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Developing Tools to Track Vocalizing Marine Mammals with Long Baseline Hydrophone Arrays – Year two

My project aims to understand cetacean habitat use in remote areas along Canada’s coast. Using acoustic data from an array of permanently recording hydrophones, I am developing software to automatically detect, classify, and localize different species of whales that use the area .
The acoustic network is located deep in the Great Bear Rainforest in northern British Columbia in thus in important habitat for Northern Resident Killer Whales, humpback whales, and fin whales. At the same time, existing shipping and proposed tanker routes posing a challenge to the marine ecosystem.
The software I am developing within the Mitcas ELEVATE fellowship will provide unprecedented information about activity and behaviour of whales, and possible effects of shipping on their habitat use.My industry partner — WWF-Canada, the Gitga’at First Nation, and the North Coast Cetacean Society — will thus obtain urgently needed data for marine management.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aaron Gulliver

Student:

Benjamin Hendricks

Partner:

World Wildlife Fund

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Elevate

Development of a model for computational sea ice monitoring

The proposed research project focuses on the development of a novel model for the computation of sea ice parameters in near real- time relying on satellite data. The interdisciplinary team will investigate solutions for high performance computing to monitor sea ice and calculate ice parameters with the high spatial resolution. This project includes R&D activities in sea ice modeling, calculating parameters of ocean interaction with sea ice and designing algorithms for satellite data processing and analysis. Mathematical methods would be used to distribute the geographic region of interest to various processors and thus minimize the computational time. By linking remote observations and modeling efforts, the outcomes of this research will represent a step change in capabilities for operational sea ice forecasting and monitoring. The proposed project fulfills C-CORE research goals as the world leading organization in sea ice and remote sensing solutions to provide timely and highly accurate ice information to the off-shore industry. The project will greatly contribute to the existing practices of sea ice monitoring because it addresses needs in various industrial and scientific applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ronald Haynes

Student:

Siva Prasad

Partner:

Natural Resources Canada

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Elevate

PART A- Conversion of CO2 and H2O to Syngas Using Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (RSOFCs) Technology

The main objective of this project is to demonstrate the highly promising performance of our world-leading catalysts in a scaled-up solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) system. SOECs can efficiently convert the greenhouse gas, CO2, or mixtures of CO2 and H2O, to useful chemicals and fuels, while running on excess electricity, thus serving to store intermittent electricity generated by wind and solar.
The SOECs developed to date in our group are based on a family of new catalysts composed of low cost earth-abundant metals. These cells (ca. 1 cm2) have demonstrated exemplary rates of CO2 + H2O conversion. This is sufficient for initial proof-of-concept, however, to move the technology towards commercialization, it is essential that larger cells, up to 5 x 5 cm2 (16 cm2 electrode area), are developed and demonstrated. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Viola Birss

Student:

Paul Addo

Partner:

ATCO Gas

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Education

University:

Program:

Elevate

Enhanced Techniques for History Matching and Forecasting of Petroleum Reservoir Data

History matching refers to calibrating numerical or analytical models by the observed data. However, this task can be very challenging in presence of complex geology and/or many unknown data .
The purpose of this project is to introduce and apply the new techniques for efficient creation of predictive history-matched models for reservoir characterization of conventional and unconventional reservoirs, which can be used for probabilistic forecast and uncertainty quantification. It is expected to implement as set of code and introduce new workflows that can enhance the history matching task in various problems. This include the use and applications of the state-of-the-arts methods that can represent the geology and can efficiently and accurately calibrate the dynamic models by minimizing the computational cost.
This postdoctoral program provides a unique opportunity to further my studies in history matching and uncertainty quantification to a new level within Rock Flow Dynamics (RFD). This project helps me utilize interactions with industry and receive industrial feedback on the practicality of my algorithms.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mario Costa Sousa

Student:

Hamidreza Hamdi

Partner:

Rock Flow Dynamics Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Oil and gas

University:

Program:

Elevate

PART B- Conversion of CO2 and H2O to Syngas Using Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (RSOFCs) Technology

The main objective of this project is to demonstrate the highly promising performance of our world-leading catalysts in a scaled-up solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) system. SOECs can efficiently convert the greenhouse gas, CO2, or mixtures of CO2 and H2O, to useful chemicals and fuels, while running on excess electricity, thus serving to store intermittent electricity generated by wind and solar.
The SOECs developed to date in our group are based on a family of new catalysts composed of low cost earth-abundant metals. These cells (ca. 1 cm2) have demonstrated exemplary rates of CO2 + H2O conversion. This is sufficient for initial proof-of-concept, however, to move the technology towards commercialization, it is essential that larger cells, up to 5 x 5 cm2 (16 cm2 electrode area), are developed and demonstrated. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Viola Birss

Student:

Beatriz Molero Sanchez

Partner:

ATCO Gas

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Elevate

An Agile monitoring tool integrating risk, safety, and digital data infrastructure management

An innovative tool is proposed to integrate agile risk, alert, team, safety, and digital data infrastructure management into a Micro Engineering Tech Inc. (METI) current structural health monitoring system (SHM), mobile mapping system (MMS), and building information modeling (BIM) that will be called Agile Monitoring Tool. Agile Monitoring Tool includes a comprehensive project management software (CPMS) package that consists of three systems as follows. First is an SHM; the structure health monitoring development was originally part of a past successful R&D project. Second is a MMS. MMS is a system that can provide accurate surveying measurements of the objects around it. Since it has photogrammetric as well as laser scanning range data, it can provide very accurate yet very fast acquisition to produce geospatial data. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Schulz

Student:

Nesreen Weshah

Partner:

