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Creating a New Standard for Vision Loss Rehabilitation in Canada

Approximately nine million Canadians live with vision loss that, even when wearing corrective lenses, impedes their ability to perform everyday tasks. Canadians with vision loss are at greater risk of social isolation and reduced community participation. Vision loss rehabilitation (VLR) is a multi-disciplinary service that includes orientation and mobility training, independent living skills and low vision technology. These services are effective for improving the lives of people with vision loss. However, these services are varied and lack coordination in Canada. The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) has been active in changing VLR services and has established Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada. CNIB has set an ambitious goal of fully integrating VLR into the health care system. This research will contribute to this goal by first providing a clear understanding of how and where vision loss rehabilitation services are provided and the factors influencing the provision of services.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dorothy Kessler

Student:

Yaser Alnasery

Partner:

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Developing Recrystallization-Resistant AlScZrMn(Mg) sheets for automotive brazing applications

This internship project aims at developing superior alloy chemistries and processing routes for the manufacture of recrystallization-resistant AlScZrMn(Mg) sheets for automotive brazing applications. Various alloys will be thermodynamically modelled, cast and rolled to thin sheets followed by a stabilization heat treatment. The sheets will finally undergo a simulated heat cycle that resembles that of a typical brazing process during manufacture of automotive heat exchangers. The sheet specimens will be metallurgically characterized by means of optical and electron microscopy as well as tensile testing. The test results will be analyzed in order to depict the optimum alloy/process design for highest recrystallization resistance as well as for the least use of Sc in the composition which is an expensive element. The development of such knowhow will place Alcereco Inc. as an R&D pioneer in a fast growing market for thermally-resistant, light-weight Al alloys, particularly in the auto and aerospace sectors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vahid Fallah

Student:

Qingshan Dong

Partner:

Alcereco

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Brain wave technologies for brain function monitoring and prognostication following severe anoxic brain injury

This project will use a breakthrough brainwave technology to track the recovery of patients who have serious brain injury after cardiac arrest. Doctors currently rely on behaviour-based tests at the patient’s bedside to measure their brain function, but this is not reliable. A better method is to measure brain function directly using brainwave information. We have created a new technology that can measure many different brain functions in a short time. The two different parts of the technology will allow us to measure different functions in the brain, including sensation, attention, language and awareness. The partner company HealthTech Connex Inc. is in the process of bringing to market a similar device called NeuroCatch, which also measures brain vital signs. The information gathered in this project will help the company better understand the impact of their technology on improving patient care.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xiaowei Song

Student:

Careesa Liu

Partner:

Health Tech Connex

Discipline:

Engineering - other

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

One Child at a Time One Family at a Time

Early-years educational programing is linked with greater educational, career and life outcomes. The One Child at a Time One Family at a Time program seeks to assist families in overcoming barriers and giving all children equal access to early-years learning. The home visiting program connects children and their families with individualised support and guidance tailored to a families unique needs and home situation and relevant to their culture and background. In addition to home-based preschool programing support, families receive physical tools such as books, toys and games for their young children. It is believed that the improved social connections and access to resources will ultimately improve numeracy and literacy for pre-school programming putting them on a path for future success.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Noralou Roos

Student:

Jennifer Keith

Partner:

North Forge

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Education

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Control of Modular Multilevel Converters for Specialized Functions

Modern power systems wherein renewable energy sources are prevalent will exhibit larger frequency deviations than conventional power systems due to the diluted share of conventional generation based upon large electric machines with massive spinning rotors. To combat this, power-electronic converters that are used to interface renewable sources need to provide ancillary, such as frequency support and inertia emulation. This research will investigate this functionality for a class of power-electronic converters, namely modular multilevel converters. This is done by judicious adjustment of an internal current component within an MMC that is otherwise eliminated. The proposed research adopts a approach that includes analysis, computer simulation, and hardware-based real-time simulation to ensure that its solutions are well-assessed and are applicable in practical applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shaahin Filizadeh

Student:

Jessie Lapsley

Partner:

RTDS Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Translational Research in User Experience Design for Personalized Health

Personalized health is increasingly gaining public attention in the media as the future of healthcare. Personalized health is the idea that medical treatment will be tailored to the individual based on their predicted response or risks of disease. Omics analysis, defined as the universal detection of different classes of biological molecules, has the potential to direct personalized health delivery and enhance lifestyle changes, such as changes in diet and exercise habits, that may prevent disease development.
To improve on the accessibility of this rich Information and action plan for health seekers and platform users, we will use a user centred design approach to optimize the user interface and user experience design of the platform. Through an iterative process of research, design and user-testing, we will seek to Improve and simplify the user experience without compromising integrity of Information to support Improved decision making. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Caylee Raber

Student:

Eric Tsoi

Partner:

Molecular You Corporation

Discipline:

Design

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Design of automatic tire marking system with flexible marking head

