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Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors: Phosphor Deposition and Processing Improvements

Photon Control Inc. is a Burnaby, British Columbia company that designs and manufactures a wide range of optical sensors & instruments to measure temperature, pressure, position, and flow in the semiconductor, oil and gas, power, life science, and manufacturing industries. The operating principle of many of their products is based on the optical response of phosphor materials and are well suited to applications in harsh environments. Photon Control is currently seeking to improve the lifetime of their optical sensors by improving the quality and methods of deposition of their phosphor materials. Our research group has the infrastructure and expertise required to deposit and to protect these materials in robust thin film form on substrates of various size and shape, in order to address these material deposition challenges. This project will complement our current research efforts and allow Photon Control to achieve performance improvements in their optical sensor systems, providing extended lifetime in their current applications, as well as extending their range of applications to include high temperature environments, where there is a demonstrated need.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Gary Leach

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Photon Control R&D Ltd

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Accelerate

Synthèse totale de substances naturelles hétérocycliques en séries cyclopeptidiques

Les substances naturelles d’origine peptidique constituent une très grande classe de composés à fort intérêt biologique et médicinal. De nombreux médicaments en sont issus, avec des structures et des activités biologiques aussi diverses que les pénicillines (antibiotiques), la ciclosporine (immunosuppresseur) ou l’insuline (antidiabétique). La réactivité des intermédiaires peptidiques et leur biosynthèse conduit fréquemment à des condensations aboutissant à des systèmes hétérocycliques. Au cours de ce stage, nous nous intéresserons à la synthèse totale de cyclodipeptides et cyclotripeptides naturels à fort potentiel biologique. Ce travail mettra en oeuvre des réactions de cyclisation originales et la fonctionnalisation sélective des intermédiaires cyclopeptidiques obtenus. Un intérêt particulier portera sur des stratégies de fonctionnalisation divergente vers des synthèses totales collectives, et celle d’analogues synthétiques pour de futures applications biologiques.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Gervais Berube

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

École Polytechnique

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Education

Université :

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Assessment of RNA quantities from environmental water samples using CBSAlife TRIzol (RNA Isolation) extraction kit

CBSAlife Ltd, a company based in Manitoba, supplies microbial reagents and products to the scientific community at a reduced cost. CBSAlife Ltd has prepared a newly available kit for RNA extraction and is keen on generating data that validates the efficacy of this product, required for increased sales.
In the proposed study, a total of nine 10L environmental water samples from Red River, Winnipeg, MB will be collected over a three-month period. Armored RNA, an artificial virus, will be used as spike-in control for all the samples, while Pepper Mild Mottle Virus (PMMoV) will be used an environmental marker of water quality. MilliQ water will serve as non-matrix control. Viral particles will be concentrated from the aquatic samples following a skimmed milk flocculation approach. Then viral RNA will be extracted using the RNA extraction kit supplied by CBSAlife Ltd. To assess the efficacy of this kit, extraction will also be conducted using two other commercially available kits well known for RNA extraction. RNA from all three kits will then be quantified to generate data in gene copy numbers (GCNs) per volume (mL) and per biomass (ng) of RNA.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Miguel Uyaguari-Diaz

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

CBSAlife

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Accelerate

CEO

Trimac faces a challenge in developing quality customer leads for our financial offering. The process we currently employing is tracking news published in industry newsletters and finding contact information for companies in the news item. This approach has been somewhat successful but improvement is warranted as it certainly has not identified the full universe of potential investors. Trimac wishes to develop an more robust marketing strategy to be incorporated in future business development efforts.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Norah McRae

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Trimac Renewable Royalties

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Business Strategy Internship

Generating novel crystal polymorphs of therapeutic compounds with uniform size distribution for improved solubility, hygroscopicity and manufacturability

Two pharmaceutical products for the treatment of neurological diseases developed by Neuractas Therapeutics require fine tuning to enhance their solubility, bioavailability and stability towards relative humidity. Extensive experimental research will be carried out to improve the polymorphic distribution of the products by high through-put crystallization to improve the solubility of one of the products. In addition, optimization of process variables such as the operating temperature, temperature profile, selection of appropriate tailor-made impurities will be conducted to ensure a uniform crystal size distribution with well-defined crystal habit to improve the physical stability, manufacturability and shelf life of the products. The outcome of this research will enable Neuractas Therapeutics, a Canadian pharmaceutical company, to develop compounds that benefit the patients, the economy and highly-skilled jobs in Canada.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sohrab Rohani

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Neuractas Therapeutics

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

The University of Western Ontario

Programme :

Accelerate

Community Voices: Belonging and Anti-Racism – Year two

In light of increasing social division, there is a need for community stakeholders to have a forum in which to discuss issues related to creating an environment of inclusion and belonging for all community members. This project aims to create community connections between multiple stakeholders in Brandon to collaboratively identify goals to work towards, barriers encountered, and ways forward. The project, led by Westman Immigrant Services and Brandon University, is further strengthened by the involvement of Brandon’s Local Immigration Partnership, Interdisciplinary Immigration Research Network, Brandon Friendship Centre, and key community stakeholders, both for ongoing involvement and in promoting the research outcomes through their various networks. This project will launch a discussion about inclusivity locally but will serve as a pilot project for both expanding the model of community consultations to broader regions in Manitoba and across Canada.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Michelle Lam

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Westman Immigrant Services

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

Brandon University

Programme :

Elevate

Community Voices: Belonging and Anti-Racism

In light of increasing social division, there is a need for community stakeholders to have a forum in which to discuss issues related to creating an environment of inclusion and belonging for all community members. This project aims to create community connections between multiple stakeholders in Brandon to collaboratively identify goals to work towards, barriers encountered, and ways forward. The project, led by Westman Immigrant Services and Brandon University, is further strengthened by the involvement of Brandon’s Local Immigration Partnership, Interdisciplinary Immigration Research Network, Brandon Friendship Centre, and key community stakeholders, both for ongoing involvement and in promoting the research outcomes through their various networks. This project will launch a discussion about inclusivity locally but will serve as a pilot project for both expanding the model of community consultations to broader regions in Manitoba and across Canada.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Michelle Lam

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Westman Immigrant Services

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

Brandon University

Programme :

Elevate

Can We Predict Well-being?

