Grants

Name(s) of Grant/Contract Holder(s) Support Type, Title of Proposal and Funding Source Amount (or Amount/Year)
$
Years of Tenure
Mandelis A. “Development of advanced dynamic imaging technologies for biomedical diagnostics and

industrial non-destructive testing”

NSERC Discovery Grant

77,000/year April 2015 – March 2020
Mandelis A.

(Supporting company: Alcohol Countermeasures Systems)

“Development of a photothermal non-invasive in-vehicle alcohol detection biosensor- II”

OCE-NSERC VIP-II (NSERC CRD Component)

142,856 April 2015 – March 2017
Mandelis A.

(Supporting company: Alcohol Countermeasures Systems)

“Development of a photothermal non-invasive in-vehicle alcohol detection biosensor- I”

OCE-NSERC VIP-II (OCE Component)

242,856 April 2015 – March 2017
Maldague X. (PI), Mandelis A., Viens M, and Maev R. “CREATE NSERC Innovative Program on NDT (NonDestructive Testing)”

NSERC CREATE Grant (Proposal submitted)

1,132,000 Sept. 2015 –
Mandelis A.

(Supporting company: Alcohol Countermeasures Systems)

“Noninvasive In-Vehicle Alcohol Detection Biosensor”

NSERC Engage Grant

25,000 Sept. 2013 – February 2014
Mandelis A. “Wavelength-Modulated Differential Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (WM-DPAS) Imager for very early detection of breast cancer”,

Samsung Electronics, Korea, research contract (GRO)

149,299 November 2013 – October 2014
Mandelis A.

(Supporting company: Pratt and Whitney Canada Corp. (PWC))

“Dynamic non-destructive thermographic imaging of nanocoating flaws in the Canadian aerospace

Industry”

NSERC Engage Grant

25,000 April – Sept. 2013
Mandelis A. (Nominated Principal Applicant); Foster S. (Principal Applicant) “Hybrid (Co-registered) Intravascular Imaging Technology of Coronary Atherosclerosis using Wavelength-Modulated Differential Photoacoustic Radar and Ultrasonic Tomography”

CHRP (CIHR-NSERC) Grant

269,721/yr (avg.) April 2013- March 2016.
Mandelis Andreas

(with Stackpole International)

“Non-Destructive Imaging of Manufacturing Flaws in Industrial Automotive Powder Metallurgy Green and

Sintered Parts using a Novel IR Thermal-Wave Radar Technology”

NSERC Strategic Project Grant

134,500/yr (avg.) October 2012 – Sept. 2015
Mandelis Andreas (PI),

F. Gu (Univ. of Waterloo)

“Ultrasonic (US) Imager for enhanced resolution, contrast, and fast patient screening via co-registration with photoacoustic-radar tomographic (PART) imaging of breast cancer”
NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI)
139,739 April 2011 – March 2012
Mandelis Andreas “Dental filling interface caries detection using photothermal padiometry and modulated luminescence”

Quantum Dental Technologies, Inc.

15,167 March 2010-April 2011
Mandelis Andreas “Research and development of two analytical instrumentation techniques: Photoacoustic-luminescence (PTA-LUM) radar/sonar and photothermal-luminescence (PTR-LUM) radar for early osteoporotic bone loss and density variation diagnosis”.

Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship

70,000/yr Sept. 2010 – August 2012
Mandelis Andreas Development of advanced photoacoustic, photothermal and photocarrier techniques and biosensors for biomedical, dental and optoelectronic diagnostics

NSERC Discovery Grant

60,000/yr April 1, 2010 – March 31, 1015
A. Mandelis (PI), A. Vitkin, S. Telenkov The Photoacoustic Radar: Photothermoacoustic scanning tomography (PHAST) for early detection of breast cancer

NSERC – Strategic Projects

132,325/yr October 2009 – Sept. 2012
A. Mandelis and Quantum

Dental Technologies

“R&D for Photothermal Radiometry and

Modulated Luminescence Early Caries Detection

Systems”

The Health Technology Exchange (HTX)

Business Investment Program (OCE and NRC)

133,000 March 2009- April 2010
Canada Research Chairs, Tier I

A. Mandelis

Canada Research Chair in Diffusion-Wave Sciences and Technologies 200,000/yr October 2008 – Sept. 2015
CHRP (NSERC-CHIR)

