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Engineering - chemical / biological

Effects of choir participation and musical training on auditory processing in hearing aided older adults.

Hearing loss, which most adults will experience to some degree as they age, has been associated with decreased emotional wellbeing and reduced quality of life in aging adults. Although hearing aids can target aspects of peripheral hearing loss, persistent perceptual deficits are widely reported. One prevalent example is the loss of the ability to perceive speech in a noisy environment, which severely impacts quality of life and goes relatively unremediated by hearing aids. Musicianship has been shown to improve aspects of auditory processing, and choir participation has been implemented as an intervention to improve these abilities in older adults, but this has not been examined in older adults with hearing aids. The current study investigates whether the benefits of choir participation and musical training can harnessed to improve aspects of auditory processing, including speech perception in noise, in hearing aided older adults.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Frank Russo

Student:

Ella Dubinsky

Partner:

Unitron Hearing Ltd.

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Classification of radiological observation through image-sentence association

Imagia is an AI-driven personalized healthcare company, enabling collaborative development of predictive biomarkers. Its Evidens platform unites deep learning expertise and clinical insights on federated patient data from partnered hospitals & AI research institutions. Imagia delivers impactful solutions to healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers. Imagia’s mission is to leverage advances in artificial intelligence to accelerate accessible personalized medicine with an initial focus on personalized oncology.
This project aims at developing a software prototype which can automatically, or semi-automatically, associate available annotations to their context in radiological reports.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Fevens

Student:

Qicheng Lao

Partner:

Imagia Cybernetics Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Design and Development of an Emergency Response Station

The remote First Nations communities of Canada suffer from a dire lack of access to emergency response systems and services during times of crises. They lack access to life-saving services such as paramedics, 911 services, and search and rescue services due to their geographic isolation. This often puts them in grave danger and results in loss of lives. To enable these remote communities to communicate with emergency response personnel in real time, the design and development of an Emergency Response Station (ERS) prototype to be deployed in the Moose Cree First Nation community and in the Algonquin Provincial Park is proposed. An ERS is a communication facility which would enable an individual to send a distress signal to emergency response personnel with the push of a button. The ERS could be integrated with Drone Delivery Canada’s Drone Delivery services, thus expanding their market and the types of services they could offer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamran Behdinan

Student:

Jaber Abedin

Partner:

Drone Delivery Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Performance-Based Design Guideline for Mid- to High-Rise Mass Timber Based Structures with Energy Dissipators and Base Isolators

In Canada, the need to address housing demand along the growing urbanization with consideration of environmental impact, motivated timber-based construction. Timber structures are known for their aesthetic, flexibility in achieving the innovative architectural designs, fast means of construction and environmental friendliness. In the past decade, significant research have been undertaken to use timber for mid- to high-rise structures. Mass timber-based structures, incorporating appropriate connections and energy dissipators, can extend the building heights in timber-based construction. The general objectives in the proposed research are: (I) to develop reliability-based design frameworks for light-timber based mid-rises with energy dissipators, and (II) to develop performance-based design frameworks for tall mass timber-based systems incorporating damping systems and base isolations. Performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) is widely considered to be a rational and comprehensive framework for the seismic design and assessment of civil engineering structures. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Solomon Tesfamariam

Student:

Selamawit Dires

Partner:

Dynamic Structures

Discipline:

Engineering - other

Sector:

Education

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Estimating the benefit of green infrastructure to urban ecosystems: A synthesis and case-study

Globally cities are expanding and this has a negative impact on natural systems. Green infrastructure (GI), such as green roofs, retention ponds, or urban tree canopies, is used to mitigate the impacts of extreme weather and provide resources for people in the city. However, GI can also provide a benefit for native species and wildlife by providing a habitat for them to live. Although this is commonly suggested, to our knowledge, no one has attempted to quantify the effects of GI on natural systems. Within this project, we will conduct a literature review and use available data to quantify the response of natural systems to different levels of GI implementation for the City of Toronto and region. Implications from this research will reduce the human impact on ecosystems and contribute to sustainability in the world.

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Faculty Supervisor:

J. Scott MacIvor

Student:

Alessandro Filazzola

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

A method to reduce floating ground effect on wearable Electrocardiography (ECG) sensors

Heart’s electrical activities are traditionally collected by employing multiple electrodes that are connected the patient’s body and collected and recorded on an electrocardiogram. The objective of this project is to enhance the patient’s comfort and allow for a continues ECG monitoring with improved flexibility while minimizing the sacrifices of detected and accumulated data. In this proposal an unconventional method is suggested that employs physically separated sensors and circuits to enhance patient comfort and allows for a better flexibility. In this approach, three devices are used to collect and convert the signal and eventually transfer it to the wireless transmission block of the system. In this work, the focus is on the data collection of the three developed ECG sensors and the front-end circuit of the system that can collect and convert the signal for transmission without the need for a common ground electrode.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Arezoo Emadi

Student:

Matthew Santos

Partner:

