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Competition Results for the Discovery Accelerator Supplements Program 2016
NSERC is pleased to announce the 2016 competition results for the Discovery Accelerator Supplements Program (DAS).
The DAS Program aims to provide substantial and timely additional resources to accelerate progress and maximize the impact of outstanding research programs. In 2016, NSERC awarded $15 million to 125 applications in the DAS competition. These supplements are valued at $120,000 over three years.
The winners are listed below:
| Researcher | Research Title | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Aamodt, Tor | Energy-Efficient Programmable Accelerators | British Columbia |
| Allen, Susan | The Role of Topography in Cross-Shelf-Break Tracer Exchange | British Columbia |
| Antle, Alissa | Design and Evaluation of a Children's Brain-Computer Application for Learning Self-Regulation | Simon Fraser |
| Balshine, Sigal | Evolution and Mechanisms of Social Behaviour | McMaster |
| Barclay, Paul | Hybrid quantum nanophotonics and optomechanics | Calgary |
| Beh, Christopher | PM-ER Membrane Contact Sites: Regulatory Interfaces for Cell Polarization and Membrane Signalling | Simon Fraser |
| Bellenger, Jean-Philippe | Enzymatic diversity of biological nitrogen fixation in a changing world | Sherbrooke |
| Biron, Pascale | River dynamics and resilience of fluvial systems in perturbed environments | Concordia |
| Bonner, Simon | Hierarchical Modelling of Complex Ecological Data | Western Ontario |
| Borgland, Stephanie | Target dependent effects of peptide signaling in the VTA | Calgary |
| Bussière, Bruno | Alternative materials for engineered covers used to control acid mine drainage | Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| Byun, Soo Hyun | Advanced neutron and gamma-ray detection | McMaster |
| Chan, Timothy | Geometric Data Structures: A Modern Perspective | Waterloo |
| Charpentier, Paul | Self-Assembly of Light Harvesting Films Using Functional Solvents | Western Ontario |
| Cicek, Nazim | Evaluation of Microbial Population Dynamics in Anaerobic Digesters during Stable Operation, Reactor Failure and Performance Recovery | Manitoba |
| Cisek, Paul | Interdisciplinary studies of decision-making and motor planning | Montréal |
| Conati, Cristina | Adaptation and Personalization for Information Visualization | British Columbia |
| Costello, Kevin | The mathematics of the AdS/CFT correspondence | Waterloo |
| Dancause, Numa | The effect of cortical interactions on motor output by the primary motor cortex | Montréal |
| Davis, John | Quantum Optomechanics | Alberta |
| De Ruiter, Anton | Guidance, Control and Dynamics for Asteroid Exploration | Ryerson |
| Delage, Erick | Optimizing decisions in situations with unresolved ambiguity | HEC Montréal |
| Derda, Ratmir | Genetically-encoded libraries of peptide derivatives | Alberta |
| Dickerson, Clark | Mechanistic Characterization of Shoulder Function and Tissue Loading | Waterloo |
| Diedrichsen, Jörn | Uncovering the cortical architecture of motor skill | Western Ontario |
| Donmez, Birsen | Designing Feedback to Support Driver-Automation Coordination | Toronto |
| Dworkin, Ian | Integrating genomics, development and evolution to elucidate the genotype-phenotype map of Drosophila wing morphology | McMaster |
| El-Dakhakhni, Wael | Resilient Reinforced Masonry Buildings: Risk-based System-level Seismic Design Approaches | McMaster |
| Falk, Tiago | Towards next-generation context-aware affective human-machine interfaces | INRS |
| Feeley, Marc | Implementation of Dynamic Programming Languages | Montréal |
| Fontaine, Frédéric-Georges | Exploration of novel paradigms in metal-free catalysis | Laval |
| Fudge, Douglas | Biomechanics and biophysics of anti-predator defence in hagfishes | Guelph |
| Fugelsang, Jonathan | Intuitive and Analytic Contributions to High-Level Cognition | Waterloo |
| Gambs, Sébastien | Protecting location privacy in online and offline contexts | Québec à Montréal |
| Gezerlis, Alexandros | Strongly interacting nucleons | Guelph |
| Ghoshal, Subhasis | Physical and Chemical Transformations of Engineered Nanoparticles: Implications for Environmental Fate in Aquatic Environments | McGill |
| Gillies, Elizabeth | New mechanisms for controlled polymer degradation and their incorporation into functional three-dimensional materials | Western Ontario |
| Gillis, Kathryn | Quantifying the thermal structure and hydrothermal fluid fluxes in the lower oceanic crust | Victoria |
