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Accelerate development of new technologies and applications for advanced water treatment.

Global population growth, urbanization and changing climate patterns have increased the demand for potable water, wastewater reuse and value recovery from wastewater, and treatment of industrial process water. Population growth also results in increased demand for the shipping of goods by ocean freight, with the associated risk of the transport of unwanted marine life from one location to another by the discharge of ballast water. Also, the increasing sophistication of food and drug production requires a corresponding development of fluid protection technologies to prevent contamination by undesirable microbes. Consequently, there is increased demand for improved technologies that can provide sustainable treatment of water and wastewaters, protection of the water supply, and development of new fluid treatment methods. This research project will develop knowledge and technologies to allow the development of new Trojan Technologies products in these three areas. Treatment technologies to harvest energy from wastewater, treat ballast water with
ultraviolet light and filtration to treat invasive species, and remove harmful bacteria from liquid foods and drug fluids, are examples of proposed outcomes of this project.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ajay Ray;Gordon Huang;Marc Aucoin;Peter Vanrolleghem;Ronald Gehr;Daniel Heath;Qiyin Fang;Ramin Farnood;Madjid Mohseni;Xing-Fang Li;Valérie Orsat;Hosahalli Ramaswamy;Charles De Lannoy;Kamran Siddiqui;George Nakhla;Anthony Straatman;Charles Xu;Charles Chunb

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Trojan Technologies;USP Technologies

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

Université :

McGill University; McMaster University; The University of British Columbia; The University of Western Ontario; Université Laval; University of Alberta; University of Regina; University of Toronto; University of Waterloo; University of Windsor; Western University

Programme :

Accelerate

Evaluation framework for cloud services

With technology advancements, specifically, the development of cloud technologies has created a new delivery method of applications to businesses. The traditional model of physical installing software on a per machine basis is shifting to a centralized hardware/software model accessible through the internet. The current software delivery model is dominated by primary market vendors such as Microsoft; SAP; Oracle and Cisco. The shift to secondary market penetration will require a collaboration between various software and hardware vendors for application development; data analytics through big data; storage and security. This research project will investigate new business model in terms of licensing costs; software application updates; collaboration between vendors and service expectations.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ron Babin

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

IDC Canada

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Toronto Metropolitan University

Programme :

Accelerate

Développement d’un outil de micro-imagerie en génie pharmaceutique

Le contrôle de qualité de comprimés pharmaceutiques implique habituellement des analyses requérant une préparation laborieuse des échantillons, ce qui occasionne des coûts élevés et des délais considérables. À ce jour, peu de technologies permettent une analyse rapide et/ou en ligne d’ingrédients actifs à de très faible concentration massique (sous 1% massique). L’objectif général de ce projet est de proposer une méthode d’analyse répondant à ce besoin, qui permettrait de caractériser rapidement des comprimés pharmaceutiques. En utilisant un outil novateur unique, une méthode d’imagerie microscopique rapide, nécessitant peu de manipulations, sera développée. En plus de simplement quantifier la composition, cette technique permettrait de déterminer d’autres propriétés des comprimés tels que la taille des particules le formant et la distribution des ingrédients. Une forte composante de recherche et développement est encore nécessaire afin de confirmer son utilisation pour la mesure de taille de particules ou de concentration d’actifs.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ryan Gosselin

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Pfizer Canada (Kirkland, QC)

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Université de Sherbrooke

Programme :

Accelerate

An assessment of agricultural stream designs used in maintenance operations in Quebec

In agricultural watersheds, many meandering rivers were straightened and several rectilinear ditches were added to the drainage network in order to evacuate water as quickly as possible in the spring to improve farm productivity. The design of these modified channels was not based on natural river dynamic concepts, which include both discharge capacity and sediment transport, and thus need to be maintained frequently as they tend to adjust by eroding their banks and returning to a sinuous pattern. The objectives of this research project are to provide a critical analysis of several existing agricultural channel designs in the Montérégie region (Quebec) and to propose alternative solutions which would require less maintenance in the future and which may result in improved water quality in agricultural watersheds. Numerical modelling and field data will be used to better understand flow dynamics and sediment transport in these modified channels, and to make suggestions for improvements in the channel design.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Susan Gaskin

