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Asian Market Strategic Management Study for Coastal Contacts

The objective of this research project is to formulate a sustainable, profitable expansion strategy for Coastal Contacts Inc. to penetrate the Asian market for online distribution of its vision care products. The immediate problem facing Coastal lies in the development of a sound e-commerce penetration strategy unique to China. Coastal looks to develop a strategic model that will initially be executed in China, then subsequently applied to additional Asian markets as resources permit. Through an analysis of a past acquisition of an online distributor of contact lenses in Singapore, research of market size and assessment of demand for vision care products in China, an analysis of existing competitors offering online retail solutions for vision care products, an analysis of Internet availability and usage rates, and through an analysis of case studies that will shed light on the multitude of challenges facing e-]commerce in China, the researcher will develop a concise, executable strategic management plan to successfully penetrate the Chinese market and provide a strategic management model that can be applied to other Asian markets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. John Ries

Student:

Sean Clark

Partner:

Coastal Contacts Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

An environmental sampling and modeling study in the Nut Brook-Kelligrews River Watersheds, Newfoundland

The Nut Brook-Kelligrews River watershed is located at the western outskirts of the city of St. John's, Newfoundland. The area has been impacted due to industrial, agricultural, and commercial activities in the watershed and public concerns have been raised on the environmental impacts from these activities on the water quality of the rivers flowing through a residential community prior to discharging into Conception Bay. The proposed project aims at investigating the contamination issues and associated impacts on the watershed and local communities through integrated modeling and field investigation. The following tasks will be conducted by the intern: to collect and review the relevant information related to the watershed; to continue and expand the sampling program; to employ necessary mathematical tools to model the water quality and evaluate the impacts; to provide recommendations to the partner, Incinerator Road Environmental Committee (IREC), for remediation initiatives and/or rehabilitation plans for mitigating the existing environmental impacts and to minimize or prevent impacts of resource development activities in the concerned areas. The overall objective is to ensure any existing contaminant issues are addressed and to ensure any future development is done sustainably where impacts on the watershed are mitigated.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Bing Chen

Student:

Yuan Chen

Partner:

Incinerator Road Environmental Committee

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Access and Allocation in International Fisheries Jurisdictions

The intern is expected to conduct a comparative study of what modifications are warranted to access and allocation processes of Canadian fisheries policy and legislation. Looking at the policies in place in other countries the aim is to identify policies that can be viably implemented into the Canadian context. It appears that within jurisdictions around the world, there have been successful implementations of innovating policies, which have enhanced the viability of resource management, and successful conservation measures. If the research results show that it is warranted to tie resources closely to adjacent land, implementation of it is likely to increase the economically viability of rural areas relying on the fisheries, in Newfoundland and Labrador. Therefore, the work by the intern may become part of a new integrated approach to the development of Canadian fisheries policies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Roger Levy

Student:

Johan Simun Joensen

Partner:

NL Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Discipline:

Political science

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Identifying Suitable Sites for Multiple Focal Species using Multi-criteria Evaluation and Ecological Niche-factor Analysis in Toronto and Region

In response to the continued loss of biodiversity and natural cover in the landscape, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) has developed the Terrestrial Natural Heritage System Strategy (TNHSS), which has been implemented since 2007. The Strategy, based on contemporary ecological principles, developed a set of models and tools that allowed for the development of a targeted Terrestrial Natural Heritage System (TNHS). This system comprises both existing and potential habitat, which together meets TRCA's targets for native biodiversity and sets the foundation for a restored and functioning natural system within the Toronto region. The next steps towards its implementation of the strategy are to both secure the land base that the targeted TNHS defines, and to simultaneously restore this land base. Limited institutional and funding sources will dictate the amount of habitat that can be restored over a period of time. It is therefore critical that restoration activities be prioritized to target the areas that will provide for the greatest improvement in biodiversity. The Recovery Planning Program (RPP), of which this study is a part of, aims to achieve this goal through a systematic process to identify and facilitate strategic actions to ensure survival and recovery of species and communities at risk within TRCA's jurisdiction through stabilizing habitat loss and encouraging restoration initiatives. In this study a selected number of focal species, in conjunction with GIS and habitat modeling techniques such as Multi Criteria Evaluation (MCE) method and Ecological Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA), will be used to locate areas within the target TNHS where restoration activities will afford the greatest protection to the selected species thereby protecting the larger suite of species that they represent.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Howard Daugherty

