Organization: McMaster Univ

NSERC Discovery Frontiers short list announced

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has released a short list of six proposals for its Discovery Frontiers competition. The fund provides $1 million annually over four years to successful applicants. Projects submitting full proposals are: New Materials for Clean Energy and Enhanced Energy Efficiency from Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Reservoirs (Univ…

Ontario scores big in China trade mission

An international trade mission to China led by Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne has netted 11 S&T and clean tech agreements valued at $358 million and 11 investments by Chinese firms in Ontario companies worth $966 million. A highlight of the mission last November was an announcement by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. of a $210-million, five-year…

Ontario scores big in China trade mission

An international trade mission to China led by Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne has netted 11 S&T and clean tech agreements valued at $358 million and 11 investments by Chinese firms in Ontario companies worth $966 million. A highlight of the mission last November was an announcement by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. of a $210-million, five-year…

Automotive Partnerships Canada funds 10 projects

Auto Partnerships Canada (APC) has announced 10 projects designed to stimulate collaboration between industry and academia. APC will provide $30 million, augmented by $22 million from industry and other partners. McMaster Univ was the big winner with three projects valued at $24.2 million or 46% of the total. Those projects will develop next-generation electrified powertrains…

OCE backs first ON-QC life science R&D projects

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) has backed the first two projects to be approved under the Ontario-Quebec Life Sciences Corridor. The first is a partnership between the Quebec City-based National Optics Institute and McMaster Univ, Sunnybrook Research Institute, and optical systems specialist Spectral Applied Research, Richmond Hill ON. It is aimed at developing an…

Patient-oriented health info program launched

A health information consortium in Ontario has raised $23.3 million from its members and received $1.5 million in federal support to develop and implement a patient-oriented, technology-enabled system that allows individuals to access personal health records and connects them to health professionals, family and friends. The Connected Health and Wellness Project (CHWP) is being driven…

McMaster to undertake oil sands research project

McMaster Univ has received $2.2 million to undertake an R&D project investigating the geochemical reactions stemming from bacterial sulfur reaction in composite tailings resulting from oil sands extraction. The composite tailings are high in alkalinity and salinity and very low in organic matter. The funding is being provided by Syncrude Canada Ltd ($1.14 million) and…

Automotive partnership fund makes four awards

The Automotive Partnership Fund (APF) has invested $14.9 million in four university-based projects worth a total of $28.7 million. The largest award ($10.6 million) goes to a $16-million R&D project at McMaster Univ for a project entitled Network for the Engineering of Complex Software Intensive Systems for Automotive Systems in collaboration with General Motors Canada,…

QS ranking includes 10 Canadian universities

McGill Univ is the top ranked of 10 Canadian university that were placed in the latest world university ranking by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a UK-based student services firm. McGill ranked 19th in the 2010 ranking of 400 institutions and was one of four that placed in the top 100 ahead of the Univ of Toronto…

McMaster and Biosign collaborate on health IT

McMaster Univ and Biosign Technologies Inc, Thornhill ON, are collaborating to develop a standard certification program for devices generating digital health data. McMaster researchers will use Biosign’s UFIT (R) quality assurance framework to help certify software-intensive systems based on the product (automated health monitors) rather than the development process. Biosign is contributing $1 million in…