OFI partnered with Innovacorp, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Mitacs in Round 5 of the OFI Seed Funds
OFI partnered with Innovacorp to fund the following:
Active Projects:
- Ramón Filgueira - Developing an indicator of bivalve feeding pressure using trophic biomarkers
- Yashar Monfared - Next-Generation Marine Environment Sensors based on Plasmonic Fiber-Optics
OFI partnered with NSERC to fund the following:
Active Projects:
- Miao Zhang - Investigation of Seismicity Offshore Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
- Patrick Gagnon - Advanced capacity for autonomous detection of green sea urchin
(Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)
OFI funded the following:
DAL
Active Projects:
- David Barclay - Acoustic Bait: Attracting Lobster with Sound
- Fadi Oudah - Impact of Rising Sea Level and Changes in Water Salinity due to Global Warming on the Service Life of Coastal Concrete Structures in Nova Scotia
- Hugh MacIntyre - Combining algal and fungal remediation of food-grade waste streams
- Noémie Roy - Building an Ocean Literacy Strategy for Parks Canada
- Sofya Pesternikova - Real-time phytoplankton community classification with optimized spectral fluorescence detection
- Stefanie Colombo - Farmed Atlantic salmon with enhanced tolerance to plant-based diets
- Vincent Sieben - Baited remote underwater video (BRUV) for validating environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding in Canada’s Marine Protected Areas
- Vittorio Maselli - Holocene Tropical Cyclone Variability and Extreme Waves in Atlantic Canada, north of 45° N
MUN
Active Projects:
- Atanu Sarkar - Developing a geospatial analytical tool to assess potential risks posed by landfill leachates and runoffs to the local marine ecosystem
- Desai Shan - Canadian Maritime Welfare Governance System: a Gap Analysis
- Jessika Lamarre - The effects of declining omega-3 fatty acids on avian cognition in a marine ecosystem
- Omidreza Mohammadzadeh - Experimental Study to Assess Effective Remediation in Fractured Heterogeneous Porous Media
- Xili Duan - A Hybrid Ice Protection Technique for Offshore Structures and Marine Vessels in Cold Regions
- Yan Zhang - Optical Biosensors for the Detection and Monitoring of Brominated Flame Retardants in the Marine Environment