Grants and Contributions

Expanding and executing AI Materia’s business development and marketing strategy, supporting outreach efforts, partnership initiatives, and promotional activities to help expand the company’s presence in the materials informatics market.

To develop an automated grow medium printer suitable for use in a robotic farm.

Advancements in 3D modelling and digital drafting of FRP storage tanks.

Symend is launching a company-wide initiative to integrate generative and agentic AI across operations and products. This effort centers on two platforms: One automates the behavioral engagement strategy lifecycle using multi-agent orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, and behavioral science; and the other streamlines business process workflows.

The Firm will digitize and automate its engineering document control processes. With support from NRC IRAP, the firm will upgrade from Autodesk Vault Basic to Vault Professional, enabling structured version control, automated release workflows, and secure access for non-CAD users. The project enhances consistency, compliance, and efficiency across production documentation—minimizing rework, improving traceability, and reducing engineering administrative burden.

Advancing agronomy by way of data collection cross-platform application and by development of web-based farm-planning tool.

This project will test hypotheses and experiment with new mechanisms to design a repeatable and scalable business process, which may result in new business methods in commercial irrigation.

This project will research the commercial level processes required to produce protein rich mycelium powder. The key components of the research will include parameters to increase mycelial yield (fresh), protocols for pasteurizing substrate, optimal drying processes and assessing current customer landscape for a functional ingredient product.

To develop Solar Tile product for replacement of steel roofs. Leverage resources to provide guidance for complying with the relevant safety and performance standards related to the solar tile and advise through specific construction and testing requirements, to provide product design guidance and assist with documentation preparation.
These pre-certification works include:
1) Custom R&D Test Plan Prep, Program Management and testing lab Assistance.
2) Technical Design Preview.
3) Product Risk Assessment.
4) Pre-certification testing.

To complete testing of 2 new components of new RPMachine, which are subject of new IP, and to design and complete design revisions for the full-scale RPMachine incorporating these 2 components. The new IP relates to a new process for heating feedstock and forming blocks that relies on 2 proprietary components: 1) the heat transfer unit ("HTU"), and 2) the block forming press ("BFP"). The design and fabricated pilot versions of these components will be tested during the first phase of the project. At the end of the project there will be a design for a full-scale RPMachine.