A. Mandelis, PI;

B. Zinman, Co-Investigator

“Development of a sensitive non-invasive biothermophotonic device for blood glucose monitoring in patients with diabetes”, CHRP (NSERC-CIHR) award 99,168/yr (avg.) 2008 – 2011
Mandelis Andreas “Development of advanced photoacoustic, photothermal and photocarrier techniques and biosensors for biomedical and optoelectronic diagnostics”

NSERC Discovery Grant

53,080 April 1, 08 – March 31, 10
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Abrams Stephen “Industrial Development of an Early Caries Detection Prototype using Dental Photothermal Radiometry and Modulated Luminescence-Phase II”,  OCE Industrial Market Readiness Project awarded to Quantum Dental Technologies, Inc. , Toronto, ON. 75,000 October 1, 07 – Feb. 28, 08
Mandelis Andreas Premier’s Discovery Award in Science and Engineering (Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario) 500,000

(5 year duration)

Award presentation: April 24, 2007
Mandelis Andreas “Crack monitoring in Stackpole green sprockets by non-destructive laser Photo-Thermal Radiometry (PTR)”, OCE Collaborative Project # CM00069 (with Stackpole Ltd.) 29,908 May 1, 07 – Sept. 31, 07
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Abrams Stephen “Industrial Development of an Early Caries Detection Prototype using Dental Photothermal Radiometry and Modulated Luminescence”,  OCE Industrial Market Readiness Project awarded to Quantum Dental Technologies, Inc. , Toronto, ON. 86,800 04/07 – 09/07
Mandelis Andreas “Pre-Clinical Interproximal and Occlusal Caries

Detection Prototype using Dental Photothermal

Radiometry and Modulated Luminescence”,

OCE Market Readiness – Phase II

55,466 10/06 – 03/07
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and 7 others Facility for Advanced Bioacoustophotonics and Biomolecular Microfluidic Photoacoustics

CFI / ORF (NIF)

1,682,421

A.M. portion: 78.5 %

Collaborative portion: 21.5%

Sept. 2007 – August 2012
Mandelis Andreas “A Prototype Instrument for Non-Contact Hardness and Case-Depth Inspection of Industrial Steels using Laser infrared Photothermal Radiometry”,

OCE Market Readiness Project # CM00060 (with Metex Heat Treating Ltd.)

111,555 OCE Approved April 2007

May 07 – April 08

Mandelis Andreas “Pre-Clinical Interproximal and Occlusal Caries

Detection Prototype using Dental Photothermal

Radiometry and Modulated Luminescence”,

OCE Market Readiness

91,349 04/06 – 03/07
Mandelis Andreas “Crack monitoring in Stackpole green and sintered

sprockets by non-destructive laser photo-thermal

radiometry (PTR)”, OCE Interact Project

26,000 02/06 – 06/06
Mandelis Andreas “Optical Thermometer” Ontario Centers of Excellence OCE Market Readiness 76,410

53,850

2005

2006

Mandelis Andreas «  Instrumentation for non-contact non-destructive

low-injection imaging of heavy-ion contaminated Si

wafers and silicon-on-insulator nanolayer metrology

using photo-carrier radiometry” , NSERC RTI

119,639 04/06 – 03/07
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Gajanan (Kiran) Kulkarni (DENT, UofT) (with Four Cell Consulting, Toronto, ON) “Detection of Interproximal Lesions using Frequency-Domain Photothermal Radiometry and ac Luminescence”, Collaborative Contract, MMO 91,984 07/ 04 – 06/ 05
Mandelis Andreas (with Metex Heat Treating, Etobicoke, ON) “Non-contact hardness and case-depth monitoring in industrial steels using laser infrared photothermal radiometry”, Collaborative Contract, MMO 196,794 10/ 03 – 09/ 06
Mandelis Andreas (with Photo-Thermal Diagnostics, Inc., Toronto, ON) “Development of a Non-Contact Infrared Photo-Carrier Radiometry for Si Wafer Process Control”, Collaborative Contract, MMO 80,000 10/ 03 – 09/ 05
Mandelis Andreas Alexander von Humboldt Research Award 101,875

(62,500 EU)

