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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering - chemical / biological

Using advanced analytics to develop a multimodal signature of concussion and post-concussive syndrome

Concussions are extremely common in deployment and in military and civilian activities (i.e. sports). Persisting symptoms that make up “post-concussive syndrome” (PCS) including headaches, balance difficulties, depression and anxiety can occur in 10-15% of cases. The diagnosis of concussion and PCS is currently based on a patient’s report of their symptoms and a physical exam. Research, including our own, has explored the value of specific tests including those that use eye movements, neuropsychological tests and MRI. Although useful in the research setting, we do not understand the value of these tests when used together and need to know what aspects of those tests are most valuable in developing future tools that distinguish those who are injured from those who are not. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Cusimano

Student:

Masood Zamani

Partner:

IBM Canada

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Bacterial Semiochemicals for Insect Pest Management

This MITACs proposal seeks funding to establish an internship cluster dedicated to development and testing of novel semiochemical solutions with potential for worldwide distribution and sales. The objective of this three-year project is to enable successful development, testing and commercialization of effective and environmentally-responsible pheromone-based detection and mitigation products that will complement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies for controlling insect pests in agriculture and forestry within Atlantic Canada and beyond. Specifically, interns will investigate the potential for management and detection of pest species using bacterial volatiles, mating disruptant formulations and multimodal trap prototypes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kirk Hillier

Student:

Catherine Little

Partner:

Sylvar Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of the clinically management weight-loss program at Wellness Institute at Seven Oaks Hospital

Many Canadians are overweight or obese which increases their risk for various diseases. However, many weight loss approaches don’t work. The objective of this project is to evaluate a weight loss program managed by doctors, dietitians and exercise specialists that focuses on improving healthy eating habits and increasing physical activity at the Wellness Institute. The Wellness Institute is a state-of-the-art certified medical fitness facility dedicated to improving the health of the community through health promotion and disease prevention. The weight loss program will focus on reducing the amount of calories eaten and increasing exercise levels. All participants will see a dietitian and kinesiologist regularly. This project will also review current studies related to weight loss programs to ensure that the program is based on the latest scientific evidence. Results from this project will be used to support a program offered to the public through the Wellness Institute.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dylan MacKay

Student:

Katrina Cachero

Partner:

Seven Oaks Chronic Disease Innovation Centre Inc

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Improving Situation Awareness for a Collaborative Service Robot in Care Environment

Development of Collaborative Service Robot (CSR) technologies usually targets a certain population group like seniors or people with developmental disabilities (DD) and requires tailored and dedicated research and development. This project is ultimately seeking to provide a proof of concept of a CSR platform that can assist people with DD. The overall project involves research and development focused on two broad robotics themes: autonomous navigation and situation awareness. Through previous Mitacs Accelerate and NSERC Engage programs, Developmental Disabilities Association (DDA) and JDQ Systems Inc. as the industry partners have established the basics of a CSR through collaborations with academic experts. Therefore, the expected outcomes of this project are to advance the existing features and add new features to the existing CSR prototype. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hendrik Van der Loos

Student:

Sina Radmard

Partner:

Developmental Disabilities Association

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Elevate

Development of Chitosan-based Nanosparticles forLoading Non-water Soluble Medicine

Over 90% new drugs cannot be used in market or perform inefficiently because of their poor water-solubility. Delivery of non-water soluble medicine by using biodegradable carriers can solve the problem. This research work aims to develop N-trimethyl chitosan chloride (TMC)-based nanoparticles used as a drug carrier for delivering non-water soluble medicine to enhance the therapeutic efficiency. Two interns will be involved in this project. Collaborating with Ovensa Inc., we will produce TMC-based nanoparticles with suitable particle size and surface properties. The loading efficiency, and release kinetics of the medicine loaded in TMC-based nanoparticles will be thoroughly investigated. The successful result of this project will eventually establish a platform for enhancing the activities of the non-water soluble medicine.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jin Zhang

Student:

Eugene Hwang

Partner:

Ovensa Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Nanotechnologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene based Marine Coatings

GIT is in the process of refining the design of a graphene-enhanced composites. The hard materials area serves to resist the effects of corrosion and wear substantially more efficient and environmental friendly than currently industrial solutions. Several technical challenges, however, must will be resolved towards this study of synthesis and characterization of Graphene cermets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kevin Plucknett

Student:

Marciel Gaier

Partner:

Graphite Innovation and Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Validation of the uHoo multi-channel low-cost air quality sensor

People world-wide spends about 87% of their time indoor. Furthermore, indoor pollutants can generate health risks; the smallest the pollutants diameter is and the higher the chance of an impact to the human health. Thus, it is critical to assess the amount and the dimension of particulates present in indoor environments, such as homes, offices, hospitals, libraries, etc. uHoo is an international company dedicated to the development of a low-cost indoor air quality sensor. Their sensors are currently available for purchase from both private and public associations. The uniqueness of uHoo sensors is the simultaneous recording of particles (PM 2.5) and gases (O3, VOC, CO2, CO and NOx). The data can be easily collected and recorded by using a WiFi connection. An improved validation of the sensors can be reached at the University of British Columbia, improving the validation and quality of uHoo portable indoor air quality sensors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Rogak

