A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG) was invited to attend the 3rd China International Innovation Challenge Competition on Dec. 20, 2018, held in Shanghai, China. AUG showcased its AirSENCE™ air quality monitoring system and won an award for Top 10 project presentations at the event.
Mr. Taylor presenting AirSENCE™ at the 3rd China International Innovation Challenge Competition.
This international event was an integrated effort by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China to showcase and introduce new breakthroughs in IT, computer science, battery technology, and cleantech, and was attended by over 200 delegates from industry and academia. The event aimed to connect innovators in high tech industries and promote technology transfer from research to scalable businesses.
The event furthers AUG’s impact in China, helping to provide accurate and real-time data to improve the well-being of the environment and community. This adds to work already being done with AirSENCE™ units in Beijing and Chengdu, and TRITON Intelligent Water Surveillance® in Lanzhou.
Mr. Taylor (far right) receiving the award as a Top 10 winner of the competition.
AirSENCE™ is an innovative, compact and affordable air monitoring device that gives real-time, 24×7 air quality information. With novel, unique and cost-effective technology, it provides pollutant concentrations that can be used to assess population exposure and health effects caused by ambient air pollution.
A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) participated in the CleanConnect 2018, 5th International Cleantech Transfer and Investment Conference on Nov. 15 – 16, 2018 held in Nanjing, China.
AUG team in a discussion about AirSENCE™ during CleanConnect 2018 B2B session
The CleanConnect Conference is one of the most effective nexuses in connecting the Chinese market with global technology in environmental and clean energy sectors. More than 300 environmental business leaders and sustainability practitioners around the world come together to meet with the Chinese entrepreneurs, investors and end users, exploring cross-border cooperation and investment opportunities in water treatment, solid waste, air quality, energy and environmental issues.
AUG team delivering a presentation of AirSENCE™ at CleanConnect 2018
Through this conference, AUG successfully demonstrated AirSENCE™ as a game-changer in both indoor/outdoor air monitoring for providing consistent, accurate and reliable measurements of multiple contaminants and other environmental parameters at a very low-cost. AUG looks forward to expanding its reach in China to support a sustainable environment and the well-being of its citizens.
Over the course of the past two years, AUG has been working with the University of Toronto and the drinking water facility in the municipality of Smiths Falls, to test and refine its remote photonic sensing system for continuous monitoring of disinfection by-products (DBPs). The project is funded through SOWC’s Advancing Water Technologies (AWT) program, which is supported by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
AUG’s system uses chemical reagents that change colour when they react with THMs, measuring those subtle changes with a photonic spectrometer. The results are ready in just 45 minutes. Thanks to that speedy feedback, plant managers can fine-tune chlorine, pH and coagulant levels, and keep zebra mussels in check without exceeding THM standards.
Since 2016, A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG) has been working closely with the Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) in developing robust crop phenology estimation/prediction and disease risk monitoring using remote sensing. The objective of this technology is to facilitate improved crop management, pest and disease mitigation and resource planning.
Closely working with AAFC, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Lim Geomatics, the team published a poster entitled “Monitoring Risk of Sclerotinia Using Space Technologies”. This poster illustrates AUG’s crop phenology estimation technology and how the crop development stages can be identified and forecasted on a daily time step, using satellite imagery.
AUG looks forward to continuing working with the project partners in further developing the crop phenology estimation/prediction technology to benefit the Canadian agriculture industry as a whole.
Please click on the image to download the poster.
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) has announced the end of long-term drinking water advisories in Deer Lake, ON and Sachigo Lake, ON First Nation communities as of April 23, 2018 and April 20, 2018 respectively. With ISC’s support and investment, AUG has been working with these two communities through Safe Water Project where AUG is responsible for providing operational support to the water operators and deploying TRITON Intelligent Water Surveillance® (TRITON) system to the communities.
Drinking water advisories are issued when the water supply is unsafe to drink—the reasons that might affect the water quality may include water line breaks, equipment failure or poor filtration/disinfection. Drinking water advisories may also be issued when a community does not have qualified personnel trained to operate and maintain the water facility. It has been on the Government of Canada’s agenda to lift all long-term drinking water advisories in First Nation communities by March 2021.
AUG, together with its partners and support from ISC, has implemented Safe Water Project in 19 First Nation communities in Ontario since 2015, and is progressing to include more First Nation communities in other provinces to eliminate and prevent drinking water advisories. AUG is excited to see the long-term drinking water advisories being lifted from partnering communities as well as other First Nation communities who have achieved the same.
ISC has also stated that the department will continue to make additional investments to support the finalization of remote water quality monitoring system, TRITON, in First Nation communities as well as fund for TRITON’s annual maintenance costs. As a proven technology that has assisted a number of communities to lift long-term drinking water advisories, AUG is committed to continuously support Safe Water Project and First Nation communities to eliminate and prevent drinking water advisories to secure safe drinking water.
Additional information on ISC’s latest updated on long-term drinking water advisories can be accessed here.
A.U.G. Signals in Greece is participating in the WaterSpy project along with eight other consortia across Europe. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731778. The project is an initiative of the Photonics Public Private Partnership (www.photonics21.org).
Pervasive and on-line water quality monitoring data is critical for detecting environmental pollution and reacting in the best possible way to avoid human health hazards. However, it’s not easy to gather such data, at least not for all contaminants. Currently, water utilities rely heavily on frequent sampling and laboratory analysis in order to acquire this information. For the situation to be improved, portable and high-performance devices for pervasive water quality monitoring are required. Such devices should expand current limitations in detecting contaminants, transcending today’s paradigms, and bridging different technologies available, allowing on-line monitoring of possible contaminants.
WaterSpy addresses this challenge by developing water quality analysis photonics technology suitable for inline, field measurements. WaterSpy technology will be integrated, for validation purposes, to a commercially successful water quality monitoring platform, in the form of a portable device add-on. WaterSpy will be used in the field for the analysis of critical points of water distribution networks. This will be demonstrated in two different demo sites in Italy.
The latest update on the WaterSpy project can be downloaded here: WaterSpy 2-pg
[Above] The CEO of Bayanat, Mohammed Al Beloushi (Right) and the CEO of AUG, Dr. George Lampropoulos (Left)
On Nov. 28, 2017, A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG) and Bayanat had a fruitful meeting for a long-term cooperation between AUG and Bayanat in the remote sensing area.
Bayanat is a commercial spinoff of the UAE Armed Forces’ Military Survey Department (MSD) that provides end-to-end geospatial services for a range of businesses across diverse sectors including defense, municipality, oil, and gas, transportation and utilities.
LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS OF LADS-LARGE ANIMAL DETECTION SYSTEM™ AND AIRSENCE™ AT ITS WORLD CONGRESS 2017 IN MONTREAL, CANADA
Real-time wildlife/vehicles monitoring using AUG’s award-winning radar-based LADS – Large Animal Detection System™
Real-time air quality monitoring using AUG’s AirSENCE™, ambient air quality monitoring system
AUG, Pavilion Premium Exhibitor of ITS Canada, showcased its award-winning and state-of-the-art products to the international audience including business representatives, government authorities and renowned researchers from Asia, Europe and North America
Overwhelming response and interest from the customers and potential partners
AUG’s LADS is published in ITS World Congress 2017 Daily News
From left to right: Mr. Hardik Patel – Senior Hardware Engineer, Mr. Gurivi Reddy Polakala¬ – Business Development Officer, Mr. Abir Mukherjee – Senior Systems Architect
Toronto, Canada: A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG), one of the leading experts in intelligent sensor systems and signal processing, exhibited its innovative and advanced products – LADS and AirSENCE™ at ITS World Congress 2017 held October 29-November 2 at the Palais des congrès in Montreal, Canada. AUG also participated in B2B meetings with French delegation and discussed the potential collaborative opportunities in France and rest of the Europe.
