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Project #160018b: Automated and Connected Electric Vehicle Integration- Detection of Trojan Hardware by Using Machine Learning

Electronic systems have advanced to the point that our daily activities depend on them and we trust the Integrated Circuits (IC) within the electronic devices to perform their required operation. Due to current manufacturing trends, ICs are outsourced to third parties, and may cause the integrity of the IC to be compromised. Systems that rely on ICs are then open to attacks; hardware and internal structure of the ICs can be modified, without the knowledge of the designer. The malicious, undesired, intentional modification of an electronic circuit or design, resulting in incorrect operation of the electronic device is called, “Trojan Hardware.” These are considered as a back-door that, when inserted into hardware, can bypass security measures within the system, either software- or hardware-based. This research investigates a machine learning method that relies on the side-channel signature of the IC to detect Trojan Hardware.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mitra Mirhassani

Student:

Daisy Daisy

Partner:

Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Developing cannabis-specific bioinoculant for sustainable organic production

Cannabis production requires highly manipulated, sterile growing conditions for optimum yields and product quality. However, plant performance, and in particular plant biosynthesis of metabolites such as cannabinoids, terpenes and alkaloids, depends on beneficial plant/microbial interactions. This project aims to develop a cannabis-specific bioinoculant of beneficial microbes to improve production yield and metabolic profile. We will access cannabis-associated fungi and bacteria from field-grown cannabis roots, then, these microbes will be tested for in growth assays with cannabis grown in greenhouse to evaluate inoculant establishment, plant performance, and concentration of cannabinoids, terpenes and alkaloids. The top 10 isolates will be tested in different growing media and fertilization rates. At the end of this project, we will design and deliver a cannabis-specific bioinoculant that will support sustainable and organic production for cannabis grown in a soil-free system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Miranda Hart

Student:

Daniel Jose Rosa

Partner:

BlueSky Organics

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Development and Assessment of Cognitive Workload Toolkit for Atlas Copco Operators in Manufacturing

Understanding cognitive workload of the operator is paramount in Ergonomics. Despite the danger that human factors like distraction, inattention and mental stress have on operators’ performance, little is known on how to measure operators’ cognitive load and mental state in a reliable and valid fashion. Atlas Copco is at the forefront of designing adaptive tools that minimize the risk of injuries. This partnership with Dr. Biondi, a Cognitive Ergonomics expert, at the University of Windsor will allow Atlas Copco to develop a comprehensive toolkit for the assessment of mental state during manufacturing tasks. Dr. Biondi and the intern will also conduct lab testing to examine the extent to which reliable cognitive workload metrics borrowed from other fields of Human Factors can be adopted in dynamic, mobile manufacturing settings. The development of the Cognitive Workload Toolkit will inform on viable metrics of cognitive workload and help design next generation Atlas Copco tools.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francesco Biondi;Joel Cort;Cheri McGowan

Student:

Babak Saberi

Partner:

Atlas Copco Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Identifying High-Risk Medications Associated with Acute Kidney Injury in Older Patients: A Visual Analytics Approach

Patients admitted to hospitals, particularly older patients suffering from multiple diseases, mostly take several medications. Kidney function tends to decline with age, even in patients without kidney disease. Therefore, kidneys cannot filter the medication properly from our body. In such a situation, certain medications or a combination of multiple medications can cause severe damage to kidneys. Sometimes a high dose of a medication may be harmful to a patient and lead to death. The goal of this project is to identify high-risk medications, medication combinations, and their doses that may cause kidney injury. I will achieve this by conducting several studies with patient medical history data. Prescribing unsuitable medications among older patients increases healthcare expenditure. Successful implementation of this project will result in a substantive healthcare cost savings by reducing prescription errors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamran Sedig

Student:

Sheikh Shaugat Abdullah

Partner:

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Expecting the Unexpected: Disaster Vulnerability and Evacuation Planning

While naturals disasters and extreme weather events continue to increase in both frequency and severity due to climate change, communities around the world continue to suffer major social, environmental and economic losses. However, rural communities in particular are struggling to develop adequate adaptation plans and perform risk reduction actions due to limited human and financial resources. As well, Indigenous communities continue to be disproportionately impacted by these events due to remoteness, dependence on the natural environment, and limited access to emergency services which highlights the need to build resilient capacity to reduce future disaster losses. This research project will run a trial vulnerability analysis in Siksika Nation, located in Southern Alberta, to determine what economic, cultural, social and geographic factors are needed to develop a comprehensive evacuation plan. It will also determine whether this strategy can be utilized in similar communities to facilitate knowledge sharing while creating disaster risk reduction plans.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Conny Davidsen

Student:

Claire Hosford

Partner:

