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Nutrient uptake and growth of vegetative and reproductive parts of thalli in Ascophyllum nodosum (Rockweed)

Ascophyllum is a perennial brown seaweed that is an important economic resource in eastern Canada in which hundreds of people are employed in the harvesting, processing and marketing of this alga. Growth of the vegetative parts of plants occurs mainly in the summer and fall, whereas growth and maturation of reproductive structures (i.e. receptacles) occurs mainly in the winter and spring. While the reproductive structure are photosynthetic, it is unclear the extent to which growth of these structures is based on nutrient uptake from the surrounding water and photosynthesis in the receptacles themselves, or if it is based on stored inorganic and organic nutrients in the vegetative thallus. The research will study these processes at the time of year when the receptacles are undergoing major growth.
This research will: (1) inform a previously unstudied aspect of the physiology and ecology of this important resource; (2) inform the potential of the species for bioremediation in coastal habitats of Nova Scotia; and (3) inform harvesting strategies based on a clearer picture of chemical composition of the plant.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Garbary

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Incheon National University

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Aquaculture and Fishing; Environmental Science and Technology; Life Sciences (not health)

Université :

St. Francis Xavier University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Les conséquences de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur la santé des étudiants et des employés universitaires : état de la situation et pistes de solution

En raison de la propagation mondiale de la COVID-19, le directeur général de l’OMS a décrété le 11 mars 2020 l’état de pandémie. Les populations scolaires, notamment universitaires, ont été les premières à être affectées par des fermetures d’établissement le 13 mars 2020. Des solutions d’urgence ont alors été mises en œuvre au sein des différents campus afin de permettre aux étudiants de finaliser leur trimestre d’hiver 2020. Ce passage du « présentiel » vers le « numérique » a demandé aux étudiants et aux employés de déployer des énergies considérables afin de s’adapter à cette nouvelle réalité. Ces solutions qui avaient été imaginées comme temporaires se sont depuis maintenues et diversifiées dans l’ensemble des établissements d’enseignement supérieur. C’est ainsi que des milliers d’étudiants et d’employés du réseau de l’Université du Québec (+/- 100 000 personnes) se retrouvent actuellement dans un contexte de télé étude ou de télé travail. C’est dans le but de décrire les conséquences de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur cette population universitaire et de mettre en place des solutions concrètes pour faire face aux enjeux de santé identifiés qu’est entreprise cette étude en trois volets.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Christiane Bergeron-Leclerc;Danielle Maltais

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Syndicat des professeures et professeurs de l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Programme :

Accelerate

Field evaluation of Humic Land, a biological promoter of corn growth and the soil microbiome

Humic Land is a 100% organic fertilizer that was produced from black peat using innovative technology that protects live soil microorganisms. It contains complex organic compounds known as humic substances and a microbial consortia that can biologically promote the growth of field crops. Since corn plants that obtain a balanced nutrient supply from the soil microbiome are expected to grow larger and have faster phenological development, compared to their counterparts that have a suboptimal nutritional balance, we evaluated the agronomic performance of Humic Land on field-grown corn. Humic Land is being tested for its effectiveness as a seed priming treatment and as a soil-applied inoculant to boost corn growth in a replicated field research trial. The project will demonstrate the commercial potential of Humic Land for corn production in realistic field environments in Canada.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Joann Whalen

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Rogitex

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Wholesale trade

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Accelerate

Estimation of turbine runner blade measured strains from indirect measurements using machine learning

Hydro-Québec has data acquisition systems for a multitude of sensors, some of which have been installed since almost 20 years in its electrical generation equipment (turbine-generator units – TGU). The collected data is primarily used to ensure that the information is adequate in the event of an equipment breakdown or for specific behavioral studies. Data from monitoring systems are little used in routine maintenance management activities, often due to lack of time and adequate and/or effective analysis methods.
Equipment maintenance is an important part of Hydro-Québec’s equipment management activities. The creation and maintenance of a surveillance system is a major investment for the company. With the development of machine learning analysis approaches, the goal is to provide operators with a clearer view of real-time asset status and predictions about their potential for use.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ioannis Mitliagkas

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

Université :

Université de Montréal

Programme :

Accelerate

Collagen-based composite bioink development

The continuous world innovation in the manifacturing techniques led to the development of highly precise technologies such as 3D printing. This technique has been then further improved in such a way to print biomaterials and cells, with extreme precision. It constitute a significant innovation for tissue engineering research. Collagen, the most abundant protein of the human body, is one of the most used and promising biomaterials in tissue engineering, since it provides a favorable environment for cell activities. However, it is mechanically weak, suitable for soft matrix, and for this reason 3D printing is highly challenging. The targeted strategy to overcome this drawback is to combine collagen with other biomaterials, which should act as mechanical reinforcement for the matrix, thus providing the required properties for bioprinting. The hybrid matrix must represent a favorable biological environment for embedded cells. This brings to the choice of natural-derived biomaterials as support to collagen. In this project, we propose a combination of hyaluronic acid and collagen to obtain a printable formulation. The hybrid matrix will be prepared and fully characterized for the printability, and the biological outcome.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Diego Mantovani

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

AO Research Institute Davos

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Advanced Manufacturing; Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Développement d’un outil de détection des mucines oculaires pour l’amélioration de la médication en ophtalmologie

Avec l’augmentation du nombre de personnes sur Terre et du vieillissement dans le monde, les maladies oculaires deviennent des enjeux économiques et sociétaux. De nombreuses recherches sont en cours pour développer des vecteurs de médicament mucoadhésifs pour ces maladies afin d’améliorer l’administration des médicaments dans les gouttes ophtalmiques. Cependant, chaque individu possède une composition en mucine oculaire différente et certaines pathologies oculaires modifient également la muqueuse oculaire. De ce fait, le développement d’une plateforme moléculaire de dosage de mucines présentes à la surface oculaire, de manière sensible et sélective, permettrait d’améliorer efficacement le diagnostic dans certains cas et également le traitement de maladies oculaires en proposant le vecteur de médicaments le plus adapté pour chacun. L’objectif de ce travail consiste donc à proposer une plateforme de détection à base de monocouche auto-assemblées fonctionnalisée avec des nanoparticules d’or et des aptamères spécifiques des mucines à détecter par spectroscopie Raman exaltée par effet de surface (SERS).

