<![CDATA[Mohawk College Newsroom]]> https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/ en-us Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:12:29 +0200 Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:02:57 +0100 <![CDATA[Mohawk College Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/ 144 2016-2017 ARIE funded projects showcase Mohawk’s commitment to partnerships and innovation https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/2016-2017-arie-funded-projects-showcase-mohawks-commitment-to-partnerships-and-innovation/ https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/2016-2017-arie-funded-projects-showcase-mohawks-commitment-to-partnerships-and-innovation/141156At Mohawk College, we believe that we will always do better when we work with others.

That’s why this year’s Applied Research and Innovation in Education (ARIE) funded projects involve over 27 different industry, academic, and community partners.

The 2016-2017 cohort of researchers prove that collaboration is the key to creating better learning opportunities for Mohawk students, creating stronger opportunities for environmental sustainability, and generating innovative solutions that can solve industry and community challenges.

With these applied research, innovation in education and program quality projects, Mohawk will continue to redefine the concept of campus and classroom, with partnerships playing out everywhere from brownfield sites in Hamilton and Burlington, to a multi-sensory Snoezelen Room, to local a local software coding club and even, in virtual and augmented reality.

In total, Mohawk will be investing $150,000 of funding in support of faculty innovation.

The following projects have been funded:

Supporting innovation in industry and in our community

Project: Waste heat recycling and LED lighting
Project Lead: Zhenyu (Frank) Zhao, Electrical Engineering
Dean: Tony Thoma
Associate Dean: Elizabeth Pietrantonio
Academic Partner: McMaster University

Project: Physiological impact of multi-sensory environments
Project Lead: Kaela Miller, Human Services
Dean: Paul Armstrong
Associate Dean: Neil McMahon
Community Partners: Community Living Agencies, Brain Injury Services Hamilton, Building Blocks Speech Pathology, Early Words: Blind Low Vision Program, Rigel Homes, and Christian Horizon.

Supporting environmental sustainability

Project: Brownfields testing and remediation
Project Lead: Chris McCrory, Chemical Engineering
Dean: Tony Thoma
Associate Dean: George Miltenburg
Industry and Community Partners: Hamilton Port Authority, Royal Botanical Gardens, and CICAN.

Project: Isolation and Identification of psychrophilic (or psychrotolerant) microbes from Canadian soil and lake samples
Project Lead: Athanasios (Ethan) Paschos, Chemical Engineering
Dean: Tony Thoma
Associate Dean: George Miltenburg
Industry Partner: Tri-Phase Group

Project: Comparative testing of restored and new windows for energy efficiency
Project Lead: Shannon Kyles, Architecture
Dean: Tony Thoma
Associate Dean: Dan Havercroft
Community Partner: Architectural Conservancy of Ontario

Supporting teaching and learning

Project: Explore the use of Microsoft HoloLens technology as an assistive device for online and classroom learning
Project Lead: Richard Tasse and Henry Lammers, Electrical Apprenticeship
Dean: Tony Thoma
Associate Dean: Wayne Ostermaier
Industry Partners: Microsoft HoloLens and Unity 3D

Project: Using virtual reality to create visual content in Media and Entertainment programs
Project Lead: Tracey Kadish, Broadcasting Television
Dean: Alison Horton
Associate Dean: Kurt Muller
Industry Partners: Secret Location and William F. White International Inc.

Project: Develop a mathematical model to study the evolution of multi-drug resistant bacteria
Project Lead: Nasim Muhammad, Mathematics
Dean: Tony Thoma
Associate Dean: Dan Havercroft
Academic Partner: McMaster University

Project: Improving the teaching of early computer programming
Project Lead: Kevin Browne, Software Engineering
Dean: Tony Thoma
Associate Dean: Elizabeth Pietrantonio
Academic and Community Partners: Hamilton Code Club, IEC Hamilton, and McMaster University.

Project: Foursight assessment with MSLA
Project Lead: Christine Boyko-Head, Interdisciplinary Studies and Elyse Pipitone, Student Services
Dean: James Vanderveken
Associate Dean/Manager: Gary Jennings and Rochelle Reid
Academic and Industry Partners: Creative Education Foundation, Creative Problem Solving Institute at SUNY Buffalo, the International Centre for Studies in Creativity at SUNY, and Foursight LLC.

