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13270 Completed Projects

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Projects by Category

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Computer science
9%
Engineering
1%
Engineering - biomedical
4%
Engineering - chemical / biological

Analysis of the economic, environmental and social implications of energy storage

In order to assist the successful implementation of the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan (ACLP), a study aimed at the viability of energy storage technology will be conducted. The ACLP has set forth plans to completely phase out coal power generation, and achieve 30 percent renewable power by 2030. This new, made in Alberta, energy plan is aligned with the goals and beliefs of EQUS. As a leader in environmental stewardship, many of EQUS’s cooperative members are early adapters of renewable energy generation. The question that will be thoroughly investigated is the following: To what extent would the implementation of energy storage technology benefit rural energy consumers? A full analysis of the economic, environmental and social implications of various energy storage technologies will be analysed. Specifically, financial/environmental payback to cooperative members for both on grid and off grid applications will be determined.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Irene Herremans

Student:

Chris Henry

Partner:

EQUS REA Ltd.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Mixed Medium Drilling with a Single Bit – Drilling from Whipstock to TD

Oil and gas in tight formations with low porosity and/or permeability are often accessed using horizontal wells. In certain scenarios multiple horizontals are drilled from a single wellbore to create a multilateral well to increase production potential without the need for larger surface facilities. In drilling multilaterals, a retrievable whipstock assembly is used to kick off each additional horizontal. This project seeks to evaluate a new economical whipstock design and develop the tools necessary to design a bit that may both kick off the lateral as well as drill the horizontal to the target length; a process currently requiring multiple bits. This will reduce the time necessary to drill a multilateral well, reduce environmental impacts and improve production potential of wells in Alberta, throughout Canada and around the world.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roman Shor

Student:

Ibrahim Kanj

Partner:

Modern Wellbore Solutions

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Intertidal dynamics of First Nations’ clam beaches along a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) supertanker route

Proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) developments in the traditional territory of the Kitsumkalum First Nations may have negative consequences for the productivity of local clam beaches resulting in decreased food security for coastal communities. This project will elucidate previously unknown community dynamics and environmental characteristics in clam beaches threatened by approved developments. This will increase comprehension of intertidal and soft sediment ecosystems, while also creating a baseline of environmental and biological conditions prior to LNG development. These data will be shared with Kitsumkalum First Nations to support their long-term monitoring project which aims to detect local disturbances prior to disastrous damage to clam beaches. We will also train Kitsumkalum technicians in the techniques required to conduct this monitoring. Such monitoring will increase clam beach sustainability and protect food security of coastal and First Nations communities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francis Juanes

Student:

Lily Campbell

Partner:

Kitsumkalum Economic Development Corporation

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Speech recognition for older, pathological voices

Some diseases and brain injuries can seriously impair language. Patterns in an individual’s speech can allow computers to describe these impairment with a high degree of accuracy. These techniques can be used to test large groups of people for drug trials and potentially replace pen-and-paper based testing methods. To fully automate this process, speech recognition systems can be used to automatically transcribe speech. Unfortunately, these technologies continue to perform relatively poorly for elderly speakers, or for individuals with speech disorders. Advancements in “deep learning” have the potential to create more powerful models and improve speech recognition accuracy for these groups. This project will explore methods for adapting speech recognition systems to these speakers to aid in impairment diagnosis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alex Mihailidis

Student:

Josh Ames

Partner:

WinterLight Labs Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Identification of medical marijuana cultivars with great potential for therapeutic application

The proposed project will use classical animal models to investigate the therapeutic effects and associated side effects of extracts from the whole plant of different strains of cannabis. The targeted medical conditions include pain and chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). Our data and results will play a key role in pre-screening of cultivars to obtain best candidates suited for particular medical conditions, or that have lower side-effect liability. Our partner, Cannevert Therapeutics Ltd, will use our data to get more resources to conduct related clinical trials, fund studies to research other potential medical indications, and develop cannabis based drugs. It’s hoped that this work will minimize the risk of failures and cost of clinical trials by our industry-standard preclinical models.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alasdair Barr

Student:

Siyuan Xiong

Partner:

Cannevert Therapeutics Ltd

Discipline:

Pharmacy / Pharmacology

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals

University:

Program:

Elevate

Development and Demonstration Engine Technology for Class 8 Heavy Duty Trucks Fueled by Waste Hydrogen

Hydra Energy Corporation Commercial Demonstration Project will be based in Prince George, British Columbia 12.4 MT/day of waste hydrogen will be captured, purified and transported to an onsite hydrogen refueling station from which (at least) 53 Class 8 tractor-trailer trucks will refuel daily. Hydra’s demonstration project can provide a significant reduction in fleet greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions, Particulate Matter and other air emissions. Hydra is currently testing the first prototype dual-fuel hydrogen/diesel heavy-duty class 8 truck in North America. And, in collaboration with the University of British Columbia (UBC) is conducting thorough experimental investigation of the potential fuel efficiency improvements and emissions reductions that may be realized by fueling an internal combustion engine with hydrogen and diesel fuel at various. The R&D project results will advance the scientific knowledge of hydrogen in internal combustion engines, and will help to expand the availability of clean energy transportation technologies in and beyond B.C.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Rogak

