Posted on Friday, August 13th, 2021
The Office of Applied Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship is proud to announce the winners of the first-ever Virtual RE/ACTION. To browse all of the projects visit the virtual project showcase.
3rd Place | Survivors of Violent Crime and Interactions with the Media
Client: Victims and survivors of violent crime, journalists and reporters, and victim service providers
Professor(s): Dr. Benjamin Roebuck, Diana McGlinchey
Program: Victimology
Students: Katherine Thompson, Amy Boileau
2nd Place | insightScope 2021 – Healthcare Conference Dashboard for Systematic and Scoping Reviews
Client: Dr. Dayre McNally MD, Katie O’Hearn MSc, Misty Pratt MES
Professor(s): Kevin Holmes Program: Mobile Application Design and Development, Computer Engineering Technology – Computing Science)
Students: Ravi Chandra Rachamalla, Dhruv Patel, Nguyen Gia Khánh Hồ, Manan Patel
1st Place | Aim for Change — New Ways to Address Youth and Gun Violence
Client: The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
Professor(s): Jed Looker
Program: Interdisciplinary Studies in Human-Centred Design
Students: Anna Ranger; Shelby Richardson, Cathy Matovu; Amarjeet Singh
Posted on Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Last year, Algonquin College helped respond to the Ottawa/Canada PPE shortage assisting with efforts to create and decontaminate shields, and medical-grade mask. As part of this response two SLIDE partners, CHEO and Eco-equitable (EE) also initiated research into the design of a high performing re-usable mask for the community. After almost a year of development and testing, we would like to get the masks to the Ottawa public, with the goal of reducing COVID transmission during the third wave. To achieve this masks will be sold as part of a fundraiser for CHEO.
The masks are very comfortable, have an amazing fit and achieve > 80 % particle penetration (new) while retaining > 70% particle filtration after 50 machine washes. The mask easily meets the 50% particle filtration efficiency specification recently set by the ASTM for consumer/community masks. The vast majority of community masks only achieve 30-50% PFE.
CHEO and EE have manufactured an initial lot of 1000 masks and will be selling them through Ecoequitable’s website. They will also be available at Kardish Health Food stores.
Purchase a mask here: https://ecoequitable.ca/collections/ecoequitable-products/products/cheo-fundraiser-mask
Check out the full article in the Ottawa Citizen: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/cheo-doc-and-local-sewing-organization-help-tame-the-wild-west-of-masks
Posted on Friday, April 9th, 2021
3rd Place | Victim Services Providers and Vicarious Resilience
Client: Victim Service Providers
Professor(s): Dr. Benjamin Roebuck, Diana McGlinchey
Program: Victimology
Students: Connar Tague, Katherine Thompson, Amy Boileau, and Theresia Bedard
2nd Place | Ottawa Homicide Project
Client: Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO)
Professor(s): Dr. Benjamin Roebuck, Diana McGlinchey
Program: Victimology/Bachelor of Public Safety (BPS)
Students: Anna Ranger, Riley McEwan, Christina Faraj, Brennan Nadeau, Matthew Telford, and Gianluca Spagnuolo
1st Place | Ottawa Grassroots App
Client: Ottawa Grassroots Festival
Professor(s): Su Cheng Lee, Adesh Nilesh Shah
Program: Mobile Application Design & Development
Students: Alex Carmichael, Tyler Bristow, Kiet Vuong, Hisham Almoli, Kendy Dor, Helen Le
Posted on Friday, December 11th, 2020
The Office of Applied Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship is proud to announce the winners of the first-ever Virtual RE/ACTION. To browse all of the projects visit the virtual project showcase.
First Place
Engaging Youth: Bringing Wheelchair Basketball to Elementary Schools
Students: Alexei Tipenko, Alice Jin, Priyamvada Singh, Yene Paz
Professor: Jed Looker
Second Place
Victim Services Providers and Vicarious Resilience
Students: Amy Boileau, Theresia Bedard, Connar Tague, Katherine Thompson
Professors: Dr Benjamin Roebuck & Diana McGlinchey
Third Place
Accelerating COVID-19 Knowledge Synthesis With Machine Learning
Students: Ravi Rachamalla, Ababiya Abajobir, Jaewoo Kim, Ryan Arreola, Ilusha Rathnayake Professor: Kevin Holmes
Honourable Mentions
Cheetah Networks PulseViewtm Solution
Students: Ryan Arreola,Shuting Yang Professor: Dr Theo Mirtchev
The Performance Characteristics of PEX Hot-Water Systems
Students: Karl Murray, Michael Stevens, George Zanetti, Leandro Carandina, Simon Hunt Professors: Dr. Ali Elwafi, Dr. Maria Parra, Dr. Federico Fernandez
Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
The Office of Applied Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Algonquin College has an open position for a full-stack or front-end developer. The approved candidate will have the title of “Research Assistant” and will work full-time-equivalent hours for eight months.
The applicants must be current Algonquin College students/undergrads. Unfortunately, developers who graduated in April 2020 or earlier do not qualify.
