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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering - chemical / biological

Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture of the Grand Rapids Formation and Equivalents, East-Central Alberta and West-Central Saskatchewan, Canada

Understanding of Earth history involves many approaches. In the case of this project, the focus is understanding the distribution (paleogeography) of ancient shallow-marine and coastal environments of Alberta and Saskatchewan during the Lower Cretaceous. The Grand Rapids Fm represents an important interval that occupies a crucial location for resolving the history of such environments, particularly those relevant to the oil sands-bearing McMurray Fm and the heavy oil-bearing Lloydminster area units. With respect to the McMurray Fm, the Grand Rapids deposits may give insights into the types of shorelines and the styles of river sediment supply that operated during McMurray time, but which, unfortunately, were eroded away by glaciation during the Pleistocene. With respect to the Lloydminster heavy oil deposits, the Grand Rapids Fm is roughly time equivalent and showcases the along-strike shoreline configurations that will assist in placing those deposits into their proper paleogeographic context. These paleogeographic distributions are closely associated with relative changes in sea level during the Lower Cretaceous and allows meaningful correlation of stratigraphic units. This study will assist in improving our understanding of two important hydrocarbon units in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James MacEachern

Student:

Antoine Dillinger

Partner:

Husky Oil Operations Ltd.

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Oil and gas

University:

Program:

Accelerate

The Social Ecology of Digital Archiving in Queer Arts Spaces

Like many LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community organizations, Reelout Arts Project Inc.
provides resources to people who experience social or geographic isolation – particularly through their
annual film festival and community film library. For these resources to reach broad audiences, however, they
must be able to connect with those who are searching for relevant material. The success of search results
has much to do with the organization of information online: the ways in which resources are described,
compiled, and presented to users. For marginalized communities, culturally relevant descriptive text
(metadata) is needed in order to effectively search and discover materials, and that text must be defined by
the communities themselves. In partnership with Reelout, this project will conduct research toward the
creation of a best practices document regarding LGBT+ metadata and, using this, create an online library
database and online exhibits to increase access to Reelout’s collections, resources, and festival.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Lord

Student:

Tamara de Szegheo Lang

Partner:

Reelout Arts Project Inc.

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Digital media

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Analyzing cognitive-motor function through the development of portable tools

Cognitive and motor dysfunction are hallmark impairments of neurologically impaired populations such as those suffering from a traumatic brain injury, or persons with Parkinson’s disease. Common symptoms experienced by these populations are deficits in planning and decision making, as well as deficits in balance. These symptoms are not, however, limited to impaired populations but can also be a by-product of healthy aging in older adults (65 and older). While the above-mentioned symptoms can be assessed with relative ease in a laboratory or clinical setting, this is not always convenient for these populations. Thus, the purpose of this project is to design an experimental protocol capable of measuring cognitive and motor dysfunction in both a laboratory setting and with portable technology.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Dalton

Student:

Michael Kennefick

Partner:

XCO Inc

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Study of unplugging sand control devices using shock waves

This research aims at better understanding the performance of Wireline Applied Stimulation Pulse (WASP) technique in formation damage reduction in oil and gas wells. Hydrocarbon production rate decreases as a result of plugging the sand control devices located in the wellbore region. Shock waves generated by the WASP technique help breaking the sources of formation damage into smaller pieces; As a result, small particles can be carried to the surface. This technique (i) efficiently retrieves the productivity of existing wells damaged during production and (ii) avoids the necessity of drilling new wells for recovering the remaining reserves. The main objectives of this research are (i) to propose a lab protocol for evaluating the performance of WASP on mitigation of formation damage and (ii) to optimize the parameters affecting the WASP performance at the field-scale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohtada Sadrzadeh

Student:

Ali Habibi

Partner:

Blue Spark Energy Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Oil and gas

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Advanced Battery Materials for Longer Life, Higher Energy Density Lithium Ion Batteries

As lithium-ion batteries continue to expand in use, new applications such as electric vehicles have increasing demands for higher energy density and longer life batteries. Improvements beyond the industry standards will be achieved using new, innovative materials that will result in increased performance. Through this project, the intern will work on synthesis and processing new anode and cathode materials and work to demonstrate improved performance of those materials in full Li-ion batteries. Specifically, the project will be focused on two primary areas of interest: silicon-graphite blends for increased energy density and cathode materials with improve cycling performance at high voltage with work on electrolyte systems for both materials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Obrovac

Student:

Lituo Zheng

Partner:

Novonix

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing bioremediation coupled with adsorption for treatment of arsenic released from mine waste rock

Arsenic (As) is a toxic metalloid that is widespread in the environment. Anthropogenic mining activities result in As being released from rock via mining activities in mine tailings, waste rock and process waters. ORANO has a proposed mine site expected to produce waste rock containing As and other metals/metalloids. This waste rock needs to be stored appropriately and the release of it’s As into groundwater must be limited to minimize environmental impacts. The goal of this research project is to assess an adsorption coupled with bioremediation method for As found in the water and waste rock at relevant mine temperatures.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kerry McPhedran

Student:

Ali Damuchali

Partner:

Orano Resources Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Developing Intelligent BI Applications using Machine Learning

SAP is a multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. SAP Labs Montreal focuses on supporting the consumer products industry. It provides these industries with the software infrastructure that allows its customers to run end-to-end processes including the capturing and analysis of sales transactions. Sales transactions include for example purchases made by each and every customer of the retail industry. Sales transactions are generated by point-of-sale (POS) systems used by cashiers and sent to a central server for validation and consistency checks. Recently, SAP has been actively applying machine learning to improve the efficiency of its software products. One challenge faced by development teams in this process is the identification of relevant features from raw data and the testing of the models. Current existing techniques are semi-automatic and often labor intensive. They also depend heavily on the expertise of domain experts, which often constitutes a significant barrier to the pursuit of machine learning projects in the Industry. This project aims to support the implementation of machine learning projects in the industry, by equipping development teams with a framework for the automatic identification of relevant features and the transformation operations (text was cut)

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Faculty Supervisor:

Foutse Khomh

Student:

Le An

Partner:

SAP Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Automation of Low-Energy Welding Process for Aerospace Applications and Contactless Approach

Mechanical failure is a significant issue in the aerospace industry. High material and manufacturing costs make the component repair an attractive option, avoiding the need to scrap parts when defects are detected. Low Energy Welding (LEW) is a micro-welding process that offers several advantages in repairing sensitive high-cost components. Extensive work has been carried out with the manual process. However, the process is relatively slow and the manual process is difficult to maintain constant quality. Automated LEW process is then highly desired to make the repairs more efficient and reliable. The proposed research project will enable the partner company to automate the LEW process. The results can provide valuable insights to understand the fundamental mechanisms of LEW and optimization of the process. The proposed project may enable more opportunities in aerospace component repair business.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Norman Zhou

Student:

Zhen Jiao

Partner:

Huys Industries Limited

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Portable sensor for rapid and onsite detection of bacteria in water

The presence of harmful bacteria in drinking water sources can seriously harm the population that receives the contaminated water. The current standard methods for testing drinking water for bacteria heavily rely on using central laboratories. For small rural communities that are far from these laboratories, this scheme may represent 2-7 delays until they find out about the quality of their drinking water sources. This can be catastrophic if the residents of these communities drink contaminated water while waiting for the results. This project represents the final stages in the development of a handheld device that can test water samples onsite and within 1 hour. Completion of this project will allow Roshan Water Solutions to fill the final gaps in their technology and increase their readiness for commercial manufacturing of the device. Moreover, this project involves the presence of the Roshan’s staffs in these communities during the field testing stage. This will help the company to realize the needs of potential end-users and incorporate their feedback into the manufacturing process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohtada Sadrzadeh

Student:

Amirreza Sohrabi

Partner:

Roshan Water Solutions

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Dental Materials for Ultra-Long-Term Caries Prevention

Tooth decay (dental cavities or caries) affects over 90% of the population worldwide, however their treatment with “white” resin composite fillings yields significantly worse results than classic metallic fillings. Caries-causing bacteria penetrate the space between tooth and filling, causing further tooth decay. This damage must be treated by removing the previous filling and diseased tooth tissue, and subsequently re-filled. We have developed novel antimicrobial microspheres that are loaded into the dental filling material, preventing bacterial infiltration for the patient’s lifetime. This Mitacs-supported research seeks to characterize the properties of a new dental material formulation using these microspheres. This will increase the confidence in our invention to attract further funding to the partner Mesosil Inc. and demonstrating exact control over antimicrobial effect. Both will allow future animal and clinical trials, which will be necessary for Mesosil to conduct for regulatory approval.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yoav Finer

Student:

Cameron Stewart

Partner:

Mesosil Inc

Discipline:

Dentistry

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Laboratory and field scale biodegradability assessment for Pela case products for environmentally end-of-life management

Pela, incorporated under Open Mind Development Corporation (OMDC), manufactures environmentally sustainable products, such as compostable smartphone and laptop cases. Pela aims to lead the industry in taking complete responsibility for its manufactured products and continuously improve their lifecycle so that they have the most renewable and sustainable beginning of life, and the most graceful end of life. The Pela Case is made of Flaxstic®, which is comprised of compostable bioplastic elastomer and flax straw materials. In this proposal, both field- and laboratory-scale biodegradability assays will be conducted for OMDC’s products (i.e., smart cell phone cases) to investigate their end-of-life fate in various controlled and un-controlled bioreactor environments. The field-scale testing will be conducted at Glengrow composting facility (Kelowna, BC), where plant materials such as lawn trimmings and pruning are composted. The laboratory-scale aerobic (composting) and anaerobic (digestion) biodegradability assays will be conducted at Bioreactor Technology Group Laboratory at University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Campus.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cigdem Eskicioglu

Student:

Hina Dilawar

Partner:

Open Mind Developments Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering - other

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Predictive Control Approach to Convert Single-Zone Residential Buildings with Central HVAC Systems to Multi-Zone Systems

The current project aims to develop a novel energy management strategy for residential heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Controllable 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 novel 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 academic 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:

SenergyK Innovative Creations

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Education

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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