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Détermination des substrats optimaux favorisant la germination de deux plantes à effet allélopathique : Kalmia angustifolia L., et Rhododendron groenlandicum

Au Québec, il arrive que les parcs à résidus miniers produiisent du drainage minier acide (de l’eau acide qui s’écoule dans l’environnement). Ce problème se doit d’être corrigé. Recouvrir les matériaux qui produisent ce drainage pourrait être une solution efficace. Le recouvrement, appelé couverture à effets de barriers capillaires (CEBC) se fait avec différents matériaux tels que le gravier, le sable et la roche. Cependant, au fil du temps, des arbres poussent sur la CEBC et risquent de l’altérer à cause de leurs racines profondes. Installer des plants à effet allélopathique sur les CEBC pourrait s’avérer être une solution prometteuse. L’allélopathie est un processus par lequel la germination et/ou la croissance d’une plante sont inhibées par des composés chimiques libérés dans l’environnement par une autre plante. Le kalmia à feuilles étroites et le thé du Labrador sont des plantes…tobecont’d…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francine Tremblay

Student:

Partner:

Centre technologique des résidus industriels;Centre jardin lac Pelletier

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

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

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

Terahertz Surface Plasmon Near-Field Sensor for Material SensingApplications

In this project, we plan to address the specific problem that TeTechS Inc is facing at this stage of
its product development project, which is collecting a complete set of measurement data for an
array of organic materials with different levels of purity and demonstrate the capability of its
proprietary terahertz sensing techniques to qualify and quantify purity and integrity of organic LED
(OLED) materials with the level of precision required in OLED deposition and material purification
processes. Materials used in organic electronics pose a significant opportunity for terahertz
measurement applications. TeTechS have performed research on a subset of materials used in
organic electronics can demonstrate the effectiveness of its measurement system in detection
and quantification of the materials signatures. We believe that TeTechS’ technology can serve in
many stages of organic electronics production and enhance the quality of end products in the
organic electronic industry. There is currently no terahertz system on the market to address this
problem in the…TOBECONT’D…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bo Cui

Student:

Partner:

TeTechs Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Développer le leadership et améliorer le fonctionnement des équipes : Développer et évaluer des interventions basées sur les données probantes en entreprise

Dirigeants et chercheurs insistent sur l’importance du développement du leadership pour assurer un fonctionnement organisationnel optimal. Les études qui se sont attardées au développement du leadership stipulent que les programmes utilisés à cette fin doivent être développés en se reposant davantage sur la logique de l’utilisation des données probantes en gestion (evidence-based management) pour en assurer l’efficacité. Par ailleurs, au-delà des compétences développées par les participants à ces programmes, il apparaît important de tenter de mieux circonscrire l’impact de leur participation sur l’évolution de leur posture de leader. Il apparaît également essentiel de chercher à comprendre en quoi certaines caractéristiques individuelles facilitent le développement des gestionnaires qui prennent part à ce type de programmes. Il est proposé de mettre en place une recherche-action visant à utiliser les connaissances scientifiques actuelles pour contribuer à l’élaboration d’un programme de développement du leadership d’une entreprise et d’en valider les impacts sur les participants et les équipes. Ce projet propose d’adopter un devis de recherche mixte pour guider le design, l’implantation et la validation d’un tel programme. En mettant en place cette recherche-action, les parties prenantes espèrent que leurs efforts permettront de contribuer aux connaissances scientifiques tout en fournissant des pistes d’action concrètes TBCONTINUED

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Grenier

Student:

Partner:

Énergir

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Mining; Transportation and warehousing; Utilities; Wholesale trade

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Perennial grains for fall grazing of beef cattle

Perennial grains, especially domesticated intermediate wheatgrass (IWG), are approaching commercialization as food crops. Due to the perennial nature of this crop i.e. multiple seed harvest (years) off of a single planting, grazing of post-harvest regrowth in the late fall would provide added value to beef producers, helping to sustain Canada’s beef industry. This project aims to evaluate the agronomic benefits of producing perennial grains, both on its own and in conjunction with a perennial legume, and the added benefits of grazing the post-harvest regrowth to both beef producer and grain producers. This project aligns with the objective of Manitoba Beef Producers to improve the competitiveness of beef producers in an economically and environmentally sustainable way and will provide valuable information that will be disseminated through a variety of technology transfer activities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Doug Cattani

Student:

Partner:

Manitoba Cattle Producers Association

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a CSA Standard on Geotechnical Design for Buildings

The National Building Code of Canada (and hence Canada) currently lacks an enforceable minimum safety standard for the design of its foundations. It is becoming increasingly apparent to the geotechnical community that the lack of a minimum standard of practice for such a critical component of each building, its foundation, leads to either inefficient designs, and so a waste of limited funds, or to designs which fall below a societally acceptable level of safety. At the moment, building foundations in Canada are designed using either manuals or codes of practice from other jurisdictions (e.g., the Eurocode), so that there is no enforceable minimum safety standard for building foundations in Canada.
A task group of the National Building Code of Canada has developed a geotechnical design code which will eventually become a CSA Standard on Geotechnical Design for Buildings. The only remaining need now is the calibration of the code design factors required to achieve minimum safety levels for building foundations. The objective of this research project is to determine the required design factors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gordon Fenton

Student:

Partner:

CSA Group

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Redesign of a commercial across-breed genetic evaluation system and in-silico investigations of resulting system performance and flexibility.