09/ 03 – 04/ 04
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Kiran Kulkarni (DENT, UofT) (with Four Cell Consulting, Toronto, ON) “The Development of  Laser Radiometric and Luminescence Instrumentation for the Diagnosis and Assessment of Dental Caries”,  Collaborative Contract, MMO 94,787 07/ 03 – 06/ 04
Mandelis Andreas “Development of CarrierDensity-Wave Infrared Radiometric Inteferometry and Near-Field Scanning Imaging for Non-Contact Semiconductor Diagnostics”, Discovery Grant, NSERC 42,500 04/ 03 – 03/ 08
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Alex Vitkin (MBP, UofT) “Development of a Two-Stage Biomedical Frequency-Domain Photothermoacoustic Methodology for Depth Profilometric Imaging in Turbid Media”, CHRP Grant, NSERC 142,254

112,400

91,400

04/ 02 – 03/ 03

04/ 03 – 03/ 04

04/ 04 – 03/ 05

Mandelis Andreas Non-Destructive  Laser Photothermal Metrologies for Metal, Dental Health & Semiconductor Industries”, Enabling Contract, MMO 168,750 04/ 02 – 12/ 02
Mandelis, Andreas “Solid-state laser”, Equipment Grant, NSERC 149,680 2002
Mandelis, Andreas (with Sputtek, Inc., Etobicoke, ON) “Modulated Laser Thermoreflectance (Optical Thermometer) Instrumentation Development for In-Process Remote Temperature Measurements of Thin-Film Deposition”, Collaborative Contract, MMO 73,170 03/ 02 – 02/ 04
Mandelis, Andreas (with Sputtek, Inc., Etobicoke, ON) “Laser Thermoreflectance Temperature Measurements of Coated Ti Alloys”, Interact Contract, MMO 16,002 2001
Mandelis, Andreas “Laser Photothermal Detection of Glucose in Tissue-Simulating Phantoms”, Contract, Aris Med, CA, USA 77,000 2001
Mandelis Andreas (with ATS Spartec, Burlington, ON) “Infrared Radiometric Investigation of AsproTM-Treated Alumina Ceramics”, Interact Contract, MMO 14,495 2001
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Harry Ruda, MMS (with Mitel Semiconductors, Nepean, ON, and  Bromont, QC) Non-Destructive  Laser Photothermal Metrologies for Metal, Dental Health & Semiconductor Industries”, Enabling Contract, MMO 225,000 04/ 01 – 03 / 02
Mandelis Andreas Research Grant, NSERC 35,175 1999 – 2003
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Rod Tennyson (UTIAS) “Friction monitoring instrumentation for robotic manipulations at the International Space Station”

Research Contract, Spar Aerospace, Toronto, ON

57,500

57,500

1998 – 99

1999 – 2000

Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Rod Tennyson (UTIAS)

(with Spar Aerospace)

“Friction monitoring instrumentation for robotic manipulations at the International Space Station”,

Research Partnership Support Program, NSERC / CSA

100,000

107,500

1998 – 99

1999 – 2000

Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Harry Ruda, MMS (with Mitel Semiconductors, Nepean, ON, and  Bromont, QC) “Photothermal Diagnostics for Electronic Materials”, Enabling Contract, MMO 150,000 04/ 1998 – 03/ 2001
Mandelis Andreas

(with B&W Heat Treating, Kitchener, ON; and Four-Cell Consulting, Toronto, ON)

“Thermal-Wave R&D for Spray Coatings, Steels and Dental Biothermophotonics”, Enabling Contract, Materials and Manufacturing Ontario (MMO) 150,000 01/ 1998 – 09/ 2001
Mandelis Andreas, Tom Coyle (MMS; PI), and Chul Park (MIE) “Rapid Manufacturing”, Enabling Contract, MRCO 70,000 (10,000: A.M.’s portion) 04/ 96 – 12/ 97
Mandelis Andreas “Development of thermal-wave cavity gasoline sensor. Phase II”, Research Grant, Imperial Oil 10,000 1997
Mandelis Andreas

(with Imperial Oil, Sarnia, ON)

“Thermal-wave gasoline sensor technology”, Collaborative Contract, MRCO 20,000 01/ 97 – 12/ 97
Mandelis Andreas “Development of thermal-wave cavity gasoline sensor”, Research Grant, Imperidal Oil 10,000 1994 – 96
Mandelis Andreas “R&D of a fast, sensitive pyroelectric sensor for trace H2 gas detection – Phase VII”,  Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR), Contract 38,000 04/ 1994 – 03/ 96
Mandelis Andreas

