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Design and simulation of low cost RadioFrequency Identification tags based uponGraphene interconnections

Long checkout lines at the grocery stores and wholesales are one of the biggest complaints about the
shopping experience. Soon these lines could disappear when te ubiquitous universal product code
barcode is replaced by smart labels, also called radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. RFID tags
are intelligent barcodes that can talk to a networked system to track every product that you put in your
shopping cart. In this project, Graphene, the wonder material of the century, will be integrated into
RFID devices to increase its reliability and reduce its product cost.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Denis Giannacopoulos

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

NanoXplore Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Information and Communications Technology

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Accelerate

Understanding the Role of Ex Situ Conservation to Enhance Public Understanding, Awareness, and Support for Biodiversity – Year two

The purpose of this research is to use an evidence-based approach to further the Toronto Zoo’s social science and education programs, in order to support in situ conservation and biodiversity in relation to Canadian goals and the Aichi Targets. Using a collaborative approach this research will result in the co-production of knowledge, where the researcher and the partner organization collaborate in all four stages of the research project. This project is mutually beneficial for the researcher and the partner organization. The researcher will gain additional skills and networking opportunities as presented through the research project and the Mitacs Elevate training. This training and expertise can then be shared with the Toronto Zoo. This will be achieved through the collaborative research process, and through the workshops, webinars and training that the researcher will provide as part of the outcomes for this project. This will help ensure that the Toronto Zoo will benefit in an ongoing way from the sharing of Dr. Bueddefeld’s expertise in social science research and project design. This funding will support the production of innovative research dissemination projects such as the proposed podcast and research video – in order to share these research findings beyond traditional academic contexts.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Chris Lemieux

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Toronto Zoo

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Other services (except public administration)

Université :

Wilfrid Laurier University

Programme :

Elevate

Understanding the Role of Ex Situ Conservation to Enhance Public Understanding, Awareness, and Support for Biodiversity

The purpose of this research is to use an evidence-based approach to further the Toronto Zoo’s social science and education programs, in order to support in situ conservation and biodiversity in relation to Canadian goals and the Aichi Targets. Using a collaborative approach this research will result in the co-production of knowledge, where the researcher and the partner organization collaborate in all four stages of the research project. This project is mutually beneficial for the researcher and the partner organization. The researcher will gain additional skills and networking opportunities as presented through the research project and the Mitacs Elevate training. This training and expertise can then be shared with the Toronto Zoo. This will be achieved through the collaborative research process, and through the workshops, webinars and training that the researcher will provide as part of the outcomes for this project. This will help ensure that the Toronto Zoo will benefit in an ongoing way from the sharing of Dr. Bueddefeld’s expertise in social science research and project design. This funding will support the production of innovative research dissemination projects such as the proposed podcast and research video – in order to share these research findings beyond traditional academic contexts.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Chris Lemieux

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Toronto Zoo

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Other services (except public administration)

Université :

Wilfrid Laurier University

Programme :

Elevate

Evaluation of the effects of pipe-soil interaction on the stress based design of buried pipelines using advanced numerical modeling – Year two

Thermal stress analysis of the buried pipeline is an integral part of pipeline design and integrity analysis. Pipeline design code (e.g. CSA Z662) provides guidance on the thermal stress analysis of restrained and unrestrained pipe sections. However, a buried pipeline bend is more likely to be partially restrained, as the pipe is free to expand longitudinally, but the expansion is restrained by the pipe-soil interaction. No clear guidance is provided in the design code for a partially restrained condition. Besides, circumferential stresses induced by thermal expansion is not considered in the design code. One of the major challenges in the thermal stress analysis of buried pipelines is modeling the soil as the engineering properties of soil depend on a wide range of factors. The complex deformation characteristics of the buried pipeline in response to the thermal expansion induced in-plane and out-of-plane bending moments are significantly affected by pipe-soil interaction. The proposed research will investigate the gaps in the design code through advanced finite element analysis. The deliverables of this project will not only help industries, e.g. Northern Crescent, to improve design and integrity assessment of buried pipelines but also the outcomes can be useful to update the design codes.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Pooneh Maghoul