LADS – Large Animal Detection System™ is a first-of-its-kind, award-winning (ITS Canada Award, 2013) all-weather radar-based detection system designed to monitor the presence of large animals on highways and provide warnings to motorists for as long as the animals remain in the monitored region. LADS, with its state-of-the-art detection technology, delivers the following key advantages: Robust Detection, Continuous Monitoring, High Accuracy, Traffic Monitoring and Classification, Remote Access and Eco-friendly Installation. LADS is currently operational on Highway 416 near Kemptville, Ontario and in Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Park, British Columbia.
AirSENCE™ (Air SENsor for Chemicals in the Environment) is an innovative, robust and technically advanced air quality monitoring device that gathers continuous real-time high spatial resolution data. Compact in its design, AirSENCE™ reduces the cost and the energy usage associated with air quality monitoring. It provides accurate and reliable real-time data that helps cities to monitor air pollutant levels over time, map high pollution areas and localize the sources of air pollution. Rigorously tested in both low and highly polluted areas, AirSENCE™ provides accurate and reliable data fulfilling the needs of multiple stakeholders.
AUG’s LADS in Daily News, 24th ITS World Congress 2017. Please click the above image to view the original article.
About A.U.G. Signals:
Founded in 1986, A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) has been dedicated to excellence in signal, image and data processing for over two decades. A leader in its field, AUG is at the forefront of research and development in registration, detection, recognition, classification and identification, tracking, data mining techniques, intelligent systems and online distributed processing, situation assessment for decision support, and multi-sensor information fusion.
Concrete applications of AUG’s technological innovations include the monitoring of drinking/source water and the environment, multi-sensor surveillance of maritime and land, natural resources mapping, large animal detection and traffic monitoring system and applications for the military.
About ITS World Congress:
The ITS World Congress 2017, produced by ITS America in conjunction with ITS Canada and co-organized by ITS Europe and ITS Asia-Pacific, brings together global leaders in intelligent and transformative transportation to showcase and evaluate the latest innovative concepts, active prototypes, and live systems. Academics, researchers, policymakers, businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, implementers and the media—thousands of people from the transport, automotive, telecommunications, and technology sectors—will engage in robust discussions and spirited debates as to how this rapidly changing and ever-expanding industry is addressing the very real challenges facing our mobile, connected societies today and in the future. ITS World Congress 2017 is held October 29 – November 2 at the Palais des congrès in Montréal.
A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) will be attending WEFTEC 2017 in Chicago, IL between October 2 – 4, 2017. WEFTEC is North America’s largest conference of its kind that offers unparalleled experience, training and education to water quality professionals around the world.
AUG will be present to discuss about TRITON Intelligent Water Surveillance® and its benefits as well as various case studies to demonstrate its proven effectiveness in diverse environments in monitoring and detecting the water quality. AUG can be found in booth #7755 where thorough explanation about the system and one-on-one Q&A sessions will be available.
Dr. George Lampropoulos presenting AirSENCE at the forum.
Dr. George Lampropoulos, President and CEO of A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG), delivered a presentation on the successful collaboration between Peking University, University of Toronto and AUG – at the 6th Ontario-China Research and Innovation Collaboration on May 15, 2017. AUG was invited to share the experience of successful collaboration with China.
Peking University, University of Toronto and AUG started working on a prestigious project entitled, “Portable Integrated Sensor Network for Online Ambient Air Pollution Monitoring in Urban Environments”, in 2014. This project was funded under ‘Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF)’ program with the support of Ontario’s Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science (MRIS), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), China and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). The project team has made a significant progress over these years and resulted in ground-breaking research results and key publications. AirSENCE™ – a low-cost, compact and real-time commercial air monitoring is developed under this project.
Dr. Lampropoulos said, “OCRIF is a great platform for bringing innovative ideas to market. These collaborations lay a strong foundation for future research partnerships support the growth of Ontario’s clean tech industry in domestic and international markets.” He also discussed the best practices for successful collaborations and future collaborative opportunities during the presentation.
