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Engineering - chemical / biological

Facilitating Service Network Navigation: Developing a Model for Individuals with Autism and/or Intellectual Disabilities and their Families

Adults with Autism (ASD) and/or intellectual disabilities (ID) who seek medical and dental treatments often require specialized interventions that are not always accessible in the community. The Centre for Innovation in Autism and Intellectual Disabilities See Things my Way clinic (STMW) developed a specialized Medical/Dental Clinic to address this important gap. Providing care through a holistic understanding of patients within their broader social environment, the clinic is expanding the breadth of its interdisciplinary care to include a psychosocial component that will help ensure support through a patient/family-centered model of integrated care. This proposed project will focus on the development and implementation of this care model that addresses patients’ and families’ service requirements that are often confusing, frustrating and difficult to navigate. In collaboration with STMW and the University of Calgary, two projects are proposed: TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Nicholas

Student:

Gina Glidden

Partner:

See Things My Way

Discipline:

Social work

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Elevate

Advanced rechargeable zinc lithium-ion battery

Renewable energy resources are intermittent in nature meaning that the energy can be produced only when the sun is shining, and the wind is blowing. Therefore, there is a high demand for an electrical energy storage system (EES) to store the energy during generation time and give it back to grid later. Recently, zinc lithium-ion (ZLI) batteries, which operate using much safer aqueous electrolytes rather than organic counterparts as in LIB, have gained tremendous attention due to their cost effectiveness and higher durability compared to typical lithium-ion battery. For operating and install necessary infrastructure such as flanges and fittings in remote project locations, the industrial partner Pro-Flange Ltd., demands uninterrupted supply of electricity for power tools and equipment. However, the current power supply usually suffers either from unstable grid supply or unavailable grid at the project sites. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zhongwei Chen

Student:

Ali Ghorbani Kashkooli

Partner:

Pro-Flange Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Developing biomarker identification tools for neurodegenerative diseases

Neurodegenerative diseases have caused massive economic burden on the healthcare system as well as reduced patient and caregiver’s quality of life. Identifying biomarkers for early clinical diagnosis, tracking of disease progression, and evaluation of treatment therapies is critical. However, developing such tools remains a significant challenge. The goal of this project is to manage and analyze complex data sets collected from a large sample of patients with neurodegenerative diseases from multi-modal assessment platforms to investigate decline of speed of information processing in the brain. A central neuroinformatics platform, developed by the partner company, InDoc Research is utilized to integrate the large volumes of data across multiple diseases and different data types. Processing speed is a core and basic ability reflected in many brain functions, and deficits in speed of processing are common to many neurodegenerative disorders. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Doug Munoz

Student:

Ying Chen

Partner:

Indoc Research

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating the role of Sugars in the Risk of Obesity

Obesity is a major public health concern and sugar intake has been put in the spotlight as a possible key driver of the obesity epidemic. Much of the evidence is confounded by increased energy intake and is mainly focused on sugar-sweetened beverages. However, other sugar-containing foods like fruit, yogurt and high fibre breakfast cereals may not have the harmful effects associated with sugars. Therefore, we would like to conduct analyses using published data to determine whether there is an effect of sugar intake on body weight regardless of the amount of energy consumed and whether the effect varies depending on different food sources of sugar.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Sievenpiper

Student:

Laura Chiavaroli

Partner:

Canadian Sugar Institute

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Metal concentrations and speciation in fish from the Far North of Ontario; implications for subsistence consumption and the Ring of Fire development

Locally-caught freshwater fish is a healthy and important source of protein, especially for First Nation peoples living in remote communities across northern Ontario, where access to affordable fresh produce is limited. However, some of these fish have elevated concentrations of chromium (Cr), a potentially toxic metal that is abundant in the surrounding bedrock. Not all forms of Cr, however, are toxic to humans and the main goal of our study is to develop a method to differentiate the begin form of Cr (Cr3) from the toxic form (Cr6). In collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada, we will investigate how Cr3 and Cr6 concentrations differ between fish species (e.g., whitefish vs. walleye) and among lakes and rivers across northern Ontario. This information will help refine consumption advisories and can be used by companies planning mining activities in the “Ring-of-Fire”, a mineral-rich region in northern Ontario, to monitor environmental impacts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Gunn

Student:

Gretchen Lescord

Partner:

Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development and evaluation of a liquid desiccant membrane dehumidifier for Canadian greenhouses.