Micro Engineering Tech Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Program:

Elevate

Methodological Advance of Energy-Economy Climate Policy Models

The overall objective for this project is to support the research of two master’s students who would help advance the methods for modelling energy-climate policies, a field in which EMRG in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at SFU is one of the leading research units in the country and in which Navius Research Incorporated is the leading Canadian consulting firm, providing support to governments and other stakeholders in the development and assessment of energy and climate policy. One sub-project focuses on improving the integration of micro-economic analysis (choices of technologies by firms and households) with macro-economic analysis (assessing effects on economic growth, structural change, regional impacts and government finances). The other sub-project focuses on improving the integration of micro-economic analysis on technology and building choices with urban form and infrastructure policies related to buildings neighborhoods (density, nodes, land-uses), energy infrastructure (district heat) and mobility infrastructure (transit, bike lanes).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Jaccard

Student:

Thomas Budd

Partner:

Navius Research Inc

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Full-body Modeling and Tracking for Embodiment in VR Dark Rides

Real-time full-body tracking based on single or multiple commodity depth sensors are an integral part of many applications such as motion transfer in 3D games, 3D virtual and augmented reality, and human computer interaction. The proposed project directly derives from practical needs expressed by the partner organization, DreamCraft Attractions (Victoria) in developing fully immersive VR dark rides (i.e. for amusement parks). Our research targets highly robust and low-latency full-body motion capture in the presence of interfering geometry such as chairs or props used in VR dark rides, using a multi-view camera system. In particular, the proposed project would adapt articulated tracking algorithms developed in [Tagliasacchi et al. 2015; Tkach et al. 2016] to build a highly robust, accurate and efficient prototype for full-body motion tracking, while addressing the research challenges specific to this application domain. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrea Tagliasacchi

Student:

Jiju Poovvancheri

Partner:

DreamCraft Attractions Ltd

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Media and communications

University:

Program:

Elevate

Compression Moulding of Composite Tailboom Frames with Hybrid Fibre Architectures – Technology Demonstration

Continuous fibre (CF) aerospace preforms exhibiting excellent mechanical performance possess low formability characteristics and are confined to simple shell-like geometries with minimal curvatures, while incurring high-costs and long manufacturing times. On the other hand, long discontinuous fibre preforms such as randomly oriented strands (ROS) (bulk pre-impregnated finite sized chips of unidirectional or woven fabric material) offer high formability, but exhibit low mechanical performance. The project aims at exploring trade-off solutions of formability and mechanical performance in composites through the design and fabrication of composite helicopter tailboom frames (technology demonstrator) using hybrid fibre architectures of ROS and CF. Compression moulding, a low-cost out-of-autoclave closed mould process will be used. The structural design guidelines and preliminary process windows will be established as a function of design complexities and functional requirements, with an emphasis on reduction of part variability, increased repeatability and increased quality. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Larry Lessard

Student:

Swaroop Bylahally Visweswaraiah

Partner:

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Program:

Elevate

A novel therapeutic drug for selective treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer with MTAP deficiency

Chemotherapy is currently the most effective approach for treatment of advanced cancer. However, chemotherapeutics do not differentiate between malignant and normal cells, and lead to serious side effects. Recent findings indicate that a substantial proportion of cancers, as distinct from normal tissue, are deficient in an enzyme called methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP). This provides a unique opportunity for developing chemotherapeutics to treat MTAP-deficient malignancies and simultaneously protect normal tissue by co-administration of 5′-deoxy-5′-methylthioadenosine (MTA), an MTAP substrate present in normal tissues. In preliminary studies we have shown that this is feasible. Here we propose to evaluate this strategy using clinically relevant, patient-derived cancer xenograft models. This approach will benefit patients with MTAP-deficient malignancies. The project will serve as a bridge between academia and the pharmaceutical industry and be beneficial for the career development of the interns in charge and may lead to new, effective cancer treatments/patents also benefiting the partner organization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yuzhuo Wang

Student:

Sifeng Qu

Partner:

ProSafe Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of industrially scalable graphene oxide acoustic transducers

The excellent mechanical properties and its lightness make graphene a revolutionary material as efficient audio transducers for speakers and headphones. Several studies have reported the superior performance of graphene diaphragm in electrostatic and thermoacoustic transducers [1-2]. However, these graphene diaphragms are produced from expensive methods with low scalability and are not suitable for application in the more popular mechanical transducer.
ORA has developed a unique audio solution based on the use of graphene oxide (GO), an oxidized graphene produced by a scalable chemical method [3]. GO shows a good balance of stiffness, density and damping [4-5] when assembled into micrometers thick layered structure and has been shown to perform significantly better than commercial diaphragms by ORA. The biggest current challenge is to further decrease the production time and cost to an industrially viable level while maintaining the structural ordering and properties of the diaphragm. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Szkopek

Student:

Kaiwen Hu

Partner:

TandemLaunch Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Advanced manufacturing

University:

Program:

Elevate

UPnGO with ParticipACTION: Evaluation of the implementation of a national workplace physical activity initiative

In order to improve the health and work productivity of Canadians, ParticipACTION developed a rewards based, PA tracking intervention called UPnGO with ParticipACTION. The UPnGO program aims to increase the amount of PA and decrease the amount of sedentary activities throughout the workday. Before and after the program, worksites will be assessed to determine what components of workplace environment and policy increase the success of the intervention measured by how employees use the UPnGO platform and changes in average daily steps. This data will provide valuable information about how to continually monitor and improve the program to make it more effective and cost-efficient.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guy Faulkner

Student:

Lira Yun

Partner:

ParticipACTION

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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