HelpWear

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Chopping Away at Hunger: Social Gradients of Food Insecurity in Vancouver, BC

Urban centres such as Vancouver are sites of socio-economic inequality, which creates differential levels of food security. The primary objective of my research is to map social gradients of food insecurity in Metro Vancouver. In the process of creating this map, I will develop a set of food security indicators and generate baseline scores for Metro Vancouver neighbourhoods. Based on my findings, I will formulate recommendations for improving data availability, as well as for strategically developing food assets for locations in need.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Denise Cloutier

Student:

Audrey Tung

Partner:

Eco Eats Inc

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Forestry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Integrating mass spectrometry and computational chemistry for suspect and non-targeted screening of industrial effluents

Thousands of chemical compounds are released into the environment as a result of human activity. While exposure to manufactured chemicals is concerning, the majority of such contaminants are not monitored by regulatory agencies and their environmental and human health impacts are unknown. The objective of this collaboration is to develop and evaluate state-of-the-art tools to identify chemical contaminants in our environment. Specifically, contaminant molecules will separated and detected using a technique called gas chromatography-atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry. Identification is typically achieved by comparing the mass spectrum of a contaminant, i.e. its “chemical fingerprint”, with reference libraries. An approach using sophisticated data processing software and computer modelling will be developed to predict the appearance of a chemical’s fingerprint and aid in the identification of unknown contaminants. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Myrna Simpson

Student:

Sophia Schreckenbach

Partner:

Waters Limited

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Coupled human-salmon-bear systems of coastal British Columbia

The Raincoast Conservation Foundation pursues conservation initiatives in coastal British Columbia through science, outreach, and sustainable economies, such as ecotourism or community-driven fisheries management informed by local knowledge and ecology. The success of wildlife viewing ecotourism greatly depends on knowing areas and time periods predictably used by target species. The goal of the proposed research is to inform initiatives of Raincoast and its ecotourism partners (e.g. Spirit Bear Lodge, Wuikinuxv First Nation, Nimmo Bay Resort) by research on commercially-valuable wildlife. We will monitor places and times where grizzly bears eat salmon; identifying critical habitat. This information will let ecotourism operators focus their efforts and expenses on predictably high bear-use locations, which in turn supports conservation-based economies. This information can also inform the Wuikinuxv Nation of how their local fisheries, and the proposed re-opening of commercial fisheries, may affect bears’ access to salmon and in turn, potential ecotourism opportunities.TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chris Darimont

Student:

Megan Adams

Partner:

Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Utilization of IoT networks for emergency situations

yodelME is a Kelowna, British Columbia based firm that develops network solutions. They are particularly interested in providing communication capabilities over ad hoc networks, i.e., networks with node mobility and topology changing capabilities, deployed in regions with limited pre-existing communications infrastructure. In recent years, they have primarily concentrated on providing enhanced communication capabilities for emergency services personnel in remote areas, such as that required during natural disasters, i.e., floods and forest fires. They focus on providing ad hoc network solutions that are inexpensive, reliable, fluid and dynamic in range, and that intelligently connect people and resources with each other as needed.
Internet of Things (IoT) networks, being implemented based on LoRaWan technology, are being deployed in remote areas by the resource industries to gather telemetry and sensor data, and to control remote equipment and sites. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen O'Leary

Student:

Ashraf Ahsan

Partner:

YodelME

Discipline:

Engineering - other

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Scheduling for Meal-Kit Industry

The partner is experiencing difficulties in finding an efficient solution for planning and scheduling the production in meal processing plants. The challenges involve rapid degradation of fresh food ingredients, a wide variety of products and demand which cannot be predicted in advance. The partner spends a lot of time on tactical management of business activities. During this research, the intern will analyse the current business practices and provide a scientific solution to production planning in the food industry. The intern will present the tool sets being used in the industry to the partner and the intern will lead the selection of a methodology that will be most suitable for this problem. The partner will obtain valuable feedback from an external resource, who has received academic training in Supply Chain Management. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Satyaveer Chauhan

Student:

Scheale Scheale Duvah Pentiah

Partner:

LIDD Supply Chain Intelligence

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Career Stage, Age, and Gender on Employees’ Ethical Challenges: a Canadian Perspective

Corporate employees face a range of ethical pressures and challenges; in some cases, employees fail at these challenges, and the result is often bad for employees, for employers, and for the Canadian public. Ethics education in post-secondary settings and corporate ethics training may help, but needs to be designed in a way that takes account of the specific kinds of challenges and pressures employees actually face. First-hand testimony suggests young people (in their 20s) face special challenges and special risks because of their junior status in the workplace. Likewise, testimony suggests that women face different challenges than men. This research aims to gather evidence about these patterns in order to create better tools for ethics education and training. This research is expected to help CleaVview Strategic Partners understand how to improve their products and services, and to help their clients improve upon their own ethics programs and ethics communication strategies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chris MacDonald

Student:

Sahar Ahadi

Partner:

ClearView

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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