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A stakeholder analysis of outreach opportunities to support low-carbon smart transitions for transit modernization

Transportation that uses green energy is environmentally friendly and helps to reduce greenhouse gas emission. But there is a tension between the stakeholders, policy makers and public on their economic return, policy implementation and perception on innovation in technology in transit respectively. Analysis on outreach opportunities to support transit modernization in to green technology will help acceptance of new environmental policy(ies), improve public perception and acceptance on innovation in transit and environmental integrity and lastly it will allow the transit corporation to loosen the tension between ‘go’ or ‘no go’ with regards to transforming to energy efficient technology

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Christopher Fullerton

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (ON)

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Transportation (excluding aerospace); Sustainability & the Environment; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

Université :

Brock University

Programme :

Accelerate

Social-Ecological Regime Shifts and the Governance of Community-Managed Marine Protected Areas: Implications for Ecological Conservation and Community Well-Being

The research will look at the use of community-managed marine protected areas (MPAs) to deal with abrupt and long-term environmental and social changes taking place in the Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Merida, Mexico
MPAs have long been used to protect marine species and ecosystems, but their social considerations have yet to be fully studied
Information on the local community’s opinion towards the MPA and its ability to meet environmental and community wellbeing goals will be collected through a survey and semi-structured interviews
The purpose of the research will be to determine the community’s recommendations on the methods that can be used to improve the structure of the MPA, leading to better ecological health and community wellbeing
It is hoped that the outcomes of the research project will support information that feeds possible policy recommendations with the aim of overall improving the effectiveness of MPAs in the long-run
The research objectives are as follows
To understand the abrupt, rapid environmental and social changes taking place in the Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve
To understand the community’s viewpoints on the MPA and its ability to deal with environmental and social change
To determine how the MPA can be improved to better respond to environmental and social changes occurring within the region

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Prateep Kumar Nayak

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Comparing interspecific differences in ungulate habitat use in response to coal mine reclamation

Extracting coal through surface mining can damage natural habitats because it removes and fragments forests, grasslands, and shrub lands. Coal mines near Hinton, Alberta, our study area, have been reclaimed to reduce the negative effects of mining on the environment and on wildlife as per regulations in the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. Our study area consists of bighorn sheep, elk, and mule deer populations that use the vegetation, minerals, and topographic features of the reclaimed mines for food, protection from predators, and thermal cover. The main objective of our research is to examine each species’ habitat use on the reclaimed mines to compare how each species responds to mining and reclamation. Our research will help to understand which features of mining and reclamation are most important and least important to each species so that future reclamation activities will benefit the persistence of these wildlife populations.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mark S Boyce

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Bighorn Wildlife Technologies Ltd

Discipline :

Earth science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Accelerate

Climate change and water use: can increased diversity help protect forests?

Forests provide habitat to more than 65% of terrestrial biodiversity, yet are being eliminated or greatly simplified at an alarming rate under global change (GC). Current forestry practices tend to favour a handful of species, without considering resilience of resulting forests to GC. During the past two decades, studies have investigated the complex relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem service provision to humanity. Biodiversity and ecosystem function research (BEF) has prompted the establishment of forest experiments and research networks to better understand consequences of biodiversity loss. There is undoubtedly an increasing interest in Canada and internationally to evaluate the potential role of maintaining diversity in managed forests and plantations to increase productivity and resilience. TO BE CONT’D

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Alain Paquette

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Ouranos Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Accommodation and food services; Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

Université :

Université du Québec à Montréal

Programme :

Accelerate

Étude de la génomique des levures Brettanomyces pour la caractérisation et la classification des différentes souches selon leur potentiel brassicoles

L’utilisation des Brettanomyces au sein des fermentations alcooliques est en forte croissance depuis plusieurs années. Traditionnellement considérée comme un contaminant, cette levure se retrouve désormais au centre de nombreux produits fermentés, particulièrement dans l’industrie brassicole. Jusqu’à maintenant, les Brettanomyces sont utilisées principalement en fermentation secondaire, afin d’affiner les produits. Par contre, peu d’informations sont connues à ce jour sur ce type de levures en fermentation primaire, c’est-à-dire en utilisant que les Brettanomyces seules. Ce projet vise donc à caractériser et associer les gènes attribuables aux caractéristiques sensorielles des différentes souches lorsqu’elles sont utilisées en fermentation primaire.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Steve Labrie

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Le Labo - Solutions Brassicoles

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Accelerate

High value-addition of forestry residuals into levulinic acid

Levulinic Acid (LA) is among the top twelve value-added platform chemicals, and is an abundant and versatile building block for numerous compounds aimed at consumer applications. LA is produced in insufficient quantities to meet market demand and by using fossil fuels which prevents LA production to meet environmental standards. We propose a novel, efficient, and green conversion of forestry residuals into LA production, while using crude glycerol, a biodiesel industry by-product, as an alternative to strong acid to minimize the by-products concentration obtained during acid treatment. We also propose to use ultra-sonication as a specific, simple and less-energy intense approach in comparison to inefficient product formation with conventional LA production approaches. The combination of semi-continuous and aqueous two-phase system will boost LA yield and recovery for commercial applications. The possible technology transfer to future industry will be defined thanks to a techno-economic evaluation. The proposed work will lead to a valuable cutting-edge technology that could benefit CRIQ and help them offer services with innovative solutions to the industry looking for value-added products from solid and liquid wastes.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Satinder Kaur Brar

