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Using organic semiconductors to build electronic components, including OLED based lighting, flexible photovoltaic tarps for building integration, and biosensors for the lifescience industry

Developing drugs to efficiently remove pre-existing plaques that have already established themselves in the arteries

Storing heat from industrial processes in non-toxic rechargeable thermal batteries to be used to heat commercial and residential buildings

Using algorithms and artificial intelligence to develop software for self-driving vehicles to improve fuel efficiency and detect obstacles using sensors to help it comprehend its environment, including for farm equipment and shipping trucks

Designing and building custom medical hardware for entrepreneurs and hospitals

Understanding the costs and benefits for family owned businesses of using external managers as opposed to being managed by family members

Designing mobile and cloud computing medical software for entrepreneurs and hospitals

Using metal powders to produce 3d printed parts through additive manufacturing to help entrepreneurs produce high quality low volume components

Providing an open space for our industry partners to replicate their operations on our shop floor using our industry level computer-controlled machines and advanced manufacturing and tooling equipment without having to disrupt their shop floors or interrupt their production operations

Developing a new generation of coolants and lubricants for manufacturing purposes which can be beneficial for industry in terms of increasing productivity reducing manufacturing cost and also reducing occupational and environmental problems

Developing new technique which can protect the tool during the machining of aerospace alloys to improve the tool life, and also to help the industry to make the component faster cheaper and more accurately

Assisting industry partners in reverse engineering and additive manufacturing (3D printing) of samples in order to more quickly bring innovative products to market

Designing hardware sensors and software for entrepreneurs in the medical and industrial sectors for the Internet of Things

Accompanying entrepreneurs in designing new food products, package and preserve them to ensure a long shelf life

Using GPS, big data and predictive algorithms to develop tools to help farmers understand the technological process of moving data from an SD card on their combine to a software on their computer to better understand the unit economics of their fields (cost and yield per each square foot) and the necessary input to use to achieve maximum yield given the soil and weather forecast

Using robotics to automate shot peening and machining for high precision aerospace components as well as undertaking metrology of pre-existing parts much quicker

Developing a supply chain in composite metals and processing for composite metals, and giving access to aerospace companies to expertise and infrastructure to use more robotics and to optimize their existing processes

Scanning objects and cityscapes using photogrammetry and Lidar scanners to create virtual reality worlds for the construction/renovation, video games and movie industry

Helping digital companies integrate new technologies with different platforms and different tools, such as combining Virtual Reality, VR Sets and motion capture systems

Digitizing humans by capturing actors’ body movement and facial performances for film, television, gaming and specifically gaming within virtual reality using motion capture systems

Creating hyper-realistic CG characters to replace actors with their CG likeness that would convince the viewer that that’s a real person and apply their performance in dangerous aspects, stunt performance, or in things that we can’t capture in real shoots

Working with municipalities to design studies comparing different water and waste water treatment solutions

Improving, developing and optimizing processes linked with the treatment of municipal water, waste water and bio-solids

Designing studies and undertaking pharmacology and toxicology tests on small rodents for SMEs in the life sciences industry

Helping clients develop a methodology to undertake chemical studies and to obtain a certification from the Order of Chemists for their studies

Using ultra performance liquid chromatography linked with mass spectrometry to analyze complex plant extracts

Performing a bio-chemical analysis of molecules in food and cosmetic for entrepreneurs to understand their effects on the human body, such as their nutritional value or if they have inflammatory side effects

Designing research projects to help companies in developing pre-clinical toxicity and pharmacological studies

Developing research projects to help companies in developing pre-clinical toxicity and pharmacological studies and test the efficacy components for these companies

Using machine learning analysis of EEG data to establish psychiatric diagnosis and to determine optimal treatment of major depressive disorder

Using machine learning and big-data in the business world, including failure analysis and understanding behaviour behind investment decisions

Developing new thermoset resins that are made with renewable materials and pose less health and environmental risks, including epoxy and vinyl ester

