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Recipients of the 2017 Strategic Partnership Grants for Projects Competition
| Institution | Name Project |
Term | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of British Columbia | Purang Abolmaesumi Big Data analytics for next generation mobile ultrasound |
3 | $657,300.00 |
| Lutz Lampe Enabling technologies for ultra-high density internet of things |
3 | $511,300.00 | |
| Sidney Fels Control strategies for articulatory speech synthesis for natural user interfaces |
3 | $590,900.00 | |
| Lindsay Eltis Developing biocatalysts to valorize lignin |
3 | $598,732.00 | |
| Tor Aamodt Error Resilient Machine Learning Systems |
3 | $735,000.00 | |
| Nicholas Coops Assessing genetic gains in coastal Douglas-fir using advanced remote sensing |
3 | $318,790.00 | |
| Joanna McGrenere Making it personal: tools and techniques for fostering effective user interaction with feature-rich software |
3 | $489,650.00 | |
| Rebecca Tyson Determining optimal wildflower patch arrangements to maximize pollination services by wild bees in cultivated blueberry |
3 | $361,995.00 | |
| Boris Stoeber Paper-based particulate matter sensors |
3 | $601,800.00 | |
| University of Calgary | Christoph Simon Quantum-secured communications for Canada (QSC2) |
3 | $628,400.00 |
| Henry Leung Information fusion approach for anomaly detection in big data |
3 | $505,500.00 | |
| Edward Roberts Electrochemical water treatment processes for the oil and gas industry |
3 | $554,300.00 | |
| Carleton University | Steven Cooke Science to support management of Parks Canada’s historic Rideau and Trent-Severn waterways to maintain and enhance ecosystem services |
3 |
$550,286.00 |
| Concordia University | Vincent Martin Biochemicals from forestry biomass |
3 | $504,450.00 |
| Emad Shihab Using big data analytics to improve decision making of system-on-module based solutions |
3 | $494,300.00 | |
| University of Guelph | Roy Danzmann Improved upper thermal tolerance in rainbow trout |
3 | $574,149.00 |
| Elizabeth Boulding Assessing heritable variation in biological control of the salmon louse by two species of cleaner fish and co-operative behavior by their client, Atlantic salmon |
3 | $482,062.00 | |
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| Satinder Kaur Brar Oleaginous yeast-based advanced platform for drop-in fuel feedstock production from forest residues |
3 | $556,000.00 | |
| Jose Azana Efficient and practical quantum information processing enabled by advanced coherent control of on-chip optical frequency combs |
3 | $527,500.00 | |
| Ana Tavares Multi-gas ultrasensitive terahertz technology for environmental quality monitoring |
3 | $582,000.00 | |
| Luca Razzari Plasmonic metasurfaces for high-dimensional quantum information processing |
3 | $550,000.00 | |
| Andreas Ruediger Physical vapour deposition of ferroelectric and multiferroic tunnel junctions |
3 | $586,000.00 | |
| Lakehead University | Han Chen Assessing climate change impacts on timber resource availability in western-central Canada: economic implications and mitigation |
3 | $447,300.00 |
| Université Laval | Jean-Francois Morin Well defined graphene nanoribbons as active components for solar cells |
3 | $465,756.00 |
| Anna Ritcey Chemical sensing with plasmonic nanopartical assemblies and buried waveguides |
3 | $389,300.00 | |
| Younès Messaddeq SPG-ANR PROTEus project: PRinting of exOTic multi-maTErials fibers |
3 | $571,000.00 | |
| Richard Bélanger Optimising plant resilience to abiotic and biotic stresses through improved silicon absorption |
3 | $579,500.00 | |
| Tigran Galstian Actionnement et contrôle optique de matériaux hybrides photoactifs nanostructurés multifonctionnels |
3 | $456,000.00 | |
| McGill University | Theodorus van de Ven Functional cellulose fibers |
3 | $639,801.00 |
| Marta Cerruti Engineering graphene oxide membranes to achieve high fidelity speakers with low dimensional materials |
3 | $469,400.00 | |
| Anthony Ricciardi Assessing biological invasion risk under climate change scenarios is the Great Lakes Basin |
3 | $610,672.00 | |
| Jeffrey Bergthorson Metal fuels as clean energy carriers for powering the Canadian Arctic |
3 | $570,200.00 | |
| Thomas Bureau Functional non-coding RNA genes conferring beneficial traits to Camelina |
3 | $573,579.00 | |
| Galen Pippa Halverson Geological evolution and mineral resource potential of the Mesoproterozoic Fury and Hecla basic, Northern Baffin Island |
3 | $604,286.00 | |
| Chao-Jun Li Direct conversion of lignin phenols into high-value polyaniline and related electronic materials |
3 | $447,189.00 | |
| Stephen McAdams ANR Multimodal analysis and knowledge interference for musical orchestration (MAKIMOno) |
3 | $551,773.00 | |
| McMaster University | Leyla Soleymani AgroPathogenMeter- developing a handheld platform for on-farm, rapid and inexpensive animal testing |
3 | $572,120.00 |
| Leyla Soleymani Developing structurally- and functionally – tuned three-dimensional electrodes for biosensing |
3 | $525,625.00 | |
| Université de Montréal | Kevin Wilkinson Engineered particles at the start of the food chain – quantifying their effects on pesticide targeting and contaminant mobility in soils |
3 | $596,400.00 |
| University of Ottawa | Xiaoyi Bao Fiber optic ultrasound generator and detector for high resolution ultrasound imaging |
3 | $565,300.00 |
| Shervin Shirmohammadi HiPer clouding: high performance cloud gaming |