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Élodie Boisselier

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université de Bordeaux 1

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Nanotechnology; Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Assessing Canadian Real-estate Stock for Sustainable Futures

Canada is one of the nations that committed towards mitigation of climate change and the Paris climate goals, which mandates major actions to modify the current GHG emissions in the Canadian context. Buildings are the primary consumers of Canada’s produced energy and one of the major GHG contributors. This project aims at assessing the possibility of transforming the ageing building stock through deep retrofit. A toolkit will be developed to prioritize the most effective retrofit options as a function of building type. The toolkit will combine various strategies in order to diminish energy consumption while minimizing GHG emissions associated with the renovation process. The real estate project partner will receive an assessment for a flagship pilot project building for a future implementation process.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ursula Eicker

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Gestion Immobilière Quo Vadis

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Construction and infrastructure

Université :

Concordia University

Programme :

Accelerate

Linking hands-on learning education program and internship: A cooperative education to apply the forest inventory theories learned in the classroom to industry practice

Interns will participate in forest growth and yield (G&Y) research projects. G&Y studies are used to assess the impacts of forest management practices and to set harvest levels to safeguard sustainability. Conducting G&Y studies is a foundational skill provided by contractors or undertaken directly by forest companies or regulators who require the information. This work requires field skills, and both data and project management competencies due to the complexity and long-term requirements of the work. Interns will be expected to work collaboratively with mentors on projects designed to investigate the impacts of aspen on the growth of white spruce and the growth of the spruce trees after deciduous removal. Thus, the proposed internships will help develop a pool of highly skilled future professionals to meet the needs of the forestry industry.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jean-Marie Sobze;Binyam Tedla

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

fRI Research

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Programme :

Accelerate

Spatially-aware lighting estimation

We present a method for automatically estimating the lighting conditions from a single image. As opposed to most previous works which proposed methods that estimate only global lighting or use a limited illumination representation (low frequency SSH, parametric model), the proposed method attempt to use a new spatially-varying light representation with realist texture to render shiny objects. Our method will estimate a coarse (cuboid) geometry of an indoor scene from a single image and use this geometric information to hallucinate a realistic room texture used for illumination. This representation will allow to place a virtual object anywhere in a standard photograph and render scene reflections to the viewer for realistic object insertion. To this end, an indoor HDR panorama dataset will be annotated with room layout and the method will be quantitatively evaluated and compared to the most relevant approaches from the literature.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jean-Francois Lalonde;Christian Gagné

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Depix Inc

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Accelerate

Méthode algorithmique d’apprentissage pour améliorer l’impact de systèmes de dialogue

Le stagiaire entreprendra la tâche d’améliorer la robustesse des systèmes de dialogue de la Banque nationale. Afin qu’un système de dialogue soit apprécié par les utilisateurs, il est primordial que cette technologie réponde de façon appropriée à une question. Une erreur propagera de la fausse information et diminuera la crédibilité de l’organisation, deux graves problèmes. Le stagiaire travaillera sur la réduction de ces erreurs ce qui valorisera l’efficacité de ces systèmes de dialogue. Un système de dialogue efficace apporte beaucoup de valeur à la Banque en diminuant l’attente pour contacter un agent du service à la clientèle et en accélérant l’accès à l’information pour le client. Ces actions permettent d’améliorer une des priorités la plus importante pour la Banque Nationale, soit l’expérience client.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ioannis Mitliagkas

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Banque Nationale du Canada

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université de Montréal

Programme :

Accelerate

‘A Strategic Plan to Improve Indigenous Housing in British Columbia’

This study aims to understand the ways in which Indigenous Housing can be improved in British Columbia, by identifying strategies to best support the Indigenous Housing providers. This research includes the exploration of the capacity needed at Indigenous housing organizations in order to satisfy the needs of urban and rural Indigenous Peoples as well as develop a strategy to build this capacity. Additionally, this research will outline potential steps to take to ensure Indigenous housing units across BC are seismically resilient. For AHMA, the umbrella organization of Indigenous Housing Providers in BC, this research is necessary to identify policy gaps and ensure that Indigenous Housing Providers have the capacity and resources to support the Indigenous communities they serve.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Penelope Gurstein

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Aboriginal Housing Management Association

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Real estate and rental and leasing

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Intelligent Drowsiness Prognosis Using Chaos Theory

Drowsiness is considered the foremost cause of accidents in the mining industry. Studies estimate that up to 65% of annual accidents in mines are related to drowsiness. The total loss to the company’s assets is around $22.6 billion and operator lives are not replaceable. The lack of real-time drowsiness monitoring and prognosis in the mining industry can cause irrecoverable losses, so a prognosis system is vital. Different drowsiness detection systems were developed, such as behavior-based and vehicle-based techniques, but, none of them are reliable and accurate in mining applications. The proposed project applies nonlinear extraction algorithms to EEG signals to develop a reliable and effective drowsiness prognosis system. This project will benefit Canada’s mining industries, it saves lives and also prevents catastrophic failures and damages machinery meanwhile it enables the Canadian mining industry to become more competitive and efficient.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Farid Golnaraghi

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

DyMoTech

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Accelerate