Applied Research Day 12.2 Booklet

INNOVATION and ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: D Building
Salon A - Marketplace
Applied Research
& Innovation
Welcome
to Algonquin College’s Applied
Research Day 12.2 hosted by the Office of Applied Research &
Innovation.
Through exciting demonstrations and displays, this event
showcases the breadth of leading edge Applied Research projects
being undertaken by College students and faculty. Applied
Research is a great venue for employers seeking talented future
employees and for collaborators to support their business growth in
the 21st century.
Our theme this year is “INNOVATION and ENTREPRENEURSHIP.”
This theme is strongly reflected in the outcomes of the research
performed by our students and faculty in collaboration with our
innovative and entrepreneurial clients. I trust you will be impressed
with Ottawa’s deep talent pool and encouraged that innovation and
entrepreneurship are alive and well in Ottawa.
Dr. Mark Hoddenbagh
Acting Executive Director,
Partnerships & Applied Research
Applied Research
& Innovation
Table of Contents
Agenda......................................................................................................................... 2
Event Floor Plan....................................................................................................... 3
Project Showcase ................................................................................................... 4
Full Spectra Centre.................................................................................................. 11
Design Centre .......................................................................................................... 12
Health and Wellness Research Centre........................................................... 13
Construction Research Centre.......................................................................... 14
Applied Research at Algonquin’s Regional Campuses........................... 15
Contact Us ............................................................................................................... 16
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Agenda
Floor Plan
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014
D Building, Marketplace, Salon A
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S TA G E
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Registration
Showcase open to General Public
Judging of Displays
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9:45 - 10:00 a.m.Welcome
Claude Brule
Vice President, Academic
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Applied Research and Innovation Update
Dr. Mark Hoddenbagh
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Awards
Christopher Janzen
Dean, Faculty of Technology and Trades
2:00 p.m.
Event Closes
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COFFEE
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ENTRANCE
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The Office of Applied Research
and Innovation
2 Workforce and Personal
Development / Corporate
Training / Cooperative
Education Department
11 Baccanalle Website Revamp
23 Carrot Search Engine
12 Auto Racks Promotional Video
24 Carrot Video: The Probability of
You
13 The Best Gift Ever
14 Modernization of The
Classroom Presenter
3 Student Entrepreneurship
15SOAPUXI
4 Ontario Centre of Excellence
16 MOGL Processes & Systems
5 3D Printing at the AC Print
Shop
17 Happy FROG Farms
6 Feature Additions and
Gamification Implementation
7 Mo-Billing: Agent Billing
Website
8 StudyBug Mobile Web
Application
9 Hummingbird Chocolate Maker
10 Jake’s Face Reading Game
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Acting Executive Director, Partnerships & Applied Research
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9:30 a.m.
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18 Informational Video
19 Interactive Business Navigator
(Galileo Navigator)
20Condo Compass
25 Non-intrusive User-oriented
Interactive Fall Detection
System for seniors (NUIFDS)
26 Modelling Tool Wear Failure For
Coating Opitmization
27 Mobile WiMAX Network
Utilization for Automatic Road
Enforcement
28 Going Faster with Community
Networks and MPTCP
21 RideShark Mobile Application
Development
29 Constructing a Bioswale for
the Shaw Woods Outdoor
Education Centre
22 MicroMetrics - Customer
Insight Platform
30Lake Bottom Sediment
Sampling on Muskrat Lake
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Applied
Research and
Innovation
Project Showcase
(Number beside title refers to booth number)
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Come visit the lead sponsor and organizer for Applied Research Day 12.2. ARI staff will be available to
discuss project ideas and to help visitors understand applied research at Algonquin.
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The Office of Applied Research and Innovation
Applied research is focused on mobilizing cutting-edge knowledge and
technology advancements toward commercially relevant products, services
and processes.
The goals of Algonquin’s Office of Applied Research and Innovation (ARI) are:
to enhance student training and preparedness for the workplace; to provide
professional development opportunities for College faculty and staff; and to
assist entrepreneurs, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), and large
companies to develop products, processes, and services that will contribute to
their success. ARI currently has five Applied Research Centres (see end pages of
this brochure). Each focusses on a specific subject matter domain of relevance
to regional industry. Through collaborative projects with industry partners, the
Applied Research Centres leverage College strengths to stimulate innovation, job
creation, and economic growth.
Dr. Riccardo Brun del Re
Corporate Training
Business Development (BD) includes cross-College efforts for all Business Development initiatives.
