Participating Companies

This list includes the participating companies that have received funding to date in 2008 and 2009, the Industry Associate working with each company and the name of their funded projects.

2009 Commercialization and r&D Associates

3D Interactive Inc. | Danielle Enns, r&D Associate - Intelligent systems for industrial simulation and trainingy
Aksys Networks Inc. | Michael J. Tourigny, Commercialization Associate - Go-to-market planning and execution for the KONNECT small office telephone system
Applied Nanotools Inc. | Steven Buswell, r&D Associate - E-beam fabrication of quartz mask templates for nano-imprint lithography
Baker Petrolite | Xianhua Feng, r&D Associate - Mitigation of asphaltenes agglomeration in paraffinic solvent-based froth treatment process
Beefbooster Inc | Elisa Ferreira Marques, r&D Associate -Developing a genome-based selection program for genetic improvement in Beefbooster Inc.
Beta Machinery Analysis Ltd. | Hemanth Satish, r&D Associate - System Performance Model (SPM) for gas compressors
BitCan Geosciences & Engineering Inc. | Baohong Yang, r&D Associate - Fast and uniform start-up of SAGD process
BitCan Geosciences & Engineering Inc. | Bin Xu, r&D Assoicate - Virtual Geomechanical laboratory test software on caprock shales
BioLithic Corporation | Maziyar Khorasani, r&D Assoicate - A point-of-care genetic analysis platform for pharmacogenomics
BlackLine GPS Inc. | Steven Daeninch, r&D Associate, Process and tools development for test driven embedded firmware design
Blue Sky Spectroscopy | Regan Dahl, r&D Associate - Characterization of terahertz optimized, uncooled microbolometer detector arrays
Boreal Laser Inc. | Jagadeeshwari Manne, r&D Associate - Spectroscopic studies of organic nanoparticles
Broadsword Corrosion Engineering Ltd. | Nima Tajallipour, r&D Associate - enplCDA4 - Modeling of solids deposition and underdeposit corrosion in sour multiphase pipelines
Calgary Scientific Inc. | Lino Ramirez Velasquez, r&D Associate, Computer assisted tissue identification for glioma classification
Cambrian House, The | Claudia Moore, Commercialization Associate - Chaordix - Market Launch
Canatec Associates International Ltd | Edgar Herrera Guzman, r&D Associate - Development of an operational ice forecasting model
Canatec Associates International Ltd | Svetlana Machurina, Commercialization Associate - Commercializaiton Manager
Champion Technologies Ltd | Song Gao, r&D Associate - Chemical application to break emulsions and reverse emulsions in Alberta heavy oil production
ChemRoutes Corporation | Mavis Nathoo, Commercialization Associate - Resource mobilization, licensing and legal affairs
Clarity.ca Inc. | Julie Stromer, r&D Associate - Social Networking Tools (Web 2.0) for Knowledge Transfer in HealthCare
Clynch Prosthetic & Orthotic Ltd./Clynch Technologies Inc. | Bharath Reddy, r&D Associate - Mass customization of cranial orthotics and supports using DeltaSystems CADCAM
Complex System Incorporated | Xiaoxiang Liu, r&D Associate - Development of a smart imaging module in a senor network software
DataGardens Inc. (Newance) | Frank Bures, Commercialization Associate - Senior Sales Engineer
D-TEX Inc. (Aqua Screen Corporation) | Kimberley Willoughby, r&D Associate - Development of New Test Kits for the D-TEX device, a Novel Bacterial Detection Product
Dycor Technologies Ltd. | Christopher Bliss, r&D Associate - Improvements to reduce false alarms in biological agent detection
Exciton Technologies Inc. | Carla Spina, r&D Associate - Silver Oxysalts: Optimization and application for next generation antimicrobial products
Exciton Technologies Inc. | Roderick J. Szarka, Commercialization Associate - Building market presence to increase funding flow and lead market development of advanced silver technology wound care products in advanced, consumer, and veterinary markets
Factor X Solutions Inc. | Catherine McCleary, Commercialization Associate - Vice President Operations
Gennum Corporation | Holly Pekau, r&D Associate - HDMI video cable extension and data-rate doubling circuit development
Gennum Corporation | Jim M. Kulyk, r&D Associate - Dual 14Gb/s clock and data recovery integrated circuit
Great Big Solutions | Corneil J. Goud, Commercialization Associate - CompTracker commercialization