Student:

Juan Zuloaga

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Palatable Puree: Improving weight status and quality of life among older persons needing dysphagic food products

People with swallowing disorders must eat pureed or minced texture foods to eat safely. However, the process of pureeing or mincing greatly reduces the food’s appeal, often degrades its nutritional quality and can lead to undernutrition. New reformed modified-texture food products have been developed specifically for people with swallowing disorders. These foods are not only safe and easy to swallow like conventional modified foods but also, the production process maintains flavour and nutritional quality, and reforms the food to look very much like the pork chop or pineapple slice from which it was made. Approximately 30% of the 76,000 residents in Ontario’s 622 long-term care homes receive pureed or minced texture foods. The use of reformed modified-texture foods in continuing care organizations is therefore a potential way in which to make a positive impact on the health of a large population of older persons, if food intake is improved due to greater appeal. The purpose of this study is to determine if patients/residents of Bruyère Continuing Care, a facility offering both complex continuing care and chronic care in Ottawa, Ontario, experience improved food intake and weight maintenance or gain, and improved food satisfaction, after six months of eating reformed modified-textured foods instead of the usual pureed and minced texture foods. The results of this study will provide valuable clinical data to the manufactures of reformed modified texture foods which will help them in pursuing further business opportunities in marketing their reformed modified textured food products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Larry Chambers

Student:

Deborah Smith

Partner:

Bruyère Continuing Care

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Chemotherapy Outpatient Scheduling Using Analytical Scheduling Tools and Simulation

The project will use analytical scheduling techniques and simulation to create, a scheduling template for use at the Odette and Juravinski Cancer Centres. The ideal schedule together with a simulation of the Chemotherapy Center at both Odette and Juravinski will be used to analyze the impact of different resources and processes in the overall chemotherapy process. Robust scheduling and possibly other techniques will be used to develop a scheduling tool for the cancer centres. Because there are two cancer centres involved, it provides the opportunity to develop a general solution for chemotherapy scheduling. A pilot version of a software solution will be developed in collaboration with Bykart Software, a company who developed the current chemotherapy booking system used at the Odette cancer center. Bykart Software will then take over the development of the scheduling tool. The scalability of the solution will then be tested, and a generalized decision tool developed, that can be used by any hospital with various clinic sizes, mix of patient treatment protocols and pre-treatment requirements.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Mike Carter

Student:

Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg

Partner:

Bykart Software

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding the impact of affordable and social housing on childrens’ well-being: Connecting research to policy and action

This project will extend an existing partnership between the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Applied Social Welfare Research and Evaluation Group at York Universiyt. The project will conduct a qualitative study of 20 families with children who are on the social housing waiting list to understand their experiences while waiting for affordable and social housing. The project will also translate and mobilize findings from the reserach on the role of affordable and social housing on children's well-being into plain language policy briefs, audio-visual formats and fact sheets. The produced materials will be distributed to the province's 47 Consolidated Municipal Service Managers, co-operative and private housing providers in Ontario and the general public.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Uzo Anucha

Student:

Erinn Michele Treff

Partner:

Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Discipline:

Social work

Sector:

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Towards Automating Pattern-Based Application Integration

Integration is a core IT operation, and is aided by a number of available best-practice techniques for integration (integration patterns). However the application of these patterns has little to no automated support. They are applied by consultants on a per-customer basis, making it an expensive and time- consuming task. A computer science student from the University of Toronto will work with IBM at their Toronto Center for Advanced Studies on building a set of heuristics to aid the understanding and the application of integration patterns. The project will also study the extent to which the application of patterns can be automated.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Marsha Chechik

Student:

Faraz Torshizi

Partner:

IBM Toronto Lab

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Performance of Micropiles System

The methodology assigned for this research depends on two primary elements; field load test on hollow thread bar – self drilled- micropiles and numerical analysis using 3D FEM. The aims of this research program is to capture the actual behavior, load transfer mechanism, ground/grout bond strength, and modes of failure of single micropiles and micropile groups under different types of loading. A site investigation is required for the field tests. The field load tests are characterized by heavy geotechnical instrumentation for the tested micropiles. The research will examine the efficiency of the hollow B7X Williams Geo-Drill bars and the corr espondingscarified drill bit for such application. Correlating the field test results with numerical analysis would provide the pilling engineering industry with a documentary and reliable theoretical solution to design the hollow bar micropiles system for varies application. The potential results of this research will allow designers/contractors of micropiles to use the hollow bar micropiles foundations on larger scales than it has been used nowadays.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. M. Hesham El Naggar

Student:

Ahmed Yehia Abd Elaziz

Partner:

Williams Form Engineering Corp.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of Flying Probe Testing Algorithms

The flying probe test is a standard method used to test circuit boards for defectiveness, using probes that are able to move and access various test points on the board. A circuit board consists of many electrical circuits, each of which has inputs and outputs. During a test, a probe is first placed on the input test point of a circuit, as it provides a voltage or current source to that circuit. Another probe is used to measure the corresponding output, monitoring whether or not the board produces expected values. Total testing time depends on the type of test being performed by the flying probes, as well as the accuracy, reliability of the measurements and the initial machine setup time. All these factors affect the way the probes are moved and we wish to model these behaviors (perhaps through linear or integer optimization) in hopes to optimize this system. Minimizing measurement errors as well as probe movements will drastically increase the rate at which individual boards are tested, thus speeding up the overall production process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Antoine Deza

Student:

Alvin Hsieh and Min Jing Jessie Liu

Partner:

Acculogic Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Mobility-Platform-Enabled In-Situ Resource Utilization for Support of a Lunar Outpost

NASA's planned permanent return to the Moon will demand advances in many technologies. In order to enable such a goal and to maximize the capabilities of such a presence it will be necessary to use the lunar resources and materials available, commonly referred to as In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU). This benefit would come in a number of ways. Among the most important is that payloads launched from Earth can be smaller as supplies would be available at the mission site. This project will develop a multirobot system to support the planned and permanent return to the Moon. The network of communicating, cooperating, and autonomous agents is composed of three mobile robots outfitted with the ability to perform subsurface surveys and to clear and collect surface material on the Moon. The mission scenario considered is that of clearing and leveling of landing pad and preparing an access road to the pad.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Gabriele D'Eleuterio

Student:

Francis Frenzel, Kenneth Law, Paul Grouchy, Jonathan Gammell and Terence Fu

Partner:

Northern Centre for Advanced Technology and Electric Vehicle Controllers Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Increased Utilization of Forest Biomass for Energy Production: Greenhouse Gas Benefits and Ecosystem Impacts

In February 2009, the Ontario Government announced the Feed-In Tariff (FIT)Program which will play a premium for electricity that comes from renewable sources – wind, solar and biomass – to help curb fossil fuel emissions. The goal of this internship is to assess using unmerchantable wood – that which is not useful for traditional forest products such as paper and lumber – from Great Lakes – St. Lawrence forests to co-generate heat and electrical power in small gasification plants. The team will determine the costs of harvesting and processing unmerchantable wood and coverting it to gas as well as the revenue from cogenerating heat and electricity. They will also assess the life cycle of the materials, energy and greenhouse gases of the forestry, milling and power plant operations. Finally, they will look at how removing unmerchantable wood affects wildlife habitat and nutrient and carbon cycling.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Drs. John Caspersen and Nathan Basiliko

Student:

Derek Wolf, Julia Cleary and Katherine Thebeau

Partner:

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Forestry

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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