Corporate Training (CT) includes inside sales through open-enrolment of pre-set training and workshops,
and custom training solutions achieved through customer relationship and outbound sales team. Prior
Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) calls for expansion of student services to improve student
enrolment, retention, and graduation.
Cooperative Education Department
Cooperative Education is a program delivery mode that relates classroom learning to the world of work
off-campus by formally integrating work experience into the student’s program of studies. The usual format
is for students to alternate study terms with paid four-month work terms in appropriate fields of business,
industry or government. Co-op is a partnership between students, employers and Algonquin College
providing students with work experience to complement their academic training
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Dr. Mark Hoddenbagh
Student Entrepreneurship
We provide entrepreneurial learning opportunities that enhance work and life skills. Students can test their
entrepreneurial instincts by working with College faculty, staff, and community partners, We also host
special events, seminars, workshops, and forums.
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Ontario Centre of Excellence
Please stop by the OCE booth to find out more about the Ontario Centre of Excellence, and the research
funding programs they offer. Many of the projects on display at Applied Research Day were funded by OCE.
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Acting Executive
Director:
Workforce and Personal Development
Workforce and Personal Development (WPD) is a strategic initiative at Algonquin College (AC) to
advance the College’s capacity through access and support of non-direct students. To support efforts to
promote greater awareness and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and access, the WPD actively
pursues funding, partnerships and joint initiatives. With a paradigm of inclusion and innovative program
development, the WPD sets the standard for an organizational culture shift for greater capacity and
leadership at Algonquin College.
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Acting Director:
The Office of Applied Research and Innovation
3D Printing at the AC Print Shop
3D Printing (also known as ‘rapid prototyping’ or ‘additive manufacturing’) is a new technology that is
altering the way products are designed and manufactured. In collaboration with the Office of Applied
Research & Innovation, Algonquin’s Print Shop has acquired an OBJECT 30 3D Printer that can print finely
detailed three dimensional models. Come and explore the endless possibilities of this technology.
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Feature Additions and Gamification Implementation
The objective for eStaffMatch was to implement strong user registration drivers into their web application
registration process, specifically event staff registration. This included restructuring the visual layer and
UIX functionality of the event staff registration process. A primary area of focus for this project was to
implement the ideologies and best practices of gamification into the event staff registration.
Partner: eStaffMatch.com
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Amanda Black, Liam Kendall, Robert Elbendari, Winnerjitsin Rathor
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Mo-Billing: Agent Billing Website
The project team undertook the task of creating a website for Figure-of-Eight’s new Mo-Billing application’s
“Billing Agent” clientele, and redesigning the existing website for “Physician” clientele. The project uses the
content management tool Wordpress, along with unique theming designed by the project team.
Partner: Figure-of-Eight Inc
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Kwadjo Odapagyam, Alain Filion, Toluwalope Laleye, Sarah McKnight
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StudyBug Mobile Web Application
StudyBug will be an innovative and exciting gamified approach to memorizing user created material. Since
the user has the ability to upload information in a variety of forms (text, audio, video, images) this creates a
unique experience that will allow the user to learn any information they choose.
Partner: Simeon’s Consulting
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Nick Belland, Sergey Shpilkovskiy, Becky Putnam, Luis G. Baquero
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Hummingbird Chocolate Maker
A website was redesign and e-commerce integration was completed for Hummingbird Chocolate Maker.
The design created is modern, responsive and creates a great user experience.
Partner: Hummingbird Chocolate Maker
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Lindsay Kavanagh, Aya Ito, Diego Gutierrez, William Muir
10. Jake’s Face Reading Game
Jake’s Face Reading Game is a brain training tool to help people recognize facial expressions. The game
spans 6 levels of increasing difficulty that will track the player’s progress and score based on how quickly
and accurately the player performs.
Partner: Jake Stories Publishing
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Christian Griffin, Justin Courneya, Mengru Ke, Nick Pietrantonio
11. Baccanalle Website Revamp
Our team redesigned baccanalle.com and given it new shopping cart functionality. We worked with a designfirst approach, undertaking formalized project scoping, mood boards, a sitemap, high level wireframes, and a
design mockup leading to the final product.
Partner: Baccanalle
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Geoff Harper, Jalayna Gaboury, Brandon Joerges, Veevegini Kirupairajah, Himawan Sudarso
12. Auto Racks Promotional Video
We’re creating a video that enables the consumer to move the purchase decision forward with
Auto Rack, from calling the store to ask more questions, to the final step of actually buying online from
www.autoracks.com.