People who experience mental wellness challenges or mental illness often struggle to obtain or maintain a position in the workplace. This is extremely relevant given the current COVID crisis, where personal distancing and isolation are required for the greater societal good. Organizations and communities are looking for practical tools to support mental health amidst this growing crisis, alongside ongoing social and racial unrest. Because mental wellness is directly related to social and cultural aspects of different regions, it is essential to personalize the decision support and prediction systems. We are aiming to develop a framework for determining the state of well-being of both individuals and groups within the mining industry. This framework will be critical for designing interventions to improve mental health and safety in the workplace.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Raymond Spiteri

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Refresh Enterprises Inc.

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and Communications Technology

Université :

University of Saskatchewan

Programme :

Accelerate

Caractérisation expérimentale et simulation numérique du comportement mécanique de matelas de réception utilisés lors de performances acrobatiques

Le Cirque du Soleil dispose d’une expertise pratique Importante pour la conception de matelas de reception. Toutefols, due a l’absence de donnees approfondies, cette expertise repose sur peu d’evidence scientifique, rendant difficile la conception optima le de matelas de reception pour de nouvelles performances acrobatlques. Le stage propose vise a completer et exploiter les outils experimentaux et de simulation numerique developpes dans le cadre du premier stage MITACS. Les resultats anticipes permettront d’evaluer experimentalement les matelas actuels, de valider les modeles numeriques, de developper des outils d’evaluation mieux adaptes a la realite du Cirque et d’evaluer les possibles correlation entre les parametres de conception des matelas et les contraintes biomecaniques subies par l’artiste lors d’un atterrissage sur le dos ou sur les pieds. Ces resultats seront exposes aux concepteurs d’equipements et de performances acrobatlques du Cirque dans le cadre d’un seminaire de formation ainsi qu’aux membres de la haute direction. Le pr6jet de recherche permettra aussi au Cirque d’etablir ou de maintenir des collaborations de recherche et/ou commerciales et de profiter d’une ressource technique specialisee en biomecanique des chocs.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Yvan Petit

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Cirque du Soleil

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Arts, entertainment and recreation

Université :

École de technologie supérieure

Programme :

Accelerate

Wave optics in plasma and gravitational lensing of coherent sources

The goal of this work will be to better understand the lensing of astrophysical sources such as pulsars and fast radio bursts (FRBs). Lensing is a phenomenon that occurs when clouds of material pass in front of a source, such as a star, causing the source to change in brightness, much like a magnifying glass can focus the light from the sun. This effect has traditionally been studied using a mathematical framework called geometirc optics. However, for sources like pulsars and FRBs (aka ?? coherent sources), geometric optics is not suitable, and a more general framework is needed, in which the wave nature of light is accounted for. The goal of this work is to develop a toolbox of mathematical and numerical techniques to analyze the lensing of coherent sources. We will develop code that will allow us to compute the effects of lensing for different classes of lenses, with the ultimate goal of being able to determine the details of a lens based on observations of a lensing event in data.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ue-Li Pen

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Academia Sinica

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Other

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Compréhension des facteurs influençant la stabilité de boissons à viscosité contrôlée pour les personnes dysphagiques

La sécurité lors de la déglutition des personnes souffrant de dysphagie est assurée par la modification de la texture des aliments et des boissons via l’utilisation d’épaississant alimentaire. Le partenaire industriel utilise de la gomme xanthane pour épaissir différentes boissons destinées à ces patients, mais ce dernier a observé des problèmes d’instabilité lors de l’entreposage. Actuellement, la littérature sur la gomme xanthane est vaste, mais aucune étude n’a porté sur les facteurs influençant la stabilité de telles boissons commerciales lors de l’entreposage. L’objectif de ce projet est d’étudier les facteurs (hydratation, composition du milieu et traitement thermique) influençant les propriétés rhéologiques et la stabilité des boissons à viscosité contrôlée commerciales. Ainsi, ce projet permettra d’assurer une meilleure qualité des boissons commerciales pour les personnes souffrant de dysphagie et éventuellement, d’augmenter leur sécurité lors de la déglutition.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sylvie Turgeon

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

A. Lassonde

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Accelerate

A non-destructive approach for assessing the integrity and performance of waterproofing membranes in bridge decks

A variety of alternative strategies have been developed for increasing the service life of reinforced concrete structures exposed to corrosive environments. An optimum design or repair strategy requires not only an estimate of upfront costs, but also the means to compare all associated costs against the potential extension to the life of the structure. Unfortunately, however, current asset management practice, which is typically based on tacit or implicit methods for asset condition assessment, performance prediction and management is no longer enough. The objective of this research project is to develop practical life cycle deterioration models that use measured field data to assess the current condition of existing RC structures and to predict the future performance of various repair or rehab strategies on the remaining useful life of these structures. Finite element analysis, experimental and analytical programs together with a field study will be carried out to achieve the objectives of this research.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mohamed Boulfiza

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Zacaruk Consulting Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Construction and infrastructure

Université :

University of Saskatchewan

Programme :

Accelerate

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