Projets novateurs réalisés

Deposition rate and solidification behavior of novel silicon bronze and aluminum consumables

Brazing and braze welding is like welding in that it joins metals using heat and filler metal but differs from welding in that the temperatures used are not hot enough to melt the base metal. The type of filler metal used during brazing and braze welding is significant because it directly impacts the strength and durability of the joint. The goal of the research is to study Lincoln Electric’s silicon bronze and aluminum filler metals to determine their solidification behaviors and deposition rate during braze welding. With a better understanding how their filler metal deposits and solidifies during braze welding, Lincoln Electric can decide on the best applications for their product and how to market it to industry.

The Whitehorse Food Bank’s Role in Improving Food Security in Yukon Communities

Food insecurity is a significant concern in Northern Canada, and the Whitehorse Food Bank was established in 2009 as a non-profit organization dedicated providing food to the hungry. Prior to COVID-19, all clients were required to come into the Food Bank to receive emergency food, whereas now the Food Bank is distributing food to communities. This was a significant, urgent shift in scope for the organization. The Whitehorse Food Bank has not yet evaluated how things are going as far as meeting community needs or to look for lessons learned from other organizations. This research project will review other rural and remote food banks in Canada and how they address the needs of communities in their service areas, and will include interviews with Yukon community representatives and clients to determine whether their needs are being met one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. The benefit of the project to the Whitehorse Food Bank will be evidence-informed recommendations for how to best improve the community food program.

Effects of reducing the omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio in milk replacer on intestinal health in neonatal calves

Dairy calves are generally fed whole milk or milk replacer during the first weeks of life. Compared with whole milk, milk replacer containing vegetable oils has a higher polyunsaturated fat content. More specifically, it is high in omega-6 and low in omega-3 fatty acids, making the omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio ten times higher in milk replacer compared with whole milk. Omega-6 fatty acids are precursors for pro-inflammatory molecules and therefore, the hypothesis of this project is that milk replacers with high omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio may induce inflammation and compromise gut barrier function. The objective of this study is to evaluate effects of reducing omega-6 and increasing omega-3 fatty acids in milk replacer on intestinal health and inflammation in calves from birth up to 3 weeks of age. The results of this study will contribute to our knowledge regarding milk replacer formulations to improve dairy calf health on farm.

Design Assistant Tool for Switched Reluctance Motor Drives

Switched Reluctance Motors have gained considerable attention in various applications such as vehicle electrification due to its advantages such as simplicity, robustness, compactness, and low-cost. The proper, and efficient operation of the SRM triggers the requirement for an optimal motor drive design. Traditional converter design in power electronics has some limitations such as slow time to market, high development costs, and non-optimal final design, which is a major challenge for manufacturing in the industry. The main goal of this project is to facilitate the design of the SRM drive, and overcome the challenges regarding traditional inverter design by developing a platform that helps to the optimal design of a power converter for switch reluctance motors. The research will focus on multi-domain models and multi-objective optimization routines. Due to the high complexity of developing such a tool, the component models will include loss, thermal, cost, and power density aspects, and the optimization routine will aim to optimize the efficiency, power density, and cost of the motor drive.

Olivine slip system variation with strain rate and deformation conditions in large planetary bodies

Shock deformation is the common deformation type in the solar system, and olivine is one of the most abundant rock-forming minerals found in the planet’s basalts or mantle residuals. This project studied strained olivine under two distinctive deformation schemes, shock metamorphism and tectonism, by electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). We will examine the subdomain misorientation induced by non-uniformly distributed strains from shock deformation. We will also focus on lattice preferred orientation to study unique olivine slip systems developed under different deformation schemes. The rock sample in this project covers a wide-range of meteorites from other large planetary bodies and terrestrial rocks from earth basalts and mantle xenoliths. It provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the mantle formation and the shock effects by using the earth samples as a comparison. The project will shed light on the current shock study and help people to probe the formation of the solar system.