Partner: Auto Racks
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Patrick Narcisse, Dylan Robertson, Shaylene Silver, Gaurav Patel, Emma Nadarajah, Ben Merkley
13. The Best Gift Ever
We are 4th year nursing and dental hygienist students trying to encourage members of the Algonquin
community to register to be organ donors. We provide information, support, and resources to assist
individuals to register on the spot. Our goal is to register 1500 people by the end of the semester!
Partner: The Office of Applied Research & Innovation
Principal Investigator: Cindy Versteeg; Elizabeth Pryer
Students: April Giroux; Alison Cameron; Magda Tomczynski; Alyssa Mauro; Amanda Monette; Kelsey Leclair
14. Modernization of The Classroom Presenter
This project is to develop some enhancements to the Classroom Presenter application, including better
polling system, more intuitive whiteboard controls, the ability to save documents as powerpoint, as well as
some other various improvements.
Partner: Algonquin College ITS
Principal Investigator: Ed Strange
Students: Kevin Brink; Eric Dodds; Mark Friedrich; Gabriel Martin; Vincent Quirion; Matt Springett
15. SOAPUXI
SOAPUXI is a Service Oriented Architecture implementation designed to provide an API for front end web
applications.
Partner: Paralegals on Wheels; MOGL Small Business Services
Principal Investigator: Christopher Elliott
Students: Scott Covey, Vince Quirion, Cong Tran
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MOGL Small Business Services provides an extra pair of business-savvy hands to small businesses who don’t
have time, capacity or expertise to do all of their work themselves.
Partner: MOGL Small Business Services
Principal Investigator: Linda Philp; Christopher Elliott
Students: Martine Cormier; Matthew Boyd
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17. Happy FROG Farms
22. MicroMetrics - Customer Insight Platform
Happy FROG Farms is a fun, interactive online store where users can pick fruits, vegetables, eggs and
chicken to be assembled by participating farms and picked up at a provided location. The purpose of the
project was to design and develop an online store using an e-commerce platform.
MicroMetrics is a customer intelligence platform that helps offline businesses collect actionable data to make
better decisions. In real-time, businesses can collect, view and analyze responses, using micro surveys via a
mobile device. This creates a powerful feedback loop that gives businesses the ability to respond quickly to
key indicators.
Partner: Happy FROG Farms
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Tyler Klepsch, Marina Milette, Yanrong Zhu, Angel Gallinger
18. Informational Video
Partner: MicroMetrics.
Principal Investigator: Eric McQuiggan
Students: Nahed Abu Hadba; Alexander Butt-Piercey; Mark Collantes; Nigel Elton; Mila Hutchison;
Matt MacLeod; Cristha Sinden-Masson; Andrew McClave
Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario is celebrating their 30th anniversary by creating an informational video.
23. Carrot Search Engine
Partner: Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Muhammad Malik, Majd Dakwar, Francesco Falsetto, Benny Li,Chloe Insley-Galipeau,
Courtney Robert
Carrot is a video-sharing web application that hosts informative videos spanning three minutes or less,
covering a variety of topics. Carrot’s unique way of navigating search results contextualizes videos into
broad categories, while showing interrelationships between similar “Carrots”. Users are encouraged to
explore the Carrot universe and enjoy a new way of visual learning.
19. Interactive Business Navigator (Galileo Navigator)
Partner: Carrot Holdings Canada Inc.
Principal Investigator: Eric McQuiggan
Students: Alex Martin; Nick Pietrantonio; Quentin Bellay
The Galileo Navigator is a web-based data visualization system that displays organizational, financial,
and transferal relationships. By allowing organizations to track their inputs and outputs from both first and
third-party perspectives, Galileo aids in better financial decision making, and organizational awareness.
24. Carrot Video: The Probability of You
Partner: Global Advantage Consulting Group
Principal Investigator: Adam Jarvis; Christopher Elliott
Students: Mark Friedrich; Eric Dodds; Luke Bailey; Jalayna Gaboury; Chris Chan; Jesus Rivera
CARROT will be an advertising­funded online environment where users can learn about a variety of subjects
by watching three minute company produced and crowd­sourced videos. In preparation for its launch the
company is producing a three ­minute prototype video (“Carrot”) titled “The Probability of You.”
20. Condo Compass
Partner: Carrot Holdings Canada Inc.
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Ethan Wallace, Jennifer Shabaga, Nikki Tubongbanua, Rhodz Lamarre, Sarah Campbell, Zabi Noori
Condo Compass is a state-of-the-art web application that drives the activities of condominium management.
