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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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Susan Kutz

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Thorpe Consulting Services

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Calgary

Programme :

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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Alexis Lussier Desbiens

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Own the Podium;Bauer Hockey Corp;Hockey Canada

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

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

Université :

Université de Sherbrooke

Programme :

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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Nasser Lashgarian Azad

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Clearpath Robotics

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Aleksandra Zecevic

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Dundas Manor

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

Western University

Programme :

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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

James Richard Forbes

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Reaction Dynamics Lab

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Transportation and warehousing

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Prudence Allen

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Vivosonic Inc.

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology; Commercial Services

Université :

Western University

Programme :

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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Stephen Brooks

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Boeing Vancouver (Richmond, BC);Dalhousie University

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Université :

Dalhousie University

Programme :

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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Martine Vézina

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire;Institut EDDEC

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

HEC Montréal

Programme :

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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Janice Braun

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Hemostemix Inc.

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Calgary

Programme :

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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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ricardas Zitikis

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Unilever Canada Inc

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Wholesale trade

Université :

The University of Western Ontario; Western University

Programme :

Accelerate

Advanced Characterization of Zirconium Hydrides in Zr-2.5Nb Pressure Tube in CANDU Reactors

In the operation of CANDU reactors, the Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes holding the cooling water and fuel bundles are susceptible to hydride cracking-induced crack initiation mechanisms, known as delayed hydride cracking and overload crack initiation. For structural integrity evaluation of CANDU pressure tubes, of fracture toughness and hydride crack initiation models were developed. However, the hydride morphology input for the model is still based on microstructures taken decades ago. By applying more advanced electron microscopes and establishing corresponding sample preparation procedures on hydrided pressure tube samples with similar thermo-mechanical history of real in-reactor components, better data input will be generated for the models to ensure more success tube integrity evaluation. Findings from this project will also benefit the industry partner with established sample preparation method for imaging hydrides at different length scales.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Zhongwen Yao

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Kinectrics Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Energy and Utilities; Advanced Manufacturing

Université :

Queen's University

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of a novel plant biostimulant made of encapsulated Rhodopseudomonas palustris

The agricultural sector is currently facing a conundrum, whereas the needs to produce more (food, fiber, bioenergy) are ever increasing, the land and resources needed to produce them are diminishing. Furthermore, consumers and legislators pressure for environmentally friendly products are increasing accordingly, the development of sustainable alternatives such as the use of plant growth-promoting rhyzobacteria (PGPR) for improving agriculture production is gaining interest. Bio-inoculants thus represents an open and growing market.
The overarching goal of this work will be to isolate and select potential bacteria and develop a microcapsule formulation for the development of a commercial bio-inoculant formulations by Ulysse Biotech in the near future.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Hugo Germain

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Biotechnologies Ulysse Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Programme :

Accelerate

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