Welcome to the University of Calgary

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Welcome to the University of Calgary
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Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology
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Change the World

• To change the world requires the efforts of only
  a few dedicated and thoughtful people.
• Demotivators - Despair, Inc

• It is a short trip from riding the waves of
  change and being torn apart by the jaws of
  defeat
• Demotivators - Despair, Inc

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Mission, Vision Significance

• New initiative within the Faculty of Engineering
  at the University of Calgary to create a new
  paradigm for engineering research.
• Culture and a philosophy for doing
  multidisciplinary research.
• CCIT is a magnet that attracts the best students
  and researchers
• CCIT is a catalyst for technological innovations
  that lead to new tools and highly qualified
  people for the new economy of the 21st century

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Philosophy
Philosophy

• A new environment for multidisciplinary
  collaborative research that transcends the
  traditional barriers of engineering research.
• Sophisticated, world class laboratories will be
  shared by researchers from engineering, medicine,
  kinesiology, the sciences, environmental design
  and computer science.

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Multi-disciplinary Research in Action
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Strategic Issues
CCIT
Resource Development
Health of the Aging Population
Environmental Impact
Deteriorating Infrastructure
Next Generation Intelligent Technologies
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Research Themes
ResearchThemes

• Bioengineering
• Intelligent Technologies
• Sustainable Infrastructure
• Natural Resource Technologies

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Research Focus Bioengineering

• Bioengineering for Enhanced Healthcare

• Potential treatment of Parkinsons, Alzheimers
  and Multiple Sclerosis with neural stem cells
• Novel solutions to joint injuries
• Development of imaging and numerical tools for
  coordinated diagnosis, analysis, modeling and
  characterization of disease and treatment
  evaluation

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Bioengineering

• Osteoarthritis
• Risk assessment, intervention, prevention and
  treatment of
• Scoliosis
• Diagnosing and monitoring
• Spinal motion
• Quantifying relative motion
• Osteoporosis
• Better diagnosis and treatment of the disease

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Research Focus Intelligent Technologies

• Satellite-based navigation and applications
• Intelligent Drilling
• Manufacturing technologies for preliminary design
  stage

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Intelligent Technologies

• Navigation
• Rapid Prototyping
• System on a Chip
• Clean Room

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System on a Chip (SoC)
A hearing aid Completely in the Canal
A hearing aid chip
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Research Focus Sustainable Infrastructure

• Smart structures
• Embedded Sensors
• Real time monitoring
• Testing of full size structural elements
• Building codes
• Remediation methodologies

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Research Focus Natural Resources

• Energy self-sufficiency through economic recovery
  of oil sand deposits in environmentally conscious
  method
• Sensor systems and modeling tools for real time
  control of chemical processes
• Cost-effective technologies for remediation of
  contaminated water and soils

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Natural Resources Laboratories

• EnCana Hydrocarbon Production Laboratory
• Harsh Environment Scan Laboratory
• Shell Canada Drilling Laboratory
• BP Air Injection Laboratory
• EnCana Parallel Simulation Laboratory
• Analytical Laboratory
• Schlumberger iCentre

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Schlumberger iCentre

• 3-D Visualization Cave
• Real Time Simulation
• State of the Art

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A New Era in Visualization
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Visualization Benefits

• Solving larger and more complex problems
• Visualizing large data sets, in greater detail,
  with better interactivity
• Gaining new insights on today's and tomorrow's
  problems

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Visualization Benefits

• Accelerate data access and computation lessen
  the time it takes to find solutions to problems
• Transform large data into conceptual models that
  can be explored in simulation
• Promote real-time, multidisciplinary
  collaboration
• Fuel scientific advancement, innovation, and
  discovery

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Every research and development project is a
race against time...
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CCIT Partnership in Research

• Increase the visibility of research in the
  market
• Focused on Priority Research areas
• Communication Collaboration with Industry
• Publicizing research and technology use with
  Industry

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CCIT Commitment to Innovation Discovery

• Deliver industry leading technologies in High
  Performance computing, visualization and data
  management
• Offer a full suite of services that ensure
  success and allow a focus on science and
  engineering research
• Create partnerships with the leaders in research
  industry

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Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology

• Together We Lead