Early Stage Commercialization Fund: 2005-2006 Funded Projects

Acadia University
Researcher: Paul Arnold
Project: Compost accelerator and scale-up

Researchers: Jonathon Fowles and Gordon Sleivert
Project: “Sprint profiler” to evaluate sprinting acceleration and speed

Researcher: Scott Follows
Project: Managing to Teach

Researchers: Daniel Silver and André Trudel
Project: Intelligent adaptable plug-in for Microsoft Outlook which captures calendar events from mail (software/commercial)

Researchers: Conor Vibert, Dave Sheehan and Christian Taylor
Project: Management Interview Series Video Database

Researchers: Peter Williams and Michael Robertson
Project: Development of low cost optical spectrometer for student and industrial use

Saint Francis Xavier University
Researchers: David Risk, Lisa Kellman and Hugo Beltrami
Project: Expanding the capabilities of a novel soil gas measurement system

Researchers: David Risk, Lisa Kellman and Hugo Beltrami
Project: Hardware improvements for isotopic and automated methods of measuring soil gas surface flux

Researchers: David Risk, Lisa Kellman and Hugo Beltrami
Project: Applications testing of a novel method and associated device for laboratory milling and homogenization of solid samples

Researcher: Wendy MacCaull
Project: Web-based data processing service for social networks research

Nova Scotia Community College
Researcher: Kelly McKnight
Project: Curriculum development for Activity Aide

Researcher: Michael Boudreau
Project: Short term vessel for neonatal procedures outside of standard incubator

Researchers: Michael Boudreau, Ryan Dias, John Weatherby and Andrew Avery
Project: Intussusception pump

Dalhousie University
Researcher: Mark Stradiotto
Project: Commercially relevant asymmetric chemical transformations

Mount Saint Vincent University
Researcher: Andrew Manning
Project: SIMergency Project Collaborative learning within an emergency response simulation

Saint Mary’s University
Researcher: Robert Douglas Singer
Project: Chelating ionic liquids

Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Researcher: Kris Priski
Project: Ornamental Plant Development for the Atlantic Nursery Trade


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