Organization: Simon Fraser Univ

SFU and China launch accelerator program

Simon Fraser Univ has launched the Hanhai-SFU Canada-China Commercialization & Acceleration Network (C2-CAN) in partnership with the Beijing Hanhai Zihye Investment Management Group. An MOU leading to the network’s creation was signed earlier this month. The network is aimed at supporting the commercialization of advanced technologies originating from both countries, providing access to incubator facilities,…

WD funds brain imaging lab in British Columbia

Western Economic Diversification Canada is providing $3.6 million to the Surrey Memorial Image Tech Lab to enhance its advanced diagnostics and treatment monitoring in neurology, mental health and addiction care. As part of the Innovation Boulevard network, the lab is the first of its kind in western Canada and ensures that British Columbia is globally…

Soft Materials Lab slated for Simon Fraser Univ

Simon Fraser Univ is enhancing its 4D LABS facility with the creation of a Centre for Soft Materials to allow applications-driven research for the design, development, demonstration and delivery of advanced functional materials and nanoscale devices aimed at soft materials. The $8.6-million facility is being funded by Western Economic Diversification ($4.3 million), Automotive Fuel Cell…

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…

Research team seeks to extend fuel cell membranes

A research team funded by Automotive Partnerships Canada (APC) working to improve durability in fuel cell-powered buses has discovered a link between electrode degradation process and membrane durability. The finding will allow research partner Ballard Power Systems to include the advances in the chemistry to be engineered and implemented into improved membrane lifetimes for its…

BCKDF provides UVic with $13.3M for ocean research

The Government of British Columbia is providing $13.3 million for ocean research at the Univ of Victoria for the refitting of and the research vessel Tsekoa II and an expansion of the VENUS undersea sensor network. The BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) will provide $8.9 million towards the refitting of the former Coast Guard vessel,…

Research infrastructure funds flow first in BC

British Columbia universities and colleges are the first in the country to be funded under the Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP) with $455.1 million going to 29 projects. The first round of projects received $202.3 million from KIP, $231.1 million from the BC government and $21.7 million from other sources. The largest project is at the…

Boeing hires BC interns to conduct visual analytics

The federal government, Province of British Columbia and Boeing Canada Operations Ltd are providing $1.5 million over four years to support 100 graduate student internships who will utilize the emerging multi-disciplinary field of visual analytics to help improve aircraft efficiency and reliability. Funded through the MITACS-administered ACCELERATE BC, the students from the Univ of British…