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13270 Completed Projects

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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

Restoration Opportunities for the Lost Creeks of South Etobicoke

Extensive development in south Etobicoke resulted in creeks historically viewed as a nuisance being buried, culverted or piped underground. However, creeks don’t just disappear, during large rainfall or snowmelt events. These buried creeks have been found to be a catalyst for flooding and reduce water quality because of reductions in storage and absorption of stormwater run-off over vegetated surfaces resulting in a ‘flashy’ response to stormwater. This project will investigate restoration options for the remnant portions of the lost creeks and investigate green infrastructure (i.e. stormwater ponds, or rain gardens) alternatives to stormwater management for areas contributing runoff to the lost creek network. The overall goal of this research project is to identify potential solutions to reduce negative impacts on water quality and quantity, while improving the ecological and societal value of the lost creeks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claire Oswald

Student:

Sarah Ariano

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Other

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Conservation Planning for the Wells Barkerville Community Forest

The Wells-Barkerville Community Forest (WBCF) is a small, 4300 ha forest in the BC interior wet-belt forest with important value economically and ecologically, and for contributing to the quality of life and the continued ability to attract tourists to the region. The purpose of this project is to work with the WBCF to conduct conservation planning activities to help:
1) identify locations of critical value;
2) examine ecological connectivity within the Forest and ecoregionally; and
3) build capacity within the Forest communities, to inform planning and management as well as initiatives to improve connectivity and resiliency within the region.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pamela Wright

Student:

Christopher Morgan

Partner:

Wells-Barkerville Community Forest Ltd

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing the impact of an immersive VR gaming experience on navigation ability and spatial cognition in an elderly population

This project will investigate whether playing an immersive virtual reality (VR) game called DoVille is beneficial to older adults’ memory and navigation abilities. Spatial navigation is a fundamental skill that relies on our ability to make an accurate mental map of the space around us, be aware of our position in the environment, and remember a path through that environment. These abilities are known to deteriorate in older adults, which can lead to a loss of independence and quality-of-life. Fortunately, previous studies have shown that games and enriched environments can improve spatial navigation performance. This study will measure the extent to which playing the DoVille VR game affects memory and spatial navigation in healthy older adults. Understanding the ability of accessible and fun VR games to improve these faculties is a key step in promoting healthy aging and determining the role that VR can play in that process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mandana Modirrousta;Bruce Bolster

Student:

Ali Tavakoli

Partner:

Project Whitecard Inc

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating and optimizing rural and urban lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQI2S) engagement with hospice and palliative care in the Island Health Region

Existing research focused on the experiences of gay and lesbian older adults with the health care system report that there is a general distrust and reluctance to access healthcare based upon the cumulative effect of discrimination over the life course. At present, while 75% of Canadians have indicated they would like to die at home, 45% of Vancouver Island residents die of in acute care. Clearly there exists a service gap and it appears possible that such a gap may be larger in the LGBTQI2S community. It is therefore vital to explore the level of LGBTQI2S engagement with hospice and palliative care, in order to ensure this population is not further marginalized in end-of-life. Victoria Hospice and Island Health will facilitate access to healthcare service providers, and I will recruit rural and urban LGBTQI2S participants and their families throughout the Island Health region via the relationships I have built with community gatekeepers. A Participatory Action Research strategy will be used and a Community Steering Committee of older LGBTQI2S people representing various geographies as well as sexual orientations and gender identities will be established.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathan Lachowsky

Student:

Robert Savage

Partner:

Victoria Hospice Society

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Elevate

Automatic Classification of Security Events

IBM QRadar needs to be able to categorize events generated by hundreds of different network devices in order to function as a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). This categorization is currently a manual process and our aim is to automate this task. We have a database of over 579,000 events coming from over 300 devices that have been manually classified over the years. We also have the classification categories: 18 high level categories, broken down into 500+ subcategories; these categories broadly correspond to security threats.
The goal of this research is to use this database to develop a model that can then be used to assist in the classification of future events as new devices, or new versions of existing devices, are introduced.
Each “event” is parsed by QRadar’s “Device Support Module” (DSM), which outputs a unique identifier along with other useful information e.g. Source / Destination IP/Port, event generated time, user responsible for generating the event, and so on.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jourdan Guy-Vincent;Viktor Herna

Student:

Mohamed-Hamza Ibrahim

Partner:

IBM Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Hybrid and multi-device quantum machine learning models

Over the past 2-3 years, commercial quantum computing hardware has begun to come online. While emerging quantum processing devices (QPUs) are still small and noisy compared to ideal quantum hardware, they are nevertheless expected to demonstrate quantum supremacy soon. During the same period, quantum machine learning (QML) has emerged as a rapidly expanding research field, perceived as one of the most promising algorithmic paradigms for near-term quantum computers. In this project, the candidate will leverage their skills in machine learning to carry out research in QML. Specifically, the candidate will use PennyLane software to explore and understand a variety of hybrid and multi-QPU machine learning models, including generative adversarial networks, autoencoders, and parallelized models. It is important for Xanadu to identify as many use-cases for QML as can be found, and to demonstrate these with our software PennyLane.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Silverman

