Archives: ICUREUS

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Profile: Engineering-Physics Student

Pete Neathway聽is an I-CUREUS participant in the Engineering-Physics program, assisting Professor Ye's 鈥淣ovel Materials for, and Approaches to, the Design of Microphotonic Devices鈥� project. On his project and I-CUREUS, he says: Having the opportunity to build on one鈥檚 education in a practical setting truly solidifies both the understanding... More

Friday, August 31, 2018

Profile: Aerospace Student

Jason Hlang is an I-CUREUS participant in the Aerospace Stream B program. He assisted Professor Laliberte on the project "Conversion of RC aircraft into UAVs for work as flying laboratories and geophysical survey platforms."   Through this project, Jason had the opportunity to聽to gain experience working with composite materials, designing... More

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Profile: Psychology Student

Meaghan Shaw is an I-CUREUS participant in the Psychology program, assisting Professor Milyavskaya's "The Differential Effects of Ego Depletion and Boredom on Task Performance" project. She says: I am very thankful I got the opportunity with I-CUREUS this semester as it really allowed me to learn so many knew things about research that I... More

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Profile: Health Science Student

Sara Siddiqi is an I-CUREUS participant in the Health Science program, assisting Professor Salmaso's "Examining the Effects of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 on Perineuronal Nets" project. This involves investigating how PNNs are altered in both the cortex and hippocampus of FGF2KO and wildtype (WT) mice treated with a FGF2 injection. Of her... More

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Apply to I-CUREUS!

The application form for the 2017-2018 I-CUREUS Program is now open and available to applicants. Please refer to the general information for I-CUREUS should you wish to see what's new this year and for information about the program. Note: applications take a minimum of 3-weeks to process. No applicants should plan to start their... More

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Celebrating Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate research is alive and well at 杏吧原创 and growing steadily each year! The Discovery Centre was pleased to host an undergraduate conference on March 30th to celebrate the work completed by participants of the Centre's I-CUREUS and Badar Travel Award programs. The students concise presentations were well received, by an audience of... More

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Undergraduate Research Conference Schedule

Join us from 2-4pm in聽the Discovery Centre   Our conference will feature an "IKEA-walk" through our student exhibitors. Follow the tape on the floor to wander through a forest of posters. In parallel, individual students will present their work in a 5-minute presentation in tandem. Listen to their experience and ask them questions about... More

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Supervisor Feedback

Thank you to all who have participated in I-CUREUS over the past year. As a fund matching program, I-CUREUS would not be possible without the supervisors who take student research assistants under their wings. Whether you've supported an I-CUREUS student just once or in consecutive past years please provide us with your feedback. To... More

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Profile: Engineering, Biomedical and Mechanical I-CUREUS Participant

What is your project about and what is your role as a researcher? I joined a group of graduate students who are aiming at enhancing aerosol drug delivery systems, mainly for pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDI), commonly known as asthma inhalers. My role was to investigate deposition of salbutamol sulphate inside a cylindrical asthma spacer... More

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Profile: Biology Major I-CUREUS Participant

I love the I-CUREUS program! It has allowed me to conduct research on the field that I love the most: Genetics. With the help of Dr. Owen Rowland, I am researching how plants behave when certain genes are missing. The understanding of how these genes affect the development of plants can offer new possibilities... More

Monday, January 25, 2016

Profile: Neuroscience Major I-CUREUS Participant

As an I-CUREUS participant I worked in Dr. Matt Holahan's lab under the supervision of one of his graduate students, Niko. My role was to assist Niko with聽animal training and processing of nervous system tissue in the interest of completing his master's thesis. My I-CUREUS project, from Fall 2014 to Winter 2015, was a... More

Monday, January 25, 2016

Profile: Food Science and Nutrition Student

Stephanie Defillipe is an I-CUREUS participant in the Food Science and Nutrition program, assisting in Dr. Avis鈥� research in the field of food microbiology.聽She says: I-CUREUS has allowed me to learn and experience new things at school outside of the typical classroom setting! My project was based on extracting and identifying certain... More

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