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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering - chemical / biological

The MAID Study: Microbiome and Antibiotic-Induced Dysbiosis in Children

Antibiotics are the most widely prescribed drugs in children and its frequent use presents a real danger to its ongoing effectiveness. Probiotics are bacteria that, when administered in adequate amounts, may replenish “good” bacteria depleted by antibiotics to maintain the normal bacterial composition in the gut. The aim of this study is to determine whether taking probiotics with antibiotics protects against shifts in the bacterial composition of the gut microbiota. By collecting stool samples from children (1 year to 3 years old) on intravenous antibiotics with either a probiotic (BioK+) or a placebo, we can compare the differences in the type of bacteria present in the gut. We suspect that taking probiotics while on antibiotics may potentially protect against antibiotic-related changes in the gut microbiota. The findings will shed light on how probiotics (BioK+) produce their health benefits and if the probiotics can be detected in the fecal samples.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bradley Johnston

Student:

Kim Chau

Partner:

Bio-K Plus International Inc

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Material environments as metaphors: enhancing the well-being of people with dementia

The living environments have been increasingly considered as significant to the well-being of people with dementia in both research and practice. Addressing this, practitioners, including developers, operators, and architects who are in charge of the environmental creation of dementia care facilities, need to know the specific requirements of people with dementia, in order to apply this knowledge to their practical works. As such, this study is conducted under the coordination among a PhD researcher, an architectural company and a dementia care facility developing company, researching three existing dementia care facilities in Alberta. The meanings of well-being of people with dementia and design suggestions that have potential to realize these meanings will be provided in the research results. These results will help the partner companies to enhance their knowledge of creating better living environments for people with dementia in Alberta and beyond.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Megan Strickfaden

Student:

Hui Ren

Partner:

Connecting Care

Discipline:

Design

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

GIF Tools II – Advanced GeoPhysical Inversion

Over the past 25 years researchers at the UBC Geophysical Inversion Facility (GIF) have generated forward modelling and inversion codes that deal with most types of data of interest to a consortium of mining companies. This proposal moves the research to applications in their corporate environments, and to advance the tools and understanding about how to use the research to date in an efficient manner to extract maximum information from their geophysical data. GIFtools, the computing software for carrying out advanced inversion, was developed for this purpose. This proposal will: (i) undertake further research and development of GIFtools as a computing environment to carry out advanced forward modelling and inversion of geophysical data; and further research and development of methodologies and inversion techniques to interpret magnetic data contaminated with remanence.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Oldenburg

Student:

Dominique Fournier

Partner:

Vale Canada Limited

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Real-time multi-class object recognition for municipal waste collection

The use of garbage trucks with “robot arms” for municipal waste collection is becoming more and more common in Ontario and across North America. However, these “robots” have very little capability. In our collaboration with Waterloo Controls, we are working to automate the process of garbage collection. Rather than requiring the operator to acquire the truck, then steer the robot arm to pick up the bin, we are working to add automatic capability. With our proposed solution, the system will automatically find the bin, automatically determine if it is safe to collect it (ie: there are no people or pets in the way), then automatically pick up the bin and dump it, with no more effort on the driver’s part than the push of a button. TO BE CONT”D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kenneth McIsaac

Student:

Long Pham

Partner:

Waterloo Controls Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Advanced design of an inverter for a new application in a telecom dc microgrid

Rapid growth of renewable energy generation and DC loads as electric vehicles and consumer electronics results in the proliferation of DC microgrids. DC microgrids are small electrical grids where energy sources and loads are connected to a main energy distribution power line using power converters. A particular example of the use of DC microgrids can be found in the telecommunications infrastructure, which constantly evolves and expands incorporating new applications.
The emergence of new applications requires to re-design the current power converters’ technology, and sometimes boosts the application of novel techniques, in order to fulfill with the new requirements.
In this project a prototype of a of a particular power converter for an original application in a telecom dc microgrid will be designed and developed. The project will require to address a number of critical points, such as understanding the new specifications, and dealing with a number of new design challenges.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Ordonez

Student:

Marco Bianchi

Partner:

Alpha Technologies Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of performance characteristics and applications for foam concrete materials

Foamed concrete is a low-density product, created by blending a cement paste with a foaming agent. The foam is stable during the set-up of the concrete, resulting in fine, evenly distributed voids within the concrete matrix.
In addition to its low density, properties of foam concrete include pumpability as a fresh concrete mix; and sound absorption and thermal resistance (relative to standard concrete) when cast. Its characteristics indicate possible commercial exploitation of the material in a wide variety of applications and markets, in uses as diverse as interior acoustic demising walls or roadside sound barriers; precast applications such as unit pavers, concrete masonry units, and wall or roof panels; porous paving; low-density backfill in mining; or structural fill under roadways and building foundations. Advantages of foam concrete continue to be recognized, although the material is not yet widely used in Canada. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Straube

