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Projects by Category

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Engineering
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Engineering - chemical / biological

Deep-learning-based Fine-grained Furniture Classification and Winning Strategy Recommendation

The project aims to develop a novel deep learning based computer vision system to identify different categories and sub-categories of the furniture and the associated attributes (such as color, shape, style, and material). It will also develop an automated recommendation system that can learn from the massive historical data and the on-going stream of data to adaptively adjust the parameter combination for each product to maximize the chance of winning the competition against other companies. The competitive advantage gained by the new technologies developed through this project will help the partner organization, Cymax, to further grow and expand its business.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jun Chen

Student:

Huan Liu

Partner:

Cymax Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Insights into the creative workplace through 20 years of experience at Rethink Canada

Rethink is Canada’s largest, national independent creative agency. As Rethink enters their twentieth year, they would like to formally collect the tips, tools and wisdom — 20 years of knowledge and experience — and share it with a broader audience interested in the creative industries and the process of creativity in general. Working with a humanities scholar from Simon Fraser University, Rethink will write a book that is accessible to readers both within and outside of the creative industry. The proposed project will include existing research that bridges Rethink’s own strategies with findings from the humanities and the social sciences that demonstrates how Rethink’s tools have grounds outside of the company and the industry at large. The degree of success of the project will itself answer the broader research questions about the transferability of literary/theoretical methods to the creative workplace. The innovative way in which the content of the project book is created and shared will speak to many of the issues currently circulating in literary and media theory and will act as something of a digital culture test case for such academic-industry collaboration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Budra

Student:

Marie Horgan

Partner:

Rethink Communications

Discipline:

Literature

Sector:

Media and communications

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Exploring the need for a standard on work environment reporting

Poor work environment (WE) contributes to poor employee physical and mental health and reduced company productivity and performance. Reporting on the WE has little guidance, making WE in corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports inconsistent and not comparable between companies. This project explores the need for a management system standard for WE reporting and the development of a prototype WE reporting tool based on a review of the scientific literature and existing standards, and stakeholder feedback through a workshop and webinar. More clearly defining WE, its dimensions and creating a standardized reporting approach can provide direct benefits to CSA Group, by improving their suite of available products, and indirectly society beyond. Providing companies a consistent means to report on WE allows intra- and inter-organization comparisons, driving change to improve WE, employee wellbeing, and organization performance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cory Searcy

Student:

Michael Greig

Partner:

CSA Group

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Jordan Shapes for Deep Learning

The proposed project aims to develop a systematic approach for improving deep-learning-based computer vision systems by augmenting the local pixel data with the global shape data (more specifically, Jordan curves) and by adjusting system architectures to accommodate the augmented input. Three canonical computer vision problems will be investigated in this project. They are respectively image dehazing, alpha-matting, and face detection. The potential roles of Jordan curves in these applications will be examined. The research results will provide an in-depth analysis on how shape data may impact deep learning training, inference and transparency and suggest a general guideline on how to effectively utilize shape data in deep learning systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jun Chen

Student:

Chenxiao Niu

Partner:

ShapeVision Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Texture Synthesis for Visual Effects: Improving Quality and Decreasing Computation Times

This proposal focuses on the automatic creation of color textures for 3D objects found in virtual content for movies, television, and advertisements. Such color details could correspond to the color variations seen at the surface of fabric or concrete. Another example of the problems we want to address consists of automatically creating color details for an animation of liquids such as mud. The solutions will reduce the computation times, increase the realism, and enable some methods to synthesize a broader variety of color textures. The software prototypes of our research will be made available to our industrial partner. With the improved speed and quality, the new tools will provide the industrial partner with an edge over its competitors. The scientific publications of the results will also allow the Canadian computer graphics community to benefit from the research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Paquette

Student:

Valentin Vervondel

Partner:

Digital District Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Production of polyurethane rigid foams using biobased polyols for insulation (part 2)

Thermal insulation of buildings and storages reduces the energy consumption for heating. Polyurethane foams are one of the efficient material for insulation. Currently, polyurethane foam industries use raw materials derived from petroleum. This research project aim to replace some of petrochemical-based materials used in polyurethane foam with biobased materials. This can reduce the dependency on petroleum oil and create new market for biobased materials. The development of biobased polyurethane foam is a challenging exercise. The foam formula contain several chemicals (> 8 chemicals) which work together in a complex way to form foam structure. The development of a foam that can meet the requirements, regulated by the local or national organisation, requires expertise, research, and performing many experiments and evaluation to find the right combination of chemicals. This will be undertaken by the intern. This project benefits partner organization by the development of new product and create new market for its existing products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Curtis

Student:

Mohammad Tavassoli Kafrani

Partner:

Quantum Chemical

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

The Centralization of Social Need: what has been the impact on the affected populations of the centralization of social services into Windsor’s downtown core?

