Federal funding announced for 32 new Ontario Tech-led research projects

Advancing the frontiers of robotics: Cable-driven parallel robots and beyond

• Applicant: Dr. Mitchell Rushton (FEAS)

Intrusion detection and forensic analysis for Internet of Things (IoT) systems in connected and automated vehicles

• Applicant: Dr. Pooria Madani (FBIT)

Comprehensive assessment and management of holistic integration of ultra-fast charging infrastructure

• Applicant: Dr. Walid Ibrahim (FEAS)

Innovative approaches for power system protection and automation

• Applicant: Dr. Tarlochan Sidhu (FEAS)

Design and development of next-generation high-power, high-efficiency wireless charging systems for e-mobility applications

• Applicant: Dr. Sheldon Williamson (FEAS)

Development of an advanced research program for predicting tire wear and interaction with various terrains

• Applicant: Dr. Moustafa El-Gindy (FEAS)

Learning pixel-level video understanding

• Applicant: Dr. Mennatullah Siam (FEAS)

Multiphase flow processes around bluff bodies in adverse weather

• Applicant: Dr. Martin Agelin-Chaab (FEAS)

Determining the functional role of the benthic primary-producer matrix across lentic freshwater ecosystems

• Applicant: Dr. Andrea Kirkwood (FSc)

A novel paradigm for advancing low-resource languages: Uncovering factors and expanding large language models

• Applicant: Dr. En-Shiun Lee (FSc)

Data visualization and exploration on smartwatches

• Applicant: Dr. Ali Neshati (FSc)

Multi-modal robots

• Applicant: Dr. Scott Nokleby (FEAS)

A novel approach to customizing virtual reality in training applications to improve skill acquisition and retention for novice users

• Applicant: Dr. Alvaro Uribe Quevedo (FBIT)

Enhancing authentication: Increasing resiliency against targeted password attacks and preventing misuse of cryptographic libraries for authentication

• Applicant: Dr. Miguel Vargas Martin (FBIT)

Towards a human-like autonomous robotic manipulation system

• Applicant: Dr. Haoxiang Lang (FEAS)

Futuristic power electronics packages and motor controls for emerging technologies

• Applicant: Dr. Mohamed Youssef (FEAS)

Novel-type systems for neural computation

• Applicant: Dr. Ken Pu (FSc)

Raman spectroscopy instrumentation for material identification in medical diagnostics and environmental remediation applications

• Applicant: Dr. Nisha Agarwal (FSc)
• Co-applicants: Dr. Hossam Gaber (FEAS); Dr. Liliana Trevani (FSc)

Out of the museum and into the future: Oligosynthesizer replacement

• Applicant: Dr. Jean-Paul Desaulniers (FSc)
• Co-applicant: Dr. Theresa Stotesbury (FSc)

Nanoparticle tracking analysis for innovation in materials and biological science

• Applicant: Dr. Denina Simmons (FSc)
• Co-applicants: Dr. Brad Easton (FSc); Dr. Olena Zenkina (FSc)

Disability in education: Sustaining an inclusive Africa

• Applicant: Dr. Jen Rinaldi (FSSH)
• Co-applicants: Dr. Anita Ewan (Red Deer Polytechnic); Dr. Evelyn Kissi (University of Ghana); Dr. Gillian Parekh (York University); Dr. Kathryn Underwood (Toronto Metropolitan University)

Innovating education: Using a mobile makerspace to promote culturally sustaining and inclusive STEAM learning in rural communities in Hawai'i

• Applicant: Dr. Laura Morrison (FEd)
• Co-applicant: Dr. Janette Hughes (FEd)
• Collaborator: Dr. Phaedra Robinson (RAI [Robot-Assisted Instruction] Hawai’i)
• Partner: RAI Hawai’i