ATCO Frontec

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

3D imaging of solid state batteries

Battery technology is vital for storing renewable energy, which is inherently intermittent. In order to match these intermittent energy sources (such as the wind and sun) to real world patterns of use, we need reliable and durable energy storage technologies. Increasing the energy density and range of operating temperatures are much needed advancements for next generation batteries. Currently safety issues accompany efforts to increase the energy densities of mature liquid electrolyte based batteries. All solid state batteries are a promising technology for their potential for higher energy densities and range of operating temperatures. In this work, we will use neutron and X-ray imaging to investigate the performance of all state-of-the-art batteries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aimy Bazylak

Student:

Raymond Guan;Taylr Cawte

Partner:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Addressing the Needs of Homeless Youth: The Implementation of ‘Housing First’ in a Medium-Sized Canadian City

This research examines the problem of youth homelessness which has significant social and economic costs for both the affected individuals and society as a whole. The research will result in a report to be delivered to Family Services Windsor Essex that will guide this organization’s youth homelessness initiatives. To this end, the report will: provide an assessment of support services that have functioned best to support homeless youth in Canadian and other national jurisdictions; establish the ways in which measures targeted at young people differ from those aimed at homeless adults; and develop metrics that allow measurement of the success of its initiatives. The report is intended to specifically facilitate the introduction of effective measures to tackle youth homelessness in Windsor, Ontario but its conclusions will be applicable to other medium and large cities in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Sutcliffe

Student:

Marianne Brooks

Partner:

Family Services Windsor-Essex

Discipline:

Political science

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Multiplexed confocal FLIM microscope for Drug Discovery

Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) is an emerging technique that is used drug discovery by universities and pharmaceutical companies. The research team developed a multiplexing technique that can improve the imaging speed by 1000 times. However, matching 1000 focal points to 1000 detectors individually is very difficult. In this project, the team plans to develop a self-adaptive online alignment technology that can optimize the alignment between the 1000 point foci array and the detector array. Successful of the proposed development will significantly strengthen the technology and pave the path towards a startup or joint venture for the next phase commercialization activities with the industry partner.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qiyin Fang

Student:

Morgan Richards

Partner:

Lumen Instruments

Discipline:

Engineering - biomedical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding the Operational, Human, and Policy Implications for a Roadmap to Canada’s Next Generation 9-1-1 Services

The project will create a research-based strategic plan and roadmap that describes when and how to best introduce NG-911 services in British Columbia. The research needs to consider the unique BC context including review of current legislation, our emergency response structures and practices, current technologies, societal expectations and political norms. The work also needs to consider global trends and developments in emergency communications from industry, government and emergency response agency perspectives and identify the implications in BC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Harish Krishnan

Student:

Maggie Quirk

Partner:

E-Comm 911

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Other

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

The/La Collaborative Social Innovation. Developing capacity building oportunities for community service agencies

The non-profit sector is in the midst of an upheaval. The pressure of shrinking government budgets, a culture of austerity and fiscal conservatism, access to big data, and trends in corporate philanthropy, are creating new challenges and new opportunities for the sector to position themselves as powerful change agents. In an environment of scarcity, collaborating with other sectors and using evidence based decision making is crucial to ensuring that every dollar goes as far as possible. This creates an opportunity for not-for-profits to gain advice from research experts from university to build their capacities. This project will look at the best way for not-for-profit organizations to collaborate with universities to fulfill their aims. It will also look at how these collaborations are improved through skills training, co-design workshops, and collaboration protocols, and the generalization of this model and processes to support social innovation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandra Lapointe

Student:

Robert Bryant

Partner:

United Way of Halton & Hamilton

Discipline:

Philosophy

Sector:

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Comprehensive study of oil refinery corrosion by Naphthenic Acid: A chemical approach

Integrating cutting-edge scientific technology to identify the lifetime of refinery assets. The results from this project will enable operators to perform proactive, predictive, preventative maintenance. This is essential for workplace and environmental safety, and it also ensures continued productivity and extended lifetime for refinery infrastructure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erika Merschrod

Student:

Divyeshkumar Patel

Partner:

qualiTEAS Inc

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Producing LiOH from low-lithium bearing brines

Lithium products are projected to be among the most sought-after chemicals in the next decade due to the increasing use of Li-ion batteries in electric vehicles. To meet the demand for such products and because of increase in Li products price, unconventional resources such as Li-bearing oilfield brines have been touted as a new source of Li; however, the required extraction and concentration technologies are completely different than those used in conventional evaporation ponds, which are typically deployed in warmer regions with higher concentrations of Li. In collaboration with Recion Technologies Inc., an Edmonton-based research and development services company, we are investigating potential technologies to concentrate Li from an eluted Li solution (< 2000 ppm), obtained through an ion exchange process, to a desirable concentration for LiOH production.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Alessi;Stephen Johnston

Student:

Salman SafariMohsenabad

Partner:

Recion Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

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