collaborate with Greenheart to design ultra-portable, reconfigurable and lightweight structures which can be used for education, enjoyment, promotion and preservation of our environment. The program will consist of extensive array of analytical simulations, experimental testing and design optimizations. Upon successful implementation of the research, the program will train multiple highly qualified personnel with vital scientific and business skills that will further strengthen Canada’s position in pioneering engineering research and continue Canada’s leadership in nature conservation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Tony Yang

Student:

Jeremy Atkinson, Yuanjie Li & Dorian Tung

Partner:

Greenheart Conservation Company Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Novel Molecule Analysis

NovoBind, in partnership with Dr. Finlay will determined the efficacy of a number of novel molecules capable of neutralizing various pathogens including enterobacteriaceae. These studies will demonstrate the mechanism of action and viability of a new approach to pathogen control. These key assays which characterize the efficacy of our technology in an in-vitro setting will guide their use in animal models.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Brett Finlay

Student:

Katelyn Knuff

Partner:

NovoBind Livestock Therapeutics Inc.

Discipline:

Microbiology / Immunology

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

From visual analysis to visual analytics

Visual analytics “the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces” is a new approach to the timely and effective analysis of complex technical and operational systems. Our previous MITACS internships at Aeroinfo applied this scientific approach to mixed-initiative human/computational analysis to improve aircraft safety & reliability analysis and business planning, resulting in changes to aircraft design and pilot training. The next step in operationalizing visual analytics for Aeronifo is to capture "best practices" from analyses that have been proven successful, and to propose ways to select and customize analysis software and methods to replicate and extend those successes. This internship cluster will accomplish this by applying a new approach to analysis developed in our laboratory that is based on H. Clark's Joint Activity Theory developed at Stanford University. Outcomes will be methodological, in the form of improved analysis techniques and training, and technological, in the form of better analysis suites.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Brian Fisher

Student:

Ethan Soutar-Rau, Nadya Calderon & Linda Kaastra

Partner:

Boeing Canada Operations Ltd.

Discipline:

Interactive arts and technology

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

CADSIM Plus simulator, evolutionary algorithms, rule based expert system, neural network

In industries, chemical processes involve different plants running in parallel with different production rates under the strict constraints on available resources. Therefore, events like shutdown of one or more plants, operating plants with different production grades with flexible run length time, equipment utilization rates of different plants etc. are vital to be studied, scheduled, and optimized. CADSIM Plus is a popular software which simulates different chemical processes in industries and thus ensures an effective production in practice. The software is used by more than 220 companies and organizations all over the world. The objective of this project is to investigate and develop efficient optimization methods that can be integrated with CADSIM Plus for chemical process production line scheduling. The task of chemical process production line scheduling is a complex operation and cannot be modeled directly by simple mathematical equations. Therefore, optimizing the product line scheduling as well as CADSIM Plus yields a non-trivial optimization problem and requires robust techniques to solve.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Lutz Lampe

Student:

Ahmed Imtiaz

Partner:

Aurel Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Chemicals

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Brain wave investigation of the neural monitoring measurement stability

Brain wave technologies allow researchers and clinicians to monitor the brain at work. Our team has developed a new technology that uses electroencephalography (EEG) to provide an online record of different brain functions in a very short period of time. The brain waves recorded by this technology may change normally as time passes and we first need to understand how this happens in a healthy individual. Thus, it is the purpose of this project to determine how the brain responses elicited by our technology change over time in order to determine which brain wave changes are within normal limits. Once we know the normal limits of brain wave changes for this technology, we can monitor individuals with brain injuries in order to see how the injury affects their brain waves (e.g., concussion). The ability to monitor the changes in brain function after injury will be critical in guiding the best treatment for recovery.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Carolyn Sparrey

Student:

Sujoy Hajra

Partner:

Health Tech Connex

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Usability analysis and guideline development for user interface design in a public health information system

The design of usable public health information systems is critical in areas such as healthcare. In this project an analysis of the usability of a pan-Canadian public health information system will be conducted. The approach will involve application of usability engineering methods to identify issues and areas where the system’s user interface could be modified and optimized. This work will lead to the development of a set of guidelines and recommendations for the development of a next generation user interface for Panorama. In addition, currently there are a number of generic user interface guidelines and standards that have been published internationally. The project will also involve a systematic review and documentation analysis of existing guidelines which will be collected. This information will be also considered in light of optimizing the Panorama user interface. The results from both the usability analysis and the literature review will be combed to develop a user interface style guide that will help in creating a usable, useful and consistent next generation user interface for the Panorama public health system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Andre Kushniruk

