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13270 Completed Projects

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Projects by Category

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Engineering - biomedical
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Engineering - chemical / biological

Development of New Infrared Spectroelectrochemical Products

Jackfish SEC is a Saskatoon-based, for-profit company that makes specialty scientific equipment for academic and industry researchers. These tools are all based on vibrational spectroelectrochemistry – the use of light to study the molecules participating in reactions at electrode surfaces. The company wishes to extend its product line by capitalizing on the fundamental work being developed in Professor Ian Burgess’ research group at the University of Saskatchewan. Specifically, the company is looking to develop new tools for studying reactions related to electroctalysis. For example metals such as platinum and palladium are highly active toward “green-power” fuel cell reactions (the conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy) but there are no commercially available, off the shelf, tools to spectroscopically study these reactions. The primary goal of this MITACS Entrepreneurship grant is to employ an intern who can focus on the development of these new capabilities – thus improving the profitability of JackfishSEC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Burgess;Matthew Paige

Student:

Ian Andvaag

Partner:

Jackfish SEC

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Other

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Optimal Non-glare zone Width of Adaptive Driving Beam Based on Different Driving Scenarios and ADB Design Improvement recommendation

Adaptive driving beam (ADB) is an advance vehicle forward lighting system that automatically adapts its beam patterns to create a non-glare zone around oncoming and preceding vehicles. The purpose of ADB system is to produce good long-range visibility for driver without causing discomfort glare to other road users. The non-glare zone of current ADB system is solely based of the width of oncoming or preceding vehicle that are detected by camera. However, the optimal width of ADB non-glare zone should be different for different driving scenario. This research will develop a design methodology that will allow automakers to tune the width of the ADB non-glare zone and provide improvement of dynamic ADB non-glare zone width optimum control system design.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammed Jalal Ahamed;Arash Ahmadi

Student:

Yihong Chen

Partner:

FCA Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Multi-OMIC biomarkers to predict neonatal vaccine response

Many babies die within the first month of life from infectious diseases. Despite successful neonatal vaccination programs, it is not yet possible to accurately predict if a vaccine will work on a newborn child, at the individual “personalized” level. We need to better understand the mechanism of antibody generation after vaccination to improve immunization programs. This project will work in that direction by analyzing novel data obtained from neonates in The Gambia and then validate the findings with data from Papua New Guinea (PNG). We will explore genes (RNA), proteins, cytokines and immune cell datasets for molecular mechanisms and predictive biomarkers that indicate the antibody generation. These datasets will also be integrated to identify new areas of biological understanding that may not be identified in single dataset analysis. The results of this project will provide new perspectives to improve vaccine protocols across the world and aid in furthering the health care mission of the PROOF Centre (our partner organization).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Tebbutt;Bradley Quon

Student:

Abhinav Kumar Checkervarty

Partner:

PROOF Centre of Excellence

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Other

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Intelligent Card Detection for Automatic Documentation & e-Commerce

The goal of this project is to develop a Card Detection for Automatic Documentation solution that will be able to detect all features of a collectible card from a scanned image. Given a large number of design variations in cards, simple OCR cannot provide all available information. We aim to deliver an AI-driven solution deploying learning-based approaches and computer vision algorithms to extract all possible variations of elements found on a card. New card entries will be added to the database for online trading. Web-crawler tools will be developed to search reference information from the Internet to put a price tag on the card. This full-stack framework includes a front-end to back-end routing and task execution pipeline. We anticipate benefits to not only the collectible card online trading businesses, but also Canada technologically and economically.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Irene Cheng

Student:

Ankush Goyal;Subho Ghose;Jiaxin Xu;Yu Sun;Jia Wan

Partner:

JACOBB

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

SOTI SNAP Widget SDK Front-end and User Interface Toolkit

SOTI has developed a software product called SOTI SNAP that allows anyone to create an app with no programming or technical knowledge. SOTI SNAP allows users to create apps by dragging and dropping widgets onto a canvas and connecting them together to create an app. With SOTI SNAP apps can be created in minutes and the apps created can run on both Android and iOS devices.
SOTI is interested in created a widget SDK that will allow third parties to extend the capabilities of SNAP. The SDK will allow new widgets to be created that will allow SNAP apps to connect to a wide variety of external systems, and IoT devices. SNAP widgets could then be downloaded and installed from a widget store. In this way the capabilities of SOTI SNAP could be dramatically enhanced by leveraging the capabilities of the greater community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eyal de Lara

Student:

Feilong Song

Partner:

SOTI Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

SOTI SNAP Widget SDK Back-end Deployment

SOTI has developed a software product called SOTI SNAP that allows anyone to create an app with no programming or technical knowledge. SOTI SNAP allows users to create apps by dragging and dropping widgets onto a canvas and connecting them together to create an app. With SOTI SNAP apps can be created in minutes and the apps created can run on both Android and iOS devices.
SOTI is interested in created a widget SDK that will allow third parties to extend the capabilities of SNAP. The SDK will allow new widgets to be created that will allow SNAP apps to connect to a wide variety of external systems, and IoT devices. SNAP widgets could then be downloaded and installed from a widget store. In this way the capabilities of SOTI SNAP could be dramatically enhanced by leveraging the capabilities of the greater community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eyal de Lara

Student:

Mingqi Zhu

Partner:

SOTI Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating inclusive blood donation policy options for sexual and gender minorities

This project will investigate possible alternative blood donation screening criteria that could lead to sexual and gender minorities who are sexually active being allowed to donate blood without a mandatory waiting period since their last sexual encounter. Currently in Canada, any cisgender man who has sex with another man must wait three months since that sex before they are eligible to donate blood; this also applies to trans women who have not had lower gender affirming surgery. Community advocacy organizations such as the Community-Based Research Centre, have long argued that this type of time-based deferral policy is unnecessarily discriminatory on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. This project will investigate claims that the current policy is necessary, and propose alternative policies for future safety evaluation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathan Lachowsky

Student:

Robert Higgins

Partner:

Community-Based Research Centre

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

State Estimation and Active Equalization of Lithium-ion Batteries for Application in Battery Management System (BMS) for Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicles (EVs) industry is a promising solution to address the oil crisis and environmental pollution. There are some challenges that limited the widespread adoption of EVs such as limited driving range, long charging time, and safety consideration. To tackle these challenges, the battery management system (BMS) in electric vehicles requires substantial improvement. For instance, accurate battery on-line state estimation in BMS, such as state of charge (SOC), state of health (SOH), and state of power (SOP) can enhance the reliability of EVs. On the other hand, internal and external conditions of cells could cause inter-cell inconsistency of variables such as operating voltage, SOC, or capacity which accelerate the aging mechanism and decrease the battery life cycle. In this research, a physics-based model will be developed to accurately estimate the battery states and efficiently and rapidly equalize the inter-cell inconsistencies to enhance the battery life cycle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Fowler

Student:

Zhiyu Mao

Partner:

Granano Tech

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Quantifying the Effects of Stress and Mycorrhizal Relations on the Production of Phytocannabinoids in Rhododendron dauricum and its Fungal Symbiont Albatrellus ovinus

Rhododendron dauricum produces medicinal compounds that are similar to cannabinoids (e.g. CBD). Cannabis plants are exposed to stress to increase their production of cannabinoids. The effect of stress on the production of medicinal compounds in R. dauricum is unknown. R. dauricum has a symbiotic relationship with a fungus, Albatrel/us ovinus, that produces similar medicinal compounds. The effect of A. ovinus on R. dauricum’s medicinal compound concentration is unknown. This project aims to discover growing conditions to increase the yield of these compounds. Additionally, this project will create analytical methods that can be used to identify new cannabinoid-like medicinal compounds. Because these compounds are similar to cannabinoids they can be used as a reference material to identify and quantitate cannabinoids. Supra Research and Development is interested in producing reference materials to help screen natural health products for medicinally important compounds.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Deyholos

Student:

Emily O'Brien

Partner:

Supra Research and Development

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Creating Safer Cities for Salmon: A case study of how Indigenous, Federal, Provincial, and Municipal policies align with standards and objectives of the Salmon-Safe eco-certification in Vancouver, BC

This proposed research project will undertake a review of Indigenous, federal, provincial and local government policy in order to identify areas of alignment with Salmon-Safe BC’s Urban Standards and overall program goals. The Salmon-Safe Standards are designed to help mitigate the impacts of urban development to watersheds through the application of five core standards and two context-specific standards at the site level. Currently, little is known how an eco-certification specific to salmon habitat and watershed protection aligns with governmental policy. Gaining a deeper understanding of alignment between Salmon-Safe eco-certification standards for urban site development and the standards and regulations set by government policy, could allow for more efficient use of resources and expertise to promote better building compliance and protect salmon in BC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zafar Adeel

Student:

Andrea McDonald

Partner:

Fraser Basin Council

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Discovery of natural products with activity against coronaviruses

The general aim of this proposal is to discover new natural products with antiviral activity against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which is responsible for the current COVID-19 global pandemic. Our lab has a collection of ~ 7,000 unique bacteria and fungi derived from marine sources that we will use to screen for the production of antiviral compounds. While we do not have the lab infrastructure to directly grow SARS-CoV-2, we will use distantly related human coronaviruses to complete this project. We will be working directly with Nautilus Biosciences CRODA as the partner organization to complete this project. Following the completion of the Mitacs-funded project, we will have generated a selection of promising lead compounds that will be distributed to collaborators for directly testing against SARS-CoV-2. Of the list of natural products that show promising anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity, Nautilus Biosciences will develop these compounds further for potential marketability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Russell G. Kerr

Student:

Benjamin Johnston

Partner:

Nautilus Biosciences

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Prince Edward Island

Program:

An essential resource: Policy and planning for single-room occupancy housing

Despite the stigma attached to single-room occupancy (SRO) housing, it can provide good quality, low-cost housing. However, the high cost of upgrading to meet zoning and other regulations, and the low rents that tenants can afford, make it difficult to manage and maintain. As a result, SRO housing is always at risk of gentrification and conversion to other forms of housing. This project will identify examples of successful SRO housing from other cities and will assess the policy frameworks that makes these success stories possible. It will then develop recommendations to improve SRO housing in Winnipeg. West Broadway Community Organization has been working to support local SRO housing for over a decade and will incorporate the results of this research into its ongoing programming work.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Cooper;Orly Linovski

Student:

Yasmine Haj Ahmad

Partner:

West Broadway Community Organization

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

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