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Accurate Proximity Sensing for Avionic Systems

This project targets the design of a highly accurate proximity sensing system that is capable of operating in a wide distance range under wide variations in temperature and for different sensor characteristics. The system is based on passive inductive proximity sensors that can withstand harsh environments, and, therefore, are widely used in avionic applications. Our design methodology consists of implementing a sensor excitation logic and a low-complexity response processing logic in FPGA. The FPGA design will be used for rapid sensor characterization and calibration under different operating conditions. Finally, we will create the deployment design that uses the characterization data to determine the distance between the passive sensor and the target. We expect to improve the nominal sensing range and accuracy using off-the-shelf passive sensors thereby opening up the possibility of sensor exploitation and significantly reducing the cost of avionic sensing systems.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Samar Abdi

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Thales Canada Inc (St. Laurent, QC)

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Education; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Concordia University

Programme :

Accelerate

Evaluation of an mHealth App: A Randomized Controlled Trial of ‘DeStressify’ on Campus Staff and Student Mental Health

Development and use of mobile technologies, in particular mHealth applications, to improve health have exponentially increased in the past decade. Despite the widespread use of ‘apps’, there has been astonishingly few scientific evaluations on the efficacy of such products to improve or change health behaviours. The purpose of this research is to systematically evaluate, through a randomized controlled trial, the effectiveness of an existing mental health app at reducing depressive and anxiety symptomatology, sleep disturbance, and maintaining health related quality of life in university students, campus staff, and faculty over a 4-week period. It is anticipated that staff, students, and faculty randomly assigned to use of the app will experience significant decreases in symptoms of stress and anxiety, report greater sleep quality, and maintain health related quality of life as compared to those assigned to the wait-list control condition.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mary Jung

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Mental Health Association (Kelowna)

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and Communications Technology

Université :

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Programme :

Accelerate

Routing and Spectral Assignment in Mesh Optical Networks

The project consists in the design, development and testing of algorithms that can solve the routing and wavelength assignment problem in optical networks, for data instances with up to 100 wavelengths and few hundred nodes. Indeed, for each demand between a source and destination, it consists in determining a route, and assigning it a wavelength such that no link supports 2 routes with the same wavelength. In addition, we will consider contiguity constraints, i.e., constraints forcing to assign adjacent wavelengths to a demand requiring more than one wavelength in order to improve the quality of service. While this problem has been studied a lot, there is still no algorithm able to solve large data sets in a reasonable amount of time, with some accuracy guarantee on the quality of the solution.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Brigitte Jaumard

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Ciena Canada (Kanata, ON)

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Information and Communications Technology; Technology

Université :

Concordia University

Programme :

Accelerate

The health impacts of residential eviction among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada

Over the past decade, there has been a steady rise in homelessness in Canadian cities due in large part to loss of low-income housing stock in inner-city neighbourhoods undergoing redevelopment. People who use drugs (PWUD) disproportionately face eviction from buildings targeted for renovation and demolition and also face significant barriers in
subsequently obtaining affordable housing. While the devastating health impacts of homelessness among PWUD are well documented, little is known about the role of eviction stemming from urban redevelopment as a unique mechanism influencing health. This study will utilize innovative statistical, qualitative and geospatial methods to longitudinally examine the impact of evictions on health outcomes, including drug-related harms (e.g., overdose) and healthcare access and adherence (e.g., HIV treatment), among PWUD in Vancouver, BC. The research findings will inform knowledge translation strategies to promote the uptake of evidence-based policy recommendations and equip PWUD with legal tools to protect their rights.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Thomas Kerr

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Pivot Legal Society

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Evaluation of strength loss in heat affected zone of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy welded joints and it’s improvement by local post weld-heat treatment

Bombardier Transport (BT) is one of world major companies in the transport industry. The application of aluminum in the structure of transport vehicles (cars, trains, ships, etc.) is continuously increasing mainly due to the benefits in weight saving. Therefore BT is also working extensively in implementing the use of aluminum alloys in its products. Welding is one of the major manufacturing techniques used in the structure of transport vehicles. One of the common welding problems in aluminum alloys is the strength loss in heat affected zone (HAZ). As HAZ is subjected to one or more heating and cooling cycles during welding, the strength in this zone is decreased. The aim of this project is to apply a metallographic and mechanical experimental work in order to determine the micro-hardness and strength in weld cross section. Change of mechanical properties in heat affected zone by its distance from centerline of weld will be investigated and the exact limits of the zone subjected to strength loss will be determined.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mohammad Jahazi

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Bombardier Transportation Canada Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Transportation and warehousing

Université :

École de technologie supérieure

Programme :

Accelerate

IMPLÉMENTATION DU BIM AU SEIN D’UNE ENTREPRISE DECONSTRUCTION

La majorité des projets de construction actuelle au Québec connaissent des dépassements de coûts et d’échéancier. Cela est dû au mode de construction traditionnel qui connait plusieurs problèmes. Le BIM (Building information modeling) se présente comme une nouvelle façon de faire qui règle ces problèmes. Le BIM a 3 différents facettes : Technologie, Organisation et processus. L’implémentation de ce processus au sein des organisations présente plusieurs défis et obstacles. Le projet a comme objectifs de présenter les meilleurs pratiques pour cette implémentation au sein de l’entreprise Groupe TEQ. Pour le Canada qui essaye depuis plusieurs années d’implémenter le BIM d’une façon général, il va être avantagé par une expérience qui peut se généraliser sur l’ensemble des entreprises. Les retombés prévu
sont :
? Réduction des coûts de construction
? Réduction des délais de construction
? Amélioration de la qualité de construction

