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- Establishing Native Plant Communities on Severely Disturbed Sites: Investigating the Limiting Factors to Restoring Slash Burn ScarsX<Read More
In many actively managed forest ecosystems, the most disturbed locations are the areas where excess woody slash has been piled and burned. Burning slash creates barren patches, which may provide locations for the invasion of exotic plant species. The intern will study the restoration of native species to these sites...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Lauchlan Fraser
Student: Lisa DeSandoli
Discipline: Biology
Sector: Forestry
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Program: Accelerate
> - Development of game schedules for university sports in QuebecX<Read More
This project aims to develop mathematical models, resolution algorithms, and a decision support tool for the development of game schedules for university sports in Quebec such as football, soccer, volleyball and basketball.
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Alain Hertz
Student: Rina Razanakoto
Discipline: Operations research
Sector: Sports and recreation
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Program: Accelerate
> - An Algebra-Based Approach to Program VerificationX<Read More
We want to study the feasibility of using an algebra-based approach to performing program analysis. In particular, we are interested in the code comparison problem: tackling this problem enables us, among other things, to identify differences between two versions of a code or to check whether an optimized code is...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Béchir Ktari
Student: François Lajeunesse-Robert
Partner: RDDC Valcartier
Discipline: Mathematics
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Program: Accelerate
> - A Wireless Wearable Multi-parameter Physiology Multi-sensor SystemX<Read More
Miniaturization and microintegration is well known for their potentials in providing microsystems and sensors with unmatched performance, reliability, and lower costs. Current technologies in implementation of microsensors, however, span a large variety of platforms. It is thus common for microsensors measuring differing parameters to exist on different combinations of substrates,...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Bozena Kaminska
Student: Yindar Chuo
Partner: Adigy Inc.
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Life sciences
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Program: Accelerate
> - Modelling of Placement of Multiple Fluids of Different Rheology and Polydispersed Proppant into a FractureX<Read More
Hydraulic fracturing technology is one of the most used and efficient methods of oil reservoir stimulation. A way to improve this technology is the consequent pumping of several different fluids containing different concentrations of different proppants (solid spherical particles). This project with Schlumberger, one of the largest international companies in...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Oleg Vinogradov
Student: Alexander Lakhtychkin
Partner: Schlumberger Canada Ltd.
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Manufacturing
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Program: Accelerate
> - User Modelling and Feature Selection for Personalized Local SearchX<Read More
Search engines, such as Google, have revolutionized the way we search for electronic information, providing a user with a ranked list of documents most relevant for a particular query. This project with GenieKnows R&D, a search engine company, concerns an extension of this basic technology, in which the goal is...
Faculty Supervisor: Drs. Hugh Chipman & Pritnam Ranjan
Student: Shujie Li
Partner: GenieKnows R&D
Discipline: Mathematics
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Program: Accelerate
> - Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing of Advanced Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer CompositesX<Read More
Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites has been widely used in many sectors of industry since 1960s. To ensure the quality and structural integrity of FRP, it is important to evaluate their physical quality and composition both during manufacture and while in use. For this purpose, a number of standardized tests...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Zheng Hong Zhu
Student: Mark A. Post
Partner: Physical Plant Improvements Inc.
