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A Holistic Framework to Evaluate Energy Consumption of Heritage Buildings

The outcome of the proposed research on heritage buildings could benefit the industry, including EVOQ Strategies’ work as they have been involved in a number of projects on heritage buildings. Keeping the above in mind, the following general objectives are identified for the current research:
– Provide a detailed overview of existing technologies as well as the opinions of experts in the field of energy performance sustainability assessment for heritage buildings. Thus, in a sense, it serves as a benchmark for different researchers looking to design their own assessment tool.
– Develop a comprehensive model that is targeted towards the assessment of the sustainability-focused on energy efficiency criteria and life cycle analysis of heritage buildings. Although different tools exist that are employed to measure the sustainability of different buildings, the value of this work lies in its type-specific approach and novelty.
– Compile results from the comparative study and design, evaluate and test an assessment tool that takes into consideration the limitations of the existing tools and opinions of experts. For that, the following activities would be performed: 1) propose novel attributes including Heritage Value, heritage built form and Structural Condition that was not considered in any of the existing tools; 2) develop a scoring system to quantify the importance and added value of each of the identified attributes to the energy performance of heritage buildings; 3) develop a more informative sustainability scale that is representative of the actual sustainability rating for the energy performance criterion of the building.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ashutosh Bagchi

Student:

Partner:

EVOQ Strategies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Elevate

Analysis of initially curved composite wing-stabilizer structure of eVTOL using dimensional reduction method; simulation, and optimization

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts are being developed to revolutionize the transportation industry. They fly over traffic industry to their destination, drastically reducing commuting time. Limosa Inc. is a leading company to design and manufacture eVTOLs in Canada. This research is devoted to design, analyze and manufacture a composite initially curved wing-stabilizer of eVTOL LimoConnect. To design a composite wing-stabilizer of the aircraft, new methodologies, including Computational Fluid Dynamics, is employed to determine the loading conditions such as aerodynamic loads and flutter on the curved wing-stabilizer of the aircraft. A new computational method for analysis of composite wing structures named as Variational Asymptotic Beam Sectional Analysis (VABS) will be employed. Eventually the optimization process will be performed to find the best configuration of the curved wing-stabilizer of the aircraft. This technique saves computational time drastically. The 3D finite element method will finally be used to validate the optimized curved wing-stabilizer structure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suong Van Hoa

Student:

Partner:

Limosa

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Elevate

L’innovation par le pilotage stratégique des données chez Recharge Véhicule Électrique (RVE)

Le plus grand défi de l’entreprise est la sous utilisation des systèmes d’information dans la mise en œuvre de leur planification stratégique et la réalisation des activités. L’objectif sera porté sur la création d’outils qui permettront l’autonomie, l’efficacité et la confiance envers les analyses et ainsi, améliorer le processus décisionnel et opérationnel de l’entreprise. Pour ce faire, nous avons divisé le projet en 2 sous projets : l’un dit décisionnel qui valorise les données afin de fournir des informations pour définir la stratégie et analyser les résultats et l’autre dit opérationnel qui prend en charge le management des données par la réalisation des opérations et des processus. Les deux projets conditionneront l’analyse des données afin d’en tirer des informations exploitables à l’amélioration de la planification stratégique et l’accomplissement des perspectives de développement de l’entreprise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Denis Larocque

Student:

Partner:

Recharge Véhicule Électrique Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Introducing a framework for a green smart coffee waste management system through Industry 4.0 technologies

Coffee brewing process generates large amounts of spent coffee grounds (SCG). SCGs are often disposed as general garbage and transported to landfills, where they produce methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, contributing to global warming. Hence, an efficient waste management system is important for managing such waste. An efficient waste management system avoids the high operating costs and emissions through reducing unnecessary pickup trips and long routes. In this proposal, we introduce a vision for a smart waste management framework that utilizes live data and make decisions accordingly. Live data are collected through collecting bins sensors that provide the level of waste in its bin. The decision, through decision-making tools, include when to send truck for collection and which route to take. This considers increasing trucks fleet utilization, avoiding overflowing the bins, and reducing fleet’s operating costs by decreasing unnecessary trips and long routes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Soumaya Yacout;Amin Chaabane;Amin Chaabane

Student:

Partner:

Afmerica Technologie Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure; Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Supercritical Water Processing of Electronic Waste for Generating Value Added Products