This project is going to develop and evaluate the performance of a noble dehumidifier. The design of that dehumidifier (SPLD unit) is already done by Nortek’s research group and submitted for the patent. The assembly of parts and lab testing of that SPLD unit will done during this project time. After lab testing, if all expected features are ensured, the unit will be installed in Greenhouse C. The initial control strategy will be made according to the previous environmental data. The data will be taken during running time of the unit and the control strategy will be modified. Finally, after analysing those data, the performance evaluation and comparisons are done in terms of energy, economy and environment as described in methodology. This performance evaluation of new technology will introduce a new era in greenhouse sector by providing an authentic information to all greenhouse growers as they can use this more beneficial technology to make more profit from their greenhouses.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Huiqing Guo

Student:

Md Sazan Rahman

Partner:

Nortek Air Solution Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Analysis and Design of Double Layer Electric Supercapacitor for Wholesale Grid Application

Storing electrical charge has been one of the top demands for human being during his lifespan. Nowadays, energy storage systems are among the most concern around the globe. The ability to provide a special class of electric energy storage devices that can complement or replace batteries and harvesting applications when high power delivery or uptake is required has drawn much more attention. With introducing double layer supercapacitors (DLEC) the demand for more rapid charge/discharge rates as compared with batteries has been increased. Commercial supercapacitors are manufactured by a number of companies around the world. In order to have the best balance of cost and actual storage volume capacity in DLECs, several factors play a role. Lack of knowledge in finding the best design of starting materials, manufacturing techniques, as well as its simplicity; make this study as a new window for the future generation of power storage systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jian Liu

Student:

Ali Khosrozadeh

Partner:

Atlas Power Generation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Real-Time HIL Simulation of a Battery Energy Storage System

Batteries are becoming popular options for storage of energy at large scales for application in power systems. A battery energy storage system may be developed using batteries of different chemistries and also batteries that are not necessarily at the same state of health. The capabilities of a battery energy storage system are affected by the characteristics of the batteries that form it. Therefore, it is essential that a storage systems be developed and operated with a full understanding of how these differences affect its performance. This research aims to (i) develop an experimental storage system and investigate how these factors affect the system, and (ii) provide guidelines for operation and controller design for battery storage systems for enhanced operation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shaahin Filizadeh

Student:

Xiaoquan Xu

Partner:

RTDS Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Building Fog Applications for Smart City: a Coordination Approach

The project deploys and try out a coordination model and platform that helps developers to build smart city applications that run in large scale, dynamic fog computing infrastructure. Fog computing is a computing infrastructure that involves devices across the edge network such as smart phones, smart cars, the access network such as Wi-Fi routers, modems and the cloud servers. The coordination model being evaluated takes into account the physical context of the computing elements, such as the location of a car and provides context-dependent primitives that can be used to express the application logic. The project involves the setup, provision and deployment of smart city devices on smart city infrastructure, such as lamp posts or traffic elements. Several application scenarios are developed using the computing infrastructure. The coordination model and platform are evaluated based on packet delivery ratio and the coverage of participating devices in one application.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Victor Leung

Student:

Nam Ky Giang

Partner:

Moovee Innovation Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of NanoDendrixTM stability; phytoglycogen resilience in simulated oral cavity conditions

NanoDendrix™ is a completely natural form of glycogen, sourced and produced from plants by a patented green process developed in Guelph, Ontario. Recent studies have revealed many valuable properties and performance characteristics of NanoDendrix, such as its antimicrobial effects, which have wide-ranging implications for clinical use. The proposed internship will evaluate NanoDendrix for use in combating periodontal disease. First, the intern will evaluate the stability and functional performance of PhyoSpherix in conditions that mimic those of the oral cavity. Second, the potential to enhance the antimicrobial effects of NanoDendrix through combination treatments with other active ingredients commonly found in oral rinses and/or chemical modification of its molecular surface will be investigated.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Suits

Student:

Katarina Mandic

Partner:

Mirexus

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Synthesis of an irreversible inhibitor of Pol?

One aspect of modern drug development involves understanding how enzymes function in terms of the progress of certain diseases in humans. This MITACS project involves the synthesis of small-molecule labels that can bind to a specific enzyme of interest, so as to better understand the mode of action of this enzyme as related to the progress of cancer. This work will involve the preparation of organic molecules possessing appropriate structural features that will enable selective and irreversible binding to the desired enzyme. The understanding gained as a result will enable the partner organization (Repare Therapeutics) to develop more effective treatments for cancer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Stradiotto

Student:

Jillian Clark

Partner:

Repare Therapeutics

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Today’s digital family: Patterns of technology use and wellbeing in families with young children

Across Canada, there are widespread and growing concerns about the impact of screen time on the wellbeing of families and young children. Yet research on this topic, particularly that which is specific to mobile technologies (e.g., smartphones, iPads), remains in its infancy. The proposed research will involve a detailed survey of screen time in families with young children (ages 2–5), as well as an assessment of child, parent, and family wellbeing. In addition to self-reporting screen time, families will install an app on their mobile devices to obtain a more detailed and objective measure of technology use in the home. Using advanced statistical methods, we will identify different patterns of technology use and wellbeing. Findings will be used to develop best practices and inform existing interventions employed by our partner organization, Project Literacy, and affiliates, Kelowna Child Care Society and United Way, to encourage healthy technology use among families.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Holtzman

Student:

Zakary Draper

Partner:

Project Literacy Kelowna Society

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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