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Enhancing Water Balance Criteria to Protect Wetlands from Urban Stormwater and Climate Change

Wetlands are important habitats for many plant and animal species, and also provide valuable ecosystem services to society such as improving water quality and releasing groundwater into streams. While wetlands are often protected from development through the land use planning process in Ontario, development and land use change near wetlands can still alter the amount and timing of water flowing into and out of a wetland. This in turn can have negative effects on the plants and animals in the wetland and on the wetland’s ability to provide ecosystem services, even where the wetland itself is theoretically protected. This project will help refine existing guidelines and tools used by staff at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) to ensure that the design of new urban areas allows protected wetlands to continue to provide habitat and ecosystem services by maintaining the amount and timing of water reaching the wetland. The knowledge generated through this project will also be used to explore how climate change may affect wetlands in the Toronto region.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carl Mitchell

Student:

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (Toronto, ON)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

University of Toronto Scarborough

Program:

Accelerate

Traitement in situ subaquatique par stabilisation/solidification des sédiments contaminés

La gestion des sédiments contaminés et des risques qu’ils peuvent poser pour l’environnement est un enjeu important au Canada. Les administrations portuaires doivent couramment draguer et transporter des sédiments contaminés. Ce transfert vers le milieu terrestre complexifie la gestion des sédiments contaminés. Ce projet vise à proposer une approche qui permettra, dans certains cas, d’éliminer le transfert des sédiments contaminés. Cette approche reposera sur le traitement subaquatique des sédiments par stabilisation/solidification (S/S). La S/S consiste à incorporer du ciment Portland dans les sédiments pour améliorer leurs propriétés physiques et stabiliser les contaminants. Le projet consistera 1) à réaliser une étude du lien entre les propriétés des sédiments, la formulation de la S/S et les propriétés des sédiments traités, et 2) à vérifier l’influence des paramètres environnementaux liés à la mise en oeuvre de la S/S in situ subaquatique, comme la température de l’eau, sur les propriétés des sédiments traités.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Sébastien Dubé;François Duhaime

Student:

Partner:

Pangeos

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Construction; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Mobilizing Ulukhaktok Traditional Knowledge of the Dolphin and Union Caribou Herd

The Dolphin and Union caribou herd is integral to Inuit culture, subsistence and identity. Preliminary local and scientific knowledge both indicate that this caribou herd is declining and in poorer health than before. We need to bring everyone together and use everything we know about Dolphin and Union caribou, the environment and the other animals to help protect and care for these animals. This project interweaves the experiential knowledge of many people, and is a collaborative effort between Thorpe Consulting Services, the University of Calgary, the Wildlife Management Advisory Council, Government of the Northwest Territories, and the Olokhaktomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee. Our goal is to analyze, summarize and report on a set of interviews conducted with the community of Ulukhaktok in 2011/12 to make this knowledge for management decisions and to facilitate its return to the community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Kutz

Student:

Partner:

Thorpe Consulting Services

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Intelligent hockey sticks for personalized and context-aware performance

Fitting hockey players with the proper stick remains a complex process. Even though clear benefits are expected from this process, its complexity limits its application to only a few times during the career of the very top athletes. Furthermore, unlike golf, hockey players mostly use the same stick during all game situations. Previous research clearly demonstrates that the right level of stick stiffnesses for each game situation could lead to faster shots. This project targets two main strategies to improve performance and increase gold medal counts. First, it aims at developing sticks that can continuously monitor the performance to easily customize the equipment throughout the season. Next, this project will develop sticks that can modify their stiffnesses according to each game situation. The intern will work with Bauer, Team Canada and Own the Podium to develop these technologies. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexis Lussier Desbiens

Student:

Partner:

Own the Podium;Bauer Hockey Corp;Hockey Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

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

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Safe and Smooth Path Planning for Autonomous Robot Navigation

Clearpath Robotics has developed an accurate GPS navigation system that enables autonomous robots to move in outdoor environments. However, to move toward a target location and avoid obstacles along the path, a path planner is required. The objective of this project is to develop, tune and modify an efficient path planner for the robot in order to make it capable of moving in outdoor environments, then, the performance of the path planner and GPS navigation system will be checked by extensive real-world experiments. The outcome of this project is a well-tested autonomous robot which can move in an environment smoothly and safely. Therefore, it can replace humans in the dangerous working areas and can be used for remote sensing. Also, the partner organization will get a presentation proving the robot’s performance for marketing purposes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nasser Lashgarian Azad

Student:

Partner:

Clearpath Robotics

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Measuring the Effects of a Cycling Program on Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care

This research will measure the effects of the Cycling Without Age program on participants by observing a variety of indicators. An existing program in a long-term care home will be observed, and 50 residents will be recruited: a biking group (n=25) who will be biked twice a week for 12 weeks and a strolls group (n=25) who will go for walks/wheelchair rides outside. Data will be harvested from the Resident-Assessment Instrument – Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) regarding scores from the pain scale, cognitive performance scale, index of social engagement, activities of daily living hierarchy scale, and the aggressive behavior scale. Happiness will be measured using a visual analogue scale, and the LTC QoL assessment will be used to assess QOL. The partner organization will benefit by allowing residents the opportunity to participate in more outdoor programs than offered in the past.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aleksandra Zecevic

Student:

Partner:

Dundas Manor

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Research and Experimental Testing of Liquid-Injection Thrust Vector Control Actuator (LITVC)

