{"id":297346,"date":"2021-12-15T22:02:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T03:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/?p=297346"},"modified":"2025-04-02T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:20:59","slug":"innovation-york-commercialization-fellowship-awards-three-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2021\/12\/15\/innovation-york-commercialization-fellowship-awards-three-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation York Commercialization Fellowship awards three students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Fellows will receive $7,500 of funding in addition to education on intellectual property and commercialization, exposure to industry\/community partners relevant to their field of study, and an experiential learning opportunity. Fellows will be supported by a series of educational activities, including workshops and seminars, and expected to complete tasks to enhance their commercial awareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aref Soltani Tehrani<\/strong>, MSc candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering Tehrani is developing a fast, one-step method of fabricating Graphene Oxide-based transient Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags with attractive electrical and mechanical properties to overcome the issues of environmental pollution caused by the presence of hazardous, xenobiotic (human-made) materials in different daily use products. RFID tags are smart tags widely used in various devices like TTC day-pass tickets, smart cards, packaging industry, etc. However, the non-eco-friendly materials (mostly chemical-based materials and plastics) used in conventional tags have been contributing to the increasing environmental pollution. RFID tags developed by Aref can be easily dispersed into the water due to the inherent eco-friendliness of the sole constituent material, Graphene Oxide, thereby reducing a significant amount of electronic waste. Based on the industrialization merits of the technology (cost-effective, mass productive, facile, and reproducibility), this invention would have wide applicability in different industries including but not limited to sensors, packaging, and flexible electronics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Artem Solovey<\/strong>, MSc candidate, Department of Civil Engineering Solovey is developing an advanced matchmaking algorithm with a vision to have ridesharing and freight delivery as one integrated system across the globe. His algorithm enables private vehicles to deliver both people and packages on route to the same destination with a slight detour and highest utility for all users to solve a problem in the efficiency and sustainability of in-person and package deliveries. Artem\u2019s algorithm can be used by companies to create an efficient way to simultaneously manage people\u2019s transportation as well as inbound and outbound packaging deliveries with one integrated system, resulting in major cost savings. He is looking forward to applying his matchmaking algorithm for the first time to support the development of YuRide<\/a>, a ridesharing system designed exclusively for York campus communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carmen Victor<\/strong>, postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cinema and Media Arts
Supervisor: Reza Rizvi<\/strong>, assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Supervisors: Kevin Gingerich<\/strong>, assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering; and Mehdi Nourinejad<\/strong>, assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Supervisor: Mary Bunch<\/strong>, assistant professor, Department of Cinema and Media Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n