Innovative Projects Realized

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13270 Completed Projects

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BC
430
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348
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4184
ON
2671
QC
43
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209
NB
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Projects by Category

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Computer science
9%
Engineering
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Engineering - biomedical
4%
Engineering - chemical / biological

Benchmarking Evidence Based Approaches to New Functional Regions

This research project will build a case and a new definition for contemporary functional economic regions based on fiscal and economic impact analysis and return on investment benchmarking. The project will expand the scope of ‘functional’ from the traditional commuter shed and labour market context of the past, to include contemporary collaborative and economic drivers for regional development and inter-community cooperation. The research initiative will encompass the City of Meadow Lake trading area to include municipalities and First Nations within a 120 km radius. We anticipate engagement of seven First Nations, six rural municipalities and an estimated twenty towns/villages/hamlets.This project will result in a potential integrated and enabling framework for rural municipalities and Indigenous communities to accelerate partnerships and thereby build incremental employment, business development/attraction and social development.  This project has the potential to be transformational by engaging communities and First Nations in a self-directed, evidence based regional economic cluster enabling all communities and their residents to benefit more fully in the Canadian and global economy. In addition, it provides recommendations on potential new regionalism (connecting regional to local) frameworks for collaboration

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ken Coates

Student:

Privilege Haang’andu

Partner:

Saskatchewan Economic Development Association

Discipline:

Public administration

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Privacy Preserving Federated Learning – Year two

By virtualizing all the various appliances in the network, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) became a key enabler for the coming 5G infrastructure and nowadays a major shift is under way bringing an evolution to cloud-native NFV. In the latter operational model, applications are decomposed into microservices running inside containers to enable automated installation, configuration and scaling with the dynamic network requirements beside self-healing and automated upgrading and updating of the VNFs. Pre-provisioned rules are expected to become less important over time as Artificial Intelligence (AI) enable smarter interpretation of data and hence better reaction accordingly for efficient management of VNFs.
Centralized AI is by far the most common architecture for such analysis. However, such application has significant drawbacks ranging from high transfer cost, latency and hence slow inference to even more critical situations of diminished privacy. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chamseddine Talhi

Student:

Hanine Tout

Partner:

Ericsson Canada

Discipline:

Visual arts

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Elevate

Developing Intelligent Approaches for Factories of the Future – An intelligent strategy for robotic part inspection in advanced manufacturing – Year two

This project explores incorporation of artificial intelligence tools for advanced control techniques in order to improve quality on industrial production lines. Particularly, the novelty of this project suggests the use of the recent embedded computer systems and icloud computer assistance. This strategy is currently used for commercial products (i.e., application related to communication). However, this project explores how to use AI and dynamic optimization tools by identifying both dynamic structure and parameters. The purpose of exploring such advance data analysis for industrial automation is meant to predict quality inspection based on high complex identification patterns during production. The complexity of advance product manufacturing impose important limitations for humans to process. Human inspection affected by both temporal processing and quality consistency impacts directly on safety and cost concerns. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rickey Dubay

Student:

Ricardo Bautista Quintero

Partner:

Eigen Innovations Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Advanced manufacturing

University:

Program:

Elevate

“Stem-cell based therapies: potential of human drNPCs transplants as treatment for spinal cord injury”

Currently no regenerative therapy exists for spinal cord injury. This project aims to optimize and generate the ideal cell type for stem cells to be used to treat cervical spinal cord injury. It aims to do so by testing the transplantation potential of different derivatives of the cells responsible for formation of neurons and other supporting cells within the spinal cord and central nervous system – the neural precursor cells (NPCs). The study will be performed on rodents and will simultaneously optimize the most suitable method to deliver the cells to the site of injury. Successful completion of this project hopes to give way to phase I/II clinical trials. It would represent the first to market stem cell treatment for SCI and would result in access to treatment for the nearly 2000 Canadians per year who experience a traumatic spinal cord injury.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Fehlings

Student:

Fatima Hasan

Partner:

Fortuna Fix

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Implementation of New Constitutive Models in SoilVision’s Products

Application of numerical tools is an integral part of engineering design nowadays. Commercially available software provides engineers powerful tools to design new infrastructure and/or assess the performance of natural and built structures.
SoilVision Systems Ltd. (SVS) provides next-generation finite-element numerical modeling software technologies to geotechnical, geoenvironmental, and hydrogeological engineers worldwide.
The proposed research will focus on two SVS’s products: SVSOLID and SVSEISMIC. The constitutive models implemented in SVSOLID are limited to elastic (reversible) and elasto-plastic (non-reversible) models including von Mises, Mohr-Coulomb, Drucker Prager, and Cam-Clay models.
This research aims to implement new constitutive models including elasto-visco-plasticity (creep) and strainhardening/softening in SVSOLID. This implementation will provide SVSOLID new features and capabilities to simulate the behavior of slopes under low-rate loadings, which can be an asset for engineers in landslide areas. Furthermore, three to five benchmarks will be carried out for SVSEISMICTM results verification to study the slope stability under dynamic loadings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pooneh Maghoul

Student:

Iman Jabalameli

Partner:

SoilVision Systems Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Other

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Crude Utopia: The Performance of Energy Transition in Canada

