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Engineering - chemical / biological

Quantifying soil organic carbon sequestration performance of the City of Calgary Willow Biomass and Marginal Land Reclamation Demonstration Project: Assessing provincial carbon emissions offset credit opportunities

The emerging emissions trading market provides the province of Alberta an opportunity to diversify its economy and drive climate change mitigation innovation. By improving the carbon credit generating efficiency, more economic opportunities and carbon sequestration industrial applications become feasible. The City of Calgary Dewatered Biosolids Land Application – Willow Biomass and Marginal Land Reclamation Demonstration Project represents part of the first wave of large-scale biologically driven greenhouse gas mitigation innovation. In this case, carbon sequestration is a beneficial by-product of sustainable waste water management practices. However in the future, when potential projects and opportunities are more deliberately assessed on the bases of their sustainable development merits, triple-bottom-line scores, carbon emissions trading value, and soil reclamation potential, a proposed project’s carbon sequestration potential may provide enough added value to tip the balance towards selecting biogenic based waste water residual management projects over less sustainable options.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Murphy

Student:

Chelsey Greene

Partner:

SYLVIS Environmental Services

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Maintenance Recommendation – Downtime Adaptive Learning

Time Series is a sequence of records and observations ordered in time. For instance, feedback from a sensor with timestamps can be considered a time series set. Studying Time Series can help with the predicting and understanding of a system and its behaviour. It can also be used to control the mechanism. In the past, data was expensive, and more challenging to process. Fortunately, today there are many sensors and servers which collect and report thousands of measurements. Internet of Things (IoT) produces large amounts of data. The current problem is to have an optimised system to leverage all this information.
The desired output of this internship is to design a system that can predict the failure of a device in a manufacturing line and suggest a maintenance action prior to the failure of each device. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hannah Michalska

Student:

Farhad Rahbarnia

Partner:

NexJ Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding the scope for innovations in vaccine technology in the swine industry

Pig production is a vital component of the Canadian agricultural sector. Airborne bacterial pathogens Haemophilus parasuis, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Actinobacillus suis are major causes of swine respiratory disease and cause rapidly progressing systemic infections that lead to significant morbidity and mortality. We are developing engineered subunit vaccines that can simultaneously target all three pathogens and can be formulated for needle-free delivery using pressure guns. This project will examine the current pig vaccine landscape against these disease-causing bacteria and determine the need, feasibility and acceptability for innovative vaccine products with improved efficacy. The research outcomes will have a significant impact on the commercialization decisions made by our business partner.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anthony Schryvers

Student:

Owen Mushisha

Partner:

Vaxiron Inc

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Silicon Quantum Dot Trace Explosive Sensor

Development and testing of a trace explosive sensor based on silicon nanomaterials or quantum dots. The project will involve interaction and pilot testing with the RCMP and Transport Canada. The success of the project will enable Applied Quantum Materials to introduce a new product into the security marketplace and form a platform technology for the development of drug and chemical agent detection.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vladimir Michaelis

Student:

Christina Gonzalez

Partner:

Applied Quantum Materials Inc

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Nanotechnologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Improved Thermoplastic to Oil Pyrolysis Process Technology with Advanced Plasma Technology

The field of plastic waste management is essential for sustainable society that utilizes plastic waste for energy production. Land filing and incineration of plastic waste has large environmental impacts due to GHG emissions. Thus, pyrolysis is considered a low environmental impact process with high value end products. RF thermal plasma technology will help reduce operating cost, cleaner thermal source, shorten reaction time and provide high quality hydrocarbon gasoline and diesel. The research project involves developing a highly efficient RF thermal plasma system that can work in pyrolysis reactors. The partner organisation will start to utilize thermal plasma systems in their chemical reactors and drive the waste management industry forward by reducing operating cost of plastic to oil.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hossam Gaber

Student:

Mohamed Aboughaly

Partner:

Pro-Flange Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Media/Communication Repertoires of Canadian Small Businesses Owners

This research aims to identify different kinds of Canadian small firms on the basis of their owner/managers’ communication behaviour and media preferences. This is in contrast to past practices which identified similarities and differences among SMEs on the basis of sociodemographic variables. Communication behaviour and media choices of SME owner/managers is a key characteristic in shaping purchasing behaviour and communication preferences. The research considers the communication behaviours, beliefs, and attitudes of SME owner/managers in terms of patterned repertoires. The analysis of media repertoires is a useful way of identifying structured patterns of media use and communication behaviour across channels and platforms. On the basis of survey and focus group data, this research aims to identify key media repertoires for Canadian SMEs and produce one or more personas, or model representations of users or customers, for each repertoire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Charles Davis