HydroQual Laboratories Ltd. | Pernilla Stenroos, r&D Associate - Total DNA profiling of microbial biofilms involved in biodegradability in tailings ponds
Imperial Oil Resources | Qingan Zhang, r&D Associate - Numerical modeling of alternative recovery technologies for late life CSS
Innovotech Inc. | Patricia Nadworny, r&D Associate - Application of Silver Periodate in Implanted Medical Devices
Intelliview Technologies Inc. | Choudhury Rahman, r&D Associate - A compact, energy efficient smart camera with built-in analytics for surveillance applications
IntelliView Technologies Inc. | Shan Du, r&D Associate - Face identification in video surveillance system
Madentec Limited | Don McCormick, Commercialization Associate - CleanKeys2 commercialization
Madentec Limited | Yang Wang, r&D Associate - Touch capacitive and vibration-based algorithm for entering text on a solid-surfaced keyboard
Manasc Isaac Architects | Steve Sookdeo, r&D Associate - Integration of simulation tools into the architectural design process
May-Ruben Technologies Inc. | Musibau Usman, r&D Associate - Development of a thermal simplex compressor/pump
Micralyne Inc. | Andy VanPopta, r&D Associate - Development of a robust humidity sensor using GLAD thin films
MoboVivo Inc. | Kristopher Luttmer, r&D Associate - Rapid repurposing technology: concurrent multi-agent atomic video encoding technique
Nanalysis Corp. | Bruce Lix, Commercialization Associate - Director of Product Management
Nanalysis Corp. | Gregory McFeetors, r&D Associate - Portable low power force detection nuclear magnetic resonance for nanoscale sample analysis
nanoSpeed Diagnostics Inc. | Bill Sui, r&D Associate - Rapid Lab-on-a-chip assay - Antibiotic analysis in dairy samples
Nexopia.com Inc. | Michal Kurgan, r&D Associate - Custom Ruby Framework
Nexteq Navigation Corporation | Ahmed Abdelwahab, Commercialization Associate - Commercialization of Nexteq freedom precise autonomous positioning technology
NOVA Chemicals Corporation | Craig Hulet, r&D Associate - Development of a predictive process-product model for high pressure LDPE polymerization
NovAtel Inc. | Surendran Konvattam Shanmugan, r&D Associate - Third generation wide area augmentation system (WAAS) reference receiver development
Oilflow Solutions Inc. | Saeed Shad, r&D Associate - The Optimization of Terraflux assisted flow in Porous Media
Paladin Biosciences, a division of Paladin Labs Inc. | Brian Ma, r&D Associate - Development of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for hepatitis B and C viruses
Puracom Inc. | Bogdan Georgescu, r&D Associate - High-accuracy wireless distance measurement system
Quantiam Technologies Inc. | Peter Unwin, r&D Associate - Catalyzed methane conversion (CMC) to light olefins and hydrogen-phases II and III
Rad3 Communications | Stanley Eskritt, r&D Associate - High-throughput error correction code IP core design for multi-level-cell non-volatile memories
Resverlogix Corp. | Dean Gilham, r&D Associate - Identification of second generation drugs to increase HDL-c, the "Good Cholesterol"
Running Injury Clinic Inc. | Blayne A. Hettinga, r&D Associate - Development of 3D Gait Analysis Technology for Use in a Clinical Setting
SagaTech Electronics Inc. | Gary Spencer, Commercialization Associate - New product market development
Sanjel Corporation | Dawn M. Friesen, r&D Associate - Investigation of surfactant-associative thickener mixtures for use as self-diverted acids
SBI Fine Chemicals | Owen C. Lightbody, r&D Associate - Development of PICFTR based catalytic processes for carbon dioxide and glycerol utilization
SBI Fine Chemicals | Ronald C. Matheson, Commercialization Associate - Manager of Business Development & Marketing
Schlumberger | Shahnawaz Hossain Molla, r&D Associate - Phase behaviour studies using a microfluidic platform
Sentinel Trending & Diagnostics Ltd. | Cyprian Ngolah, r&D Associate - MELVIN - An IA Neural Network for Industrial Nachine Condition Monitoring
SmileSonica Inc. | Michael Cook, r&D Associate - Development of an ultrasonic dental repair system
Sport Insight Inc. | Jay T. Worobets, r&D Associate - An in-store golf club and hockey stick customization system based on biomechanical principles