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

J.F. Sabourin et associés inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Accelerate

Cultural Capital and Return Migration to Turkey

This research project studies Turkish university professors who have spent significant periods of time living in the United States or Canada but have decided to move back to Turkey. I want to understand why these professors choose to move back to Turkey after spending so much time in North America, and what factors cause them to leave. This project will take place in Istanbul, Turkey with possible trips to Ankara and other cities to meet my subjects. The research will include interviews with twenty-five professors from various backgrounds. The hypothesis that I will test is that the election of the Justice and Development Party in 2002 started a new wave of migration of religiously-oriented professors returning home. This differs from previous trends that involved primarily nationalist and secular academics as return migrants.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Gavin Brockett

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Istanbul Sehir University

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

Wilfrid Laurier University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Functional and topological insights into plant triacylglycerol synthesis enzymes

Laure Aymé is a PhD student focusing her research on a plant protein family involved in lipid biosynthesis and important for oil accumulation and biotechnological purposes. Laure recently published an article describing the function and localization of a protein inserted in two distinct cellular compartment membranes, a rather unique situation with few available data. During her stay in Canada, Laure will build a model of the protein insertion into membrane using an experimental set-up designed in Prof. Weselake’s laboratory. It requires the construction of protein mutants in a yeast strain that she has already successfully used. Expected results include a confrontation of the protein insertion in both compartments which is a poorly tackled question. Protein motifs and regions determinant for activity and/or targeting will be highlighted through a live-cell-based assay performed on mutants. Results should be published shortly after the project. Candidate skills and doctoral thesis will greatly benefit from these innovative
experiments and cultural experience abroad.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Randall Weselake

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

AgroParisTech

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Optimizing synergies in Eco-Industrial Parks: A multi-objective model to minimize effects of the uncertainty on sustainable design of EIP

A sustainable system is supposed to satisfy its stakeholders’ social, financial, and environmental requirements. Although there are many studies to optimize design decisions in a sustainable system, limited research is found to consider multiple objectives in sustainable system design. We study Eco-Industrial Parks (EIPs) as a sustainable system where businesses and local communities collaborated together to share resources and infrastructure
to gain economic and environmental objectives. Uncertainty, defined as lack of information, affects EIPs and hurdles optimal decisions in sharing resources. After reviewing structure of collaborations and symbioses in EIP, design decisions and uncertainty type and distribution will be investigated. The study will propose a multi objective model to optimize resource sharing decisions in EIPs under uncertainty using mathematical programing. A solution approach will be developed and its validity will be evaluated using a case study in the host research institute. This study will provide an optimal tool for EIP decision makers to share energy, water, and resources among actors, considering multiple objectives (e.g., cost, environmental impacts, etc.) under uncertainty.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Qingjin Peng

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Institut Paris-Saclay Efficacité Énergétique

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Caractéristiques minéralogiques des minéralisations du projet Amaruq, Nunavut

La plus grande partie de l’or exploitée par l’humanité se retrouve dans des roches anciennes qui ont été enfuies et chauffées à des conditions métamorphiques modeste (schistes verts). Le modèle classique repose sur la production de fluides aurifères par la déshydratation métamorphique au faciès amphibolite, soit sous la zone de formation des gisements. Néanmoins, des minéralisations dans des facies plus élevés (amphibolite) ont commencé à être découvertes récemment, ce qui chalenge le modèle classique. Le projet Amaruq, détenu par Agnico-Eagle au Nunavut, offre une chance unique pour étudier ces systèmes. Une des hypothèses est que ces gisements ont été formés avant le métamorphisme de haut grade, et que celui-ci ait contribué à la remobilisation de l’or. Dans l’affirmative, l’origine des minéralisations devient importante à établir. Dans la négative, il faudra revoir le modèle classique. Dans tous les cas, des guides pour l’exploration vont être développés, avec le potentiel d’ouvrir des secteurs jugés non favorable selon le modèle classique.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Damien Gaboury

