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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Research Infrastructure Fund Program Results

2019 Results

The program was highly competitive overall. The Office of Research Services has provided program statistics below for information.
  • Total number of applications received:  17 Total
  • Total Funding Requested:  $1,231,272
  • Total number of awards granted
    • One award granted
    • Funding Awarded: $100,000

2019 Research Infrastructure Fund Recipient

Haoxiang Lang Assistant Professor, and Xianke Lin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Title: Development of a Fully Autonomous Patrol Robotic Platform through Collaborations
Amount: $99,830

The decision was made by a multi‐disciplinary Selection Committee formed by the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI), which includes: 


Voting members:

Jing Ren, Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Paul Yielder, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Science

Stephen Marsh, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Facilitators/advisors:

Jennifer Freeman, Executive Director, Office of Research Services

Ewa Stewart, Grants Officer, Office of Research Services

2018 results

The program was highly competitive overall. The Office of Research Services has provided program statistics below for information.

  • Total number of applications received:  25 Total
  • Total Funding Requested:  $2,989,717
  • Total available (ACE): $50,000
    • Total awarded (ACE): $56,000 (2 awards)
  • Total available (OPG): $440,000
    • Total awarded (OPG): $440,000 (6 awards)
  • Total available (open): $250,000
    • Total awarded (open): $270,217 (4 awards)
  • Total Amount: $740,000
  • Total Awarded: $766,217

Research Infrastructure Fund (RIF) Program recipients

RIF ACE 

Heather Sprenger, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

Title: Refining short-term heat acclimation to maximize acclimatization in elite athletes
Amount: $6,000

Sheldon Williamson, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and Canada Research Chair in Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification

Title: State-of-the-art Living lab for Rapid Prototyping of Endless-range Autonomous E-drones
Amount: $50,000

RIF OPG

Akira Tokuhiro, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science

Title: Request to purchase starter Particle Image Velocimeter (PIV) system to enhance technical capabilities of ACE
Amount: $30,000

Akira Tokuhiro, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science

Title: Infrastructure to realize the two-storey capability of ERC laboratories
Amount: $55,000

Akira Tokuhiro, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science

Title: Request for funds to purchase additional ultrasonic Doppler velocimeter sensors for thermal-fluid projects
Amount: $35,000

Akira Tokuhiro, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science

Title: Request for additional hardware/software to realize virtual and augmented nuclear plant environments
Amount: $9,500

Markus Piro, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science and Canada Research Chair in Nuclear Fuels and Materials

Title: Upgrade Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer for Steam Environments
Amount: $90,000

Sheldon Williamson, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and Canada Research Chair in Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification

Title: State-of-the-art Living Lab for Rapid Prototyping of Endless-range Autonomous E-drones
Amount: $220,500


RIF OPEN

Amirali Salehi-Abari, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Title: UOIT Computational Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence
Amount: $50,000

Brendan MacDonald, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Title: Particle image velocimetry (PIV) system for high-speed flow visualization and measurement
Amount: $130,000

Jaho Seo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Title: Cloud-Connected Testbed for Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles
Amount: $50,000

Miguel Vargas-Martin, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Title: Upgrading the Human Machine Laboratory
Amount: $40,217

The decision was made by a multi‐disciplinary Selection Committee formed by the Vice-President Research, Innovation and International (VPRII): 

Chair:

Douglas Holdway, PhD, Interim Vice-President Research, Innovation and International 

Voting members:

Bernadette Murphy, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, FHS

Andrea Slane, PhD, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

Anthony Waker, PhD, Professor, FESNS

Karthik Sankaranarayanan, PhD, Assistant Professor, FBIT

Janice Strap, PhD, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Faculty of Science

Advisor for ACE applications:

John Komar, Director, Engineering and Operations, ACE

Facilitators/advisors:

Colleen McKay, Grants Officer, VPRI

Lisa Kozycz, Grants Officer, VPRI