Electronic waste is one of the largest intensifying waste streams in the world. Although some traditional disposal methods are available to process electronic waste, these methods have several disadvantages from both the economic and environmental perspective. Some processes create challenging gases that require expensive clean-up, while others use harmful and toxic solvents which create air, water and soil pollution. As a result, we need to consider an alternative pathway for electronic waste disposal which can facilitate the recycling process. This MITACS elevate grant will support the improvement of a novel technology using water as a solvent to recycle electronic waste by extracting valuable metals and reducing environmental pollution, respectively. For example, a typical personal computer’s printed circuit boards contain Copper Cu (20%) and Gold Au (250 g/t). Gold is a precious metal which can be extracted and reused in new printed circuit boards. Recycling methods developed in this project will be commercialized by Everything Recycling Inc.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Charpentier

Student:

Partner:

Everything Recycling Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Elevate

Automated high-throughput characterization of microbiome composition and diversity

The mineral mining industry in Canada is rapidly shifting toward more sustainable practices that reduce the environmental impacts of extraction, wastewater, and emissions. Although often overlooked, microorganisms, or bacteria, living in the soils and water of mine sites and mining waste materials, collectively known as the ““mining microbiome”, exert strong influence on all stages of the mining life cycle. For example, microorganisms may cause corrosion of equipment via biofouling (corrosion), or be essential to mine cleanup through processes known as bioremediation. In order to transition mining practices towards a more sustainable future, understanding these complex microbial communities and developing technologies to control or influence microbial communities is necessary next step. To this end, Koonkie Canada Inc. is a proud member of the international cyber-infrastructure development project “Mining Microbiome Analytics Platform (MMAP)”. MMAP will provide a database and software ecosystem supporting breakthroughs in microbiome-based resource exploration, extraction, mine closure and remediation. This research proposal focuses on the creation of one of several data processing pipelines needed to characterize the DNA of the mining microbiome, with the goal of reducing harms and bolstering benefits of the mining microbiome.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Hallam

Student:

Partner:

Koonkie Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

A community-based participatory evaluation of services to support homeless youth and youth at risk of homelessness in Montreal

Homelessness is a growing issue in Canada, with many cities including Montreal reporting increasing numbers of people experiencing homelessness on any given day. Youth homelessness is different from adult homelessness, because of the developmental stages (physical, mental, social, and emotional) youth are in and because of the unique barriers and challenges that they face. This community-based participatory research project aims at evaluating a) services offered by Dans la rue, a non-profit organization that supports homeless youth and youth at-risk of homelessness through various interventions and b) activities implemented by the Coalition Jeunes+, a Quebec coalition that aims to mobilize key stakeholders towards a concerted and constructive effort in the prevention of youth homelessness. Results of this project will help improve services and activities offered by these organizations. They will help us understand how community organizations help support homeless youth and youth at risk of homelessness and how these organizations participate in shifting the current focus from intervention to prevention, ultimately reducing the need for emergency services and contributing to a norm change from intervention to prevention in the policy landscape in Quebec.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christine Stich

Student:

Partner:

Dans la rue

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Les relations familiales adoptives en adoption internationale à la suite d’un contact informel avec la famille biologique

Ce projet de recherche vise à comprendre les relations familiales adoptives internationales à la suite d’un contact informel avec la famille biologique et ce, selon le point de vue des personnes adoptées et de leurs parents adoptifs. En utilisant une approche qualitative, six à huit familles composées des personnes adoptées et de leurs parents adoptifs participeront à des entrevues individuelles et familiales. Les participants partageront leur expérience et leur perception de leurs relations familiales après un contact post-adoption avec la famille biologique. Leurs discours permettront de voir de quelles manières ce contact influence les relations familiales adoptives. Un ancrage théorique arrimant des concepts liés aux relations familiales adoptives, comme la communication, la place qu’occupe la famille biologique dans la famille adoptive et l’ouverture sur le sujet d’adoption (Grotevant et al., 2011), et le modèle conceptuel proposé par la sociologie de la vie personnelle de Smart (2007) est utilisé. Ce modèle permettra d’explorer auprès de familles adoptives des concepts tels que la mémoire, la relationalité, la biographie, l’imaginaire et l’enracinement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marie-Andrée Poirier

Student:

Partner:

Technological University of Dublin

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The effects of racialized culture in recruiting diverse talent