Taurus Reservoir Solutions Ltd. | Vikramaditya Sen, r&D Associate - Toolkits for evaluation of tight gas Wells - new ideas and implementations
TEKTELIC Communications Inc. | Philip Chu, r&D Associate - UMTS / LTE Remote Radio Head and Rack Mount Radio
TheraCarb Inc. | Erin J. van Schaik, r&D Associate - Developing drug candidates for infectious diseases
Trusted Positioning Inc. | Yong Yang, r&D Associate - Positioning of mobile devices using multi-sensor fusion algorithms for operation on any platform
Ukalta Engineering | Saeed Fouladi Fard, r&D Associate - A wideband multinode fading channel simulator for wireless environments
Userful Corporation | Lin (Roger) Zhang, Commercialization Associate
Userful Corporation | Ilya Khlopotov, r&D Associate - USB to Video Capability for Multi-user Linux
Viewtrak Technologies | Martin D. Chernenkoff, Commercialization Associate - Livestock traceability data integration/portable global access to livestock life-cycle information
Virtualwind Inc. | Hao Song, r&D Associate - Advanced outdoor microclimate simulation for architects, scientists and engineers
VrSTORM Inc.| Shi Jin, r&D Associate - Elastic compute and data cloud
VR Technologies Inc. | Yilei Cyrus Zhang, r&D Associate - Infrared-enabled tele-immersive platform
Wave Control Systems Ltd. | Mr. Cui (Vicky) Zhao, Commercialization Associate - Marketing Director
Wedge Networks Inc. | Jarle Moe, Commercialization Associate - BeSecure Subsonic commercialization - Channel development
Wedge Networks Inc. | Mingwei Gong, r&D Associate - BeSecure subsonic development

2008 Commercialization and r&D Associates

Acceleware Corp. | Cen Y. Ong, r&D Associate - Fast compression of seismic data for prestack reverse-time depth migration
Acceleware Corp. | Damir Pasalic, r&D Associate - Development of accelerated electromagnetic field based algorithms
Acceleware Corp. | Geraud Krawezik, r&D Associate - Acceleration of linear algebra applications on discrete graphics processing units (GPUs)
Afexa Life Sciences Inc.(CV Technologies) | Katherine Rittenbach, r&D Associate - Development of a North American ginseng extract (HT1001) for memory impairment
Aqua Screen Corporation | Craig Milne, r&D Associate - A novel method to rapidly detect E. coli bacteria in drinking water samples
Aqua Screen Corporation | Tabitha Ku, r&D Associate - A novel method to rapidly detect E. coli bacteria in drinking water samples
ATGCell Inc. | Victor Cheng, r&D Associate - Development of a novel ELISA-based urinary diagnostic kit for acute kidney injury
ATGCell Inc. | Zengshuan Ma, r&D Associate - Development of human nuclear receptor stable cell lines for high-throughput drug screening
Broadsword Corrosion Engineering Ltd. | Zhenjin Zhu, r&D Associate - enpICDA 3
Can-Oat Milling | Jun Gao, r&D Associate - Oat grain factors that influence the extrusion processing of oat flour into expanded cereal foods
Cell-Loc Location Technologies Inc. | Saeed Khalesehosseini, r&D Associate - Optimization and implementation of geometry set server and database for the Beacon Location Network
ChemRoutes Corporation | Vijay Bansal, r&D Associate - Development of Novel ChemCores and ChemKits for Infectious Disease
Chenomx Inc. | Michael J. Lewis, r&D Associate - Improving metabolite identification and quantification using 2D MR spectroscopy
Chinook Multimedia Inc. | Benedicte Garmier, Commercialization Associate - Marketing and Selling cooleSuite Software Applications
Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc. | Hung-Li Chen, r&D Associate - image post processing software for the evaluation of cardiac diagnostic images
Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc. | Sirantha Samarappuli, Commercialization Associate - Image post processing software for the evaluation of cardiac diagnostic images
ConeTec Investigation Inc. | Mohammed Alostaz, r&D Associate - Development of Ultraviolet Induced Fluorescence (UVIF) Sensor to detect petroleum contaminants
DataGardens Inc. (Newance) | Abdullah Reza, r&D Associate - Live virtual machine migration over distance (LVMD)
DataGardens Inc. (Newance) | Reg Joseph, Commercialization Associate - Primary product beta program, initial sales and channel development
