Grants and Contributions

This project will expand the capabilities of Forward Robotics' autonomous, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone spraying system to include coordinated multi-drone spraying operations and to enable aerial granular material applications.

This project focuses on conducting research to investigate several performance parameters and metrics that are used in the detailed engineering design of a large demonstration unit to be built and is portable for the field. The development and optimization of this mini-pilot demonstrates that the nonmaterial solid manufacturing and associated process can scale with effectives achieving the same level of performance and efficiency in lithium extraction.

This project aims to develop a new biologic agent for Spiderwort’s cellulose-based biomaterial after its implantation in humans.

To develop Gyro downhole sensor pack, and integration with fast EM ( Electro -Magnetic) telemetry system for HDD application.
Advances in surveying and locating technologies such as electromagnetic devices, will improve the ability to accurately locate underground utilities and reduce the risk of damage during drilling.

The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.

Refine the design of a multifunction dental pulp and vitality tester with a transilluminator tool to detect tooth fractures in a single handheld, portable package.

This project follows 2 previous, successful IRAP projects (959593 VPT HRES-SI Prototype Sprint 1, 959593 Proof of Concept). In the first project the original hardware was developed & the Inverter prototype was built. In the 2nd, the HRES-SI component went from a mechanically proven prototype to a working proof of concept.

In this project the architecture will be adapted to a standalone inverter product, complete the programming, continue safety analysis, and develop the inverter through a series of demos and tests and the resulting product revisions. The Firm will also identify and prove out integrating products like grid tie switches, batteries, microinverters, solar panels and the inverter case and cabling.

The project will focus on the development of predictive intelligence software functionality which will utilize business process automation metadata to provide Salesforce product owners with product recommendations to help them increase their return on investment from Salesforce purchases.

The ongoing race to carbon net-zero is a global effort to resolve the
challenge of climate change. Carbon neutrality can be achieved by reducing
emissions and removing the CO2 in industry exhaust as well as the
atmosphere. Removing carbon in the atmosphere is called direct air carbon
capture (DACC) and can be viewed as an emerging industry producing
carbon credit.
This project seeks to design a novel DACC system based on fibrous
material. The alkaline solution is dispensed by fiber networks and reacts
with and captures the CO2 in the atmosphere. Optimal design for such
processes is prohibitively demanding for conventional methods,
experimental or computational, due to the drastic scale difference (e.g.,
from alkaline droplets and liquid film of micrometers to meters long fibers
and reacting chamber) in the system. Developing a universal framework
combining artificial intelligence and physical laws within this project will
facilitate faster optimal designs and scaling-up for future DACC system
development.

The goal of this Project is to develop membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) at scale, comprised of advanced ionomers which allow for high efficiency and durability in an optimized CO2 electrolyzer architecture. This Project leverages progress made at the University of Toronto (UofT) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) in device and material development. At UofT, tremendous progress has been made in terms of system, cell, and component design. At SFU, expertise in the creation of new materials and extensive material screening and characterization for CO2 electrolyzers has allowed creation of a high-performance ionomer chemistry platform. CO2 electrolysis durability and component testing capabilities at contributing NRC facilities, as well as their experience in scaling up cell production will enable knowledge transfer from academia to industrial partners. Two Canadian SMEs (CERT Systems Inc. and Ionomr Innovations Inc.) that are committed to the commercialization of CO2 electrolyzers will ensure scalability of the approach and provide economic perspective for material and cell development that will lead to a pilot scale CO2 electrolysis technology.