This project focuses on the visible minorities with higher education or work skills (e.g., international graduates or skilled workers immigrants) and investigates the barriers for these immigrants to find a job at their level of skill and education. More specifically, this research seeks to understand how much racialized culture plays a part in recruiting diverse talent. There will be no limitation in terms of the industries of the employers in our sample population. For our sample population, we focus on and include as many employers as possible from the Windsor area. However, if we do not have enough responses or participants, we will broaden the project’s geographical scope to GTA, Ontario, and Canada-wide. In our research, we will use a mixed methodology, including quantitative (Survey) and qualitative (such as semi-structured or in-depth interviews and/or a focus group) methods. Partner organization will have access to the results and the reports of the research. They also
will use the YouTube presentation/podcast for their potential clients or future workshops.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Reza Nakhaie

Student:

Partner:

Beneficent Learning (BLAccess)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Conversion of biosolid to value added biochar via pyrolysis technology for PFAS elimination

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a very large family of persistent anthropogenic chemicals utilized in the manufacturing of industrial materials with non-stick and oil/water repellent properties, Teflon, and fire-fighting foams. Their use has resulted in their final dispersion in soil, groundwater, and surface water, causing adverse environmental and health effects. They are responsible for serious environmental and human-health issues, including cancer, liver damage, cardiovascular problems, birth defect, and immune system disorders. They are often concentrated in the biosolids generated in wastewater treatment processes. This proposal is composed of two stages. Firstly, the effect of high temperature pyrolysis technology (HTP) on the destruction of PFAS in biosolids is investigated. Pyrolysis processes generate three products: non-condensable gas, biooil, and biochar. The fate of PFAS is investigated by analysis of all the three products. Our preliminary results indicate that the measured detectable PFAS in the biochar product is reduced by 97-100 wt% at a processing temperature of 500°C, and by 99.6-100 wt% at 700°C. Considering all product streams (biochar, biooil and non-condensable gas), the measured PFAS is reduced by 88.2 wt% at 700°C.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Franco Berruti

Student:

Partner:

CHAR Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Elevate

Application of systems vaccinology to evaluate the mechanisms and correlates of immunity of plant-based virus-like particle vaccines for influenza.

Influenza vaccination programs aim to protect the population during seasonal outbreaks and pandemics but current vaccines face a number of challenges including inefficient production, variable immunogenicity and rapidly waning protection. To address some of these challenges, the Quebec-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago has developed a technology for producing influenza virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines in plants. This novel technology enables rapid and reliable production of vaccines that have been shown to provide considerable protection in late-stage clinical trials. However, these vaccines tend to elicit modest antibody responses, which are often used as a surrogate of protection in the licensure of influenza vaccines. The company is investigating a number of strategies to improve the antibody response to vaccination, including the use of VLPs that are modified to prevent binding of the influenza hemagglutinin protein to sialic acid receptors (‘non-binding’ or ‘NB’ VLPs). This novel approach has shown great promise in pre-clinical studies and will be evaluated in a phase I clinical trial in the coming year. Using samples obtained from participants in the clinical trial, we plan to conduct a series of cutting-edge analyses that will allow us to better understand the types of antibodies that are produced following vaccination and the features of the early immune response that lead to strong and long-lasting antibody responses. This work will provide important insight into the mechanisms underlying the immune response to plant-based VLP vaccines for influenza and may contribute to the design of next-generation influenza vaccines.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Fonseca;Brian J Ward

Student:

Partner:

Medicago R&D Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Program:

Elevate

Multiomic characterization of stem cell derived extracellular vesicles for supporting the skin

Studies performed over the last 10 years or so have revealed that the primary power of human stem cells lies in what they produce and release or excrete, not the cells themselves; this includes growth factors, paracrine factors, peptides, extracellular vesicles (EVs), and most importantly, exosomes. This is good news, as it means we can potentially capture, preserve, and administer the biomolecular signals or ‘messages’ generated and released by stem cells without needing to transplant live stem cells into or onto someone to get the benefit or effect, avoiding potential immune rejection at the same time.
How and why these nanosized biomolecular messages, defined in the literature as “exosomes” or EVs, are generated by stem cells, and how we might be able to control or influence their production, is only partially understood. Through in depth analysis of stem cell derived exosomes produced from umbilical cord derived stem cells following different triggers, we aim to better understand how to leverage the power of stem cells to support and repair the body, focusing initially on the skin.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stanislav Sokolenko

Student:

Partner:

ELEVAI Research Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

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