Student:

Michael Karpinski-Leydier

Partner:

Hydra Energy Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

Program:

Accelerate

First Nation Environmental Review and Analysis

The Government of Canada is in the process of reviewing legislation and procedures related to environmental processes, e.g. the Canadian Environmental Assessment process (CEAA) and the National Energy Board process (NEB). Indigenous groups across Canada have participated in engagement sessions, and made formal written submissions which have been made publically available. This research project will review and analyze of all the Indigenous submissions on the NEB and CEAA processes to identify the key themes, gaps and contradicting view noted with the various Indigenous approaches to these environmental processes as compared to current legislation. The outputs will provide the Atlantic Policy Congress (APC) with knowledge and material to ensure legislative changes align with Indigenous world views and priorities in accordance with the empirical evidence provided by the actual written submissions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Adams

Student:

Courtney Morrison

Partner:

Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Aboriginal affairs

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Toxicopathological Determination of Safe Dose Ranges of Neonicotinoids for Honey Bee Colonies

The ‘gold standard’ mammalian safety toxicopathological tests are very sensitive and reproducible examinations used by veterinary pathologists in the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory agencies to detect sublethal toxic effects of candidate drugs, pesticides and other chemicals in laboratory animals to determine the safe dose range of these medications/chemicals for humans and animals. However, comparable toxicopathological approaches using histopathology have not been developed for honey bees. The purpose of this project is to adapt this mammalian ‘gold standard’ safety evaluation to honey bees and to perform these safety studies on bees to determine the safe dose range for the three most commonly used neonicotinoids in agriculture. As a result, this research has potential to enhance the balance between crop pollination sustainability and crop protection from pests.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elemir Simko

Student:

Ivanna Kozii

Partner:

Saskatchewan Beekeeper Development Commission

Discipline:

Animal science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment of the Performance and Treatment Benefits of Primary Solids Microscreen Filtration with an Onsite Wastewater Treatment System

Onsite Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Reuse is emerging as a potential solution to the water shortages, eroding distribution infrastructure, and energy intensive treatment processes that are a fixture of the modern city. However, existing onsite treatment technologies fail to compactly treat water to a high enough quality for urban reuse without increasing per capita treatment energy use. Primary filtration, the filtering of raw wastewater influent, is a promising technology for onsite treatment because organics in the wastewater have yet to degrade over a long sewer journey, leaving the suspended organics still intact and easy to remove physically. The objective of this research is to evaluate the performance of onsite microscreen filtration by sampling wastewater from a local ECO-TEK onsite treatment facility and performing a comparative treatment study at bench-scale. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ryan Ziels

Student:

James Roberts

Partner:

ECO-TEK Ecological Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Fibre response to temperature and precipitation variation in natural and planted stands of spruce (Picea glauca x Engelmannii) in northern interior British Columbiaa

This goal of this research project is to understand how wood fibre characteristics within planted and natural stands of spruce behave with changes to temperature and precipitation. Several methods of wood analysis will be used to determine this relationship including dendrochronology, scientifically dating tree-rings and comparing to climate, and analysis of fibre qualities, or cellular wood qualities, within samples of both natural and planted stands of spruce. The partner organization, Canfor, will benefit by gaining knowledgeable expertise in how cellular wood fibre qualities vary with climate and how future wood sources are expected to change with a changing climate. This knowledge will allow Canfor to better understand their future wood quality and help maintain sustainable forests and economic stability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lisa Wood

Student:

Anastasia Ivanusic

Partner:

Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Forestry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

The Challenges of Curating Latin American Cinema in the 21st Century

Curatorial studies is a well-established field of research in the visual arts. However, curating and programming are probably among the most understudied areas in film and media scholarship. While I participate in defining the official selection of Latin American movies for the 2017 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, I will gather tools to attempt answering the following questions: Which films are prioritized for exhibition and why? How can a film festival contribute to the development of ethnic inclusions? My goal is not only to contribute new academic knowledge to the field of Latin America film programming but also to encourage new appreciations of this region’s audiovisual culture among TIFF’s audiences, which could potentially raise the number of people interested in attending the Latin American section’s screenings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Victoria Ruetalo

Student:

Zaira Zarza Blanco

Partner:

Toronto International Film Festival Inc

Discipline:

Cultural studies

Sector:

Media and communications

University:

Program:

Accelerate

An Assessment of Local Business’ Understandings and Needs for Community Leadership in a Small Urban Setting

Community leadership development and training programs must respond to changing corporate and public perceptions. There has been a lack of research on community leadership within small urban settings, where the impact that training and development programs have may be high. Our objective is to describe how local businesses in a small urban setting understand community leadership and what needs they have with respect to training and development. We will conduct fifteen in-depth interviews with a diverse range of local business leaders in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. Community leadership will be understood as something distinct from marketing and philanthropy. Understanding of community leadership will vary greatly by business and a diverse range of development needs identified to help inform Leadership Victoria’s future program and service offerings. This research will help to build and support stronger community leadership in Greater Victoria and other smaller urban settings across North America.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathan Lachowsky

Student:

Lindsay Shaw

Partner:

Leadership Victoria Society

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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