It provides an easy venue for accessing information, while offering tools for resolving disagreements and
helping condo communities operate more efficiently.
Partner: 8868662 Canada Inc.
Principal Investigator: Adam Jarvis; Christopher Elliott
Students: Becky Putnam; Tyler Klepsch; Kyle Miron; Kyle Kilbride; Jeff Watson
21. RideShark Mobile Application Development
RideShark is a ride-matching system that allows commuters to quickly and securely find carpool partners. In
this project, we designed and implemented a mobile web application.
Partner: RideShark
Principal Investigator: Su Cheng Lee
Students: Lin Li, HanXuan Zhou, Shoaib Khan
25. Non-intrusive User-oriented Interactive Fall Detection System for seniors
(NUIFDS)
We plan to develop a non-intrusive fall detection prototype with user friendly and simple operation features
to enhance quality of life and provide peace of mind for seniors and their caregivers. We use Interactive Web
application, cloud computing technologies and Linux programming. The project will leverage equipment,
knowledge, and know-how of Algonquin College’s software, embedded systems and healthcare research.
Partner: Zamani Wireless Solutions Inc.
Principal Investigator: Jiehan Zhou
Students: Nitinkumar Jaiswal; Arvinkumar Chavda; Jenish Tailor; Chirag Parihar; Zhiqiang Liu
26. Modelling Tool Wear Failure For Coating Optimization
The project team is working to create a new evaluation procedure for protective coatings on tools.
This includes prototyping a software system able to simplify the model and simulation process as well as
examining interfacial layers and bonding between the coating layer and the substrate.
Partner: Efccts
Principal Investigator: Jiehan Zhou
Students: Christoforo Ienzi; Kevin Randing; Hang Shi; Nitinkumar Jaiswal
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27. Mobile WiMAX Network Utilization for Automatic Road Enforcement
Collisions resulting from red-light running vehicles and vehicles exceeded speed limit tend to be more severe
than other intersection collisions because they usually involve at least one vehicle travelling very quickly. Red
Light Running Detection System and License Plate Recognition system utilizing Mobile WiMAX network can
improve driving behavior.
Partner: EION Wireless
Principal Investigator: Wahab Almuhtadi
Students: Natalia Gorbenko; Emmanuel Jean-Pierre
FULL SPECTRA
CENTRE
28. Going Faster with Community Networks and MPTCP
We present a different model of community networks, one in which donors mesh with each other and can
aggregate Internet access from their peers with their own. To make the speed gains from access aggregation
work for normal internet users, we use Multi-Path TCP (RFC 6824), proxying TCP traffic to MPTCP as needed.
Partner: TELUS
Principal Investigator: Wahab Almuhtadi
Students: Kelvertb Ballantyne
29. Constructing a Bioswale for the Shaw Woods Outdoor Education Centre
The aim of the Shaw Woods Outdoor Education (SWOEC) Bioswale Project is to construct a Bioswale to
filter runoff from the SWOEC parking lot. It is often the case that the natural flow of water and nutrients
is disrupted by anthropocentric activities. This can cause critical changes in the surrounding area and
without some kind of mitigation can be catastrophic to an ecosystem. The Bioswale, which includes three
underground pipes that divert runoff downhill toward a Bioswale (series of native plant species ideal for
filtering potentially harmful material), stone, wood chips, and other base layer materials, is an effort to
protect the surrounding ecosystem, including the Snake River, which is adjacent to the SWOEC, from further
anthropogenic disturbances.
FULL SPECTRA Centre
Algonquin College’s Full Spectra Centre (FSC) supports projects that develop
and commercialize novel hi-tech devices and processes. The focus is on
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as well as lasers and
photonics. The FSC was launched under an NSERC CCI grant and is now in its
fourth year of operation.
Principal Investigator: Sarah Hall
Students: McKenzie Evans, Eric Babin, Kaitlyn Etmanskie
30. Lake Bottom Sediment Sampling on Muskrat Lake
The overall theme of this project is to determine what lies at the bottom of Muskrat Lake. The low-laying
sediment at the bottom of Muskrat Lake could yield some clues as to whether the lake is improving or
degrading. Muskrat Lake is known as a very productive lake with respect to fishing and recreation. Local,
provincial, and federal authorities have, and continue to be, concerned with the state of the lake. Nutrient
loading, primarily phosphorous and nitrogen, from its many tributaries has compromised the integrity of the
lake. The purpose of this project is to collect lake bottom sediment to determine current phosphorous levels,
how much nutrient loading has occurred over time, and whether the lake is naturally eutrophic.
