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Complex Sensor Networks

Autonomous surveillance based on unmanned robotic network is in demand in search & rescue in hazardous environments and for continuous remote monitoring. For autonomous robotic surveillance, the robots should be able to gather information and analyze patterns in object behavior. Effective surveillance rests in detecting point and pattern changes normal behavior and thereby assessing the situation. The robotic network can then reconfigure to deliberate for additional information or to optimize surveillance performance. This project proposes to develop goal-driven surveillance based on autonomous systems. For initial development, several mobile robots equipped with video, infrared sensors and a microphone will be used. Sensory information will first be analyzed to detect pattern changes. Information from multiple sensors is then fused by a self-optimized approach to assess the current situation. The proposed system will be developed with three unmanned mobile agents. It addresses aspects critical to Canadian land and port security and is directly in line with Canada’s initiative on developing technology for C4ISR in the operation of diverse capital assets in times of emergencies or threats.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Henry Leung

Student:

Gabriela Osan, Shubhrajit Bhattacharjee and Siyue Chen

Partner:

Dr. Robot Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Ambulatory Clinic Schedule Optimization at Princess Margaret Hospital

The focus of this project will be to model and optimize the scheduling of clinics at PMH-assigning clinics to clinic areas and clinic timeslots. The objective will be to improve the current schedule with respect to key performance metrics. These metrics will include clinic overtime, the equality of the distribution of demand on shared resources and the volume of patients which are able to take advantage of same day inter-clinic referrals. Improvements to the current schedule will result in less overtime, more balanced demand on shared resources (e.g., blood lab), and increased patient satisfaction. In particular, coordinated scheduling between clinics will allow patients to receive a full spectrum of care in a single visit, instead of returning to the hospital multiple times. We will develop operations research models that will drive decision support tools in the scheduling of clinics at PMH.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Timothy Chan

Student:

Brendan Eagen

Partner:

Princess Margaret Hospital

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Application of Cold Spray Coatings for Repair of Aerospace Parts

There are currently no practical/economical repair methods for many aerospace parts made of aluminum/titanium. The Cold Spray technology produces metal coatings by accelerating metal powders into the substrate to be coated using high velocity jet at supersonic speeds. Upon impact the particles plastically deform and produce a dense coating. Metals such as aluminum/titanium can be applied by this process without damaging the parts to be coated. As such, it is believed that Cold Spray can be used to restore/repair damaged aluminum/titanium aerospace coatings/parts as well as other parts. Its successful implementation as a restoration/repair technology will result in major cost savings and reduce schedule time and thus will allow the Canadian technologies developed and commericialized by Centreline to be adopted by aerospace companies such as Boeing and generate considerable revenues from selling the equipment, parts and know-how. The interns will perform intensive research and development activities using the Cold Spray technology in order to develop and complete the feasibility and qualification/certification teseting required for the various restoration/repair or aerospace parts/coatings. In particular, they will study the effect of the numerous spray parameters on the coatings microstructure and mechanical properties to optimize the coating/restoration production.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. B. Jodoin

Student:

Mathieu Bolduc/Daniel Macdonald/Nawfel Bouzayani/Ines Baccari/Hamed Trabelsi/Mohammed Yandouzi/Patrick Richer

Partner:

Centerline Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Mapping Changes to Starch in Products During Baking in a Commercial Oven

The proposed project aims to characterized and understand the chemical changes to products during baking on a commerical conveyor oven. A focus of this characterization will be on changes to starch during the baking process. There are no studies that have been conducted of this nature; but such an understanding is critical since kinetics of the chemistry during baking is one of the most important factors governing product structure, texture, sensory attributes and shelf life. The proposed research is novel, and necessary to be able to conduct future research to develop strategies to modulate product attributes and develop energy efficient processes in commerical facilities. Knowledge generated from this proposed study will create the potential for determining the key parameters that need to be necessary to optimally devlop new products using efficient technologies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Koushik Seetharaman

Student:

Shane Walker

Partner:

Kraft Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Validation and Further Development of MAPS-Mooring for Deepwater Marine Risers