A wave of energy-related theatrical productions and performances has emerged in Canada in the past decade. “Crude Utopia: The Performance of Energy Transition in Canada” analyzes eight such cultural and artistic productions, ultimately arguing that moments of utopia within them gesture toward possibilities beyond human dependence on oil. Such utopic moments allow audiences to “practice” how to transition from oil to more sustainable energy structures. In light of the current momentum of activities such as fracking and Arctic drilling – made necessary by the depletion of easily-accessible oil and gas reserves – the insight that Canadian theatre and performance can provide about energy transition is both vital and urgent. This project will play a role in this transition by providing analysis to facilitate Canada’s movement toward cleaner energy and sustainable energy-use practices. It will also help to inform the creation of future theatrical productions as part of Open Theatre Company, which aims to build bridges for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians of all levels of experience to come together to explore, create, and develop theatrical work that is sustainable and environmentally conscious.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erin Hurley

Student:

Olivia Heaney

Partner:

Open Theatre Company

Discipline:

Literature

Sector:

Media and communications

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of corticosteroid-releasing nano- and micro-particles for pain management in osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a progressive joint disease that causes pain and stiffness, resulting in a decrease in quality of life for patients. Treatment include intra-articular administration of crystalline corticosteroids or hyaluronate. Intra-articular corticosteroids, due to the large doses required, short residence time in the joint, and crystalline structure, are associated with cartilage damage and a short duration of action requiring multiple injections. The use of intra-articular hyaluronate has conflicting clinical evidence, with some studies demonstrating an increase in adverse events, a clinically irrelevant benefit, and a short duration of action. There is thus a need for the development of new approaches for providing long-term pain relief for OA patients (>26 weeks) while limiting chondrotoxicity. The objective of the proposed project is to develop novel corticosteroid releasing technologies that have been processed in the form of nano- and micro-particles to be administered intra-articularly to provide long-term, sustained pain release for OA patients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Margarete Akens

Student:

Melissa Prickaerts

Partner:

Interface Biologics Inc.

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Nanostructured anti-reflective glass for lenses, electronic displays, and photovoltaics

Inspired by patterns in the eye of the moth, nanostructures can be created on the surface of glass, allowing all light to transmit through the glass without any interference. Applied on lenses, low light photography is enhanced. Applied on electronic displays, the technology enables sunlight readable screens. Applied on photovoltaics, more light enters the solar panels, enhancing energy conversion. This research project advances current issues in large-scale production of these nanotextured glass, hastening the speed in which Project Edgehog at TandemLaunch, the partner organization, can bring this technology to commercial use.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ali Nazemi

Student:

Thi Hong Diep Nguyen

Partner:

TandemLaunch Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Nanotechnologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of sustainable spray-lining technology for rehabilitation of damaged wastewater concrete pipes

Thousands of kilometers sewage pipelines suffer from severe bio-corrosion caused by prolonged exposure to highly aggressive environments. Over the past several decades, many approaches have been developed to reduce the risk of concrete bio-corrosion with variable degrees of success. Over the last 6 years at UBC, a novel cement-free corrosion-resistant coating material was developed to enhance pipes durability and service-life. The proposed project aims to develop sprayable MCC coating for repair and strengthening of corroded wastewater pipes. MCC spray-applied liner facilitates the creation of a protective/repair layer within the old concrete pipe which has huge impact on the environment and also eliminates digging, traffic delays, and is faster to install than many other repair or rehabilitation products

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nemkumar (Nemy) Banthia

Student:

Negar Roghanian

Partner:

Mithra Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

PITCH – Proactive Integrated Tech-enabled Patient-Centric Healthcare

PITCH is a new initiative focussed on understanding new models for delivering sustainable and proactive health assessments with a focus on patient engagement. It is a collaborative program that includes computer scientists, engineers, data scientists, clinicians, home care providers, and industry partners. In this work, we aim to develop novel security, auditing, analysis and visualization tools to support this and other emerging digital health systems and connected devices. In particular, we aim to understand the requirements for creating safe, private, actionable, and trustable data that can be used by patients, caregivers, and decision makers

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erik Scheme

Student:

Ratinder Kaur

Partner:

VeroSource Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Machine learning based analysis of Industry driven use cases from Health and wellness domain

Software have been used, always, to deliver various needs to people. In this aspect, Roseto Health Innovations have developed a software that can deliver fact-driven wellness information to their customers. In its effort to elicit mutual benefit for research in Software engineering and company, Roseto Health Innovations has partnered with Prof. Behrouz Far and Prof. Ray J Turner to better understand a software development process that includes user requirements related to health and wellness, while adhering to the IEC 62304 standards. This understanding is through analyzing the input requirements with a machine learning based tool that detects Emergent behavior that may arise between software input, process flow and output. This tool enables early detection of flaw in software design thus minimizing risks associated with software functionality, eventual deployment and cost.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Behrouz Far

Student:

Nikhil Suresh Vastarey

Partner:

Roseto Health Innovations Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Tornado Hazard and Exposure Model for Canadian Communities

Tornadoes are the most disastrous, violent and lethal wind events in the world. In the United States, more than 4,000 fatalities and US$20 trillion in damages were reported between 1950-1994. Recently on September 21st 2018, an outbreak of six tornadoes devastated the Ottawa-Gatineau area in Canada causing damages that might approach US$100 million. Due to the rise in tornado events in recent years, it is expected that the insurance industries and home owners will be more interested in tornado risk mitigation. Considering this, a set of experiments will be performed at the state-of-the-art tornado simulator, the WindEEE Dome. A neighborhood in Dunrobin, Ontario, which was ripped apart by an EF-3 tornado during the recent tornado outbreak in Ottawa-Gatineau region, is chosen for the study. The developed experimental technique could then be applied to different tornado prone regions to approximate possible damages and losses.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Horia Hangan

Student:

Djordje Romanic

Partner:

Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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