The candidates must have hands-on working experience with the following technologies, in order of priority:
- React, JavaScript, Html/CSS, Python
- Django Framework
- Cloud tools (AWS, GCP, e.g., Google API street view)
- Linux scripting (bash)
Please note that this position is different from a similar position posted in mid-July.
Therefore, feel free to apply even if you already applied to the previous announcement.
If you are a self-starter and meet these requirements we want to hear from you. Please send us your resume via e-mail to Theo Mirtchev, Managing Director, Data Analytics Centre (DAC), mirtcht@algonquincollege.com
Posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
Building your brand? We’re looking for projects.
Interactive Media Design (IMD) is now accepting project applications for Fall 2020In-Class Projects.
Interested companies are encouraged to apply by clicking the button in the right sidebar on the ARIE website or Click Here for the ARIE Project Application Form.
Our onboarding practice is to screen the online applications and invite the most promising proposals to a ‘Pitchfork’ session. Candidates are asked to do a 15-minute pitch via Zoom Meetings with interactive Q&A. The review panel is comprised of ARIE project managers, facilitators, and professors from the School of Media and Design who collectively select the projects that are ‘best-fit’ for our programs.
Key dates for Fall 2020 projects:
- Deadline for applications is Thursday, August 27th
- ‘Pitchfork’ sessions will be scheduled between Aug 31st and Sept 2nd for invited candidates
- Chosen candidates will be notified by September 3rd
- Projects starting the week of September 21st
- Projects to be completed by end of Fall semester
Types of projects considered:
- Websites (New designs and re-designs)
- User interface prototypes for web and mobile apps
- Animations
If your organization is looking for any of the above, we encourage you to submit an online application. In addition to registered for-profit businesses, we will be able to support a limited number of not-for-profits and social enterprises.
If you have any questions, please contact:
David Solomon, Project Coordinator for the Design Centre
solomod@algonquincollege.com
Posted on Saturday, July 18th, 2020
Looking to get experience working with Big Data & Analytics? The Data Analytics Centre is hiring!
Algonquin College’s Data Analytics Centre (DAC) in the DARE District is recruiting for two positions on behalf of Cheetah Networks, one of the industry partners.
I) The Office of Applied Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Algonquin College has an opening for a term Research Assistant position of 6 to 12 months.
The ideal candidate:
- Algonquin College student or recent graduate,
- Has at least an Advanced Diploma, Bachelor’s degree preferred, and practical experience in digital electronics and firmware.
II) The Office of Applied Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Algonquin College has an opening for a co-op / full-time hours position of Research Assistant.
The ideal candidate:
- Algonquin College student or recent graduate,
- Has hands-on working experience with the following technologies, in order of priority:
- React, JavaScript, Html/CSS, Python
- Django Framework
- Cloud tools (AWS, GCP, e.g., Google API street view)
- Linux scripting (bash)
If you are a self-starter and meet these requirements we want to hear from you. Please send us your resume and explain how you meet each of these requirements via e-mail to Theo Mirtchev, Managing Director of the Data Analytics Centre (DAC), mirtcht@algonquincollege.com
Posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
Want to use Data to make our World a Better Place?
Algonquin’s Social Innovation Lab is Hiring
Algonquin College’s Social innovation Lab in the DARE District is recruiting for a new project “Accelerating COVID-19 Knowledge Synthesis w/ Machine Learning”. Working with leaders in medicine, AI and machine learning, the interns will learn to use leading edge tools and develop machine learning functions to assess and update medical knowledge with a focus on emerging COViD-19 data. Our partners for this project include the IBM Machine Learning Hub, CHEO Research Institute and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
4 Open Summer Positions (Returning Students Only): All positions are Full Time (June 15 – August 28, 2020) with the potential for continuing Part Time work during the Fall Semester
Are You Eligible?
- Computer Programming Skills
- Experience w/ Python, R, Django, IBM Cloud Pak would be an asset
- Completed Level 4 of Computer Engineering Technology – Computing Science Program and/or have other relevant background and experience
- Returning Full-Time Student for Fall 2020 Semester
- Ability to work remotely
If you are a self starter and meet these requirements we want to hear from you. Please send us your resume by Tuesday June 9, 2020 and explain how you meet each of these requirements via e-mail to holmesk@algonquincollege.com
Posted on Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
Two applied research initiatives at Algonquin College have each received $360,000 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) College and Community Innovation Program.
The innovative projects are: Victim Services and Vicarious Resilience, a collaboration to advance victim service research in Canada; and Mamiwi maadaadizi — “The Start of an Algonquin Journey,” which will examine the best ways to Indigenize the education, services, and spaces at Algonquin College’s Pembroke Campus.
Read the full article here:
Posted on Friday, April 24th, 2020
A group of students and researchers at Algonquin College has teamed up with CHEO to create a new software platform aimed at speeding up the often-laborious process of reviewing scientific research.
Launched in 2017, insightScope allows researchers, students, health-care professionals and citizen scientists to collaborate online to conduct systematic reviews of scientific literature. Such reviews are a regular part of the scientific process, allowing doctors and researchers to stay on top of the latest developments in medicine and other fields and help determine courses of treatment.
Read the full article here