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Northern Crescent

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Polytechnique Montréal

Programme :

Elevate

Evaluation of the effects of pipe-soil interaction on the stress based design of buried pipelines using advanced numerical modeling

Thermal stress analysis of the buried pipeline is an integral part of pipeline design and integrity analysis. Pipeline design code (e.g. CSA Z662) provides guidance on the thermal stress analysis of restrained and unrestrained pipe sections. However, a buried pipeline bend is more likely to be partially restrained, as the pipe is free to expand longitudinally, but the expansion is restrained by the pipe-soil interaction. No clear guidance is provided in the design code for a partially restrained condition. Besides, circumferential stresses induced by thermal expansion is not considered in the design code. One of the major challenges in the thermal stress analysis of buried pipelines is modeling the soil as the engineering properties of soil depend on a wide range of factors. The complex deformation characteristics of the buried pipeline in response to the thermal expansion induced in-plane and out-of-plane bending moments are significantly affected by pipe-soil interaction. The proposed research will investigate the gaps in the design code through advanced finite element analysis. The deliverables of this project will not only help industries, e.g. Northern Crescent, to improve design and integrity assessment of buried pipelines but also the outcomes can be useful to update the design codes.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Pooneh Maghoul

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Northern Crescent

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Elevate

Next generation content development andmanagement

As a globally recognized credit service provider, DBRS plans to implement a new project
called next generation content development and management. DBRS expects to expand its current
online service offering to the users by launching a series of mobile apps with sophisticated analytical
tools.
The advent of these applications will fundamentally create an interactive environment which
allows users to dictate the way the information will be utilized. DBRS (partner organization) will test
the market appetite for these new products and determining what commercial model will work best for
DBRS and the user community. These applications will further enable DBRS to fulfill its promise of
providing “insight beyond the rating” and expand the rating business globally.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Melanie Cao

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Dominion Bond Rating Service Ltd

Discipline :

Mathematics

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance

Université :

York University

Programme :

Accelerate

Measuring Charity Impact Value Using Social Return on Investment: The Value of Implementing Experiential Sustainable Development Goal Learning into Children’s Activities

Scouts Canada is adapting programing to align more closely with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This research project will measure the amount of change in SDG awareness and behaviours of the participants and volunteers of the program. These outcomes will be monetized into a Social Return on Investment that compares the value of the outcomes to the input costs.
All organizations around the globe are being called to help achieve the global SDG targets. Through this research project, Scouts Canada will obtain: a better understanding of if new SDG programming achieves desired outcomes and what activities contribute most to achieving the outcomes; financial valuation estimates of the outcomes; comparisons of the financial valuations of outcomes to the input costs in a summary SROI metric; and measures that inform scouting parents and funders of scout programs.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Irene Herremans

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Scouts Canada

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Calgary

Programme :

Accelerate

Fast Catalytic Pyrolysis of Sewage Sludge for Producing High-Grade Bio-Oil and Effective Sorbent for Capturing Emerging Contaminants – Year two

Large amounts of sewage sludge (SS) have been generated yearly by municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWPs), which entail huge operational expenses and advanced treatments, and the final disposal of biosolids in agricultural applications is reduced because of the potential environmental risks (e.g., heavy metals and emerging contaminants) associated with biosolids applications. The increased use of certain medications (e.g., antibiotics, disinfectants) and personal care products (e.g., sanitizers, soaps) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, will certainly increase the concentration of emerging contaminants in wastewater. Converting SS to effective sorbent and improving the quality of bio-oil, the by-product of the process, achieving environmental sustainability. This proposed research focuses on our novel integrated approach to co-produce effective sorbent (sludge-based activated carbon “SBAC”) and high-quality bio-oil through catalytic fast pyrolysis of sewage sludge. The cost-effectiveness and environmental impacts of the integrated system will be assessed through life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) analyses. Effectiveness of SBACs will be tested using wastewater and stormwater. Immediate benefit is to enhance the quality of urban water impacted by the pandemic COVID-19. This work has significant contribution in protecting our environment and reduce the dependence on fossil fuels by utilizing bio-oil from this process.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Loretta Li