In the offshore industry, the design of risers/mooring systems for intermediate depths can be based on either experimental or computational methods. The computational methods have generally been based on uncoupled quasistatic analysis or semi-coupled dynamic analysis. The research team at the Advanced Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory at MUN, in collaboration with Oceanic Consulting Corportation, has developed a numerical tool, MAPS-Mooring, through a MITACS internship project, for static and dynamic analysis of mooring line and risers. The objective of this project is to validate and further develop MAPS-Mooring for the nonlinear dynamics analysis of marine risers in deepwater. The effect of sea bottom conditions on the dynamic responses of risers will also be investigated. A GUI interface will also be develop for MAPS-Mooring.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Wei Qiu

Student:

Nigel William/Peter Ma

Partner:

Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Research topics in oil lubrication for aircraft gas turbine engines

All mechanical systems with moving parts face a serious challenge due to the friction phenomena that occurs at the interface of the two relative moving surfaces. The effect of friction which is the slow degradation of the surfaces in contact could be significantly reduced through lubrication. Although a significant number of investigations have been carried out on friction phenomena, there is a limited academic interest into the implementation of the findings to real word. The present set of stages is all directed towards the implementation of such findings. The stages target investigations to help the implementation of commercial products based on the capability of the company and the contribution of the interns and their supervisor. Two different topics are targeted: i) development of a monitoring system for evaluation of the oil filter loading in gas turbine engines and ii) performance evaluation of a special class of seals (Helicoflex made by Garlock), units that retain the oil within the bearing. The first topic is more involving and it requires significantly more resources and consists of three projects. Thus, a mathematical model of the filter loading will be built based on modeling the filter as a large number of orifices. The second project targeted the development of a FEA model that includes other physics such as temperature variation, which affects viscosity. The third project will target the practical development of an instrumented filter. The second topic will be targeting the development of a FEA model that will help the understanding of the Helicoflex operation and therefore, it will help the selection of such seals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Ion Stiharu

Student:

Anas Alazzam/Alfin Leo Amalorpavasamy/Dacian Emilian Roman/Amin Mohammad Changizi

Partner:

Tecnolub Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

PopModel toolkit extension of methodological and user-interface modules: from prototype to beta testing

This research internship expands a prototype of population modeling (PopModel) computer software that was designed to meet the needs of the Saugeen Ojibway – a pair of First Nations deploying and managing the largest Aboriginal commercial fishery on the Great Lakes. A transdisciplinary approach is taken among researchers with advanced expertis in mathematics/statistics, computer software development, and fisheries ecology. The PopModel toolkit prototype is an online web-based program that allows the analyst to manage data, explore patterns, run mathematic population models and evaluate the risk of alternate harvest strategies. This internship focuses on the need to modules for priority extensions in analytical methodology of the mathematical models and the user interface, including data visualization and data validation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Stephen Crawford

Student:

Jasper Tey/Mitchell Gillespie

Partner:

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Interaction Techniques for Coupling Personal Mobile Devices with Large Displays

We aim to use 3D stereo display to visualize a data bank of characteristics common to spiral galaxies. We plan to use an immersive environment at the Industrial Technology Centre's Virtual Reality Centre (VRC), i.e. a "half]cave" in which the user walks around and interacts with the data. Our approach will use advanced computer algorithms, supplied by nQube, working in combination with the human vision system to select colours which will be optimized for emphasizing relationships between galaxy characteristics. For example, a position in 3D space can be used to pinpoint how fast a galaxy is rotating and effects of dark matter. Colour can represent other characteristics (e.g. amount of gas), and intensity can represent galaxy brightness. We aim to expose relationships between galaxy characteristics and connect these with a classification scheme. Our partners, ITC/VRC and nQube, will benefit by establishing an interaction and by acquiring new visualization algorithms, psychological and behavioural data, and cementing relationships between University of Manitoba and Swinburne University of Technology, suppliers of the plotting software.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Pourang Irani

Student:

David McCallum/Cary Williams/Khalad Hassan/Bayan Houshmad

Partner:

Industrial Technology Centre

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Exploration of Novel Fuels for Gas Turbine Applications