Principal Investigator: Sarah Hall
Students: Derek Robertson, Julie Trus
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Project Managers:
Katherine Richardson
Dr. Theodore Mirtchev
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DESIGN
CENTRE
HEALTH &
WELLNESS
RESEARCH CENTRE
The Design Centre
Health & Wellness RESEARCH Centre
The Design Centre, partially funded by NSERC, is focused on engaging industry
partners in collaborative research projects focused on User Experience (UX)
design. The term “User Experience” is based on the idea that design decisions
should be based on the needs and wants of actual users. At first glance, it seems
self-evident that this should be so. Sadly, in practice this is often not the case.
Fortunately, UX design has evolved so that design decisions are based on how
users perceive, interact with and feel about using any interface used to control
an underlying technology. This applies to user interfaces for desktop computers,
tablets, smartphones, interactive TV’s, and other devices. Design Centre projects
aim to create user interfaces that are simple in concept, conspicuous in value,
and self-evident in operation. Smart companies like Apple know that they can
gain a significant advantage over their competitors by offering a product that
can deliver a superior user experience. In the words of the late Steve Jobs, “It is a
mistake to think that design is just look and feel….Design is how it works.”
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The Algonquin College Health and Wellness Research Centre launched in
January 2013 with a focus on medical devices and technology and funding from
NSERC. The Centre leverages the College’s talented faculty and students to
enable external clients from industry and community partners to develop and
advance innovative health related technologies. The Centre provides access to
a wide mix of disciplines across the college in key areas including Business and
Marketing, Advanced Technology Development, Media and Design and Health
and Community Studies among many others.
Project Manager:
Project Manager:
John Omura
Kevin Holmes
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ConStruction
Research
Centre
APPLIED RESEARCH
AT ALGONQUIN’S
REGIONAL CAMPUSES
CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH Centre
APPLIED RESEARCH AT ALGONQUIN’S REGIONAL CAMPUSES
The focus of the Construction Research Centre is in improving evidence-based
decision making in building design and in developing collaboration tools to better
connect people within the industry to improve process efficiency. The first theme
of focus includes the use of digital sensors to measure a building’s performance
and integrating that information into building models to predict the cost to
maintain and operate the structures. The second theme of focus seeks to address
the need to adopt new technologies within the industry and to connect the many
participants involved in a build.
Algonquin College’s Pembroke and Perth campuses have growing applied
research programs. These campuses bring together College professors and
students with local industries, businesses, and community organizations. Projects
foster sustainable economic development and technology adoption while
providing students real-world experience in their community.
Project Manager:
Project Manager:
Alexander Yang
Kerry Milford
(Perth Campus)
Project Officer:
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Julie Sylvestre
(Pembroke Campus)
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Contact Us
The Office of Applied Research and Innovation at Algonquin College
wishes to thank our valued supporters.
Mark Hoddenbagh
Riccardo Brun del Re
Carmel Larkin
John Omura
Feiran (Tina) Zhou
Kevin Holmes
Acting Executive Director,
Partnerships & Applied Research
phone: 613-727-4723 ext. 3227
email: [email protected]
Administrative Officer
phone: 613-727-4723 ext. 2429
email: [email protected]
Project Coordinator
phone: 613-727-4723 ext. 2522
email: [email protected]
Ashley Boyd
Administrative Assistant
phone: 613-727-4723 ext. 6619
email: [email protected]
Julie Sylvestre
Project Officer (Pembroke Campus)
phone: 613-735-4700 ext. 2666
email: [email protected]
Jane Fitzpatrick
Office Support
phone: 613-735-4723
email: [email protected]
Acting Director,
The Office of Applied Research & Innovation
phone: 613-727-4723 ext. 5004
email: [email protected]
Project Manager (Design Centre)
phone: 613-727-4723 ext. 2996
email: [email protected]
Project Manager
(Health and Wellness Research Centre)
phone: 613-727-4723 ext. 3520
email: [email protected]
Kerry Milford
Project Manager – Perth Campus
phone: 613-267-2859 ext. 5660
email: [email protected]
Katherine Richardson
Project Manager (Full Spectra Centre)
phone: 613-727-4723 ext. 6535
email: [email protected]
Theodore Mirtchev
Project Manager (Full Spectra Centre)
email: [email protected]
Alexander Yang
Project Manager (Construction Research
Centre)
phone: 613-727-4723 ext. 2085
email: [email protected]
For general information, please visit our webpage:
algonquincollege.com/appliedresearch
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