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Engineering - chemical / biological

Long-Term Transportation Alternatives for Metrotown Redevelopment

Private car dependence represents a significant problem and a major obstacle towards a more sustainable future. A good combination of different modes of transportation can create an opportunity to overcome this issue. In this sense, integrating car sharing into Transit Oriented Development can be an ideal combination to promote a smart and sustainable development. This research will examine specific aspects of the relationship existing between car sharing and the public transit infrastructure. Research findings will then be used to explore how sustainable transportation planning can contribute to long range sustainability in a Transit Oriented Development project in Metro Vancouver.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Meg Holden

Student:

Stefano Borgato

Partner:

Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Modelling Guidance for Seaton Lands Urbanizing Watershed

Stormwater from urban areas has continuously contributed to degradation of stream health in Ontario, despite a number of measures being put in place for new developments. More recently, a Low Impact Development (LID) approach, aimed at controlling the rain runoff at the source, has been promoted and implemented. This project will focus on developing a novel approach for computer modelling of LID and legacy stormwater management practices to better inform the decision making and approval of such practices in new developments. The methodology will be tested and applied on headwaters of Duffins Creek, where the watershed land is currently undergoing significant development and that is also being closely monitored.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Darko Joksimovic

Student:

Tara Razavi

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Design of a thermal link for a passively cooled mobile shipping container using solid carbon dioxide

Ultra-low frozen food temperatures between -30°C to -60°C are important when shipping high value seafood products to worldwide markets. Maintaining these temperatures using a traditional vapor compression refrigeration cycles becomes increasingly difficult as the span between desired cargo and external temperature increase. Solid CO2 has the capacity to sustain ultra-low frozen temperatures even during hot summer days using a passive, non-mechanical refrigeration system. CryoLogistics Refrigeration Technologies will pursue in conjunction with the Coldstar Solutions and the University of Victoria innovative technologies to optimize CO2 as an efficient, effective and reliable cryogenic transportation refrigeration system. New intellectual property will be development and a small scale prototype manufactured. Together these technologies will provide a range of frozen shipping solutions to the cold chain industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Rowe

Student:

Pedro Silveira

Partner:

CryoLogistics Refrigeration Technologies Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Lifestyle and cognition: a large-scale approach

Online cognitive testing provides unprecedented opportunities for exploring human brain function among the general population. Cambridge Brain Sciences Inc has created an online cognitive testing platform that has attracted more than 1.5M users and has hosted more than 300 studies of cognition. I plan to leverage their unique dataset to explore the interrelationship between demographic and lifestyle factors, and cognitive performance on a massive scale. For example, I will investigate how factors such as age, sleep, exercise and practice interact within this large population to impact the profile of cognitive performance. I will also conduct a series of large-scale online intervention studies to examine which of these factors causally influence particular cognitive domains and over what timescale. This unique partnership will shed new light on the links between brain function, structure and connectivity, and changes in lifestyle and cognitive performance and will certainly yield an abundance of publishable data.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrea Soddu

Student:

Emily Nichols

Partner:

Cambridge Brain Sciences Inc

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Elevate

West Bolton Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plan – home energy retrofit program

The West Bolton SNAP project will test methods for increasing the number of suburban households undertaking home energy retrofits in a neighbourhood of Caledon, Ontario with the aim of reducing residential energy consumption and the resulting GHG emissions. The Program will utilize locally targeted marketing, community events, and face-to-face Home Retrofit Consultations to engage households in West Bolton. The research will support a detailed program evaluation of the West Bolton SNAP home energy retrofit program, and enable knowledge generation around best practices for stimulating energy retrofit uptake through customized local engagement methods. Project reporting will express results and findings related to the experiences and behaviours of all participants. This information will contribute to informing on future approaches to reducing household GHG emissions in other Ontario communities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christina Hoicka

Student:

Seyedmohsen Alavi

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

A fundamental study to better understand how blinding agents interact with particle surfaces in preg-robbing carbonaceous gold systems using electrochemical techniques

One of the most challenging issues in the gold mining industry comes from the carbonaceous ore components adsorbing gold ion complexes, resulting in up to 90% gold loss during cyanide leaching process. The addition of chemical reagents as blinding agents is one of the most promising methods to blind the organic carbon content of ore materials to increase the gold recovery from carbonaceous preg-robbing ores. This study aims to investigate the effect of various blinding agents on the main gold-containing ore components such as carbon, gold and pyrite using fundamental electrochemical techniques. This novel approach employs cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge-discharge tests to better understand the adsorption of various blinding agents on the individual ore components. The project helps Goldcorp Inc. find a way to mitigate the preg-robbing issue the company is dealing with in some of their operating sites and increase gold recovery.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Edouard Asselin

Student:

Pooya Hosseini-Benhangi

Partner:

Goldcorp Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Program:

Accelerate

An IoT Platform for Disaster Response

This project aims to develop a novel information-technology platform to improve the effectiveness of emergency response in disaster areas, ultimately saving lives. In case of any emergency response, the local communication infrastructure cannot be generally relied upon: therefore, we propose a distributed, self-organizing information system based on off-the-shelf mobile devices, supported by self-organizing, self-deploying UAVs. A typical application scenario for the proposed platform can be the establishment of a temporary field hospital in a disaster area: tablets and smartphones of first responders collaborate to establish an ad-hoc network used to exchange messages, or run other collaborative user applications. Some UAVs place themselves in strategic points to build long range communication channels with other distant areas, while others may be involved in other tasks such as search and rescue operations or patrolling. Finally, a secondary ad-hoc network may be established to connect multiple sensors, e.g., bracelets that monitor patient conditions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Giovanni Beltrame

Student:

Vivek Shankar Varadharajan

Partner:

Humanitas Solutions

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Exploring the Physical Education-Related Needs and Self-Efficacy of Elementary School Teachers

The objective of the proposed internship is to conduct a needs assessment to identify the challenges of teaching physical education in elementary school, and determine supports/resources to improve teachers? confidence to instruct physical education. As the GoodLife Kids Foundation supports national, provincial, and local programs that provide ongoing physical activity opportunities for kids, findings from this project will be used to inform future program planning and evaluation of prior initiatives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patricia Tucker

Student:

Stephanie Truelove

Partner:

Goodlife Kids Foundation

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

The Institution of Esoteric Buddhism and the Economy of Religious Enterprise in Mid-Tang P

This research project tries to explore how the Esoteric School of Buddhism established, maintained, and reformed its sectarian institution in China from the mid-eighth to the early ninth century. The project will answer the question by showing how monastic business of the school was developed and adapted for the purpose of attracting patronage in drastically changing political and economic circumstances and how it was realized by the leaders? creative interpretation of the school?s theology and soteriology. The project aims to showcase the vitality of economic concern in influencing the development of religious institution and ideology and the effectiveness of economic approach in the enquiry of the field of religious history. The outcome of the study is expected to help one partner organization to build a refined and elevated corporate culture and devise an advertising strategy that is informed by the evangelizing spirit of religions. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jinhua Chen

Student:

Zeng Yang

Partner:

Tzu Chi Foundation Canada

Discipline:

Visual arts

Sector:

Education

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization tools for short-term hydropower generation management

Short-term hydropower optimization models are used on a daily basis to dispatch the available water for production between the turbines of the power plants that compose an hydropower system. Rio Tinto owns and operates power plants in the Saguenay Lac-St-Jean region of the province of Quebec and is currently lacking efficient tools to help the engineers in the daily decision making for the management of their hydropower system. The objective of this project is to develop tools to solve the short-term optimization model and therefore improve the water productivity of the hydropower system. The three main objectives are the following: 1) Propose a mathematical modeling of the short-term problem 2) Propose efficient numerical techniques to solve the model developed 3) Develop an optimization method to schedule the maintenance of the turbines.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Miguel Anjos

Student:

Ikenna Ezike

Partner:

Rio Tinto Alcan

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Chemical and Microbial Contaminants of Medical Air in Healthcare Institutions – Year two

Medical air is commonly used in healthcare institutions as a life support drug distributed to patients. This medical air is often produced on site through devices which draw, compress and filter outside air in order to redirect it into buildings. However, depending on the outdoor conditions, the state of the ventilation system or the presence of microorganisms, this air can be altered. We propose a multi-disciplinary, cross-sector approach leveraging expertise from the academic fields of engineering and microbiology in collaboration with Air Liquide to characterize the extent of any contamination present, knowledge needed to ultimately help shape programs to develop and evaluate mitigation strategies. This work will provide significant insights into potential patient exposure to chemical and microbial contamination of medical air with implications for patient outcomes. It will also help Air Liquide to improve their service offer, the quality of their product and upgrade their filtration protocols.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Samira Mubareka

Student:

Nicolas Groulx

Partner:

Air Liquide Healthcare

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Elevate

Investigating the Health and Economic Benefits of Colostrum and Milk from Dairy Cattle Selected for Enhanced Immunity – Year two

Diseases of dairy cattle adversely affect meat and milk quality. Our research demonstrates that high immune response (HIR™) cattle have many health advantages, including better quality colostrum/milk. HIR™ technology is marketed by our partner Semex Inc as Immunity+. While many advantages of HIR™ exist, there is more to learn, particularly as it relates to colostrum. Colostrum is the first milk from the mother that protects the new born. HIR™ cows have enhanced specific antibody and pass this protection to their calves via colostrum. Apart from specific antibody there is also “natural” antibody that circulates without previous exposure to pathogens. Natural antibody has been under-investigated even though it is known to provide first-line defense. Various other natural defense molecules, known as defensins, also have not been investigated in the context of high immune responders. Examining natural antibody, vaccine response and defensins in colostrum/milk from high versus average immune responders will be the focus here.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bonnie Mallard

Student:

Lauraine Wagter-Lesperance

Partner:

Semex Alliance

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Elevate

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