| Gordon, Michael | Taste-independent regulation of nutrient intake in Drosophila. | British Columbia |
| Grahn, Jessica | Mechanisms of rhythm perception | Western Ontario |
| Grecov, Dana | Novel high performance lubricants for industrial and biomedical applications | British Columbia |
| Guo, Pei Jun | Multi-scale modeling of coupled multiphysics processes in geomaterials: Theoretical and experimental study | McMaster |
| Hallé, Sylvain | Enriching system models and verdicts for testing and verification of software systems | Québec à Chicoutimi |
| Hancock, Mark | Game and Interaction Science: Using Principles from Games to Design Novel Interfaces that Compel and Motivate | Waterloo |
| Hatzopoulou, Marianne | Investigating the potential of mobile air quality monitoring in urban areas in the development of real-time air pollution maps and applications to reduce population exposure | Toronto |
| Heinke, Craig | Understanding the Physics of Neutron Star Interiors | Alberta |
| Ho, Pin-Han | Studies on joint source-channel coding approaches for multicast of successfully refined sources | Waterloo |
| Holmes, Reid | Improving Software Quality With Introspective Testing | British Columbia |
| Hong, Hanping | Probabilistic Modeling of Spatio-temporally Varying Natural Hazard and Risk | Western Ontario |
| Hoult, Neil | Monitoring, Understanding and Assessment of Complex Structural Behaviour | Queen's |
| Hu, X. Joan | Statistical Modelling and Inference with Complex Data | Simon Fraser |
| Hubbard, Basil | Towards a toolbox for mammalian gene editing: Removing off-target activity and protein interactions of Cas9 | Alberta |
| Iliuta, Maria Cornelia | Intensified processes for catalytic recycling of waste products | Laval |
| Jamieson, Rob | Development of phosphorus loading control strategies for urbanizing watersheds | Dalhousie |
| Jiang, Ning | Signal Processing of Electromyography with Bayesian Framework for Next Generation Motion Integration Human Machine Interface | Waterloo |
| Jiang, Liying | A Study on Dynamic Performance of Dielectric Elastomer-based Structures for Electromechanical Transducer and Waveguide Applications | Western Ontario |
| Johnson, Marc | Mechanisms and Evolution of Plant Defence Against Herbivores | Toronto |
| Kietzig, Anne-Marie | Laser-assisted fabrication and stability of superomniphobic surfaces | McGill |
| Kim, Woo Soo | Synergistic Evolution from 2D to 3D Printed Electronics with Versatile Nano-composite Material Systems | Simon Fraser |
| King, Valerie | Algorithm Design for Large Graphs and Communications Networks | Victoria |
| Landhäusser, Simon | Role of carbon reserves in tree and forest mortality | Alberta |
| Larson, Kyle | Convergence accommodation and kinematics in orogenic systems | British Columbia |
| Le, Long | Adaptive wireless access techniques for cloud-based heterogeneous cellular networks | INRS |
| Lévesque, Martin | Aerospace composites mechanical damage prediction through multi-scale modelling | École Polytechnique de Montréal |
| Lian, Keryn | Advanced Solid Flexible Energy Storage Materials and Devices | Toronto |
| Lin, Jimmy | Modeling Time, Space, and Networks for Effective and Efficient Information Retrieval | Waterloo |
| Lundholm, Jeremy | An ecological approach to green roof ecosystem functioning | Saint Mary's |
| Lutscher, Frithjof | Population and community dynamics in complex environments | Ottawa |
| Ma, Bin | Bioinformatics Algorithms and Software for Proteomics | Waterloo |
| Macdonald, Colin | Numerical Computing on Evolving Domains | British Columbia |
| MacDougall, Andrew | Plant-Environment Relationships in an Anthropogenic World | Guelph |
| MacNeil, Lesley | Coordination of metabolic and signal transduction pathways | McMaster |
| Mahajan, Aditya | Decentralized stochastic control: information structures, communication, and learning | McGill |
| Maier, Martin | Bringing the Cloud to the Edge in FiWi Enhanced Networks | INRS |
| Malcolm, Alison | Sensing Cracks in the Earth Using Multiple Scattering and Nonlinear Elasticity | Memorial Univ. of Nfld |
| Martin, James | Cold Rydberg atoms | Waterloo |
| Mayor, Thibault | Analysis of the proteostasis network and the thermostability of the proteome | British Columbia |
| McCormick, Cheryl | ADOLESCENCE: A SENSITIVE PERIOD FOR SHAPING THE ADULT SOCIAL BRAIN | Brock |
| Mesbah, Ali | Analyzing Tests for Correctness, Adequacy, and Effectiveness | British Columbia |
| Monaghan, Jacqueline | Mechanisms regulating plant immune homeostasis | Queen's |
| Mori, Gregory | Structured Models for Human Activity Recognition | Simon Fraser |