Student:

Justin Breg

Partner:

Rainbow Concrete Industries Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development and characterization of elite Echinacea germplasm for natural health products and dietary supplements

Echinacea is a popular medicinal herb with a global market of ?$1 billion. While numerous Echinacea products are already available, variable plant chemistry and genetics leads to inconsistent product quality. In an effort to develop “chemically customized” varieties for herbal products and supplements, Amway Canada has partnered with researchers at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Having already analyzed >100 varieties of Echinacea, we are breeding selected individuals with desired properties to establish new distinct and stable lines. Through field- and greenhouse experiments, we will improve cultivation practices for increased quality, quantity and consistency of plant material. Looking to uncover new uses for Echinacea, our team will use experimental models to study which chemicals are responsible for different effects and how they work. This research will expand our knowledge about the chemistry and therapeutic potential of Echinacea. With high quality plant resources, TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cory Harris

Student:

Rui Liu

Partner:

Amway Canada

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Estimating Real-Estate Property Prices and Days on Market through Machine Learning

In collaboration with Western Canada Realty, we aim to develop a real-estate valuation online service for the Alberta real-estate market, especially for Edmonton. The product resembles Trulia and Zillow on a high level, which are real-estate price estimation web services in U.S. The system requires a backend that takes as input house pricing information from several sources including real-estate property assessment publicly available from the City of Edmonton website and recent house transaction records on MLS®. Based on such data, the system will estimate the worth of individual houses, along with multi-facet real-estate price visualization in terms of neighborhoods, communities, and different housing types through a web service. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Di Niu

Student:

Yushi Wang

Partner:

Western Canada Realty

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Developing an On-field Test for Determining Recreational Water Quality

Recreational water sources are important commercial resources and activity hubs. Unfortunately, any public water source is prone to bacterial and viral contamination, which is a major concern for public health agencies. InnovoGENE Biosciences has a developed a simple test that can quickly determine the level of pathogens. Although this method has been rigorously tested in a laboratory, this test is unproven on the field. The intern has a significant understanding of the technology and is most suited to validate the assay and is capable of optimizing the assay for field use. The intern will work with research associates from InnovoGENE to perform field-tests between June to end of August and the data generated will be valuable for developing the first generation of prototypes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carlos Filipe

Student:

Dingran Chang

Partner:

InnovoGENE Biosciences Inc

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Structural Behaviour of Stack Pattern and Running Bond Masonry Walls

Many office and institutional buildings use concrete masonry walls as their loadbearing elements. They are required to withstand loads coming from their roof structures and also caused by wind and seismic events. This research project will determine the suitability of such masonry walls when subjected to these loads. Further, this project will research to improve the performance of these walls by introducing various new structural and construction details. The goal of this research will be accomplished through experimental and computer modeling techniques. The outcomes of this research are expected to advance the current understanding and design philosophy of masonry walls by introducing various alternatives and details. Hence, the member organizations of the industry partner, Canada Masonry Design Centre will benefit from the research outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sreekanta Das

Student:

Karla Gorospe

Partner:

Canada Masonry Design Centre

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Technology validation of the needle-free injector MED-JET H4 for vaccination

In adults, influenza vaccination is administered by intramuscular injection, a procedure that many people find painful and that some find frightening (ie: needle-phobia). Influenza vaccination is now encouraged or recommended for all Canadians. Every year, there is a large effort to vaccinate as many people as possible before the ‘flu season’. The urgency to vaccinate is even more acute in pandemics. Public health authorities are interested in ways to increase vaccine acceptance and delivery. One way to promote vaccine uptake and facilitate delivery would be needle-free injection. So-called Jet injectors could significantly reduce the time needed to immunize and might be more acceptable to those who fear needles. Several jet-injectors have been developed that can reliably deliver vaccines and there is every reason to believe they will be equally effective but cause less discomfort than needle-based delivery. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Ward

Student:

Breana Hodgins

Partner:

Medical International Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Sustaining our forests in southwestern Alberta

This MITACS internship will support Julie Fortin, an MSc student whose focus is on developing new techniques for analyzing oblique historical mountain survey images based on the world’s largest systematic collection of historical mountain survey images, the Mountain Legacy Project. Her research is driven by questions about shifts in biodiversity over time, built atop biodiversity data and models developed by Dr. Jason Fisher and his colleagues and crews with Alberta Innovates for Willmore Wilderness. While removed from the landscapes of southwestern Alberta, in which a broader research initiative funding the Foothills Reearch Institute is supporting, the research questions and processes are analogous, and Ms. Fortin’s research will advance an understanding of how best to gain leverage for understanding disturbance ecology from a unique historical dataset of historical survey images. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Higgs

Student:

Julie Fortin

Partner:

Foothills Research Institute

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Forestry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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