This study will explore how the centralization of social services and those who use them impact the environment of Downtown Windsor. The goal of the project is to understand how the location of social services effects the movement of people who are using these services. Stakeholders, businesses, and residents will be surveyed in order to understand the perceived impact on these groups. The project will also use mapping in order to analyse the physical locations of the services, service users and other environmental factors which may have an impact on this movement. The Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association will use the data in order to further advocate for businesses and stakeholders.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gerald Cradock

Student:

Sydney Chapados

Partner:

Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Exploring surface nanoscale axial photonics resonators for ultrahigh-resolution optical gyroscope applications

We will fabricate cylindrical glass microstructures that keep light traveling in circles for a very long time. The circular trajectory of the confined light changes very sensitively due to rotational motion of the cylinders, and these changes can be measured by detecting angular velocity. Therefore, the project aims at developing these cylinders that allow light for many rounds of propagation without leaking, as a way to increase the sensitivity to rotations. We implement optimization of the fabrication process and characterization of the fabricated microstructures to ensure that the required specifications are met.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pablo Bianucci

Student:

Mathieu Couillard

Partner:

OSCPs Motion Sensing Inc.

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Application of antimicrobial aereus particles with marine paints

This proposal is to accelerate the Aereus Technologies’ development of antimicrobial coatings. Antimicrobial coating has been becoming an effective solution to battle the hospital-acquired infections. Aereus Technologies is developing an antimicrobial coating consisting of marine paint and biocidal copper-alloy based microparticles. One of the key concerns for this new coating is that the microparticles are expected to oxidize when they are exposed to human palm sweat or disinfection agents in healthcare settings. In this project, we will evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy and durability of this coating using a simulated dynamic saline environment. The results will provide scientific insights on how the oxidation of the microparticles would influence the coating antimicrobial efficacy and the integrity of the particles in relation to marine paint.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Boxin Zhao

Student:

Fut Kuo Yang

Partner:

Aereus Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Advanced manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

An analysis and evaluation of youth-focused on-the-land programming in Canada’s North.

The Canadian North (defined as the three territories and Inuit Nunangat) has a wide variety of on-the-land programming. These programs are important in transferring knowledge from previous generations and inspiring the youth of the future. Various regional organizations have created their own on-the-land programs which are targeted to a variety of groups: youth; men; at-risk-teens, and focus on various topics: governance; Indigenous knowledge, or simply getting out on the land. Some examples include: Kelly Lake Cultural Camp in the Sahtu Region of the NWT; Going Off, Going Strong program in Nunatsiavut and; Huchá Hudän Field School in the Yukon.
This research will document various on-the-land programs, specifically youth-focused initiatives in the Canadian North, and evaluate implementation effectiveness of such programs. The research will also explore components of success/’best practices’ and highlight some of the common program challenges across the Canadian North. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bronwyn Hancock

Student:

Lawrence Ignace

Partner:

Gordon Foundation

Discipline:

Public administration

Sector:

Aboriginal affairs

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Chemical Genomic Analysis of the Mode of Action of Novel Boron-Containing Antifungal Agents for Crop Protection

Fungal pathogens of agriculturally significant crops pose a serious threat against global food security. This is exacerbated by the limited classes of fungicides that are commercially available for the farmers and the rapid emergence of resistance against the existing fungicides. Furthermore, resistance against agricultural fungicides can poses serious threat to human health as it can provide cross-resistance to the antifungal drugs that are used in the clinics world-wide. The objective of this project is to discover novel boron-containing fungicides and identify their mechanism of action through chemical genomic analysis. This project will address the urgent need to discover novel fungicides against plant fungal pathogens and identify new approaches to treating fungal infections.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Leah Cowen

Student:

Sang Hu Kim

Partner:

Boragen Inc

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment of the mechanical properties on PVD coatings using scratch and indentation tests.

In manufacturing industry many tools are protected by coatings to increase tool life and productivity. It is only logical that mechanical properties of the coating will affect its performance. Therefore, it is essential to characterise the coating and understand its properties to tailor it for a specific application. These properties might be assessed with different characterisation methods such as scratch test and indentation. The objective of this study is to provide coating characterization for the partner organization and develop a standard procedure to assess coating properties. This will help the partner organization to optimise and develop coatings and keep track of quality.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Veldhuis

Student:

Majid Abdoos

Partner:

Sputtek Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Advanced manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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