| Morrissey, Christy | Contaminant-induced impacts on avian migration: evaluating cue perception, fuelling and orientation | Saskatchewan |
| Murphy, Jennifer | Photo-oxidation and multiphase reactions of atmospheric reduced nitrogen | Toronto |
| Naccache, Rafik | Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials | Concordia |
| Nair, Prasanth Balagopal | Computational methods for modeling and design of complex engineering systems under uncertainty | Toronto |
| Nantel, Julie | Functional role of arm motion on gait stability and balance recovery. | Ottawa |
| Neustaedter, Carman | Supporting Shared Family Experiences with Mobile Media Spaces | Simon Fraser |
| Nitz, Mark | Small Molecule Probes for Chemical Biology | Toronto |
| Norris, Ryan | Population dynamics and conservation of animals in seasonal environments | Guelph |
| Orsat, Valérie | Functional ingredients for a healthy food industry | McGill |
| Palazzo, Alexander | Dissecting the differences between mRNA translation on the ER and in the cytoplasm in human cells | Toronto |
| Pan, Jianping | Topology Control for Computer Networks | Victoria |
| Parraga, Grace | Inhaled gas and Ultra-short/zero-echo time MRI of pulmonary airways and airspaces for modelling the morphometry and biomechanical properties of pulmonary parenchyma and airways | Western Ontario |
| Picard, Mathieu | Oilless Piston Engines | Sherbrooke |
| Piercey-Normore, Michele | Evolution of lichen-forming fungi, algae, and secondary metabolites | Manitoba |
| Pratt, Derek | Free Radical Oxidation: Taking the Battle from Fossil Fuel-Derived Products to Living Matter | Ottawa |
| Rice, Gregory | Estimation and Inference in Functional Time Series Analysis | Waterloo |
| Rival, David | Measurement and Analysis of Unsteady Flows Using a Lagrangian Framework | Queen's |
| Rossman, Benjamin | Average-Case Lower Bounds in Boolean Circuit Complexity | Toronto |
| Rowland, Owen | Plant surface lipid barriers: biosynthesis, regulation and protective functions | Carleton |
| Scarpella, Enrico | Coordination of cell polarity in plant tissues | Alberta |
| Shah, Girish | Multiple roles of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 in mammalian nucleotide excision repair | Laval |
| Smith, Stephen | Real-Time Motion Planning for Complex Robotic Tasks | Waterloo |
| Soleymani, Leyla | Development of photoelectrochemical DNA biosensors based on plasmonic/photoelectrochemcial interactions | McMaster |
| Stebila, Douglas | Quantum-safe cryptography for the Internet | McMaster |
| Stellwagen, David | Glial regulation of synaptic plasticity | McGill |
| Stoeber, Boris | Characterization of non-Newtonian fluids at small length scales | British Columbia |
| Swamy, Chaitanya | Algorithm Design in Strategic and Uncertain Environments | Waterloo |
| Tait, Kimberly | Phosphate minerals: a window into terrestrial planetary formation history | Toronto |
| Thomas, Hugh | Combinatorial aspects of representation theory and geometry | Québec à Montréal |
| Thywissen, Joseph | The Emergence of Order in Ultracold Quantum Gases | Toronto |
| Turner, Elizabeth | Lower Paleozoic stratigraphic architecture of the Cornwallis District and associated areas, Canadian high Arctic | Laurentian |
| Verma, Manish | Disruption and recovery/ resilience, and safety issues in freight transportation | McMaster |
| Voogt, James | Thermal anisotropy of urban areas | Western Ontario |
| Wachs, Anthony | Multi-scale modelling of reactive particulate flows | British Columbia |
| Wang, Wilson Quansheng | Online Condition Monitoring of Electric Machines | Lakehead |
| Wang, Feiyue | Arctic marine cryospheric chemistry | Manitoba |
| Weir, Jason | The biogeographic drivers and genomic architecture of speciation in Amazonian birds | Toronto |
| Wells, Mathew | Transport and mixing of particles in stratified environmental flows. | Toronto |
| Wolkowicz, Gail | Formulation and Analysis of Nonlinear Mathematical Models with Applications to Population Dynamics | McMaster |
| Xing, Malcolm (Mengqiu) | Development of stabilized environmentally sensitive polymeric nanoparticles | Manitoba |
| Yang, Jun | Developing a 3D Co-printing Technology for Fabrication of Monolithic Microelectromechanical Systems | Western Ontario |
| Zaremberg, Vanina | Phosphatidic Acid Biosynthesis and Signalling in Eukaryotes | Calgary |
| Zechel, David | From Genes to Molecules: Mining Bacterial Genomes for New Enzyme Reactions | Queen's |
| Zhao, Yiqiang | Modelling, Performance, and Control of Queues for Wireless Networks and Other Applications | Carleton |