Student:

Safwan Hossain

Partner:

Xanadu

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Straits Salish Plant Stewardship in the 21st Century:Cultivating Co-management Relationships in BC

This research supports the T?Sou-ke Nation to re-establish connections with culturally important native plant species cultivated and stewarded by traditional T?Sou-ke peoples for food, medicine and technology and to store this information in database and maps. The product of this research will be accessed when T?Sou-ke consider both large, economic development projects proposed within their territory, and for plant harvesting opportunities (for food and commercial purposes) by their members. Using community engaged methods alongside of ethnography, mapping and vegetation surveys, the Intern will establish the breadth and depth of plant use and management in T?Sou-ke?s traditional food system at the time of contact with Europeans, and suggest how the T?Sou-ke?s current interests in these plant species can be accommodated now and in the future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nancy Turner

Student:

Pamela Spalding

Partner:

Firelight Group

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Use of a deep passive source extremely low frequency (ELF) conductivity mapping system to improve the definition of ore bodies at depth – Applications to Bathurst, NB

The Bathurst Mining Camp, located in northern New Brunswick, is one of Canada’s oldest mining districts. Most of the 46 known deposits were discovered in the 1950s using a combination of geological and geophysical methods. However, renewed exploration efforts over the past 15 years have not been as successful as one would expect for the level of expenditure the camp has gone through. Aurora Geosciences Limited (AGL) is a leading-edge service provider in the application of geology and geophysics for mineral exploration.  Over the past 5 years they have been using a passive source electromagnetic system (called ELF) that has the advantage of not requiring any active sources of energy (e.g generators) nor cables to be laid out in the ground. Another advantage of this system is that it can generate deep images of the subsurface up to 1-1.2 km depth. The goal of this project is to use Aurora?s ELF system over a series of known deposits in Bathurst and then use these data to produce 3D models. These models will help further exploration efforts in the area.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hernan Ugalde

Student:

Alex Furlan

Partner:

Aurora Geosciences Limited

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Brock University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment of DNA Ministring technology in cell transfection and the treatment of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) – Year two

Despite the power of gene therapy, its successful application to medicine has been diminished due to: (i) high toxicities and potentially fatal adverse effects; (ii) poor transgene expression in target cells; and (iii) extensive vector degradation. While viral vectors greatly improve efficiency, they sometimes lead to cancers due to chromosomal integration and may suffer from a lack of desired tissue selectivity. In contrast, nonviral systems have proven safer, but less efficient. Developing highly effective and safe DNA vectors is essential.
The double-stranded DNA-minimal construct, called “DNA ministrings”, are miniaturized-DNA constructs carry only the expression cassette (promoter, gene of interest, intron, and nuclear translocation enhancing sequences). As such, DNA ministrings offer a much safer, yet highly effective alternative to current gene delivery vectors. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shawn Wettig

Student:

Nafiseh Nafissi

Partner:

Mediphage Bioceuticals Inc

Discipline:

Pharmacy / Pharmacology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

Marine Icing Investigation

The project is dedicated to developing new models and understanding for predicting marine ice accretion levels on small and medium sized sea vessels. These models are developed using engineering principles and will be used to predict ice loads, loss of vessel stability, and to assist in sizing heat tracing for critical vessel infrastructure. Additionally, we are also striving to develop instrumentation to assist in measuring icing levels such that ship operators can take pre-emptive action. Finally, to help develop best practices for operations in icing conditions, we are studying both anti-icing and de-icing strategies to help vessel operators cope with ice accretion when it cannot be avoided.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yuri Muzychka

Student:

Lisa Steigerwalt Lam;Shafiul Mintu;Jonathan Bennett

Partner:

American Bureau of Shipping

Discipline:

Engineering - other

Sector:

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Safety Labs User and Performance Validation

The Safety Labs platform is an ‘always connected’ Internet of Things (IOT) cloud computing based system that focused on aging in place and well being for older adults through ongoing health knowledge. This project will focus on a trial with a population of older adults in the Ottawa region that will trial the system with a focus on understanding the following key attributes of the system:
• Usability and reliability of the system as assessed by the older adults and their ability to use the system over the trial period.
• Operational usability and performance as assessed by researchers with clinical backgrounds to understand the system capability and value for ongoing knowledge of the older adults.
• Technical performance of the system include uptime and operational accuracy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heidi Sveistrup;Bruce Wallace

Student:

Amos Wung Buh;Talia Salzman

Partner:

Safety Labs

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Digital Platforms as an Enabler of Collective-Action for Community based Energy Efficiency Improvements

This research is focused on the design and development of a new digital platform for capturing energy and environmental performance data from building systems. Through interviews with key UBC staff and researchers this research will heavily focus on identifying matches between the key pains, reasons and capabilities needs of building owners and municipalities and new information technology features and functions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Tansey;Adam Rysanek

Student:

Michael Kennedy

Partner:

Green MetricsTechnologies

Discipline:

Interactive arts and technology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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