Reaction Dynamics is a small-satellite launch vehicle company aiming to build a launch vehicle using a revolutionary type of rocket propulsion. Launch vehicles rely on a sophisticated Guidance, Navigation, and Control algorithm to precisely navigate and stabilize their vehicle during flight. The company requires an innovative method to accurately deflect the thrust force of the engines, and a previous literature review has led them to proceed with a Liquid-Injection Thrust Vector Control (LITVC) mechanism. Reaction Dynamics seeks to gain an understanding of the phenomena at hand and develop a small-scale prototype of the mechanism’s actuator. By using experiments to tune a mathematical model, the company requires the assistance of a full-time intern to research, design, implement and analyze hot-fire tests of the control actuator.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Richard Forbes

Student:

Partner:

Reaction Dynamics Lab

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Transportation and warehousing

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Clinical Implementation of Contralateral Inhibition OAE Testing

The proposed research project seeks to develop protocols that will enable one to measure the functionality of the auditory brainstem in a way that is clinically viable and time efficient. This project aims to minimize the time necessary to conduct an inclusive otoacoustic emissions (OAE) test using contralateral acoustic stimulation. By setting threshold signal to noise ratios, outputs from the ear in response to specified pure tones centered around frequency levels imperative for understanding speech will be analysed. The analysis will look to highlight OAE responses above threshold to indicate efferent system functionality. The project will be a collaboration between Western and Vivosonic Inc., a reputable company focused on auditory diagnostics. Through this collaboration, it is expected that the partner will be able to develop software protocols that will allow them to conduct more objective testing using their system, thus increasing the usability and value of their technologies

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Faculty Supervisor:

Prudence Allen

Student:

Partner:

Vivosonic Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology; Commercial Services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Sketch Input for Interactive Component Recognition on Mobile Devices

For both aircraft assembly and maintenance, mechanics need to quickly access information about parts and determine part numbers. Part numbers can be retrieved from 3D models of the aircraft but locating such models within an airplane is very difficult, particularly on small mobile devices. An additional complication is that the objects to be recognized are often embedded with a larger assembly structure which can obscure portions of the objects. Our aim is to develop a prototype system that incorporates new methods to aid in the maintenance of complex machinery by utilizing the input/output feature-set of modern mobile touchscreen devices. We will develop a real-time recognition system of physical components using captured images. User interaction will include touchscreen sketching for augmenting portions of occluded components to improve recognition rates. In addition, the system will offer limited Augmented Reality tagging of components, providing a visual link to reference manuals describing the component………………………………….

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Brooks

Student:

Partner:

Boeing Vancouver (Richmond, BC);Dalhousie University

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Économie sociale et économie circulaire : potentiels de synergies et modèles d’affaires porteurs

Ce projet a pour objectif de faire la lumière sur l’effet de levier que l’économie sociale peut jouer dans une perspective de transition québécoise vers l’économie circulaire. Il permettra d’identifier les secteurs d’activités et les modèles d’affaires les plus porteurs pour les entreprises d’économie sociale dans le déploiement de boucles d’économie circulaire à une échelle locale ou régionale, pour ensuite transférer ces connaissances auprès des acteurs ayant la capacité d’initier et de soutenir de telles initiatives. Le projet de recherche réalisé par le stagiaire a pour objectif d’amorcer ces travaux en mettant en lumière les réalités et modèles des entreprises d’économie sociale québécoises investies dans les secteurs liés à l’économie circulaire et en identifiant les opportunités les plus porteuses au plan international.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martine Vézina

Student:

Partner:

Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire;Institut EDDEC

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Identification of Patient Barriers and Success Predicting Metrics for a Clinical Trial Testing Blood Derived Autologous Angiogenic Cell Precursor Therapy in Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia (ACP-CLI)

Regeneration of destroyed arteries using the patient’s own stem cells is an innovative new treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease, that is currently being tested in humans in a Phase II trial. Throughout clinical studies, there has been an issue efficiently recruiting patients and clinical trial sites. Recruitment is recognized as a key determinant of success for clinical trials. Thus, the purpose of this project is developing an effective and efficient patient and site recruitment plan for the Phase III clinical trial. This will be done by analyzing the metrics obtained from the Phase II trial as well as conducting a literature search. Additionally, the metric analysis and literature search will allow for the identification of study designs and the development of the framework for the Phase III clinical trial. These research projects will be completed alongside the creation of a metrics dashboard which is an invaluable tool in companies wishing to be efficient, organized and to make well informed, accurate decisions. The failure of a clinical trial has many scientific, ethical and financial implications thus the goals of this project is to develop methods and plans to aid in the success of the clinical development of ACP-01.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Janice Braun

Student:

Partner:

Hemostemix Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Price Elasticities and Promotion Cannibalization effect on promotion activities

Leveraging the entirety of point of sale and loyalty data collected across a category, as well as additional socio-economic and other supporting data sources, apply statistical modelling to identify the own-price elasticity of demand and cross-price elasticity of demand at regular and promoted price points across Unilever’s portfolio within that category. Subsequently measuring the promotional cannibalization of Unilever’s temporary price reduction activities across the market to assess the promotional events with the highest return on investment and revenue optimization potential.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ricardas Zitikis

Student:

Partner:

Unilever Canada Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Wholesale trade

University:

The University of Western Ontario; Western University

Program:

Accelerate

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