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Discipline :

Earth science

Secteur :

Mining

Université :

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of sustainable coating to prevent concrete corrosion

In North America, more than 75 percent of the population is served by wastewater collection systems and treatment plants for which concrete is a key construction material. Unfortunately, thousands km of lines must be removed each year for replacement suffering from corrosion which caused by prolonged exposure of concrete surface to highly aggressive environments. Concrete corrosion in these environments is mainly caused by the diffusion of aggressive solutions and in situ production of sulfuric acid by microorganisms which affect the properties of concrete resulting in aesthetic, functional and structural problems. Over the past several decades many approaches were attempted to prevent concrete corrosion with varying degree of success. Therefore, developing innovative and sustainable coating material for construction and repair could be a long term solution for enhancing concrete pipe’s durability as well as decreasing the risks associated with contamination of surrounding environment.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Nemkumar (Nemy) Banthia

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Kryton International Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Construction and infrastructure

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Source apportionment of black carbon in Calgary, Canada

Black carbon (BC), generated from incomplete combustion of carbonaceous fuels, is one of the two major airborne pollutants that drive climate change and degrade regional air quality. With a warming potential second to CO2, BC contributes the most uncertainty to climate modeling due to its short retention time in the atmosphere and poorly understood mixing, deposition, and contribution from various emission sources. BC from fossil fuel and biomass burning possesses distinct light absorbing properties and aging processes, and hence differing warming potentials. Therefore, improved source characterization is crucial for determining targets, formulating mitigation strategies, and increasing the accuracy of input anthropogenic aerosols in climate models. In our study, we specify the source apportionment of black carbon in Calgary and the outcomes will enable a better simulation of the Calgary climate system by providing more accurate source parameterization. The simulation results will in turn impact the regulatory sector by providing specific constraints for emission inventories, which will assist policymakers to develop regionally tailored mitigation strategies for black carbon by selecting the right sector to target.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ke Du

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Peking University

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Calgary

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Provincial-Federal Relations: Limits and Possibilities in Petroleum Management in Alberta and the Kurdistan Region

This project is comparing two systems of petroleum management between a province and its federal government by looking at two case studies: Alberta and Canada on the one hand, and Kurdistan and Iraq on the other. Alberta’s oil reserves are ranked third in the world and Iraq is the second largest crude oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Alberta’s management of petroleum resources is in harmony with the Canadian federal government because ownership and profit-sharing are both enshrined in the Canadian Constitution. However, in Iraq, petroleum management still remains a contentious issue. Because securing energy supply is so important for economic security, Canada’s example could
prove insightful for Kurdistan and Iraq and help stabilizing the region. This project will break new ground in research related to Kurdish management of oil resources and allow for a collaborative and mutually beneficial oil policy for all geopolitical actors in the region.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Bessma Momani

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Sciences Po

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Synthesis and self-assembly of bipyrimidine decorated porphyrins

build molecular structures that exhibit specific properties such as rigidity, electric conductivity, or porosity. Building these structures without bricks and mortar is no easy task. Instead, we use synthetic chemistry to create new building blocks and take advantage of favorable interactions between these molecules to produce new assemblies. Porphyrins are naturally occurring molecules necessary for oxygenation of human blood and plant photosynthesis. By modifying the porphyrin scaffold we hope to be able to link many of these units together in one, two, and three dimensions. The resulting arrays – termed nanomaterials – are expected to show enhanced photo-physical and electrical activity. In this international collaboration I will synthesize these new complex compounds and study their assembly upon interaction with metal ions.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mark MacLachlan

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université de Strasbourg

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Education

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

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