Applied Research Day 2017

May 25th, 2017

This year, Research and Innovation celebrates 10 years of applied research. Innovative work being done across the college was celebrated at Applied Research Day 2017, a special event at Waterfront Campus. The event included student and faculty awards presentations, industry and student panels and demonstrations of some projects happening across the college.

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HIGHLIGHTS

APPLIED RESEARCH DAY 2016

Innovation Awards

Research Mentor of the Year Awards

Candace Rambert, Culinary Technologist, Food Innovation & Research Studio (FIRST)

Guy Matorin, Professor, Centre for Arts, Design & Information Technology: Digital Media Design and Development Specialist

Nastaran Dadashi, Professor/Co-ordinator Centre for Arts, Design and Information Technology: Interaction Design & Dev

Student Researcher of the Year Awards

Yitzhak Yaacov (Jacob) Anhang
Angelo Del Zotto School of Construction Management, CCET
Project: BIRD Construction

Nicolas Arevalo
Angelo Del Zotto School of Construction Management, CCET
Project: BIRD Construction

Jeremy Walker
Advanced Diploma Interaction Design and Development, CADIT
Project: Crisis Planning Online

Alyssa da Silva
Culinary Skills – Chef Training, CHCA
FIRSt (numerous projects)

Priyanca Patel
Culinary Management -Nutrition, CHCA
FIRSt (numerous projects)

Olga Ni
Culinary Management -Nutrition, CHCA
FIRSt (numerous projects)

Shing Leung
Graphic Design Program, CADIT
Project: Invent Dev

Emma Mogyorodi
Lisa Hobman
Nicola Maguire
Leah Bathwaite
Yeh Uhn Park
School of Early Childhood Education, HSCS
Project: Toys or Tools Research Team

Agenda

9:45-9:50	Welcome: from Dawn Davidson, Associate Vice President, Research & Innovation
9:50 -9:55	Update on startGBC
10-10:20	Keynote \| The Next Ten Huda Idrees, Founder, Dot Health. Previously, Chief Product Officer at Wealthsimple, Product and Design at Wave and Wattpad.
10:20-25	Special Announcement
10:20-10:35	Research Vignettes: Design for the Smart Economy Elise Hodson \| Chair, School of Design, GBC Saeed Zeinali \| Co-founder, TranQool
10:35 -10:50	Research Vignettes: Product Development Exchange James McIntyre \| Professor, Mechanical Engineering, George Brown College Kevin Mercer \| CEO, RainGrid Inc.
10:50-11:10	The Next Ten: Social Innovation Panel Moderator: Diana Facchini \| Senior Manager, Research & Innovation Panelists: Amy Symington \| Professor/Chef, Center for Hospitality and Culinary Arts, GBC Jaswant Bawja \| Professor, Centre for Preparatory and Liberal Studies, GBC Jonathan Callegher \| Professor, School of Marketing, GBC
11:10-11:25	Research Vignettes: Food & Beverage Innovation Tricia Ryan \| Director, FIRSt Manuel Murillo \| Hermanos Gazpachos
11:25-11:40	Research Vignettes: Building Information Modeling Clint Kissoon \| Chair, School of Architectural Studies & Angelo Del Zotto School of Construction Management Steve Nonis \| Turner Fleischer Architects Inc.
11:40-12	Research Vignettes \| FASHION EXCHANGE Marilyn McNeil-Morin \| Acting Director, Fashion Exchange
12-12:20	Anne Sado introduces and awards the Research Mentor of the Year Awards
12:20-30	Chancellor Sally Horsfell Eaton introduces and awards the Student Researcher of the Year Awards
12:30	Closing Remarks
12:30	Showcase floor open

Thank you for another great year of applied research, from everyone at Research and Innovation!