Genetic improvement is core to the long-term productivity and viability of all livestock industries. A review of crossbred genetic evaluation methods and approaches for national and international genetic improvement programs will determine the necessary improvements to make to AgSights’ genetic evaluation system (GES). Research will be conducted on hardware, software packages and statistical methods best suited to achieve these improvements. Research results that will be used to redevelop AgSights’ GES. New types of information captured on-farm will be researched and simulated, including the use of DNA information, determining the preparedness and feasibility of the new AgSights GES at meeting emerging beef industry needs. Upon completion AgSights will provide a new GES with improved performance and flexibility, broadening their potential market. The Canadian beef industry will benefit through access to a GES capable of managing existing and novel beef cattle information from a variety of breed make-ups, resulting in increased animal genetic improvement and increased productivity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Angela Canovas

Student:

Partner:

AgSights

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Measurement and modelling of stream thermal regimes in the Ottawa River watershed

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Faculty Supervisor:

Murray Richardson

Student:

Partner:

Ottawa Riverkeeper Ltd

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing a Smart Tool for Enhanced Oil Recovery Screening Based on Artificial Intelligence

Oil production constitutes a significant portion of the world’s demand for sources of energy and raw materials for production of numerous daily-needed items. However, most of the currently producing oilfields are in their production decline phases with much of their oil left unproduced due to technical barriers. Sustained production of these underground resources depends on methods such as Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), which involves injection of specific material or energy in oil reservoirs to enhance oil displacement towards producing wells. The first step in making EOR implementation decisions is screening the available EOR technologies and methods. Despite several screening methods proposed over the past five decades, there is no advanced screening method suitable for universal use. The aim of this project is developing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based EOR screening tools to identify the critical screening parameters as well as to assess and rank the EOR options for any oil reservoir.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sohrab Zendehboudi

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Oil and Gas; Natural Resources; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Caring for the caregiver: Exploring the “lived” caregiving and self-care experiences of family caregivers of persons with scleroderma during COVID-19

Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disease that damages skin and internal organs. Although many Canadians with scleroderma live at home with supported care from family, seeing their loved ones struggle with reduced participation in activities of daily living caused by disease symptoms often causes caregivers emotional distress in their caregiving role. Given the need for physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, family caregivers are experiencing increased social isolation (to prevent contracting and spreading COVID-19) and emotional distress with fewer community care resources available. To direct the development of socially inclusive caregiving, self-care, and social support resources for family caregivers of persons with scleroderma, this research will provide an in-depth understanding of family caregivers “lived” experiences with caregiving and self-care during COVID-19. It will also provide evidence of how co-participation in an online scleroderma support group program influences caregiver burden, loneliness, social connection, social support, and self-care behaviour.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marie Savundranayagam

Student:

Partner:

The Scleroderma Society of Ontario

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Radiant Energy Spectrum Converter for Enhanced Thermophotovoltaic Systems

Thermo-photovoltaic (TPV) systems are optical heat engines that convert radiant heat to electricity using a photovoltaic cell. TPV is a highly promising technology that can potentially be used to generate electric power from any high-temperature heat source including concentrated solar radiation, industrial waste heat, heat from radioisotope decay, and fuel combustion systems. However, the performance of TPV systems needs to be improved to achieve widespread commercialization. The objective of this project is to develop a novel class of optical cavities to significantly enhance the efficiency of TPVs. The proposed structure will provide for substantial improvements in TPV technology with a wide variety of applications such as solar thermal cogeneration processes, waste heat recuperation systems, auxiliary power conversion devices, fuel-to-electric-power conversion, self-powered devices, and remote power supplies for off-grid applications. These advances bode well for providing alternative energy sources and conversion methods in support of a global transition to cleaner energy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul O'Brien

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Clean Technology; Green/Alternative Energy; Nanotechnology

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Indicateurs d’accessibilité de la population aux espaces verts – Développement d’un outil misant sur les données ouvertes

Les indicateurs d’accessibilité aux destinations permettent de mesurer la performance conjointe des systèmes de transport et d’aménagement du territoire. Bien que leur apport à une meilleure planification des transports ait été largement démontré, ils sont encore peu utilisés en pratique, étant donné les défis liés à leur opérationnalisation. Le projet proposé vise donc à développer une méthodologie utilisant les données ouvertes afin de générer et de visualiser les indicateurs d’accessibilité sur plateforme de données de Jalon MTL. Plus spécifiquement, l’accessibilité aux espaces verts de Montréal, à la marche et à vélo, sera mesurée, en se concentrant sur les liens sécuritaires pour les déplacements des enfants. Les zones desservies par les parcs à moins de 1000 m ainsi que la population desservie par chaque parc seront calculées et présentées sous forme de carte. Le projet permettra de valoriser les données ouvertes des villes tout en supportant la planification intégrée des transports et de l’aménagement du territoire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Geneviève Boisjoly

Student:

Partner:

Jalon Montréal

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Transportation (excluding aerospace); Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Energy Efficient Integrated Design of FlightManagement Systems and Autopilots

The amount of emissions to the atmosphere is currently an important environmental concern as
policy makers and Heads of State are starting to demonstrate a strong interest in energy efficient
transportation, in particular energy efficient aircraft. However, current autopilot technology will
often not take into account the energy used to perform a given maneuver which can lead to
potentially larger fuel consumption and larger atmospheric emissions than what is strictly
necessary. The task of energy optimization is typically left to a flight management system (FMS).
However, the next generation aircraft will require additional functionality in fuel efficiency that can
benefit from a tighter and better interaction of the FMS and the autopilot subsystems. For such a
scenario, this research proposes to perform an integrated design of the FMS-autopilot ensemble
to be more energy efficient. A first collaborative effort of the applicants, has involved the study of
energy efficient autopilot design methods for fixed set points. We now propose to study…TOBECONT’D…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Luis Rodrigues

Student:

Partner:

Mechtronix

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

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