Student:

Hanako Smith

Partner:

Agency59

Discipline:

Design

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

The use of crickets (Gryllus sigillatus) in poultry diets and their antimicrobial potential to defend against necrotic enteritis

The production of chicken requires a large amount of protein, and producers currently use antibiotics to help keep chickens healthy. However, there is a leading trend to reduce the amount of antibiotics used today, and with the growing population there is a need to find alternative protein sources. Insects, like crickets, could be a solution to both of these problems. Crickets have shown antimicrobial capacity and are high in protein, so they maybe able to reduce feed cost, while also reducing the need for antibiotics. This research aims to investigate the potential of this emerging feed ingredient, which will benefit the poultry industry and Canadian consumers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephanie Collins

Student:

Holly Fisher

Partner:

Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia

Discipline:

Animal science

Sector:

Forestry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Predictive Control Approach for Converted Multi Zone Residential Buildings with Central HVAC Systems

The current project aims to study a novel energy management system for residential heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Independently controlled wireless air damping vents will adjust the air flow in different zones of the building allowing independent control of the temperature which results in enhanced thermal comfort and energy savings. The intern will collaborate with the partner organization on studying a unique state-of-the-art predictive model to control the damping factor of the vents within fully closed to fully open range. The partner organization will benefit from the expertise of both the supervisor and the intern in HVAC and thermo-fluids to achieve a more effective control strategy for the system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carey Simonson

Student:

Farid Bahiraei

Partner:

Engineered Auto Works

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Crystallization and mechanism of action studies of antibody NB0940 binding to Poliovirus receptor

Significant advances in technologies related to antibody discovery and development have allowed therapeutic antibodies to become the fastest growing class of biopharmaceuticals over the last 20 years. Northern Biologics is a biotechnology company that seeks to develop therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of cancer and fibrosis. Together with Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien at SickKids (University of Toronto), the intern will work with Northern Biologics to develop and characterize antibodies against cellular receptors that show aberrant signaling in several diseases including cancer. Integrative structural biology and biophysical technologies will be used to inform lead selection with the goal of progressing therapeutic candidates for clinical trials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Philippe Julien

Student:

Swetha Raman

Partner:

Northern Biologics

Discipline:

Microbiology / Immunology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Eastside Works: Information System Support and Evaluation

EMBERS Eastside Works (EW) is a new low barrier employment centre in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. EW helps people in the Downtown Eastside make connections to the world of work, earn income, and improve their livelihoods. The proposed research will work with EW to develop a database and information system that fits their needs, while informing a larger UBC research study on individual’s economic activity and how it affects their health and well-being in the downtown eastside.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lindsey Richardson

Student:

Austin Lui

Partner:

EMBERS Eastside Works

Discipline:

Urban studies

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of wine smoke-taint analysis strategies to provide more accurate risk-assessments and guide in-winery and in-vineyard amelioration methods

The proposed research project will focus on understanding the in-vineyard and in-winery mechanisms responsible for the phenomenon of smoke-taint in wines—that is, the tendency of grapes exposed to forest fire smoke to produce smoke-flavoured wines in the absence of any perceptible aroma in the grapes. Of interest here is discerning exactly how the flavoured compounds of smoke are biochemically stored within ripening grapes in addition to how they are released again by yeast enzymes during the fermentation process. A clearer (bio)chemical understanding of smoke-taint will necessarily involve the development of improved analytical methods and testing procedures which the partner organization (Supra Research and Development) will be able to offer to North American grape and wine producers. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wesley Zandberg

Student:

Sarah Lyons

Partner:

Supra Research and Development

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Forestry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Toolkit: Alternative Models for Affordable Housing

Metro Vancouver is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. While responses to the crisis have tended to focus on our most at-risk populations, the reality is that even with a stable income, the high cost of housing is one of the primary reasons people and families of all ages are leaving the region. This research project will explore non-profit development of affordable ‘workforce’ rental housing for household’s earning between $20,000-$100,000 per year. The focus will be the documentation of Catalyst Community Developments Society’s successful non-profit model, as well as the sourcing of alternative financing to enable these projects, ensuring equitable, secure and long-term affordable housing is available for British Columbians.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maged Senbel

Student:

Katrina May

Partner:

Catalyst Community Developments Society

Discipline:

Urban studies

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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