Grants and Contributions

This project involves hiring two Engineers, one as a student summer internship, and the other a more experienced Junior Engineer, to help further research and development on the CROSSFIRE product line. The CROSSFIRE product line reduces or eliminates Methane emissions from the oil and gas industry and the firm requires technical assistance to advance the development of this technology to new applications. Specifically, the vapour recovery unit (VRU) and a higher output pressure VRU, in addition to a suite of complimentary products. Additionally, the engineers will implement lean manufacturing principles into assembly work flow and complete value engineering analysis on suite of existing commercial technologies.

The firm's radiotherapy system combines an MRI system with a linear accelerator to provide high quality patient images to ensure they are properly aligned prior to delivering radiation therapy. This project will improve the efficiency of the MRI imaging system and develop robust patient registration. The system currently generates a 3D image as a single acquisition, which takes about 4 minutes. This will enable generating the 3D image as a series of 2D images to allow the user to see the first image almost immediately. This enables the firm to implement an automated registration process that will do a 3D registration based on three orthogonal images. The registration will occur in less than 1 minute, which will significantly increase our our imaging efficiency.

The plastic industry is an important sector in Canada with $35B/yr sales, 1,932 establishments and 93,000 jobs. Its annual volume of plastic production in Canada was 4.7 MT in 2020. Unfortunately, only 9% of it is recycled. The NRC, in collaboration with the Applicant, is looking for technical pathways to enhance the sustainability of plastic products fabricated and sold in Canada and to support Canada’s Net-Zero Waste strategy and circular economy. The purpose of this project is therefore to develop different innovative solutions to address hard-to-recycle plastic wastes, such as plastic containers and packages, agricultural film, apparel textile, plastic-coated paper, by converting them into valuable carbon black products with different characteristics to be used in plastics, metals, absorbents, and cements applications.

We are looking for a computer engineering graduate to develop a website for the business and create an online store

This project will explore the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies for improved business competitiveness.

The Project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the Firm

Ultracoustics is seeking to hire a Mechanical Engineer to work on the development and commercialization efforts of their optical microphone technology. The work is highly interdisciplinary drawing from optics, engineering design, electronics, acoustics, and embedded systems design. Pending the success of the start up venture, the candidate could be hired into a permanent position.

This project aims to systematically document and compile the Firm's internal data, ensuring patient confidentiality while facilitating its submission to medical journals for publication which may improve patient outcomes, broaden therapeutic options and guide future drug submissions.

Participation in the Canadian green and resilient construction technology co-innovation mission to the EUREKA Global Innovation Summit (EGIS) in Türkiye – June 10 to 14, 2024. Delegation led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas under the EUREKA, Eurostars, and Cluster Programs.

The Firm is hiring its first in-house academically trained mechanical engineer.