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Leisure Access Victoria: Recreation Accessibility Website, Apps and Tools

Recreation Integration Victoria and the School of Public Health and Social Policy (at UVic.) will address critical issues around the health, fitness and social integration of persons with disabilities in the Victoria Capital Regional District (CRD). Our goal is to promote and facilitate increased fitness, physical activity and healthy living across the entire disability spectrum. We will develop a fully accessible, one-stop web-site and app which will provide comprehensive and detailed information about resources, facilities, activities, programs and services (and their accessibility) within the CRD. We will also develop a module to specifically address the needs of young adults with developmental disabilities. It will include an on-line healthy living curriculum and novel, engaging tools directed at improving their overall health, diet and fitness. The project perfectly aligns with the mandate and missions of both partner organizations in promoting the health, independence and inclusion of persons with disabilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Viviene Temple

Student:

Tianming Wei

Partner:

Recreation Integration Victoria

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Perpetual Nomads: an exploration of indigenous narratives and imagery through contemporary and experimental mediums

The goal of the Perpetual Nomads project is to make illustration depicting many indigenous and environmental issues through traditional art media and digital media. The team will be exploring the viability of creating Mixed Reality interactive experiences to increase the awareness, empathy, egalitarianism and environmental concern in users through these illustrated narratives. Since people use new technologies and traditional arts for expressing themselves in so many ways, its crucial for youth to be exposed to powerful ideas relating to consciousness, sustainability and connectivity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Richard Smith

Student:

Esteban Camacho Steffensen

Partner:

Bradfield Narrative Designs Inc

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Education

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Oncolytic HSV-1 (oHSV-1) for treatment of prostate cancer

This project is to use genetic engineered “cold-sore” virus to treat prostate cancer. The virus is engineered to reduce its toxicity to normal tissues but can specifically attack and kill tumour cells. Meanwhile, the virus releases a group of anti-tumour immune stimulating factors to activate immune system to eliminate prostate tumour. This project will use a unique prostate tumour mouse model to test the virus.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Rennie

Student:

Zahid Delwar

Partner:

Virogin Biotech Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Somatostatin signalling and diabetes

The prevalence of diabetes is growing rapidly and currently, over 60 million people worldwide use insulin treatment to manage their diabetes. However, insulin treatment can result in hypoglycemia or low blood sugar levels. To date only retroactive treatments are available to treat hypoglycemia, which affects an individual’s quality of life and increases the likelihood of recurring bouts of hypoglycemia as well as development of cardiovascular or renal disease. The goal of this project is to test the efficacy of novel therapeutic targets utilizing somatostatin receptor-2 antagonist and agonists to better manage glycemic control in type 1 diabetics. These pre-clinical studies will set the stage for a human Phase 1 clinical trial. This project is an initial step in improving the treatment of diabetes and the quality of life of patients with diabetes. TO BE CONT”D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Riddell

Student:

Erin Mandel-Shorser

Partner:

Centre for Drug Research and Development

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Trends, opportunities and adaptive strategies in the natural fiber market

As the consumption of cigarettes declines in North America and Europe market, a company that specializes in manufacturing specialty papers is seeking new opportunities with its natural fiber productions. This research intends to identify new market trends and opportunities for natural fibers in the competitive environment; provide a comprehensive analysis in worldwide natural fiber industries; and to develop strategies by applying marketing segmentation strategy and differentiation strategy to respond to the market. This research benefits the partner company as it analyzes market demand for their product. The Partner expects the result of this study to reinforce their vision in the production of advanced materials from crops in the Prairies like Flax and Hemp. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fang Wan

Student:

Huan You

Partner:

SWM International Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Study the bond strength of adhered manufactured stone veneer units and setting bed mortar at different temperatures and different cycles of freeze-thaw

The bond between adhered manufactured stone masonry veneer units and the setting bed mortar will be studied. It will involve testing shear, and tensile bond on small samples. Samples will consist of 2 types of adhered manufactured stones; two types of setting bed mortar (Type S, and modified dry-set cement mortar); and two types of substrates (simulated scratch coat and metal lath, and exterior grade cement board). Samples will be tested at 3 different temperatures (-20, 0 and 20°C), and 2 different numbers of freeze-thaw cycles. Three samples will be cast and tested for each combination. Reliability analysis will be conducted on the results to suggest which combination works best at different temperatures or with respect to the number of cycles of freeze-thaw. In addition, some factors that modify the bond strength equations will be investigated to determine if their inclusion better predict the bond strengths.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nigel Shrive

