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2020 research grants competition - results by peer review committee

Mechanical Engineering (RTI)
Applicant name Institution Program Title Term Amount awarded
Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi, Abdolhamid
Department
Bioresource Engineering
McGill University RTI Multi-Material 3D Printer for Design and Manufacturing of Advanced Architected Multifunctional Materials 1 $149,923.00
Al Janaideh, Mohammad
Department
Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of
Memorial University of Newfoundland RTI Nanometer-Resolution High-Speed Planar Positioning System 1 $150,000.00
Amabili, Marco
Department
Mechanical Engineering
McGill University RTI Advanced scanning infrared laser system for dynamic measurements on soft materials 1 $149,736.00
Bazylak, Aimy
Department
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto RTI A fabrication, testing, and imaging laboratory for all solid state batteries 1 $149,665.00
Bougherara, Habiba
Department
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Toronto Metropolitan University RTI High Resolution Variable Pressure SEM Imaging System for Structure/Surface Characterization and Failure Analysis of High Performance Materials. 1 $149,945.00
Brochu, Myriam
Department
Génie mécanique
École Polytechnique de Montréal RTI Prévoir le comportement mécanique des matériaux par la caractérisation de la topographie et de la microstructure 1 $77,764.00
Chen, Xiongbiao
Department
Mechanical Engineering
University of Saskatchewan RTI A cutting-edge mechanical stimulation bioreactor for tissue engineering 1 $150,000.00
Daun, Kyle
Department
Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics
University of Waterloo RTI Enhanced FTIR spectrometry for characterizing the radiative properties of surfaces 1 $140,884.00
Gülder, Ömer
Department
Aerospace Studies, Institute for
University of Toronto RTI A comprehensive research platform for measuring combustion generated soot nanoparticle morphology and pressure sensitivity at elevated pressures 1 $69,250.00
Habibi, Saeid
Department
Mechanical Engineering
McMaster University RTI Electric Powertrain Component Testing 1 $150,000.00
Hoorfar, Mina
Department
Okanagan
The University of British Columbia RTI Environmental Test Chamber Urgently Required to Develop and Calibrate Microfluidic and Thin-film Sensing and Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies 1 $92,927.00
Ma, Hongshen
Department
Mechanical Engineering
The University of British Columbia RTI Wide-field microscope to support research programs in image cytometry and image-based cell separation 1 $150,000.00
Martinuzzi, Robert
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Calgary RTI Dual-cavity, high-repetition rate pulsed laser for flow control and high-speed flow applications. 1 $149,672.00
Meguid, Shaker
Department
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto RTI Experimental Characterization and Model Validation of Smart Piezoelectric Nanocomposites using Ultramicrotome 1 $80,770.00
Packirisamy, Muthukumaran
Department
Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering
Concordia RTI System for Ultra-high Speed Imaging of Sonochemical Phenomena in Biological Cells and Transmitting Medium during Ultra Fast Phase Transformation 1 $139,835.00
Pan, Ya-Jun
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Dalhousie RTI Intelligent Networked Robotic Platform for Cooperative Tasks 1 $96,924.00
Rival, David
Department
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Queen's University RTI High-speed, plane-wave ultrasound imaging for Lagrangian particle tracking 1 $148,985.00
Siddiqui, Kamran
Department
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
The University of Western Ontario RTI Advanced Particle Image Velocimetry System 1 $143,280.00
Stoeber, Boris
Department
Mechanical Engineering
The University of British Columbia RTI Preparation and Characterization of Piezoelectric Materials 1 $142,591.00
Sun, Yu
Department
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto RTI A BioAFM for Intracellular, Cellular, and Tissue Measurement and Manipulation 1 $149,825.00
Veldhuis, Stephen
Department
Mechanical Engineering
McMaster University RTI High Resolution Thermal Measurement for Advanced Manufacturing Research 1 $147,866.00
Wilson, David
Department
Orthopaedics
The University of British Columbia RTI Upright Open MRI Upgrade for Biomechanics Research 1 $148,713.00
Zhong, Lexuan
Department
Mechanical Engineering
University of Alberta RTI Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) for healthy and green buildings 1 $112,852.00
ZOU, TING
Department
Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of
Memorial University of Newfoundland RTI Equipment System for the Development of Bio-inspired Inspection Robots 1 $149,575.00