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Daniel Forgues

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Groupe TEQ

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Construction and infrastructure

Université :

École de technologie supérieure

Programme :

Accelerate

Site-specific Immunomodulators for COPD

Qu Biologics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing and evaluating an innovative immunotherapeutic approach to treating disease rooted in immune pathology/dysfunction. Qu’s proprietary technology platform, site-specific immunomodulators (SSI), act to stimulate the body’s own immune system to reverse the chronic inflammation underlying many conditions including cancer and immune-mediated diseases. For lung diseases, Qu’s platform SSI, QBKPN, is derived from Klebsiella pneumonia. Given the unmet need for COPD and related inflammatory lung diseases, Qu’s aim is to investigate the use of QBKPN for these indications. We hypothesize that QBKPN will provide efficacy in controlling lung inflammation. Towards this end, Dr. Jeremy Hirota will be providing expertise in addressing this question using two different inflammatory lung disease models: smoke exposure (for COPD) and allergen-induced inflammation (asthma). In each model we will monitor lung inflammation and pathology to determine the impact QBKPN in chronic respiratory diseases. The proposed Mitacs intern, will obtain career opportunities with the sponsor company, grow connections with the local Life Sciences BC community, obtain training in a unique setting distinct from traditional academia, participate in a career transition stage, and broaden her knowledge base of pre-clinical models.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jeremy Hirota

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Qu Biologics

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

The politics of state-facilitated gentrification in post-socialist China: ideological domination, consumerism and exclusionary redevelopment

Using the case of Chengdu, this research is about neighbourhood redevelopment and residential relocation in post-reform cities of China. In this project, the key process is defined as state-facilitated, new-build gentrification. The thesis attempts to understand why politicaleconomic actors initiate gentrification in the inner city, how consensus building is achieved,
conflicts are mediated, and what are the social outcomes for different social groups. It intends to reveal how state intervention renders a process of gentrification seemingly legitimate and consensual between the state and the society through its ideological influence on residents, and how the outcomes of gentrification mask an essential process of marginalization of subaltern groupings from the housing system in the inner city. Empirically, the project will investigate the
decision-making processes in gentrification and the experiences of residents engaged within gentrification and their life chances before and after resettlement or displacement.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Ley

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Southwest Jiaotong University

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Exome Annotator: Developing a system biology approach to genome annotation for disease risk assessment

Understanding the underlying factors that cause inherited diseases to develop is an important step in improving the health status of individuals, and identifying effective prevention and control measures. This project aims to apply fundamental knowledge of genetics, genome sequence analysis, modeling and simulations, and bio-informatics to uncover the relationship between these factors and assess the risk of such diseases. This understanding will help design health policy and pharmacological measures that reduce the risk of inherited diseases, and could potentially interrupt the ongoing cycle of such diseases. The project will be undertaken within an academic-industry partnership environment, and therefore provides significant benefits for interns to benefit from interdisciplinary collaborations with applications to individual and population health. Furthermore, this project will result in development of advanced genome annotation software required for the analysis of GeneYouIn’s clients’ genomes – it is critical to have such tools to scale up genome analysis. The HQP recruited and trained during this project will have intimate knowledge and understanding of GeneYouIn’s genome analysis approach, IT systems and corporate culture thus will be considered as to candidates for future full time employment at GeneYouIn.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Seyed Moghadas

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

GeneYouIn

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

York University

Programme :

Accelerate

Detection of salivary insulin following low versus high carbohydrate meals in humans

The intern will conduct a research study to evaluate whether measuring insulin in saliva can be used to reflect levels of insulin in the blood. The long-term objective is to work with the industry partner to develop a non-invasive personal salivary insulin monitor using a new technology that is in development that can quickly and cost-effectively measure insulin. The intern will work closely with the partner organization to understand the new technology and the end goals of the project while translating the research study results to help develop a prototype.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jonathan Little

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Light Heart

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Pharmaceuticals; Biotechnology

Université :

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Programme :

Accelerate

Optical Recognition of Anglers

The Freshwater Fisheries Society of British Columbia is dedicated to the conservation, restoration, and sustainable exploitation of British Columbia’s freshwater fish resources. They have set up cameras to label fishing levels in BC lakes, but it is too time-consuming to count the number of fishers in all these images. We intend to use recent advances in computer vision and machine learning, in the form of “deep learning” methods, to build a system to automatically assess the fishing levels in all BC lakes. The intern will work on developing a system that automatically reports the fishing levels in all BC lakes, and will also focus on advancing research into deep learning by focusing on more effective training strategies.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mark Schmidt

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Aquaculture and Fishing; Natural Resources; Environmental Science and Technology

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Stress Testing in the Alberta Business Environment

Stress testing is a risk management technique used to evaluate the potential impact of exceptionally unfavourable events on the financial conditions of a financial institution. The purpose of this research project is to develop a stress testing protocol for the business partner. Given the importance of the state of the domestic (i.e., provincial) economy the business
partner, testing the protocol will be tailored to account for local economic conditions, for the conditions of the remaining of Canada and for the dynamics of global markets, with a focus on energy indicators.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Valentina Galvani

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

ATB Financial

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Accelerate

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