3 | $531,800.00 | |
| École Polytechnique | Oussama Moutanabbir Scalable group V two-dimensional materials for mid-infrared optoelectronics |
3 | $663,480.00 |
| Oussama Moutanabbir Monolithic multi-junction III-V solar cells with optimal 1 eV subcell |
3 | $660,000.00 | |
| Stéphane Kéna-Cohen Towards tunable and scalable black phosphorus photodetectors |
3 | $810,641.00 | |
| Université du Québec à Montréal | Marc Lucotte Maintaining high yields in field crops while reconsidering the option of using glyphosate |
3 | $658,829.00 |
| Alain Paquette Climate change and water use: can increased diversity help protect forests? |
3 | $509,000.00 | |
| Université du Québec à Rimouski | Dominique Robert
Quantifying spatial dynamics and stock structure of Atlantic halibut within the Gulf of St.Lawrence to improve sustainable exploitation and management |
3 | $566,472.00 |
| Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières | Simon Barnabé An integrated lignocellulosic bioenergy and bioproduct platform from sustainable bioremediation opportunities |
3 | $737,000.00 |
| Queen's University | Mohammad Zulkernine Secure cloud computing for connected vehicles |
3 | $535,500.00 |
| Ian Moore Pipe liner evaluations and connections studies (PipeLEACS) |
3 | $590,100.00 | |
| Kevin Mumford Impacts of stray gas migration on shallow groundwater: insights from laboratory experiments and numerical modelling |
3 | $537,475.00 | |
| John Smol New assessment tools combining forensic paleolimnology, biotransport, and predictive modelling to determine potential impacts of mink farming in rural Nova Scotia |
3 | $520,000.00 | |
| Ryerson University | Scott Tsai Microfluidic manufacturing of uniform nano and microbubbles for ultrasound based imaging and therapeutic applications |
3 | $414,101.00 |
| University of Saskatchewan | Timothy Kelly Low-cost manufacture of flat panel x-ray image detectors using lead halide perovskites |
3 | $412,500.00 |
| Irena Creed Quest for understanding wetland carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous sequestration potential in agricultural landscapes |
3 | $826,835.00 | |
| Université de Sherbrooke | Dominique Drouin Heterogeneous integration of high-density analog crossbar for advanced data processing | 3 | $575,000.00 |
| Simon Fraser University | Bozena Kaminska Secure authentication of cyber-physical systems with autonomous nano-optical devices |
3 | $585,504.00 |
| University of Toronto | Sorin Voinigescu Silicon quantum computing hardware in nanoscale CMOS |
3 | $483,000.00 |
| Dwight Seferos Engineering lightweight printed logic circuits for flexile illumination and displays |
3 | $540,000.00 | |
| Alberto Leon-Garcia Green software-defined platform for smart city big data applications |
3 | $900,000.00 | |
| George Eleftheriades Tailored and reconfigurable Huygens’ metasurfaces |
3 | $572,574.00 | |
| Deepa Kundur Advanced IT/OT convergence methods for secure power grid control |
3 | $341,598.00 | |
| Timothy Bender Vapour and solution combinatory manufacturing methods for organic solar cells based on novel phthalocyanines |
3 | $656,625.00 | |
| Ben Liang Leading edge: an integrated communication and computation framework for mobile edge computing |
3 | $528,900.00 | |
| Milica Radisic Additive manufacturing of organs-on-a-chip using biodegradable elastomeric polymers |
3 | $545,244.00 | |
| Emma Master Chemo-enzymatic reassembly of underused biomass fractions |
3 | $404,750.00 | |
| Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin Next generation catalytic aftertreatment technology for exhaust emission control |
3 | $427,330.00 | |
| David Sinton 1000 individually-controlled microcosms to assess ecological impacts in Canadian ecosystems, aquaculture, and agriculture |
3 | $644,900.00 | |
| University of Waterloo | Michael Power Functional, structural and biodiversity studies of Arctic freshwater watersheds: validating protocols for monitoring and cumulative impacts assessment |
3 | $560,800.00 |
| Trevor Charles Biodegradation of the most commonly used herbicide on earth |
3 | $851,400.00 | |
| Jeffrey Gostick Grid-scale energy storage using zinc-air fuel cells with nanostructured electrode |
3 | $581,500.00 | |
| Siva Sivoththaman Quantum dot-enabled micro LEDs displays for future virtual-reality and flexible devices |
3 | $471,000.00 | |
| Michael Tam Development of magnetic nanoparticles for enhanced detection and removal of contaminants in waste and drinking water systems |
3 | $456,000.00 | |
| Michael Tam Sustainable conductive inks for printable electronic applications |
3 | $564,400.00 | |
| Soo Jeon MOST – Task-relevant perception and control for human-oriented operation of mobile manipulators in semi-structured environments |
3 | $547,447.00 | |
| Juewen Liu DNA-gated stimuli-responsive nanostructures for metal sensing and smart remediation |
3 | $593,025.00 | |
| University of Western Ontario | Giovanni Fanchini Vacuum polyradical deposition (VPRD) techniques for specialty nanoelectronics |
3 | $619,500.00 |
| Clare Robinson Role and ecological impact of groundwater in delivering phosphorus to agricultural streams |
3 | $539,130.00 | |
| Amarjeet Bassi Harnessing biodegradable plastics from microalgae cultivated on recalcitrant waste streams |
3 | $461,150.00 | |
| Kostas Kontogiannis Middleware framework and programming infrastructure for IoT services |
3 | $1,055,500.00 |