SFU researchers help defend Canada with winning innovation projects

To help solve science and technology challenges posed by Canada’s Department of Defence, Simon Fraser University researchers submitted 10 projects to the IDEaS program and an astounding five were accepted. These funded projects—awarded over $900,000 in total—reinforce SFU’s national impact and commitment to research that benefits society.

While defence and security can bring to mind violence, war, terrorism and xenophobia, the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program is a call for proposals to address a different set of challenges. For example, how can the safety of personnel be ensured? Are there ways to navigate surroundings in the absence of a Global Positioning System (GPS)? Can lightweight equipment be built to detect hazards?

Researchers from SFU’s Faculty of Science and Faculty of Applied Sciences successfully proposed relevant solutions to the following five complex problems.

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