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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering - chemical / biological

The Next Generation Agriculture: Botanical extracts and essential oils as the new antimicrobials against microbial contaminants and diseases of Cannabis

The majority of license producers (LP) Cannabis producers have witnessed evidence of powdery mildew and grey mold and bud rot diseases. Plant yields and ultimate profitability can be severely undermined by these diseases. Medicinal plants produce essential oils in the form of secondary metabolites. The essential oils have the potential to be used as antibacterial, antifungal compounds. The proposed research will screen a wide range of medicinal plants and essential oils for their potency against fungal diseases and mycotoxigenic organisms that affect Cannabis production and products. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suha Jabaji

Student:

Mohannad Mahmoud

Partner:

Devonian

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Structural and Hygrothermal Performance of Masonry Walls with Large Cavities

A veneer wythe protects the indoor environment and other building components against adverse outdoor effects, such as rain and physical impacts. Veneer walls are connected to a structural substrate (e.g. wood frame or masonry units) by ties. These are usually made of steel and therefore high in thermal conductance. The ties penetrate the thermal insulation layer between the veneer and structural substrate and hence act as uniformly distributed point thermal bridges. In conventional thermal analysis, their presence is usually neglected. However, with the advent of newer energy codes that require larger cavities to accommodate thicker insulation layers and performance-based thermal analysis, the structural and thermal performance of the ties must be carefully assessed. To enhance the durability and sustainability of Canadian infrastructure it is necessary to develop a new tie system for large cavity walls, and test its performance with full-scale experimentation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carlos Cruz Noguez

Student:

Amy Huynh

Partner:

FERO Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Develop a reliability-based robust shoring design system using Excel

The project is to develop a robust shoring design system using Excel software. A shoring system is a group of structural elements used to support/retain earth pressure during the construction of underground structures. Its design is influenced by many variables, such as the intended use of systems, earth pressure selection, performance of different systems, ground conditions, soil strength, and loading effects. Many of these variables cannot be easily interpreted, for example, accurate characterization of the highly variable glacial deposits covering the GTA. The risks are also extremely high for safe construction of a shoring system due to adjacent properties in densely populated urban settings. Due to these uncertainties and risks, it can easily lead to an inconsistent and unsafe design. This research is to develop an Excel-based design software by integrating the reliability-design concept for achieving cost-effective infrastructure development in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jinyuan Liu

Student:

Seyed Naseri;Kun Yang

Partner:

Groundbreaking Foundations Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Probiotics for improved carotenoid bioavailability: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

There is a simple way to have great skin, be more attractive, and improve one’s health, but most of the global population refuses to do it. Worldwide fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is below recommendations reducing the intake of yellow-red plant pigments that have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and anti-obesity properties. These plant pigments are called carotenoids and are largely stored in the skin. In fact, a yellow-red glow in the skin indicates FV intake, independent of race or tanning, and is correlated with improved attractiveness. Not everyone absorbs carotenoids in the same way, however, and the health and types of bacteria in the gut might account for a large portion of the differences in carotenoid absorption. This study was designed to determine whether the health of bacteria in the gut might have an influence on the absorption of carotenoids.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stan Kubow

Student:

Lucas Roldos

Partner:

Rosell Institute for Microbiome and Probiotics

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Fabrication of High-resolution Perfluoro-polymer Imaging Fiber Bundle via Electrospinning and Stack-draw Technique

This project will be with Vena Medical that focused on creating a forward viewing imaging microcatheter to provide a real-time navigational perspective for interventional physicians. The Vena Microcatheter will make interventional procedures faster, easier, and safer for both patients and physicians. This project will investigate the novel polymer optical fiber with high flexibility and high-quality image transmittance for medical microcatheter. This project will provide tremendous advantage to Vena Medical providing new opportunities to extract the maximum value from our low valued Canadian microcatheter products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Charpentier

Student:

Hanna Qin

Partner:

Vena Medical

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Integrated Thermal Systems and Controls Modeling for AUTO Mode Simulation and Optimization

Simulating the Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) system performance in a virtual environment is an integral part of a vehicle development process. Transient system behaviour is captured by modeling refrigerant flow, coolant flow and its interaction with air flow with the use of a one-dimensional tool. In this project, a methodology to integrate the thermal model of a HVAC system that would comprise of refrigerant loop, vehicle cabin and coolant loop with HVAC system controls is developed to simulate scenarios where the system is operating in automatic mode. Automatic temperature control (ATC) of the HVAC system will maintain the set temperature in a vehicle by actively controlling these functions. Integrating thermal models that predict HVAC performance with HVAC control models lets us calibrate the ATC controls in a virtual environment. This methodology will also help to simulate drive cycles that focus on fuel economy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ofelia A Jianu;Marco Masoero