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec (Quebec, QC)

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of a Raman probe for the on-line determination of pulp properties

Pulp and paper producers would profit enormously from an advanced knowledge of the physical and mechanical properties of a fibre product based upon a measure of the pulp while it is still in process. This project aims to develop such a tool. Using a laser backscattering technique called Raman spectroscopy, will calibrate the molecular bar code it reads from an in-process pulp to accurately predict the properties of a paper or other fibre products that can be made from that particular pulp.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Edward R Grant

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canfor Pulp Ltd

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Agriculture; Manufacturing

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of a polypropylene (PP) and a nylon (PA) cellulose filament (CF) nanocomposite

Cellulose filaments (CF) can be easily derived from natural products. Their addition to polymer resins can result in an improvement of the mechanical properties of the material. However, its good properties depend on a proper dispersion of the CF within the polymer and a strong interfacial adhesion between the CF and the polymer matrix. In the case of most thermoplastics, obtaining a proper dispersion still remains a challenge and to do so, a right combination of additive still needs to be chosen. In 2013, FP Innovation and Kruger formed
an alliance to design a 5T/day CF plant and develop new CF applications. The success of their technology enabled Kruger to reach to a 6000T/year production in 2015. They recently carried out a market study which showed that polypropylene (PP) and polyamide (PA) CF nanocomposites could be interesting for automotive industries. The project aims therefore at developing composites with nano-metric dispersion of CF within polypropylene and polyamide.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Nicole Demarquette

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Kruger Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

École de technologie supérieure

Programme :

Accelerate

Evaluation of in vivo Hippocampal Volume Assessment in Psychosis Patients at High Field MRI

Schizophrenia is a serious and severe mental disorder of yet unknown etiology. Genetic, developmental and environmental factors have all been implicated in the emergence of the disorder. In particular, abnormalities in both morphology and volume of the hippocampus have been implicated in the underlying mechanisms contributing to the emergence of psychosis in schizophrenia and in other associated schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The hippocampus is a morphologically and anatomically complex grey matter bundle, situated deep within the temporal lobes. Hippocampal abnormalities are frequently posited to be a central feature of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, and are believed to give rise to memory impairments and auditory hallucinations, two common features of the illness. The purpose of this study is to use high feild MRI to assess hippocampal morphology in patients with psychosis/schizophrenia, in addition to eveluating the most accurate platform of automated segmentation software for volumetric analysis of hippocampal stractures.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Donna Lang

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Network

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

New high-resolution fiber optics devices to image and guide in real-time surgical robots

The objective of the project is to implement the fiber optics devices developed at Polytechnique Montreal inside the surgical robots used at Johns Hopkins University to improve the accuracy of the shape sensing reconstruction to possibly replace the ones currently used in those robots. These devices could be more effective since they rely on a more distributed approach, instead of obtaining data over only a few different points, and interpolating in between, as is presently the case with the current technology. A more accurate shape sensing reconstruction would lead to more precision on the position of the tip of the surgical instrument, which would enable more successful results for minimally invasive surgeries.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Raman Kashyap

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Johns Hopkins University

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and Communications Technology; Biotechnology

Université :

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Fabrication and Characterization of Ion-Beam Synthesized SiGe

The student will use ion beam synthesis to fabricate germanium thin films integrated with silicon substrates. The fabrication will use a method pioneered within our group, known as implantation-condensation. Silicon is bombarded with germanium atoms and subsequently heated to a temperature of 1000C in an oxygen atmosphere. The silicon is removed leaving a high quality germanium layer. This is a cost-effective way in which germanium can be incorporated into silicon (orders of magnitude cheaper than current standard practice). Due to the importance of germanium in silicon processing (in both electronics and optics), this technique may radically change industrial methodology. Benefit to Canada will reside in the economic exploitation of this technique under license.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Andrew Knights

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

The University of Manchester - dup

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Information and Communications Technology; Nanotechnology; Advanced Manufacturing

Université :

McMaster University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

A Physiological Assessment of the Physical Demands of Riding a Snowmobile

The purpose of the present study is to scientifically evaluate the physical demand associated with the safe operation of a snowmobile under typical (normal) riding conditions experienced by North American snowmobilers. We will quantify the physical demand of snowmobile riding and compare this to national recommendations for the promotion of health and fitness, as well as other comparable sports. The mission of the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations is dedicated to provide safe, organized and responsible snowmobiling in Canada. The partner organization and its members believe that snowmobiling may play a role in a healthy active lifestyle, but evidence as to the legitimacy of this claim are lacking. Such evidence could also prove important for provincial and federal government allocations and decisions regarding things such as land-use, tax credits and funding. As such, the partner will benefit from the generation of objective scientific data about their sport.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jamie Burr

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Arts, entertainment and recreation

Université :

University of Guelph

Programme :

Accelerate

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