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13270 Completed Projects

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Projects by Category

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Engineering - chemical / biological

Production of Canola Oil Based Healthy Food Emulsifiers Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Media

Emulsifiers, specifically diacylglycerides and monoacylglycerides, have the potential to replace fats and oils high in saturated fats such as palm and thus provide healthy and low-caloric food products. Canola based DAGs and MAGs not only can reduce the saturated fat content and food calories, they also can improve the functionalities of food products. However, they are produced using costly and environmentally unfriendly “enzyme in solvent” systems, and have shortcomings when utilized in certain food applications. This research will investigate the feasibility of manufacturing DAGs and MAGs from canola oil based on enzymatic reaction (ER) using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) technique will be used to analyze the final product. The SC-CO2 and NMR are “green” solutions compared to current solvent systems and have to potential to be more cost effective. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Scanlon

Student:

Nazanin Vafaei

Partner:

Canola Council of Canada

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Portable Web-based GIS to Improve Deployment of GPR Investigation in the Field

Prior doing any type of construction that causes soil disturbance (digging, trenching, etc.), it is imperative to acknowledge which infrastructures such as water ducts, sewerage, electricity cables are buried. The GPR approach is recognized as performing to obtain the location and depth of underground objects but it shows some drawbacks. The proposal is to improve field survey and spatial data integration of GPR investigations by providing interoperate web and GIS capabilities available on portable device as smartphone or tablet. The solution is to add GPR data handling options in an existing Web-GIS platform called GVX. GVX-GPR will facilitate engineering and land surveyors to execute GPR surveys, allowing them to visualize in the field all relevant data from past documentation of that area as well as helping them to geo-annotate the location of objects. TO BE CONTD

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jacynthe Pouliot

Student:

Paulo Guilherme Tabarro

Partner:

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development and Optimization of Industrial Lubricants for Powder Metallurgy

Powder Metallurgy (PM) is a production method suitable for accurately fabricating complex shapes to a desired size and shape, thus minimizing the need for machining. This makes it cost effective in comparison to other manufacturing technologies.
In order to facilitate the production of PM parts, a lubricant is added to the iron based powder during mixing. The lubricant affects the internal friction between the particles during compaction as well as reduces the total energy needed to eject the part from the die after compaction. However, using lubricants decreases the density of the final product. In addition, the powder mixture after mixing with the lubricant must have fast flow and uniform die cavity filling consistency so that low rejection rates and good part integrity can be attained.
There are different physical factors which effect powder properties. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ehsan Toyserkani

Student:

Amirreza Shirani Bidabadi

Partner:

University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Advanced manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Ecomuseums: Local community engagement, identity and governance.

Ecomuseums are primarily community-based endeavors that respond to local needs while concentrating on sustainability. They help guide and develop democratic projects that focus on connections to local history and heritage, which include local physical geographic features, natural resources, natural habitats and agricultural practices. This research concentrates on three case studies in southern Saskatchewan to study ecomuseum citizen participation and governance. Three unique ecomuseums are used as case studies. The three case studies are embedded within the context of social-economic disparity, rural-urban connections, and environmental advocacy. My aim is to explore ecomuseum citizen participation and governance. The anticipated results will help identify the various forms of citizen participation and governance employed by local ecomuseums. I hope this research will benefit local communities and my partner organization by expanding the ecomuseum concept and building fruitful connections between the University of Regina, local communities and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amber Fletcher

Student:

Adela Kincaid

Partner:

Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Applying Deep Learning to Optimize 3D Pose Estimation from Monocular Video

REP is an athlete development platform for building better, and healthier athletes. Inside the REP platform are computer algorithms that can “see” how people move, and the accurately estimate how they are moving in three dimensions. The REP platform can then compare models of how you move, to models of how experts move. This comparison gives us rich information that people can use to improve their form. However, generating the expert models is quite hard, and it’s not always easy to understand how to actually compare users and experts. This MITACS project will allow us to work with a talented computer vision researcher to optimize our system through integrating our existing training datasets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Greg Mori

Student:

Jon Smith

Partner:

Athlyst Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Characterization of Naturally-Occurring Neuropathic Pain in Dogs

Clinical experience demonstrates that canine patients commonly suffer from neuropathic pain and little is known to address this issue. Our study aims to investigate different tools for the diagnosis and treatment of neuropathic pain. Forty dogs with naturally-occurring neuropathic pain will be included in a prospective, randomized, masked clinical trial using appropriate inclusion and exclusion criteria. Dogs will be assigned to receive treatment with a drug that is used in humans for neuropathic pain (gabapentin), or gabapentin in combination with an anti-inflammatory drug (meloxicam) in a cross-over design (dogs will receive both treatments during study). QoL, pain scores, client-specific outcome measures, biomarkers of inflammation and QST will be evaluated before and during the study for observation of treatment effect. This study provides insight on the diagnosis of neuropathic pain and may prove the efficacy meloxicam in a new application.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paulo Steagall

Student:

Hélène Ruel

Partner:

Boehringer Ingelheim

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Electrochemical Impedance Modeling and Optimization of Li-Ion Battery Utility using Active Battery Management System (ActiveBMS)

Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are considered the top candidates among electrochemical energy storage systems (ESS) due to their high energy density which has triggered the growth market of popular devices such as cell phones, computers, electric vehicles (EV) etc. As ESS, LIBs are continuously charged and discharged during their utility. The charge/discharge cycle is known to contribute towards their degradation depending on the charging protocol and operating conditions. In response to this challenge, advanced battery management systems (BMS) have been developed to ensure the largest usable capacity, longest life, faster charging speed, and to lower the cost. However, currently there is no efficient BMS due to poor understanding of the complex degradation mechanism of LIBs. Besides, the protocols to measure capacity fade are inadequate and labor intensive. This project aims to enhance GBatteries’ active BMS (ActiveBMS), which is a set of hardware and software providing a real-time self-learning control system handling LIBs during the charge, idle, and discharge. The project is expected to fill the knowledge gaps via correlation studies between impedance values and capacity fading. The correlations will be developed into a model for predicting LIBs degradation and allow the BMS to send a signal to mitigate the degradation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elena Baranova

Student:

Evans Monyoncho

Partner:

University of Ottawa

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Elevate

An Engaged Community for Shared Learning: Internships Contribute to Capacity Building in Northern Saskatchewan

The International Centre for Northern Governance and Development (ICNGD) was created to help focus attention on opportunities for building capacity in northern Saskatchewan. An overarching goal was to establish local to global relationships with the Circumpolar North in support of education, research and economic prosperity. The university, industry and northern communities work together to help students learn in an environment that is context based, relevant education and research in support of the north. The research mission is advanced through graduate learner training in community based, partner orientated internships. Learners are exposed to innovative leaders in industry and community development through initiatives such as internships designed to conduct community based projects. Most important to the design of the internship model is the potential for project outcomes to not only address social determinants but to inspire youth within the communities to further their education.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dwight Newman

Student:

Amanda Wapass-Griffin

Partner:

Cameco Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aboriginal affairs

University:

Program:

Accelerate

The design and evaluation of a wearable technology as an effective tool for promoting early childhood physical literacy development

With childhood obesity and inactivity on the rise at an alarming rate, many government, education, and health agencies are promoting the development of physical literacy to combat this “epidemic.” The concept of childhood physical literacy refers to the development of fundamental movement skills that permit a child to move confidently and with control, in a wide range of physical activities. Wearable technologies have been quickly gaining in popularity, with devices and apps that can track fitness, sleep patterns, mood and even air quality. This project seeks to understand how such wearable technologies can help with the development of physical literacy during early childhood, and promote more kids to become physically active. The results will be used to create multiple wearable prototypes for testing and future commercialization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Fracchia

Student:

Takakazu Fujimoto

Partner:

SFU Centre for Digital Media

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating nanostructured local data storage and off-grid powering for the adaptive corrosion protection system

During the proposed internships, smart-grid integrated adaptive corrosion protection system (ACPS) will be developed as a stand-alone unit to provide optimum corrosion protection along with the nanostructured local data storage and off-grid powering. This will allow the continuous monitoring of the corrosion status of the metal infrastructures (e.g. transmission towers) along with the power-grid monitoring data. The proposed system can be directly monitored from the centralized control-room. Hence, it will significantly reduce and/or eliminate human interaction for an efficient and a cost-effective. Besides, the proposed stand-alone system also activates an alert flag if corrosion status of the target infrastructure shifts out of the normal range. Because of these technological benefits the wider adoption of the smart-grid integrated ACPS is anticipated in a wide range of practical applications.
Finally, this collaborative project is intended to provide protection solution for the transmission towers as well as the corrosion-prone underground structure for the partner organization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bozena Kaminska

Student:

Hamid Norouzi

Partner:

Powertech

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Borders in Globalization – Vision for facilitating multi-modal preclearance in Southern Vancouver Island

Canada and US governments have committed to establishing preclearance for land, rail and sea travelers in a manner similar to that for air travel. While the primary reason for this is security, preclearance presents an opportunity to streamline journeys for travelers thereby creating better travel experiences and reputations for destinations.
The federal governments have agreed to implement preclearance in BC for those land, sea and rail gateways where U.S. Customs and Border Patrol already provide pre-inspection services. In Victoria, this currently only covers ferry services to Port Angeles and Seattle through Belleville Terminal.
The objective of this proposed research is to generate a report for Tourism Victoria and its stakeholders which examines the economic and social impact of preclearance for tourism in Victoria and the Saanich Peninsula including U.S. tourism growth projections, interest from operators and port operators, benefits to the region, information about CBP and CBSA priorities and concerns.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly

Student:

Alex Norfolk

Partner:

Tourism Victoria

Discipline:

Public administration

Sector:

Sports and recreation

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Characteristics of PM2.5 in Prince George neighborhoods for personal monitoring purposes

Reports of air monitoring since 1994 show the annual average PM2.5 concentration in the Prince George airshed is one of the highest in the province. Although a large effort is underway to monitor ambient levels of PM2.5 , there has been no systematic study on personal exposure at the neighborhood level. Furthermore, there are no data on chemical composition (in particular elemental analysis) of PM2.5 in the neighborhoods. The main objective of this research project is to collect air samples using personal air samplers in order to characterize PM2.5 mass and particle number concentrations (PNCs) and quantify the chemical composition of PM2.5 in different neighborhoods in the city of Prince George, BC. The outcomes from this study will help to assess the success rate of the city and local industries of implementing new measures to reduce emissions of air pollutants into the airshed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hossein Kazemian

Student:

Sahar Ebadzadsahraei

Partner:

Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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