Student:

Mingzhe Chang

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate International

Modelling the impact of water pressure on water main breaks using a spatially explicit Bayesian model

Providing safe drinking water to the population is one of the main roles of municipalities. However, due to aging urban infrastructure, the number of pipe break is an increasingly around the world which is costly at the economic, social and environmental levels. Municipalities need to have tools that allow predicting these breaks so they can develop a preventive strategy to repair or replace vulnerable pipes before they break. This project proposes to use modern statistical tools to create a model that will use water pressure and pipes characteristics to predict pipe breaks. To support the model development, five Canadian cities will provide extensive pipe break datasets to train and test the model. This model will be integrated in InteliPipes, a break prediction tool developed by CANN Forecast. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexandra Schmidt;Sophie Duchesne

Student:

Renato Henriques da Silva

Partner:

CANN Forecast

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Coupling the liquid pool and wellbore hydraulic module of the “Prediction and Optimization Software Package” – Part 2

In the last decade optimization is expanded in many applications from food production to sophisticated applications such as engine fuel efficiency. In the proposed package, it is tried to apply optimization techniques along with physics based analytical and semi-analytical methodologies to create a compelling framework which can help thermal-process based oil industry to reduce their GHG and also better evaluate their CAPEX. Many SAGD projects are overspent on their facilities due to under prediction or overprediction of their oil production expectations. this package will help operators to predict their expectations and improve their predictions as more inputs are provided such 4D seismic, temperature and pressure observation wells, production data, and geological characterization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Apostolos Kantzas

Student:

Farzad Bashtani

Partner:

Ashaw Energy

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an Autonomous Pipeline Control System

Autonomous operation of oil and gas pipelines is being introduced to the marketplace by utilizing advanced process control and Artificial Intelligence. This Project will explore the use of advanced optimization algorithms in combination with autonomous operation to further increase efficiency of pipelines by continually driving pumps, compressors and valves to achieve the lowest cost operation.
Expected benefits of these efficiencies will be to increase the effective pipeline capacity without building new pipelines, while reducing the amount of energy required in a pipeline’s operation. In the current environment in which building new pipelines is increasingly difficult, maximizing existing assets is critical to both the pipeline operator and upstream producers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Bryant

Student:

Chen Qian

Partner:

Crux OCM

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Advanced sensor control implementations for energy optimization in commercial buildings using machine learning and data visualisation applied to building automation systems

The objective of the research is to develop a system leveraging data captured for commercial building management systems (BMS) to take decisions in to reduce energy consumption without affecting comfort. The idea is to showcase how intelligent control can be implemented in existing BMS to optimize energy consumption. The project is divided in three parts: data visualization and insight (discovery of potential avenues for the improvement of energy optimization), time-series prediction (prediction future energy consumption), and control (acting on said predictions).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeremy Cooperstock

Student:

Marc Demers

Partner:

Maxen

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing clean dual-fuel natural gas engines for heavy-duty trucks

Dual-fuel diesel-natural gas engines have the potential to be an economical and low-emission alternative for heavy-duty transport applications. These engines combust pre-mixed natural-gas/air mixtures by ignition with a pilot injection of diesel fuel. The fraction of energy provided by each fuel can be varied for engine operating conditions. Natural gas is less expensive than diesel so higher amounts of natural gas is generally preferred. However, if natural gas substitution rates become too high (e.g. ~>50%), methane emissions may be significant.
The primary research objective of this research project is to determine the tailpipe emissions of methane and particulate from a modern dual-fuel engine (Paccar MX-13) with stock emission aftertreatment with varying amounts of natural gas substitution. This will be used to optimize the industrial sponsor’s fuel and combustion control strategy so that the Paccar engine can meet emission regulations while maximizing natural gas substitution

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jason Olfert

Student:

Quinton Peers

Partner:

Innovative Fuel Systems

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Hey Neighbour Collective

Widespread decline in social capital is well-documented and has been attributed to a range of underlying root causes, from policies regarding the physical design of our neighbourhoods, increasing geographic mobility, shifting away from more localized economies, the complexity of increasing cultural diversity in many areas, to societal beliefs and norms related to individualism. We know these issues touch many of us, however, where you live makes a difference. Levels of social connection are lower in multi-unit buildings than in single detached houses. In Metro Vancouver, based upon 2017 research published by the Vancouver Foundation, renters, young people and low-income people are less likely than homeowners and older people to say they “feel welcome” in their neighbourhoods and to know neighbours well enough to ask for help. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Meg Holden;Meghan Winters

Student:

Ghazaleh Akbarnejad Touchahi;Rahil Adeli

Partner:

LandlordBC

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

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