Student:

Allen McLean & Danica Tuden

Partner:

IBM Canada

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Development of high surface quality and large static displacement translating micromirror for MEMS FTIRS with application to alcohol interlock

This project is to develop a micromirror with large static translation displacement and high surface quality by combining two microfabrication processes. Based on the developed micromirror, the next generation alcohol interlock technology, i.e., MEMS (MicroElectroMechanial System) FTIRS alcohol interlock will be developed and commercialized in collaboration with ACS to overcome the limitations of the current technology to achieve much higher sensitivity and realize continuous monitoring of driver’s BAC, which is highly desired in the industry but cannot be realized with the current technology. This product will be added to ACS alcohol interlock product portfolio with much better performance than its existing products and its global competitors. Due to the high sensitivity and capability of continuous monitoring, the effectiveness and application of the automotive alcohol interlock can be significantly improved and expanded. With this new technology, the competitiveness and leadership of ACS in the automotive alcohol interlock industry will be greatly enhanced.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Siyuan He

Student:

Yuan Xue

Partner:

Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Corp.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Purification and Trapping of Biohydrogen

Solarvest has developed a cutting-edge technology that enables algae to produce hydrogen in a continuous cycle in a single vessel. The hydrogen is released along with carbon dioxide and water, and intermittently the algae needs to be permitted to carry out photosynthesis, which generates oxygen. This project entails the construction, installation and testing of a system that will separate the biohydrogen produced from these other gases, and which will purify and quantify it and allow it to be re-released on demand as a fuel or chemical feedstock.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Gerard Sean McGrady

Student:

Stephanie Richardson

Partner:

Solarvest (PEI) Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Child Strength: Supporting communities through executive functioning and early literacy strategies

It is evident that children require support for executive function and emergent literacy development to optimize their personal well-being, school, learning and life success. This project focuses on how to best support executive function [EF] and early emergent literacy [EL] acquisition for our children by providing a parent and early childcare community with strategies on how to engage and immerse young learners in developmentally appropriate activities. Executive functions, or the thinking skills, emerge in the first year of life and are supported and enhanced by language (including language spoken by parents, caregivers and others in the child’s environment including playmates). In order to ensure EF skills and EL are introduced and reinforced in our children, there must be a concerted effort to strengthen the knowledge and skills of parents and preschool teachers related to foundational EF and EL skills. This research study involves working with the early childcare educators and parents of the Coalhurst, AB Parent Link Centre’s Stay and Play [SnP] program over a one-year period. The researchers will create and assist in implementing developmentally appropriate EF and EL strategies to both the early childcare educators and parents.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Drs. Bryan Kolb & Robbin Gibb

Student:

Sarah Raza & Allonna Harker

Partner:

Barons-Eureka-Warner Family & Community Support Services

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Service industry

University:

University of Lethbridge

Program:

Accelerate

Design of an efficient DOCSIS 3.1 upstream cable modem termination system receiver operating in OFDMA and S-CDMA modes

The widespread availability of broadband internet has transformed Canadian life. However, the increasing volume of data traffic strains the “last mile” access networks that deliver broadband internet to individual premises. The cable industry has responded with updates to the dominant standard for cable modems (CMs) and cable modem termination systems (CMTSs), known as DOCSIS. The latest revision, DOCSIS 3.1, was released on October 29, 2013, and promises great improvements for the delivery of broadband internet through cable. Equipment compliant with the new standard has not yet been commercialized. There is considerable freedom in the design of DOCSIS compliant CMs and CMTSs, and successful designs must incorporate sophisticated signal processing to mitigate impairments introduced by the cable distribution system. This research project undertakes the design of such algorithms for two key operating modes for a DOCSIS 3.1 compliant receiver, focusing on timing and synchronization issues, carrier frequency and phase tracking, burst noise rejection, and ingress cancellation. SED Systems is expected to benefit from this research by using these algorithms in their implementation of a full DOCSIS 3.1 compliant CMTS demodulator.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Hai Jiang

Student:

David Young

Partner:

SED Systems

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

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