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2021 Research Grants Competition - Results by Institution
| Applicant name | Program | Title | EG | Term | Amount awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abedi, Ali Department Computer Science, David R. Cheriton School of |
RGPIN | Seamless WiFi Sensing | 1507 | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Alfano, Marco Department Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics |
RGPIN | In pursuit of tough and damage tolerant adhesive bonded lightweight structures using material architecture | 1512 | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Au, Jason Department Kinesiology |
RGPIN | Understanding the regulatory control of complex blood flow in conduit arteries and veins | 1502 | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Aultman-Hall, Lisa Department Systems Design Engineering |
RGPIN | Modeling Long-distance Intercity Passenger Travel in the Global Multi-modal System | 1509 | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Batty, Christopher Department Computer Science, David R. Cheriton School of |
RGPIN | Computational Methods for Simulating Flows and Structures with Complex Dynamic Geometry | 1507 | 5 | $48,000.00 |
| Bizheva, Kostadinka Department Physics and Astronomy |
RTI | High speed, area CMOS camera for phase stable imaging and Computational Adaptive Optics | 1605 | 1 | $98,240.00 |
| Boumaiza, Slim Department Electrical & Computer Engineering |
RTI | 16 Channel Massive MIMO Characterization and Development Platform for Enabling Research into the Physical-layer of the Sub-6 GHz 5G Communication Systems | 1610 | 1 | $150,000.00 |
| Brookfield, Andrea Department Earth & Environmental Sciences |
RGPIN | Hydrologic responses to concurrent changes in climate, land use and water use | 1506 | 5 | $35,000.00 |
| Canizares, Claudio Department Electrical & Computer Engineering |
RTI | Hardware and software for power system and market studies using AI and bigdata techniques | 1610 | 1 | $102,397.00 |
| Choh, Vivian Department Optometry, School of |
RGPIN | Factors influencing the biomechanics of the lens | 1502 | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Cohen, Robin Department Computer Science, David R. Cheriton School of |
RGPIN | Multiagent trust modeling for trusted AI and improved online social networks | 1507 | 5 | $64,000.00 |
| Cuddington, Kim Department Biology |
RGPIN | Transients, temperature and invasive species | 1503 | 5 | $40,000.00 |
| Cui, Bo Department Electrical & Computer Engineering |
RGPIN | Microneedle fabrication and applications | 1510 | 5 | $39,000.00 |
| DelSontro, Tonya Department Earth & Environmental Sciences |
RGPIN | Aquatic greenhouse gas cycling in the face of global change: refining process-based understanding for enhanced predictive capabilities | 1506 | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Ganesan, Aravindhan Department Pharmacy, School of |
RGPIN | Development of computational models to understand the dynamic molecular recognition mechanisms of cannabinoid receptors | 1501 | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Gao, Lucy Department Statistics and Actuarial Science |
RGPIN | Learning subgroups from data: selective inference and applications | 1508 | 5 | $18,000.00 |
| GHADIMI, SAEED Department Management Sciences |
RGPIN | Structured Stochastic Nonconvex Optimization | 1509 | 5 | $26,000.00 |
| Gracie, Robert Department Civil & Environmental Engineering |
RGPIN | Computing Energy Advancement: Computational Engineering for Geomechanics and Fracture | 1509 | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Guglielmi, Roberto Department Applied Mathematics |
RGPIN | Optimal design of control strategies for large-scale dynamics | 1508 | 5 | $18,000.00 |
| Gunn, Grant Department Geography and Environmental Management |
RGPIN | Implications and Applications of Emerging Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar for the Retrieval of Freshwater Ice Properties | 1506 | 5 | $35,000.00 |
| Ho, Emmanuel Department Pharmacy, School of |
RGPIN | Engineering Bacteria-Responsive Intravaginal Rings for Controlled Drug Delivery | 1511 | 5 | $33,000.00 |
| Ho, Pin-Han Department Electrical & Computer Engineering |
RGPIN | mmWoC: A Novel Indoor Millimeter Wave Access Architecture | 1510 | 5 | $39,000.00 |
| Hrynyk, Trevor Department Civil & Environmental Engineering |
RGPIN | Crack-Informed Structural Modelling and Assessment of Existing Concrete Infrastructure | 1509 | 5 | $26,000.00 |
| Ioannidis, Marios Department Chemical Engineering |
RGPIN | Ethyl Cellulose Nanoparticles and Porous Media: Fundamentals and Applications | 1511 | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Jamison, Alan Department Physics and Astronomy |
RGPIN | Quantum Simulation and Chemistry with Ultracold Mixtures and Molecules | 1505 | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Kapsis, Konstantinos Department Civil & Environmental Engineering |
RGPIN | A holistic assessment of the role of building-integrated photovoltaic systems in the electrification and decarbonization of buildings | 1512 | 5 | $27,000.00 |
| Karray, Fakhreddine Department Electrical & Computer Engineering |
RGPIN | Multi Purpose Platform for Virtual Care System | 1510 | 5 | $46,000.00 |
| Kerschbaum, Florian Department Computer Science, David R. Cheriton School of |
RTI | Infrastructure for Privacy-Preserving Data Analysis | 1607 | 1 | $135,342.00 |
| Khajepour, Amir Department Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics |
RTI | WATonoBus – All Weather Waterloo Autonomous Shuttle Bus: A Testbed for Automated Divining and V2X Connectivity | 1612 | 1 | $150,000.00 |
| Kohandel, Mohammad Department Applied Mathematics |
RGPIN | Integrative mathematical, computational, and experimental approach to study biological systems | 1501 | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Lashgarian Azad, Nasser Department Systems Design Engineering |