Student:

Samira Rizaee

Partner:

Alberta Masonry Council

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cardiac Arrhythmia Care Pathways Project

The interns will be engaged to to identify potential target patients and provide a cost-benefit analysis of various forms of CA care pathways, with a focus on identifying the strengths and weaknesses of implementing an e-health system compared to the current model of care.The target patient analysis will be conducted through the development and use of a mathematical model based on game theory. The cost-benefit analysis will be conducted through the development and use of a simulation that outlines the impact of utilizing an e-health system in contrast to the existing care pathway(s).
3M will benefit from participating in the project because the aim is to establish a new pathway of care using an e-health system that will facilitate its successful adoption throughout Canada

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Barrett

Student:

Salar Ghamat

Partner:

Western University

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Design and Analysis of a High Performance Residence to Meet Upcoming BC Step Codes

In the coming months, a new set of energy efficiency targets called “step codes” will be incorporated into the standards used to build houses. The step code is intended to provide builders with a better understanding of what is expected of them when they build energy efficient homes. It will also allow municipalities incorporate energy efficiency standards into new housing developments. The anticipated problem is that the builders may struggle to meet these energy efficiency standards because it is different from the homes they are used to building. This study will try to design an energy efficient home using construction materials and methods familiar to home builders to help them with this transition to the new step codes. The building will incorporate better wall designs to reduce heat loss, air leaking and moisture transfer. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya

Student:

Eric Wilson

Partner:

Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Using PET/MRI to improve current pre-clinical biomarkers in cancer

Treatments that involve activating a patient’s own immune system, immunotherapies, are becoming important cancer therapies. Unfortunately, doctors don’t always know the best way to combine these therapies to best treat patients and the current tools they have to evaluate treatment success don’t work well for immunotherapies. Molecular imaging, particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron emission tomography (PET) can help researchers learn more about how these therapies work and how best to combine them. Cubresa has developed advanced technology that allows researchers to simultaneously use PET and MRI for preclinical research.We will therefore be studying how this technology can be used to improve immune cell tracking with MRI and investigate current and new tools for evaluating immunotherapies that can be applied to the clinic. Together with Cubresa, we plan to develop PET/MRI applications that improve and accelerate the translation of immunotherapies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kimberly Brewer

Student:

Marie-Laurence Tremblay

Partner:

Cubresa Inc.

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Degradation Assessment for Critical Assets in Power Generation

Degradation assessment for critical assets in power generation has great significance for power industry. Existing degradation assessment models failed either in combining the multimodal condition monitoring data or in removing time-varying working condition influences, resulting in inaccurate and/or unreliable degradation assessment results. In order to achieve robust and accurate degradation assessment for power generation critical assets, this project aims at developing new models based on both maintenance data and condition monitoring data from ENMAX. It is expected to obtain more accurate degradation assessment results over existing models. This study is critical for ENMAX to optimize their capital asset management decisions and maximize long-term profits whilst delivering high service levels to customers with acceptable and manageable risks. Furthermore, the interns will gain experience in addressing application-oriented research problems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ming Zuo

Student:

Weixuan Tang

Partner:

ENMAX Energy Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a Raman probe for the on-line determination of pulp properties

Canadian northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) market pulps set standards worldwide for fibre strength, length, fineness and uniformity. These characteristics add unmatched strength and durability to finished goods, and this drives a high international demand for NBSK pulp. However, competition has increased the price-performance pressure on Canadian suppliers. The Canadian pulp industry must innovate to sustain its leadership in the world marketplace, developing and implementing process technologies that increase pulp quality, while improving manufacturing efficiency, and decreasing the use of energy and impact on the environment. Industrial laboratories use chemical analysis and physical tests to determine the properties of an in-process pulp and gauge its fitness for a particular end use. But, these laboratory tests add expense to the manufacturing process and have little value for real-time process control. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Edward Grant

Student:

Ashton Christy

Partner:

Canfor Corporation

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Forestry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating how user interfaces impact scalable network displays

IOT technology is a brand new, and rapidly growing field. Currently, there are no best practices published in the design of real-time, dynamic network displays. Our project focuses on developing and testing new business processes, user personas, and design-guidelines associated with these types of displays in a real-world environment. The findings from this work will not only inform future software development at Distrix, but also aims to offer meaningful contributions to the methodology literature in information visualization and human computer interaction.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ronald Rensink

Student:

Madison Elliott

Partner:

Distrix Networks Ltd

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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