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Synthesis and Testing of Industrial Catalysts for Carbon dioxide (CO2)Reforming of Methane (CH4) in Coal Delivered Gases.

CO2 reforming of CH4 is a mean of converting greenhouse gases (environmental pollution gases) to useful industrial syn gas (fuel) through chemical reaction. This reaction cannot take place without the help of good performing catalysts. After synthesizing a stable catalyst at the laboratory level, our next step towards commercialization is to make it into shape catalyst and try it in a practically realistic source of CH4 and CO2.
Objectives
•Synthesis of Ni-Co-Al-Mg-Ox catalyst with variable Mg/Al in a cheap large scale plant using their facility.
•Activity test of the catalysts sample with their gaseous mixture using their combined Coal gasification and pyrolysis set up.
•Making of catalysts into various shapes using their facility.
•Activity test to determine the best shaped catalyst.
•Optimization of the experimental conditions.
•Characterization of the catalyst samples using their facility.
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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Hui Wang

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Taiyuan University of Technology

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Saskatchewan

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Wi-Fi Based Activity Recognition

Sensing technologies require the deployment and maintenance of complex and large infrastructures. This research proposal is focused on people’s activity recognition technologies though existing WiFi infrastructures. The information gathered by this technology can be applied to different industries like home automation, security, etc. In the future, this technology will powered applications in the home automation industry as the one described next. Mary comes home and leaves her cellphone on the couch. As the system recognizes her, no alarm is activated. Given the time of the day and her habits, the platform understands that she wants to prepare dinner. Cooking is a defined profile for her so the kitchen starts to react based on her presence and activity profile (turning on lights, changing temperature, turning on cooking music). If Mary wants to sleep, the system gathers the necessary information again and changes the whole environment. This project is bringing a new technology to the partner organization and the Canadian Industry.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Xue Liu

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

TandemLaunch Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of a laser backscattering Raman gauge for online wood pulp process control

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ed Grant

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canfor Pulp Ltd

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Agriculture; Manufacturing

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Effects of Pre-Print Sterilization on the Material Properties of 3D Printed Products

With 3D printing comes the capacity to create custom plastic components needed in orthopaedic implants between surgeries, as short-term and possibly long-term measures. This customization and flexibility comes at the cost of facing new challenges: how can we sterilize and clean a 3D printed product that cannot withstand high temperatures, and what effects do low temperature surface sterilization have on the plastics being printed? This research will focus on determining the outcomes of current sterilization methods on raw materials and assess the current capacity to achieve the goals of custom plastic orthopaedic implants. The planned experiment will identify changes in material strength, physical dimensions and chemical signatures of three plastics identified by the industrial partner as key to their future products

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jason Morrison

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Orthopaedic Innovation Centre Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Advanced Manufacturing; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Accelerate

Tuberculosis (TB) infection and risk factors among healthcaretrainees in South India

Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne bacterial infection that causes poor respiratory health and even death. TB is transmitted very well in crowded hospitals where people are in close proximity. For this reason, healthcare workers in countries such as India, which has the largest TB epidemic in the world, are at high risk of being exposed to and acquiring TB infection. To control TB infections in hospital settings, we need to understand which health care workers and trainees are vulnerable and why. In this project, we will examine exposure to and infection by TB among healthcare trainees at a training hospital in South India. We will also examine individual and environmental factors to find if some trainees are at higher risk of infection than others. The findings will contribute to knowledge about TB infection and transmission in hospitals, and help future efforts to control TB and protect healthcare workers and trainees.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Madhukar Pai

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

An Economic Analysis of Improving the Grain Export Capacity at the West Coast Terminals

It was evident in the 2013/14 crop year that when limited export capacity is rationed by price, large export basis reduces Saskatchewan prices at a substantial cost to grain producers and the provincial economy. Given the increasing long term yield trend, the projected 10 million tonne increase in crop production under the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth, and the continued growth in Asian grain markets, West Coast export capacity is likely to be an issue for decades to come. The goal of this study is to quantify the future economic impact of alternative policy options to increase the capacity of West Coast export terminals. The analysis will inform all investors in the Western Canadian grain industry and will be of particular importance to policy makers and organizations such as Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission that represent Western grain producers.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Richard Gray

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Agriculture

Université :

University of Saskatchewan

Programme :

Accelerate

Design and Testing of Innovative Precast Concrete Structures for Railway Infrastructures using FRP Reinforcement and Fibre-Reinforced Concrete

SYM-TECH Inc. is looking to develop new corrosion-free precast concrete members (sleepers and piles) reinforced with fiber-reinforced-polymer (FRP) rods and using fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) for railway foundation applications. Such precast concrete members are usually reinforced with conventional or pre stressed steel reinforcements. Steel bars and strands used for reinforcement have a limited service life due to corrosion when exposed to environmental conditions observed in North America. The corrosion process ultimately causes concrete deterioration and loss of serviceability, and entails high maintenance costs. The main target of this project is to design and develop precast FRCmembers using different types of FRP reinforcement (glass and carbon bars). We also hope to use the findings of this project to propose an update of the design guidelines for precast FRP-FRC sleepers and piles. Newly developed FRP-FRC member specifications would meet the North American industry standard requirements.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Brahim Benmokrane;Faouzi Ghrib