MOM Cleaning

Lors de ce stage en stratégie marketing, j’occuperai le poste d’assistant marketing afin de travailler sur la mise en place de la nouvelle stratégie marketing digitale de la société. En effet, je vais reprendre les travaux du précédent stagiaire afin de poursuivre le développement de la présence en ligne de MOM Cleaning. Afin de répondre au mieux à ma mission lors de ce stage, je vais adopter différentes approches comme le Design thinking, le Lean startup et la méthode Agile. Plus précisément, voici une liste des activités prévues dans le cadre du projet :

• Travailler avec une agence pour réaliser la maquette de MVP (Minimum Viable Product) livrable à la fin du stage.
• Collaborer avec une nouvelle agence pour revoir la stratégie SEO (Search Engine Optimization) et du SEM (Search Engine Marketing) de la société.
• Mettre en place HubSpot, un logiciel de marketing automation et de CRM (Customer Relationship Management) en remplacement de SalesForce.
En menant une démarche marketing et scientifique rigoureuse de façon systématique, je souhaite participer à l’émancipation de l’entreprise.

Simulation of sand separation in water-oil emulsions using OpenFOAM

A new computational model will be developed that allows the industrial partner to design more efficient sand separation devices for the oil and gas industry. The computer model will be developed within an open source software, which means that, in addition to benefiting the industrial partner directly, it will also contribute to the increased accuracy in the modelling of emulsions in many other industries. As a result of the project, the intern will receive advanced training in both numerical model development and in setup and running of validation experiments.

Club – Ideo

Le concept d’entreprise libéré est assez peu répandu au Canada et au Québec. La partie académique de mon projet à tout particulièrement retenu l’attention de mon organisme employeur. La revue de littérature sur les pratiques de gestion qui caractérisent les entreprises libérées va leur permettre de créer un cahier des charges des bonnes pratiques pour devenir une entreprise libérée.
La deuxième partie de mon projet consiste à cartographier les entreprises dans le tissu économique québécois qui serait intéressé à appliquer les pratiques de gestion des entreprises libérées. Il est également intéressant d’aller comprendre quels seraient leur motivation, les défis et les objectifs sous-jacents à ce désire de se renouveler.
La finalité de ces deux objectifs est de créer à terme une communauté des entreprises libérée qui puise accompagnée le développement et la collaboration entre ces différentes organisations.

[Business Strategy Internship] Designing Business Model and Revenue Strategy- ON-429

The current business model is based on charging individual users a monthly subscription fee (primary), as well as upselling add-ons mostly for “access to experts” in various forms. Companies who sponsor projects on the platform pay a one time fee for posting their project which includes the prize money for the winning teams. One of the objectives of this project for the next few months is to design, validate, and implement a recurring revenue business model for the enterprise facing offering. Given the one time nature of the interaction with companies in the current setting, the cost of acquisition is very high which is not ideal for scale. There are some initial ideas about where this could go, Janet will help the organization carry out the research rigorously, and establish a business strategy that can scale.

Biochar Carbon Protocol Development

Biochar is charcoal that is used as a soil amendment to increase plant productivity and as a means of keeping carbon out of the atmosphere. Although a number of voluntary carbon standards allow for soil carbon projects to generate carbon offsets, no protocol has been developed for biochar. The overall objective of this research project is to develop a protocol for quantifying the greenhouse gas emission reductions from the production and incorporation into soil of biochar in agricultural and forest management systems that can be adopted by an internationally applicable carbon offset standard. The secondary objective will be to apply this methodology to the Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve (HFWR) context that is currently developing biochar on an experimental scale. Ultimately, the goal is to enable HFWR and other companies doing similar things to sell carbon offsets for the production and use of biochar within the forestry sector.

CubeHX

As a Startup, with a new business model due to covid, this project will allow us to understand how to tackle the growth opportunity with our new SaaS platform CubeGO. CubeGO will need to find customers through online acquisition. Prior to covid, we were an “in-lab” consulting company. Now with Covid, the importance of online marketing is essential. Our product is now global and the ability to reach, impact and engage consumers on a global scale, through online channels is imperative.
We believe CubeGO is a market-leader for online user testing. As such, we believe for Canada, CubeGO represents the innovation abilities of Canadian companies in the market research space.

Immersive Virtual Environment for Dental Restorative Techniques

Dentists and dental assistants are required to complete continuing education. Blue Light’s first technology introduced in 2010 was a patient simulator used for teaching hands-on light curing skills. This technology incorporates a mannequin head, expensive electronics and required an in-person course which is less desirable in the current covid-19 landscape. Exploring other mediums to deliver required educational training will be important over the next foreseeable future. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are two such immerging mediums and could be delivered directly to the user mitigating the need to travel. Since the hands-on aspect is important for developing dental skills, AR represents a step into the future of dentistry. This platform may be utilizing for didactic training and professional training at different levels of expertise transforming the practice of dentistry as we know it.