This project aims to develop an automatic tool/system to install on a parking enforcement vehicle. The vehicle is to mark vehicles in a parking lot or on road via marking their tires in a municipal time enforced setting. The system will feature risk reducing operation eliminating concerns of hurting any nearby individuals or damaging any vehicles during its operation. The project is planned to be covered in three main stages. 1) a motor driven mechanical mechanism will be designed and tested to realize the marking with hand control. 2) a laser guidance system will be introduced to the system for accurate positioning and automatic triggering of the marking tool. 3) Imaging identification software will be introduced/ developed to discriminate marked and un-marked vehicles and mark them automatically. Finally, a fully automatic vehicle marking system will be developed which is safe and efficient on challenging vehicle parking lots.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nan Wu

Student:

Alireza Keshmiri

Partner:

Westward Industries

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Neuroimaging biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease identified through brain, brainstem and spinal cord imaging

In the current functional and structural neuroimaging project, we aim to identify functional and structural changes that correlate with disease presence and its severity (staging) and that can serve as a basis for future development of PD neuroimaging biomarkers. To achieve this objective we will use our expertise in functional neuroimaging of the cervical spinal cord (CSC), brainstem and brain (simultaneously), as well as in micro-structural neuroimaging of the spinal cord. The PDQ will play an essential role in subject recruitment, while also benefiting from the research outcomes and gained knowledge from the project. This work has great potential for future development of clinical applications as the novel PD biomarkers developed here can help diagnose the disease, assess its severity or prodromal identification of at-risk individuals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julien Doyon

Student:

Linda Solstrand Dahlberg

Partner:

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Chitin Nano-whiskers Epoxy Nanocomposites for High Mechanical Performance and Structural Applications

Chitin is a vastly available resource in the form of waste from the fishing industry in Canada and worldwide. BOCO Bio-Nanotechnologies has currently the infrastructure in place for scalable extraction of CNWs (Chitin nano-whiskers) from crab shells. CNWs are crystalline regions of chitin, possessing high strength, stiffness and aspect ratio, making them ideal for reinforcement of polymer matrices. A significant market opportunity for BOCO is to incorporate CNWs in epoxy matrices to develop epoxy nanocomposite resins with high fracture toughness and mechanical properties. However, CNWs are significantly more hydrophilic as compared with epoxy resins, creating a challenge for incorporation. The objective of this project is the develop processing techniques for incorporation of CNWs within the epoxy matrix followed by a parametric evaluation of the effect of CNWs on the fracture, mechanical and thermal properties of the epoxy resins. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hani Naguib

Student:

Jintian Wang

Partner:

BOCO Technology Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Nanotechnologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing the value of 14-day litter traits in Canadian pig breeding programs to improve piglet survival and overall profitability

Meeting the increasing world food demand is arguably the top priority of the Canadian agriculture industry. Current breeding criteria has increased the number of piglets born/sow/year. However, the lack of a well-rounded breeding program has diminished these effects, as large litter sizes are associated with reduced litter quality, pig performance, and carcass quality. Selecting for improved 14-day litter traits may improve farm productivity and profitability. This is because piglets with improved 14-day litter traits are predicted to be well supported by the sow and better equipped to thrive throughout development and for these reasons show improved survival, growth performance and carcass quality. This project will explore the use of 14-day litter traits as a breeding goal in Canadian pig breeding programs. If positive, the results of this study will be directly incorporated into a Canadian pig breeding program to improve the productivity and profitability of their pigs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Graham Plastow

Student:

Kristin Lee

Partner:

Hypor

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Motion fields with deep reinforcement learning for real-time character animation

Character motion in games and animations often have high requirements of realism, aesthetics, and interactivity. For instance, in soccer simulation games, users control the players to move in different directions and perform actions such as passing and shooting. Modern data-driven approaches like motion fields provide convenient ways to synthesizing natural motions from a given database of motion capture data. In this work, we look to improve motion fields by leveraging deep reinforcement learning. The benefit to the partner organization is the development of a new technology that can potentially improve the quality of their entertainment products as well as gaining expertise in these upcoming technologies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michiel van de Panne

Student:

Hung Yu Ling

Partner:

Electronic Arts

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Breaking the Barriers to Socially Conscious Business in Edmonton

Breaking Barriers to Social Conscious Business in Edmonton is a research project that aims to help the business community in the Edmonton downtown core and beyond better serve their community through socially-conscious business practices by shedding light on what barriers and facilitators business owners face in adopting socially conscious business practices in their day-to-day operations. In partnership with and learning from The Nook Cafe – a local business that is facilitating positive change in their community by adopting socially conscious business practices – we aim to deliver an analysis of and recommendations for how local businesses can make positive changes in their community and how Edmonton as a whole can celebrate the efforts of businesses like The Nook Cafe to accelerate adoption of socially conscious business practices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sven Anders

Student:

Kareema Batal

Partner:

Nook Cafe

Discipline:

Visual arts

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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