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Sym-Tech Béton Préfabriqué Inc.;Ani-mat Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université de Sherbrooke; University of Windsor

Programme :

Accelerate

Analysis and optimization of the air contactor for a new direct air capture technology

Carbon Engineering (CE) is currently building a demonstration plant to capture carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere to combat climate change using a technique called direct air capture (DAC). This project will focus on determining the effectiveness of this plant at pulling carbon out of the atmosphere under various operating conditions, while also looking at contamination build up in certain parts of the plant. Determining the performance of this plant at different operating and environmental conditions, understanding this, and implanting improvements to CE’s plant design, will be key to making DAC cost effective as CE moves to a full sized commercial plant.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Walter Merida

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Carbon Engineering (Squamish, BC)

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Optimization Techniques for Automatic Assessment of Manually Drawn Diagrams in Educational Problem Sets

In STEM education, many problem sets require a student to answer a question with a drawing. For example, kinematic physics or statics/dynamics engineering problems often require the student to construct a free-body diagram as a necessary step in the solution. However, when such subjects are taught through online education (such as though a MOOC), most automatic assessment is only done through the constraints of multi-choice answers. The objective of this research project is to create an automatic assessment framework that can grade diagrams drawn and submitted by students through an online web interface. Our approach is a backend server-side module that decomposes the drawing into a set of shape primitives that are then automatically labelled and matched through an optimization approach to a set of solution primitives. Our approach must handle not only multiple correct solutions, but also select an appropriate grade based on a distance metric to the true solution.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Osmar Zaiane

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Varafy

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Accelerate

Valorisation des hydrolats en cosmétique et étude de leurs impacts sur les propriétés des produits formulés (odeur, apparence, hydratation et conservation)

Les hydrolats, obtenus lors de la production d’huiles essentielles, sont souvent considérés comme des sousproduits de la distillation. Ceux-ci peuvent être intégrés avantageusement dans des formulations cosmétiques afin d’apporter une odeur agréable et contribuer directement à certaines propriétés cosmétiques. Le présent projet vise à identifier et à valoriser des hydrolats issus de plantes du Québec. Les
plantes sélectionnées en fonction de leurs propriétés et leur disponibilité seront récoltées et distillées puis les hydrolats seront analysés et caractérisés. Dans un second temps, l’impact des hydrolats sur les propriétés organoleptiques et hydratantes ainsi que sur le temps de conservation des formules sera évalué selon des méthodes éprouvées. Le projet devrait permettre d’identifier des voies d’utilisation fines pour ces sousproduits de la distillation dans le secteur de la cosmétologie.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Vakhtang Mshvildadze

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Groupe Boréaressources inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Agriculture

Université :

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Programme :

Accelerate

Towards the commercialization of a robotics-assisted rehabilitation platform for stroke therapy of upper limb

Stroke is the primary cause of physical disability resulting in motor dysfunction. Rehabilitation robots are employed to automate repetitive goal-oriented tasks, and strengthen neural pathways. The portable robot built by our team in collaboration with Quanser can be programmed to aid therapists, and assist upper-limb movements to deliver rehabilitation. In this project, various limitations that currently exist are overcome. First, movement assessment in rehabilitation is usually subjective, and lacks quantitative measures so adding proper sensing mechanisms bridges this gap. To this end, our proposed system incorporates kinesthetic and tactile haptic feedback for therapy and functionality assessment. Additionally, introducing tele-rehabilitation technology alleviates strains on therapists, and releases the need of active physical presence. Therefore, it facilitates home-based therapy that can potentially contribute to the reduction of healthcare costs while offering more accessibility, precision and consistency than traditional techniques. Ultimately, these extra features will justify the commercialization of the Quanser’s rehabilitation robot.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Alex Mihailidis

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Quanser Consulting Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

The Relationship between Live Chemistry Show Characteristics and Their Effect on Science Museum Visitors’ Attitude to Chemistry

Accessible, high-quality science education is central to positively shaping public opinion of science. Public perceptions and understandings of chemistry have often been associated with negative attitudes, misconceptions about the nature of chemicals, and sometimes misdirected anxieties about their effects on humans. These negative images are compounded by the fact that chemistry is under represented in science museums compared to the other major sciences. Reasons for this include chemistry being exceptionally challenging to present as a hands-on exhibit that attendees can explore unattended, and that chemists are less likely than other scientists to participate in outreach activities. However, chemistry lends itself exceptionally well to live shows, and the demonstrations available to trained individuals are numerous and varied. This project will assess chemistry shows currently being performed in science museums and then use the results to explore new ways to perform science shows at Science World that are better at positively shaping the public’s perception and understanding of chemistry and science in general.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Anderson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Science World

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

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