(with Ontario Hydro)

“Photo-thermal Non-Destructive Evaluation of Materials”, Enabling Contract, MRCO 125,000 (avg/yr) 01/ 1995 – 12/ 97
Mandelis Andreas (for Dr. Alexei Salnick) Science Fellowship NSERC / NATO 29,000

29,000

1995 – 96

1996 – 97

Mandelis Andreas (for Dr. Leonid Dorojkine) Foreign Researcher Award, NSERC 12,900 1994 – 95
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Harry Ruda, MMS dept., UofT “Photothermal Radiometry of Microelectronic Structures”, Collaborative Grant, NSERC 101,000

106,318

91,500

1994 – 95

1995 – 96

1996 – 97

Mandelis Andreas “Boxcar Integrator”, Equipment grant, NSERC 23,400 1995 – 96
Mandelis Andreas Research Grant, NSERC 32,400 1995 – 99
Mandelis Andreas (for Professor Vitalyi Gusev) International Scientific Exchange Award, NSERC 12,500 08/ 1992 – 02/ 93
Mandelis Andreas “Thermophysical property measurements of Zr-Nb alloys; Phase I”, Ontario Hydro Contract 1,000 09/ 92
Mandelis Andreas “Nuclear Tube Photothermal NDE”, Ontario Hydro Contract 9,000 09/ 92 – 08/ 94
Mandelis Andreas

(with Ontario Hydro)

“Photo-thermal Non-Destructive Evaluation of Nuclear Materials”, Manufacturing Research Corporation of Ontario (MRCO), Enabling Contract 106,000 01/ 1993 – 12/ 94
Mandelis Andreas Research Grant, NSERC 26,000 1992 – 95
Mandelis Andreas “Nuclear Tube NDE”, Ontario Hydro, Contract 15,000 09/ 91 – 08/ 1992
Mandelis Andreas “R&D of a fast, sensitive pyroelectric sensor for trace H2 gas detection – Phase VI”,  Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR), Contract 38,000 04/ 1992 – 03/ 94
Mandelis Andreas “R&D of a fast, sensitive pyroelectric sensor for trace H2 gas detection – Phase V”,  Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR), Contract 40,000 1991 – 92
Mandelis Andreas Individual Strategic Grant, NSERC 69,830 (avg/yr) 1991 – 94
Mandelis Andreas “Photomodulation Spectroscopy of Optoelectronic Structures”, OLLRC, Ontario Centres of Excellence Contract 50,000 1992
Mandelis Andreas “R&D of a fast, sensitive pyroelectric sensor for trace H2 gas detection – Phases III – IV”,  Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR), Contract 35,000 1989 – 91
Mandelis Andreas Operating Grant, NSERC 26,000 1989 – 92
Mandelis Andreas International Collaborative Grant, NSERC 6,530 1988 – 89
Mandelis Andreas (PI) and Stephen Thorpe, MMS Dept., UofT Corrosion in Microelectronics 42,000 1988 – 89
Mandelis Andreas “Opto-Thermal NDE of Materials”, OLLRC, Ontario Centres of Excellence Contract (additional equipment) 126,000 01/ 88 – 03/ 88
Mandelis Andreas “Opto-Thermal NDE of Materials”, Ontario Laser and Lightwave Research Centre (OLLRC), Ontario Centres of Excellence Program; Contract 267,350 1988 – 91
Mandelis Andreas “R&D of a fast, sensitive pyroelectric sensor for trace H2 gas detection”, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR),  Contract 37,100 1986 – 88
Mandelis Andreas Opearating Grant, NSERC 23,100 1986 – 89
Mandelis Andreas Equipment Grant, NSERC 54,721 1985 – 86
Mandelis Andreas Operating Grant, NSERC 23,100 1986 – 87
Mandelis Andreas

(with Mitel Semiconductors)

University/Industry NSERC 91,890 1985 – 86
Mandelis Andreas Operating Grant, NSERC 20,800 1983 – 86
Mandelis Andreas Research Grant, J. P. Bickell Foundation 21,312 1982
Mandelis Andreas Research Grant, Atkinson Charitable Foundation 14,884 1982 – 83
Mandelis Andreas Pure & Applied Sciences Small Grants Competition 1,000 1982
Mandelis Andreas Operating Grant, NSERC 10,000 1982 – 83