Embedia Technologies Corp. | Tyson McDonald, Commercialization Associate - Market diversification of BlindView and SC2 product application and customer base
Exciton Technologies | Brian Bennett, Commercialization Associate - Product development and market launch of silver-based disinfectants and wound dressings, using advanced materials technologies to combat infection and the spread of disease
Harber Coatings Inc. | Liu Haifeng, r&D Associate - HPIP (High Potential Ionic Penetration) process research and development
i-LOC Corp. | Viet Hoang, r&D Associate - Thermal management and sample preparation in disease diagnostic devices for the clinical setting
Intelligentnano Inc. | Tiong Ang Woon, r&D Associate - Development of a magnetosonic actuator for superior cell transfection
Iunctus Geomatics Corp. | Peter Eddy, r&D Associate - Technologies for monitoring rangeland communities using multi-and hyperspectral satellite data
Matrikon | Mehrdad Sahebsara, r&D Associate - Vibration Monitoring of Rotating Equipments by Higher Order Statistics
Micralyne Inc. | Andy VanPopta, r&D Associate - Development of a robust humidity sensor using GLAD thin films
Micralyne Inc. | Peter Hrudey, r&D Associate - Compact Wavelength Selective Switch with independent rotation in two axes of rotation
MRF Geosystems Corp. | Imad Mahayri, Commercialization Associate - Commercialization of Web-based GIS Technologies
New Energy Corporation Inc. | Robert Moll, Commercialization Associate - Commercialization of EnCurrent Vertical Axis Hydro Turbine
Nexteq | Dingchen Lu, r&D Associate - Development of a real-time software-based precise GNSS receiver system
Omni Technology Solutions Inc. | Teruel Carrasco, Commercialization Associate - Commercialization roadmap: Omni eControl, Riva and Desktop Multiplier
Omni Technology Solutions Inc. | Trevor Poapst, Commercialization Associate - Marketing Leadership: Taking Omni to the Next Level
PBR Laboratories Inc. | Rambabu Naravaneni, r&D Associate - Development of enhanced comet assay utlizing lab on a chip technology
QSV Biologics Ltd. | Steen Westergaard, r&D Associate - Development of cGMP production of RTL1000, a compound for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
Rad3 Communications | Samer Chomery, r&D Associate - Development Tools for Error Correction IP Cores for Emerging Standard in Mobile-Television
Scanimetrics Inc. | Joshua Nakaska, r&D Associate - Advanced I/O cell design for non-contact wafer testing
SciMed Technologies | Cengiz (Tony) Temelli, Commercialization Associate - Validation and commercialization of VitaKitA™ and VitaKitD™
SciMed Technologies | Kailash Banasure, r&D Associate - Immuno-chip, a platform for low-cost, rapid diagnostic assays for multiple analytes
Schlumberger | Sharath Chandra Mahavadi, r&D Associate - Interfacial phenomena in steam based recovery processes
Sinoveda Canada Inc. | Darryl Lesiuk, Commercialization Associate - Build Sinoveda Canada Inc.
SMART Technologies Inc. | Edward Tse, r&D Associate - Interacting with large displays using multitouch technology
TENET Medical Engineering Inc. | Bita Moftakhar, Commercialization Associate - Clinical Commercialization Expansion
TerraNotes Ltd. | Volkan Tuncer, r&D Associate - Novel Imaging Techniques for Geophysical Electromagnetic Data in Complex Geological Structures
TheraCarb Inc. | Huu-Anh Tran, r&D Associate - Optimization of lead compounds for TheraCarb's product development programs
Ukalta Engineering | Amirhossein Alimohammad, r&D Associate - A Monolithic channel simulator for emerging wireless communications systems
Userful Corporation | Beverley Gallagher-James, Commercialization Associate - Managed & multiple desktops as a web-service
Wave Control Systems Ltd. | Douglas Langer, r&D Associate - Enhanced polymer injection system
Weatherford Canada Partnership | Wei Li, r&D Associate - Enhancing product reliability through total process reliability
XSENSOR Technology Corporation | Eric D Petz, Commercialization Associate - Medical seating assessment software
XSENSOR Technology Corporation | Isabelle Desroches, Commercialization Associate - X3 Wireless bed sensor launch
Yotta Yotta Inc. | Jarrett Dyrbye, r&D Associate - Chip management re-architecture. *note* Yotta Yotta Inc. was acquired by EMC² in Sept. 2008.