Reducing the impacts of emotion recognition bias on Canadians

• Applicant: Dr. Steven Livingstone (FSc)
• Co-applicants: Dr. Frank Russo (Toronto Metropolitan University); Dr. Frank Rudzicz (Dalhousie University); Dr. Jessica Tracy (University of British Columbia); Dr. Marc Pell (McGill University); Dr. Michele Morningstar (Queen's University)

Augmented humans, AI, and digital life

• Applicant: Dr. Isabel Pedersen (FSSH)
• Co-applicant: Dr. Andrea Slane (FSSH)
• Collaborators: Dr. Andrew Iliadis (Temple University); Dr. Ann Hill Duin (University of Minnesota); Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai (CNIB)

The proliferation of buy-now, pay-later: Firms' perspectives

• Applicant: Dr. Hui Zhu (FBIT)
• Collaborator: Steven Zhu (PhD candidate, University of Houston)

Exploring the forensic confirmation bias with Canadian mock jurors

• Applicant: Dr. Logan Ewanation (FSSH)
• Co-applicant: Dr. Evelyn Maeder (Carleton University)

Do no harm: Toward the abolition of carceral forms of perinatal clinical care

• Applicant: Dr. Jen Rinaldi (FSSH)
• Co-applicants: Dr. Idil Abdillahi (Toronto Metropolitan University); Dr. Julia Smith (Simon Fraser University); Dr. Amy Wright (University of Toronto); Dr. Yann Zoldan (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi)

Co-designing and participatory approaches to building partnerships: Advancement for Dementia Care Centre, Provincial Geriatrics Leadership Ontario, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences

• Nominated Principal Applicant: Dr. Winnie Sun (FHSc)
• Co-applicants: Dr. Amer Burhan (Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences); Dr. Brenda Gamble (FHSc); Dr. Manon Lemonde (FHSc)
• Collaborators: Gillian Barrie (Alzheimer Society Durham Region); Stacey Hawkins (PhD candidate, FHSc); Kelly Kay (Seniors Care Network; and PhD candidate, University of Toronto); Tim Pauley (Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences)
• Partners: Alzheimer Society Durham Region; Seniors Care Network

Evaluating the impact of changes in the proximity and density of vape retailers around secondary schools in Ontario on adolescent vaping behaviours

• Nominated Principal Applicant: Dr. Adam Cole (FHSc)
• Principal Applicant: Dr. Jason Gilliland (Western University)
• Co-applicants: Dr. Caroline Barakat (FHSc); Dr. Rachel Laxer (Public Health Ontario); Dr. Scott Leatherdale (University of Waterloo); Drs. Jamie Seabrook and Shiran Zhong (Western University); Anne Philipneri (Public Health Ontario)

Prevalence and outcomes of water birth versus 'land' birth in Ontario mothers and neonates at low risk of complications: A secondary analysis of routinely collected BORN (Better Outcomes Registry and Network) data

• Applicant: Dr. Ginny Brunton (FHSc)
• Co-applicants: Dr. Nooshin Rotondi (FHSc); Dr. Elizabeth Darling (McMaster University); Dr. Shaun Morris (SickKids Hospital
• Knowledge Users: Alexa Tobin Minichiello (Association of Ontario Midwives); Terri Rout (Waterbirth Coalition of Canada); Lesley Ann Tarasoff (Provincial Council for Maternal Child Health); Helen Peak (Lakeridge Health Corporation Research Institute); Samantha Krueger (Markham Stouffville Hospital, Alongside Midwifery Unit); Robyn Berman (Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre)

Identifying patterns of and risk and protective factors for gambling among secondary school students in Canada

• Nominated Principal Applicant: Dr. Adam Cole (FHSc)
• Principal Applicant: Dr. Karen Patte (Brock University)
• Co-applicants: Dr. Scott Leatherdale (University of Waterloo); Dr. Mark Ferro (University of Waterloo); Dr. Tara Elton-Marshall (University of Ottawa)
• Principal Knowledge User: Dr. Rachel Laxer (Public Health Ontario)