Working with entrepreneurs in the organic chemistry industry to scale-up their production processes from the lab to the plant, and to collect key data and build predictive models

Using green chemistry to develop replacements for petroleum-based products, including rustproofing and waterproofing

Developing, optimizing and testing novel processes that can result in either clean potable water or in water that is at least free from contaminants that may affect a downstream process

Partnering with companies to develop new materials so they can get to that commercialization stage much faster than they would on their own

Developing proof-of-concept, validation, and commercialization strategies in water and wastewater treatment

Helping entrepreneurs take their ideas to market by letting them use resources found at our labs, notably the Lambton Energy Research Center, the Lambton Water Center, the Bio Industrial process Research Centre, the Center for Industrial Materials Development and the Information Technology Research Centre

Extracting the DNA of drones the queen mated with to improve the diversity of the colonies and the resistance they have against different pathogens

Identifying the characteristics of bee colonies associated with natural bio-resistance to viruses and improving the selection of the best population

Testing and diagnosing bee samples sent from beekeepers and researchers, including the health of imported queen bees and pathogens in colonies

Conducting an expression profiling of biomarkers to find the underlying mechanisms responsible for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Develop a prognostic and diagnostic kit for Triple-Negative breast cancer, the most aggressive form of breast cancer

Finding the underlying mechanisms responsible for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Using photogrammetry and artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct real objects for video games, films and online stores

Characterizing new life forms that at the moment have not been recognized or have been ignored by both the arts and the sciences in order to help scientists to communicate concepts outside of their own traditional academic domain

Using nanomaterials to develop bio-sensing ink to identify pathogens, and better super capacitors and batteries

Developing new materials for treating the eye, including contact lenses that can comfortably be worn for more than 14 days, better eye drops for glaucoma, and ways to deliver drugs to the back of the eye

Accompanying entrepreneurs in designing new food products, market test them and putting them on the shelf

Creating materials that form oxides and nitrites when subjected to heavy loads and high temperatures that protect the metals much like callouses protect hands from wear and tear

Helping data center operator to improve the efficiency of the operation and also to ensure the continuous operation by developing customized sensor platform that can collect information from the environment and intelligent network protocols that can extract data from distributed sensors

Developing 2D materials for quantum circuits, quantum sensing and information storage

Using differential equations to build models to prevent, stop and reverse epidemics, including determining who should get the HPV vaccine or where to spread insecticides to fight malaria

Using Ultra-Fast Terahertz for non-invasive security and medical imaging and to test for pathogens in the food industry

Encrypting data on shared quantum servers to ensure that they cannot be accessed by the service provider

Understanding how animals survive in low-oxygen environment to develop solutions to protect people against clinically relevant diseases, help people who get altitude related illnesses, and also people who exercise and visit high altitude areas

Producing fungal strains to help plants and crops grow better and to produce a healthier and more diverse ecosystem

Using deep learning to understand text and speech in order as it relates to pronouns, identifying individuals in sentences and assigning proper pronouns.

Designing light and durable materials for the aviation industry

Using quantum physics to develop quantum communication and sensing

Designing and installing thermal solar heaters and photovoltaic systems to heat and power net-zero energy buildings

Designing passive and complient net-zero energy and water buildings

Producing electricity domestically using micro-combined heat and power systems

Bio and chemical filtration of rainwater for domestic use

Building better load bearing and insulated walls

Using data stewardship and mesh computing to improve an speed up processes for industry and enhance the security of information transfer

Understanding what is intelligence and how to embed intelligence in machines

Veterinary student and Neurosciences engineer

As a Public Outreach Officer, my role is to engage with school children and their teachers as well as the wider public by coordinating our public engagement activities and leading our public lab.

Edupreneur and researcher on serious game, mobile learning and African children literature

The benefits of non-invasive prenatal testing

Improving genetic methods and algorithms to suit diverse population data

Mapping the diverse African Genome can improve how we diagnose and treat diseases.