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Elevate

Plankton Biomass Estimation using multi-frequency sonar

The internship seeks to develop an acoustic classification algorithm that estimates the organism composition and density of plankton. A series of experiments have been conducted using trawl nets where a four-frequency sonar device was pointed across the net openings. The catch from each trawl survey is broken down into an estimate of the relative composition of different organisms. This internship involves relating the known catch to the corresponding acoustic measurements of that catch. Essentially, the objective of the internship is to develop an algorithm which will allow a sonar device to produce estimates of the types and densities of plankton in the part of the ocean that is being surveyed. The partner organization (Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation) would benefit from this internship by having an enhanced ability to predict salmon returns by being able to monitor the amount of food (plankton) available to the salmon.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

John Bird

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Agriculture

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Accelerate

Fast Catalytic Pyrolysis of Sewage Sludge for Producing High-Grade Bio-Oil and Effective Sorbent for Capturing Emerging Contaminants

Large amounts of sewage sludge (SS) have been generated yearly by municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWPs), which entail huge operational expenses and advanced treatments, and the final disposal of biosolids in agricultural applications is reduced because of the potential environmental risks (e.g., heavy metals and emerging contaminants) associated with biosolids applications. The increased use of certain medications (e.g., antibiotics, disinfectants) and personal care products (e.g., sanitizers, soaps) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, will certainly increase the concentration of emerging contaminants in wastewater. Converting SS to effective sorbent and improving the quality of bio-oil, the by-product of the process, achieving environmental sustainability. This proposed research focuses on our novel integrated approach to co-produce effective sorbent (sludge-based activated carbon “SBAC”) and high-quality bio-oil through catalytic fast pyrolysis of sewage sludge. The cost-effectiveness and environmental impacts of the integrated system will be assessed through life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) analyses. Effectiveness of SBACs will be tested using wastewater and stormwater. Immediate benefit is to enhance the quality of urban water impacted by the pandemic COVID-19. This work has significant contribution in protecting our environment and reduce the dependence on fossil fuels by utilizing bio-oil from this process.

Voir la description complète du projet
Superviseur du corps professoral :

Loretta Li

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Elevate

Understanding Empirical Risk Minimization via Information Theory

Deep neural network (DNN) is a class of machine learning algorithms which is inspired by biological neural networks. Learning with deep neural networks has enjoyed huge empirical success in recent years across a wide variety of tasks. Lately many researchers in machine learning society have become interested in the generalization mystery: why do overparameterized DNN perform well on previously unseen data, even though they have way more parameters than the number of training samples? The Information-theoretic approach for studying generalization is one the frameworks to answer this question. Although information-theoretic approach proves its applicability for several machine learning methods, it suffers from some shortcomings that have hindered progress towards the understanding generalization in DNN. In this project, we aim to improve the information-theoretic methods for generalization which let us find a promising answer to the question of why DNNs generalize well in practice.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ashish Khisti

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

ServiceNow Canada

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

In-depth analysis of deer management in Nova Scotia:critique of current policy and suggestions for futuremanagement approaches

This project will support improvements to deer management in Nova Scotia. Improved management
and conservation of Nova Scotia’s most important big game species supports wildlife habitat
conservation by NS DNR, but is also of importance to the forestry industry, and stakeholders such as
the NS Federation of Anglers and Hunters, and the Fur Institute of Canada. The objectives of this
project include critiquing current NS DNR deer management policy and suggesting improvements,
evaluating current deer data collection and identifying information gaps, assessing the usefulness of
Pellet Group Inventories (pGIs) for deer density and population estimates, and investigating the
development and application of population indices and population surveys. Improving the knowledge
of deer management policies will provide an excellent basis for future deer studies. In addition, this
analysis will help guide future management and policy decisions for other large mammals over time.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ying Zhang

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Port Hawkesbury Paper LP;Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters;Fur Institute of Canada;Nova Scotia Natural Resources and Energy

Discipline :

Mathematics

Secteur :

Agriculture; Manufacturing

Université :

Acadia University

Programme :

Accelerate

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