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