The internship for each student will be under the supervision of Gilles Bourque PhD, the Combustion Research and Technology Team Leader. Mr Bourque has been working for the past 12 years at RR Canada of which 10 in the Combustion department. The student will be an integral part of his team and as such will also interact with key members of the team on a daily basis. A usual week would start with a team meeting where members give: 1) a verbal update of their progress, 2) when a significant chunk of work has been complete a short presentation summarising the achievements, and 3) the planned work for the week is revised and agreed with all members. This work environment is highly appreciated by the undergraduate and graduate students as we welcome an increasing number of students choosing RR Canada for their internship. Since 2005 we have taken onboard more than 150 students from Canadian universities. The work package for each intern is described in more details below. In a nutshell, the students will use the fundamental knowledge gained from their research in the various labs and apply it to real gas turbine problems. In contrast to aero gas turbine where alternative fuels are currently being designed to be "Drop-In" fuels (as close as possible to kerosene), industrial gas turbine are already coping with very different fuels characteristics and will need to integrate an even wider spectrum of characteristics with alternative fuels. The impact of the various alternative fuel properties that differ from conventional fuels (natural gas and diesel #2) will be studied by the student at industrial gas turbine relevant conditions. It is anticipated that the results of the studies will help RR engineers to design and develop adaptation to current hardware and prepare proper rig test program, and eventually engine test program. As already mentioned, it is crucial that the students be an integral part of the team to ensure proper knowledge transfer and true work experience for the students.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Alain de Champlain

Student:

Ehsan Farvardin

Partner:

Rolls Royce Canada Limited

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Project Blue Sky

Project Blue Sky is a website and data entry widget that was created through a partnership with the Province of BC, the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Masters of Digital Media students at the Great Northern Way Campus. Its goal is to encourage individuals to avoid driving and pledge that carbon reduction against the 2010 Winter Games indirect carbon footprint. Offsetters is now sponsoring the ongoing research and further refinements to Project Blue Sky’s social media strategies and online tools in order to develop potential new carbon emission reduction options which leverage public engagement. There are four main areas of research that have been identified to test and refine this technology’s capabilities and its associated public engagement strategies. 1. Targeted messaging and changes in online functionality will be tested against their ability to create and foster an online community and spur action around a central issue. 2. Strategies to leverage existing social networks (both large and niche) in the introduction of a new call to action will be developed and tested. 3. New technologies and theories of design will be used to test their affect on the messaging and the user engagement in a social network. 4. Determine strategies in social media engagement for reaching student and athlete segments across Canadian regions and internationally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Brian Bemmels

Student:

Luke Johnson, Alison Lundy, Zhiyong Lu and Brian Ford

Partner:

Offsetters

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Network Design with Optimal Cut-Off Time

In this project we proposed to use mathematical programming approaches to an optimization problem where a depot has to stop receiving orders from stores and fulfill the received orders using trucks. The depot can use different cut-off times to different stores and considering order arriving patterns and transportation efficiency. We will develop heuristic and exact algorithms to the optimization problem with an objective of maximizing the sum of orders processed in a day. The optimization is subject to varous contraints such as transportation capacity and delivery time window. Decisions involve allocation of cut-off time to each store and the sequence of store in which trucks should travel. These decisions are independent as late cut-off time increases the size of order and the truck has a limited capacity. As later cut-off times will increase the sales of the EAP network as well as improve customer satisfaction, the proposed optimisation problem is of Canadian Tire's major interest.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Chi-Guhn Lee

Student:

Johnny Wing-Yiu Tam

Partner:

Canadian Tire

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Experimental and Computational Characterization of long-term (creep) performance of Fiber-reinforced composite/wood

Tenlam, an innovative prestressed aramid/wood composite system for reinforcing glulaminated beams, is a patented system. The system will be used as an integral system for reinforcing glulaminated beams, thus producing a cost-effective, lightweight and astatically pleasing building system. The system will also expand the use of wood in applications where otherwise wood cannot be considered. This is because of wood's relatively low stiffness (compared to steel or concrete), and despite of its all other positive attributes. While Tenlam has received great interest from Teijin (one of world's largest fiber producer), the lack of data for its long term performance and the associated engineering design protocol has decelerated its commercialization. The proposed study (which is the second phase of our ongoing investigation), will systematically investigate and characterize the long-term performance and creep characteristics of the system's constituents, as well as the system as a whole, through a systematic series of experimental and computational investigations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Farid Taheri

Student:

Mohammad Yahyaei

Partner:

S&P Durable Enterprises Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

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