{"id":344,"date":"2008-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-145-assistant-professor-and-aihs-translational-health-chair-in-metabolomics\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:29:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:29:54","slug":"innovation-anthology-145-assistant-professor-and-aihs-translational-health-chair-in-metabolomics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2008\/06\/24\/innovation-anthology-145-assistant-professor-and-aihs-translational-health-chair-in-metabolomics\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #145: Assistant Professor and AIHS Translational Health Chair in Metabolomics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAs peak oil becomesa reality, the world\u2019s attention is turning to Alberta\u2019s vast oil sands deposits.\n<\/p>\n

\nBut current technology can only capture a fraction of the resource.\n<\/p>\n

\nOpen pit mining digs out oil sands near the earth\u2019s surface. Steam injection can access very deep deposits. But there\u2019s still no way to recover the oil sands lying in between.\n<\/p>\n

\nThat\u2019s why mechanical engineer Dr. Mike Lipsett <\/b>has turned his attention to middle earth. His project for the Imperial Oil-Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Oil Sands Innovation<\/b> will look at the use of vibration or sound.\n <\/p>\n


\nDR. MIKE LIPSETT: <\/b> We\u2019re trying to establish the technical feasibility of trying to fragment oil sand very remotely from the surface. The obvious approach to do it is to try a long wall or tunnel boring type of approach which so far hasn\u2019t been viable in an oil sands environment. Because it is expensive capital equipment and also the oil sand itself doesn\u2019t have a whole lot of strength. So we\u2019re trying to use more directed sonic techniques so that we can disrupt the oil sand, make it flow underground to a place where we can mix it with a small amount of water and then pump it to the surface. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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\nThanks today to Alberta Ingenuity<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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\nINNOVATION ANTHOLOGY.COM\n<\/p>\n


\nI’M CHERYL CROUCHER <\/b>\n<\/p>\n

Guest<\/h2>\n

Ian Lewis, PhD, <\/h3>\n

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, <\/h4>\n

Sponsor<\/h2>\n

Alberta Ingenuity<\/a><\/h3>\n

Established in 2000, the Alberta Ingenuity Fund supports science and engineering research of the highest calibre, to create a prosperous future for the province of Alberta. It draws funding from a $1 billion endowment established in 2000 and managed by the Government of Alberta to build the capacity for innovation, especially in areas with long lasting social and economic impact. <\/p>\n

Among its many programs, Alberta Ingenuity supports graduate students and university researchers, industrial research and commercialization partnerships, and has established several Centres and Institutes.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn January 2010, under the new Alberta Innovation Framework, Alberta Ingenuity was restructured and absorbed in the new agency Alberta Innovates Technology Solutions.<\/p>\n

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Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02008-06-24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As peak oil becomes a reality, the world\u2019s attention is turning to Alberta\u2019s vast oil sands deposits. <\/b> Open pit mining digs out oil sands near the earth\u2019s surface. Steam injection can access very deep deposits. But there\u2019s still no way to recover the oil sands lying inbetween. That\u2019s why mechanical engineer Dr. Mike Lipsett <\/b>has turned his attention to middle earth. (Alberta Ingenuity)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,10,12,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alberta-ingenuity","category-energy","category-engineering","category-natural-resources","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/141michael_lipsett.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4461,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/4461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}