Innovative Projects Realized

Development, and In vitro and In vivo evaluation of thermoresponsive bioreductively-activated nanotheranostics

Cancer management continues to be a global problem (WHO report 2022) – mainly because cancerous solid tumors (found in more than 40% patients, and in all types of cancer) become metastatic, therapy resistant and poor-responding to conventional chemo-/radiotherapy due to a condition called hypoxia (tissue with low levels of oxygen). Due to poor tumor vasculature, drug delivery is severely compromised, and therapeutically-effective doses are not available in tumor. To date, there is no drug to kill hypoxic tumors.
Our partner WWiKY Biosciences Inc. is actively working on providing clinical solution for such cancers. This project, partly supported by them, pursues the anti-cancer evaluations of a drug DOTA-TPZ, developed by WWiKY Biosciences Inc., that in collaboration with Dr. Narain, will be transformed to a nanodrug to facilitate its delivery selectively in cancer cells, thus minimal toxicity to healthy cells. DOTA-TPZ drug is highly innovative since ‘the same drug’ is designed with features that it can offer both cancer imaging and therapy (cancer killing), i.e., a precision medicine approach for yet untreatable cancers. Besides health benefits, this development offers is a serious IP and a yet untapped market opportunity for this product. Further, WWiKY Biosciences Inc. partnership with biomedical engineering opens the door for a highly innovative nanotheranostic i.e., both imaging + therapeutic, solution for cancer management.

Protecting human knowledge and cultural heritage in the age of AI: Risks and affordances of AI use within research universities, libraries and archives

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Optimization and Scale Up of the Production Process for msDNA Product

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Bodycad : Planification optimisée d’ostéotomie

Laboratoires Bodycad Inc. développe et fabrique des solutions innovantes dans le domaine de l’orthopédie
personnalisée. Plus spécifiquement, l’entreprise propose une solution de planification et d’exécution de la
chirurgie d’ostéotomie dans la région du genou permettant de traiter diverses pathologies. Pour cela, ils
développent leurs propres logiciels de planification permettant de bénéficier d’une solution adaptée
spécifiquement aux besoins serrés de production. Aujourd’hui, Bodycad souhaite développer un nouvel outil de
planification qui comprendra le positionnement automatique de marqueurs anatomiques ainsi que la
détermination d’une proposition de planification.

Towards the definition of best practices in quantum programming

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Investigation of Autonomic Responses Derived from Polysomnography in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Using Signal Processing Techniques

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is an important respiratory disease characterized by recurrent blockages of the throat (‘upper airway’) during sleep. These blockages result in short lapses in breathing. The low oxygen levels and disruption of sleep caused by OSA contribute to many problems including sleepiness, poor quality of life, awakenings during sleep, hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, and dementia. OSA is usually diagnosed by a ‘sleep study’: patients stay overnight in the hospital and many biologic signals (i.e., brain wave patterns, heart rate, oxygen levels, breathing effort) are collected over 8 or more hours. The severity of OSA is usually measured by the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), which is the number of times the throat closes or narrows per hour of sleep. However, the AHI does not predict symptoms of health outcomes of sleep apnea well. We believe that new ways of looking at the information collected during sleep studies might help predict what problems someone with OSA will have. The purpose of this project is to apply advanced computer techniques to information collected from a large group of patients with sleep apnea in order to develop tools that can better predict brain cardiovascular and autonomic dysfunction in patients with sleep…

Developing Skills and Connections for Success in the Innovation Economy: Business Strategy Internships with the Cansbridge Fellowship

The project harnesses the robust mentor network of the Cansbridge Fellowship to enable interns to promote Market Innovation. Aligned with the Fellowship’s core mission of attracting budding entrepreneurs and fostering innovation, the intern, guided by the academic supervisor, will focus on identifying innovative organizations for potential strategic collaborations with Canada. The intern’s comprehensive market scan will explore diverse technological and business opportunities, intending to align these prospects with Canadian policy objectives and commercial necessities. The envisioned outcome involves evaluating and presenting promising partnership opportunities to both the Cansbridge Fellowship and the academic institution, guided by the academic supervisor. The Fellowship will provide mentorship and access to an extensive professional network, aiming to cultivate collaboration among forward-thinking Canadian youth. The internship deliverables will be disseminated to diverse stakeholders in academic, corporate, and entrepreneurial ecosystems, contributing significantly to Canada’s broader innovation goals and strategic partnerships.

Revolutionizing Financial Wellness Through Integration & Empowerment

QUBER, a financial wellness program addressing financial stress and promoting short-term saving habits. QUBER generates revenue by charging a per employee per month fee to employers/organizations. Organizations offer QUBER as a financial wellness benefit to their employees. With large growth expected in 2024 and beyond, our systems and team must scale to support the onboarding of large name clients. There is a lot of manual effort happening with regards to support, technical tasks. manual integration points, and education. In addition, our tech team is off shore and we are looking to develop the team and processes in Canada. We are looking to optimize these areas to significantly enhance QUBER’s functionalities and user/client experience; and generate more revenues.

SVP Strategic Finance

We are an acquisition business that has business, medical, and operations data in over 20+ systems. Internally we have a project ongoing to bring everything into a data lake. This BSI project is to take that data and build dashboards and insights to help us operate our company better and improve the patient experience at our clinics. Key deliverables are building reporting dashboards in Power BI to enable various departments to keep a pulse on the platform’s performance and recommend analysis to drive insights into business decisions and patient care.

Photocatalyts for sunlight driven simultaneous hydrogen generation and plastic degradation.

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NX CAD/CAM Simulation, Optimization and Automation Software Development for Tooling Development Industry

The design and manufacturing of dies and molds represent a significant link in the entire production chain. It is on the critical path of development of many products, such as automobile and consumer electronics. The tooling development industries always meet three challenges: the demand for research and development speed, the high requirement for labor skill, and the quality of product. By means of Siemens NX Product Lifecycle Management software, integrated process simulation, workflow optimization and post processing automation systems will be developed in this research project to improve the efficiency of the entire tooling development company, improve the product quality and reduce the requirement of labor skill and training cost, finally increase the global competitiveness. The partner organization benefits in both the form of new and improved product. And also it helps create a synergy and collaboration between industry and academia.

LuminousTPS: Multisegment Digital Marketing Approach for Innovative Integrated Electrical Solutions

Team Power Solutions (TPS) is a company that was established in 2009 with a handful of reputable experienced professionals, and proudly Saskpolytech Alumni. The founding members of Team Power Solutions have a depth of knowledge gained from years of field experience and formal training with Westinghouse, Siemens, GE, and other engineering and technical service organizations. With this knowledge and years of experience, TPS has developed a well-rounded team to meet or exceed all its clients’ service needs, by providing a wide range of electrical products and services across Canada in the areas of Electrical Field Services, Manufacturing, Engineering, Automation and Digital Application, Instrumentation, Training, Equipment Remanufacturing.

We consider ourselves a diverse company in terms of ethnicity, education, skills, culture and age, just to name a few, we know how important diversity is to be successful and be able to adapt to changes. At the same time, diversity can represent a challenge when the not proper approach is taken, part of the outcomes can be communication issues, a decrease in the decision-making process and inequitable inclusion, while not all of this happens at TPS, all of them can be present in the Canadian Electrical Market.