Discipline: Geography / Geology / Earth science
Sector: Construction and infrastructure
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Program: Accelerate
> - The Importance of Traditional Kwakwaka’wak Management on the Productivity of Estuarine Root GardensX<Read More
The internship will be conducting two research projects related to historical Kwakwaka’wakw root gardens. The first experiment will measure the effect of traditional management on the productivity of one of the native roots (silverweed or potentilla anserine ssp. pacifica) grown in these gardens. The intern will test the effect of...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Turner
Student: Abe Lloyd
Partner: Tsawataineuk First Nation
Discipline: Resources and environmental management
Sector: Fisheries and wildlife
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Program: Accelerate
> - Implementing and Expanding a Public Bicycle System in Metro VancouverX<Read More
This project with TransLink, the Greater Vancouver transit authority, will develop a map to encourage cyclists to navigate Vancouver using a proposed public bicycle system. The map will show riders the best routes to take, based on hard data such as road grade and quality as well as soft data...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Lawrence Frank
Student: Adam Cooper
Partner: Translink
Discipline: Urban studies
Sector: Automotive and transportation
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Program: Accelerate
> - High Voltage DC Transmission Using Voltage-Source ConvertersX<Read More
Voltage-source converters (VSC) that use self-commutated valves have been used for such applications as electric motor drives. Recently with the development of switches with high voltage and current ratings, these converters have been considered for high-power transmission as well. This internship with Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba’s major energy utility, aims at...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Shaahin Filizadeh
Student: Mohamed M. Zakaria Moustafa
Partner: Manitoba Hydro
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Energy
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Program: Accelerate
> - Diageo Fleet UtilizationX<Read More
Canadian Pacific Logistics Solutions, a company specializing in delivering performance solutions to supply chains, logistics or facility management problems, is partnering with an intern from the University of Lethbridge to analyze the delivery of whiskey by railroads. This project will analyze a bulk liquid whiskey rail car fleet and determine...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Daya Gaur
Student: Mohammad Tauhidul Islam
Partner: Canadian Pacific Logistics Solutions
Discipline: Computer science
Sector: Automotive and transportation
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Program: Accelerate
> - Developing Optical Coherence Tomography Image Analysis MethodsX<Read More
At the NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics, a developer of non-invasive medical devices and techniques to increase prospects for prevention, earlier diagnosis, improved treatment and prognosis of diseases, a new optical imaging technology is being developed for detecting early dental decay. In collaboration with Dr. Reza Fazel’s group at the University...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Reza Fazel-Rezai
Student: Jialin Li
Partner: NRC - Institute for Biodiagnostics
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Medical devices
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Program: Accelerate
> - Decreasing Pitch-related Deposits in a Paper MillX<Read More
In an Eastern Canadian paper mill, there are often pitch and wood-related deposits on the processing equipment, in particular, the supercalender rolls. Such problems not only have negative impacts on the product qualities but also on the economical performance due to the increased downtime to clean-up the rolls. It is,...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr.Yonghao Ni
Student: Zhongguo Dai
Partner: Irving Paper Ltd.
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Pulp and paper
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Program: Accelerate
> - CFD Modelling of a Revolution EngineX<Read More
The project with Revolution Engine Corporation, a development stage company striving to commercialize a novel internal combustion engine, will simulate the airflow into and out of the expansion and compression of cylinders of the revolution engine. As a secondary objective the research will model the stresses and temperatures in the...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Chao Zhang
Student: Ehab Abu-Ramadan
Partner: Revolution Engine Corporation
Discipline: Engineering
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Program: Accelerate
> - But I Thought I had Asthma - Now What? Assessing the Feasibility of a Treatment Program for Patients with Functional DyspneaX<Read More
The medical team at the Asthma Centre at St. Joseph’s Hospital in London, Ontario is dedicated to providing the best care for its patients. Extensive investigations at the clinic have revealed that many patients present with functional dyspnea, the experience of breathlessness without an identifiable cause. Despite its undetectable organic...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Leora C. Swartzman
Student: Naomi Gryfe
Discipline: Psychology
Sector: Life sciences
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Program: Accelerate
> - Benefits to Poultry Value Chain Participants of Providing New Producer Incentives for Improved QualityX<Read More
This project will provide information to Canadian chicken producers and processors that will help them to produce high-quality chicken more efficiently. This objective will be achieved by rewarding producers for their quality-contributing production efforts. The analytical emphasis will be on reviewing and assessing selected, successful quality-rewarding pricing schemes in the...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Bodo Steiner
Student: Andrea Willwerth
Discipline: Other
Sector: Agriculture
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Program: Accelerate
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