Project: Student reflection on practice (Multi-disciplinary approach)
Project Lead: Chris McCrory, Chemical Engineering
Dean: Tony Thoma
Associate Dean: George Miltenburg

Project: Intercultural experiential simulation course
Project Lead: Michelle Turan, Child and Youth Services
Dean: Paul Armstrong
Associate Dean: Neil McMahon
Academic and Industry Partners: Humla Fund (Nepal), Global Autism Project (New York City), SOREM (India), and Cross Cultural Solutions (Guatemala)

Project: Enhancing student learning and experience through interprofessional faculty and students collaboration on blended learning
Project Lead: Nancy Matthew-Maich, Collaborative Nursing
Dean: Paul Armstrong
Associate Dean: Donna Rawlins
Academic: McMaster University

Project: Create video vignettes to portray common behavioural interventions​
Project Lead: Laura Adlington​, Autism and Behavioural Science Program
Dean: Paul Armstrong
Associate Dean: Neil McMahon

Project: An Interprofessional Education Event for Health Sciences
Project Lead: Mary Allen, Collaborative Nursing and Brooke Malstrom, OTA/PTA
Dean: Paul Armstrong
Associate Deans: Donna Rawlin and Lori Koziol
Industry Partner: Hamilton Health Sciences

Project: An educational model to support the career needs of young professionals
Project Lead: Evan Divalentio, Continuing Education
Dean: Alison Horton
Industry Partner: Hamilton HIVE

Project: Incorporating 3D printing into a collaborative-based curriculum in Visual Arts
Project Lead: Christopher Reid Flock & Duncan Aird, Continuing Education
Dean: Alison Horton

Project: Student success initiatives retention plan
Project Lead: Catharine Ozols, Centre for Teaching and Learning
Manager: Cebert Adamson

Project: Redesign of a Chemical Engineering Laboratory course
Project Lead: Greg Matzke, Chemical Engineering
Dean: Tony Thoma
Associate Dean: George Miltenburg
Industry Partners: Xerox Canada and Apotex Pharmachem

This is the second year that the ARIE Fund will support faculty and staff research and innovation activities at Mohawk College. ARIE projects are funded by the Vice President Academic and managed by iDeaWORKS.

Want to learn more about the projects? They will be profiled throughout the year at www.mohawknewsdesk.ca.

]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:17:00 -0400 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1499/500_mohawkbuilding-h_5430.jpg?25276 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1499/mohawkbuilding-h_5430.jpg?25276 ARIE Fund project is bringing Design Thinking and Creative Problem Solving to the college https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/arie-fund-project-is-bringing-design-thinking-and-creative-problem-solving-to-the-college/ https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/arie-fund-project-is-bringing-design-thinking-and-creative-problem-solving-to-the-college/99344Christine Boyko-Head is working on a project to incorporate design thinking and creative problem solving in the program quality review process. Christine Boyko-Head is working on a project to incorporate design thinking and creative problem solving in the program quality review process.

Christine Boyko-Head wants to change the way we think about our college.

Boyko-Head is from Mohawk’s Centre for Teaching and Learning and is involved with the program review process at the college. She’s received funding from the Applied Research and Innovation in Education (ARIE) Fund to incorporate design thinking and creative problem solving in the program quality review process. She calls it “Designing4Engagement”.

Design Thinking and Parnes/Osborne Creative Problem Designing4Engagement is an exploration of Design Thinking and Creative Problem Solving to enrich faculty and stakeholder engagement in the post-secondary program quality review process. Program review is a systematic, ongoing process intended to positively impact educational quality within a program and across an institution. Integrating Design Thinking and Creative Problem Solving frameworks into the process aims to increase, enhance and enrich stakeholder participation in and ownership of the development and implementation of innovative actionable opportunities.

This project will be undertaken during Mohawk’s 2015/2016 Program Quality Review and will initiate a research collaboration with the Creative Education Foundation (Scituate, MA) and Creative Problem Solving Institute (SUNY Buffalo).

The project aims to generate added value to the program review process at Mohawk College by providing a dynamic, transferable approach to stakeholder involvement, curriculum design and institutional revitalization, specifically in the curation, management and implementation of program review findings.

For more information about the project, contact Mohawk’s Applied Research and Innovation department, iDeaWORKS at andrea.johnson4@mohawkcollege.ca]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:15:30 -0500 https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png?10000 https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png?10000 ARIE Fund project pushing for an authentic real-world approach. https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/arie-fund-project-pushing-for-an-authentic-real-world-approach/ https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/arie-fund-project-pushing-for-an-authentic-real-world-approach/99327McKeil School of Business professor Lisa Pegg is investigating how to integrate case-scenario and case-simulation teaching in Ontario Graduate Certificate programs. McKeil School of Business professor Lisa Cuncic-Pegg is investigating how to integrate case-scenario and case-simulation teaching in Ontario Graduate Certificate programs.

Real-world thinking requires real-world teaching- and McKeil School of Business professor Lisa Cuncic-Pegg is on the job to make it happen.

Cuncic-Pegg has been awarded funding from the Applied Research and Innovation in Education (ARIE) Fund to investigate how to integrate case-simulation and case-scenario teaching in Ontario Graduate Certificate programs.

Her ARIE project will explore the implementation of the case-simulation and case-scenario teaching and learning methodology within one of Mohawk’s post-graduate certificate programs. These teaching methods support an authentic, real-world approach to developing professional skills and promote a strong connection with industry partners.

This project will support the adoption of case-simulation and case-scenario teaching in other graduate certificate programs and will develop support materials to facilitate further implementation of this teaching strategy.]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:30:55 -0400 https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png?10000 https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png?10000