Student:

Alberto Baldelli

Partner:

uHoo Limited

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Foamy Oil Direct Visualization during Solvent Injection Processes

This project is aimed for an accurate and highly convenient methodology to visually investigate the multiphase flow behavior, foamy oil stability and solvent mass transfer in solvent injection processes. Therefore, a novel real-time direct visualization methodology, focusing on the study of foamy oil equilibrium and non-equilibrium PVT phase behavior and stability in bulk and porous media, solvent mass transfer efficacy etc, by utilizing the newly designed Hele-Shaw-like 2D high pressure visual cell, has been developed to significantly overcome the inevitable shortcomings of the invisibility of traditional apparatuses such as a hardly-visual 3D PVT cylindrical cell or a non-visual transfer cylinders. With the aid of professional image processing, the experimental results could be vividly seen and quantified. By incorporating micromodel technique, specified pore patterns could be built and a pore-scale characterization of solvent-heavy oil system under multiple operation schemes could be easily fulfilled. Real-time measurement of mixture gaseous solvent fractions in the gas-heavy oil system in every test would be achieved.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Farshid Torabi

Student:

Hongyang Wang

Partner:

Petroleum Technology Research Centre

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Oil and gas

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Stories without borders: A Canadian/Mexican study of translation practices and Indigenous language literacy

Stories Without Borders is a collaborative educational project between a Canadian and a Mexican research team, with the support of the Canadian NGO Education without Borders (EwB). The research problem addressed is: How can childrens stories written in English and other Indigenous languages for Indigenous children in Canada best be translated into Indigenous Mexican languages for Indigenous children in Mexico? The study addresses both translation challenges and solutions described by Mexican translators of 7 Indigenous languages in the process of translating 12 childrens stories available on the Canadian open access site: Indigenous Storybooks, found at (http://indigenousstorybooks.ca/). The Mitacs intern, UBC PhD candidate Liam Doherty, will develop a translation app for the project, and help with data collection, coding, and analysis of the qualitative data. There will be 84 new translations available on the Indigenous Storybooks site, and a publication in preparation. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bonny Norton

Student:

Liam Doherty

Partner:

Education without Borders

Discipline:

Education

Sector:

Education

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Canadian Clubhouse Outcomes Study: Assessing the Impact of Psychosocial Recovery from Mental Illness

Psychosocial rehabilitation is service that supports recovery from mental illness by providing opportunities for skill development, self-determination, and social interaction. One type of psychosocial rehabilitation is the Clubhouse model. Clubhouses provide individuals living with mental illness opportunities to successfully live and work in their communities through a variety of programs and services. The purpose of the present project is to evaluate five accredited Clubhouses in Canada, in order to assess whether these services are meeting the needs of members and whether members are achieving expected outcomes. This 3-year longitudinal study seeks to recruit a total 400 members, who will be followed for 24 months during their involvement in services from the Clubhouses. The results will provide the Clubhouses with valuable information as to how their services are affecting members. This information will be used to inform future programming and will assist in the Clubhouses obtaining funding.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kelly McShane

Student:

Christina Mutschler

Partner:

Progress Place

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Environmental testing of existing and proposed ropeless fishing system line management methods

The proposed research will examine differences amongst existing and potential alternatives for storing retrievable buoy line/rope on the ocean floor in ropeless fishing systems. Prior research has yet to evaluate respective strengths and weaknesses of alternatives (i.e. spooling, coiling, bagged). The proposed research will test the various methods of rope containment at varying depths and water conditions. It is predicted that loose coiling methods may become tangled and unreleasable in strong underwater currents/tides. Spooling and bagged testing may show increased effectiveness in severe conditions. Ultimately, the benefit for Ashored will be the ability to validate which is the most effective rope containment system to integrate within their intelligent buoy system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jason Rhinelander

Student:

Aaron Stevenson

Partner:

Ashored Innovations

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Establish the productivity of winch-assist machines and the factors that effect it

Steep slope harvesting with machines is a recent element of the forest industry, still experimenting with winch-assist machines and the different harvesting approaches that each comprises. The aim of this research topic will compare the productivity of six different winch-assist forest harvesting operations; three in New Zealand and three in Canada. The primary goal will be to establish the productivity for each operation, and relate the different stand and terrain factors at each harvest operation. The stand factors assessed will be the number of trees in a certain area, and the average size of the trees. The terrain factors assessed will be the slope of the terrain and the soil quality. To achieve this, five days of direct contact will be necessary at each operation. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dominik Roeser

Student:

Cameron Leslie

Partner:

FPInnovations

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Forestry

University:

Program:

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