RTI | Waterloo Autonomous Golf Cart Testbed | 1612 | 1 | $150,000.00 |
| Li, Dongqing Department Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics |
RGPIN | Electrokinetic Phenomena in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics | 1512 | 5 | $46,000.00 |
| Li, Johnny Siu-Hang Department Statistics and Actuarial Science |
RGPIN | Temporal and spatial correlations in mortality dynamics: Applications to mortality/longevity risk management | 1508 | 5 | $31,000.00 |
| Lin, Jimmy Department Computer Science, David R. Cheriton School of |
RGPIN | Pretrained Transformers for Effective and Efficient Information Access: BERT and Beyond | 1507 | 5 | $64,000.00 |
| Lupascu, Adrian Department Physics and Astronomy |
RTI | Ultrafast arbitrary waveform generator for experiments in quantum computing, quantum simulation, and relativistic quantum information with superconducting circuits | 1605 | 1 | $150,000.00 |
| MacDonald, Ewen Department Systems Design Engineering |
RGPIN | Timing of turn taking in conversation to assess listening effort and evaluate hearing-aid processing | 1502 | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Mandelshtam, Olya Department Combinatorics and Optimization |
RGPIN | Combinatorics of Interacting Particles and Applications | 1508 | 5 | $18,000.00 |
| Mansour, Raafat Department Electrical & Computer Engineering |
RTI | Refurbishment of a 18-Year Old PECVD System | 1610 | 1 | $93,141.00 |
| McCutcheon, Jenine Department Earth & Environmental Sciences |
RGPIN | Deciphering the structure and chemistry of microbial mat-fluid-mineral interactions in three-dimensions for application to environmental challenges | 1506 | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| McGuire, Liam Department Biology |
RGPIN | The role of heterothermy in the migration and overwintering strategies of bats and birds | 1503 | 5 | $38,000.00 |
| McPhee, John Department Systems Design Engineering |
RTI | Integrated System of Cameras and Radar for Markerless Measurement of Biomechatronic System Motions | 1612 | 1 | $87,573.00 |
| Melczer, Stephen Department Combinatorics and Optimization |
RGPIN | Effective tools for the analysis of discrete structures | 1507 | 5 | $46,000.00 |
| Moosa, Rahim Department Mathematics, Faculty of |
RGPIN | Model theory with applications to algebra, geometry and number theory | 1508 | 5 | $27,000.00 |
| Moo-Young, Murray Department Chemical Engineering |
RGPIN | Novel bioprocessing strategies for optimization of aerobic fermentation bioreactor performance | 1511 | 5 | $33,000.00 |
| Musselman, Kevin Department Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics |
RTI | ISOS-compliant stability testing system for perovskite solar cells | 1611 | 1 | $121,018.00 |
| Nazar, Linda Department Chemistry |
RTI | Differential Scanning Calorimeter/Thermal Gravimetric Analysis | 1604 | 1 | $132,112.00 |
| PAL, Rajinder Department Chemical Engineering |
RGPIN | RHEOLOGY AND PIPELINE FLOW BEHAVIOUR OF NANOPARTICLE-STABILIZED PICKERING EMULSIONS: MODELLING AND EXPERIMENTS | 1511 | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Pechenik, Oliver Department Combinatorics and Optimization |
RGPIN | Combinatorial models in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra | 1508 | 5 | $23,000.00 |
| Ponnambalam, Kumaraswamy Department Systems Design Engineering |
RGPIN | Development of computational tools for designing water and energy nexus: Novel applications of multidisciplinary optimization and machine intelligence | 1509 | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Quilty, John Department Civil & Environmental Engineering |
RGPIN | Leveraging Big Data to develop an expert system for the optimal operation of smart water networks | 1509 | 5 | $26,000.00 |
| Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin Department Electrical & Computer Engineering |
RTI | Comprehensive Upgrade of CIARS PNA X Network Analyzers | 1610 | 1 | $149,907.00 |
| Shahsavan, Hamed Department Chemical Engineering |
RGPIN | Development of Novel Programmable Stimuli-responsive Polymers for Small-scale Soft Robots | 1511 | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Sigaeva, Taisiya Department Engineering, Faculty of |
RGPIN | Topography of Skin Biomechanics | 1512 | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Simpson, Trefford Department Optometry, School of |
RGPIN | Human Ocular Surface Sensory Processing | 1502 | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Sivoththaman, Siva Department Electrical & Computer Engineering |
RGPIN | A Safe-by-Design Nano Materials Research Platform for Practical Applications in Optoelectronics and Energy Conversion | 1510 | 5 | $46,000.00 |
| Stotler, Randy Department Earth & Environmental Sciences |
RGPIN | Characterizing Fluid Flow Pathways from Plot to Landscape Scale | 1506 | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Van Wychen, Wesley Department Geography and Environmental Management |
RGPIN | Remote Sensing Based Approaches to Enable Process-based Glacier Studies in Canada | 1506 | 5 | $35,000.00 |
| Wallman, Joel Department Applied Mathematics |
RGPIN | Correcting realistic quantum errors | 1505 | 5 | $39,000.00 |
| Wang, Xiaosong Department Chemistry |
RGPIN | Exploration of Active Roles of Water in Aqueous Supramolecular Chemistry | 1504 | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Wu, Xiaoyu Department Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics |
RGPIN | Thermochemical energy storage based on nano-structured oxides | 1511 | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Yim, Evelyn Department Chemical Engineering |
RGPIN | Microfabricated bioactive hydrogel platform as in vitro models to understand the mechanobiology of cell-matrix interaction in human tissue | 1511 | 5 | $39,000.00 |
| Zhang, Yizhou Department Computer Science, David R. Cheriton School of |
RGPIN | Semantics and Implementation of Probabilistic Programming Languages | 1507 | 5 | $24,000.00 |