Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01717, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Sullivan, Pierre (University of Toronto), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Accurate pressure control is necessary for the automotive, aerospace and pharmaceutical industries. In addition to operating at high pressures, it is often necessary to deal with high temperatures. While there are some patents in this area, the costs are high and the systems often require mercury or oil (not allowed in the EU or Food Industry) that make them unsuitable for widespread market penetration. The challenge is that traditional pressure sensors cannot operate at high temperatures (~400 C). This requires interpolation based on measurements from other sources and introduces variability in the process to be controlled. As well, designs capable of operation at high temperature currently use mercury or oil and these are not usable within the food-processing industry. The company specific problem is to develop a high accuracy pressure sensor that is able to operate at high-temperature that is targeted initially at the automotive industry., program purpose french : Accurate pressure control is necessary for the automotive, aerospace and pharmaceutical industries. In addition to operating at high pressures, it is often necessary to deal with high temperatures. While there are some patents in this area, the costs are high and the systems often require mercury or oil (not allowed in the EU or Food Industry) that make them unsuitable for widespread market penetration. The challenge is that traditional pressure sensors cannot operate at high temperatures (~400 C). This requires interpolation based on measurements from other sources and introduces variability in the process to be controlled. As well, designs capable of operation at high temperature currently use mercury or oil and these are not usable within the food-processing industry. The company specific problem is to develop a high accuracy pressure sensor that is able to operate at high-temperature that is targeted initially at the automotive industry., agreement title english : Pressure Transducers for High Temperature Environments, agreement title french : Pressure Transducers for High Temperature Environments, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-02-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada