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Traitement passif du DNC-As et caractérisation des solides post-traitement

Le traitement du drainage minier (DM) est une activité clé pour la durabilité des opérations minières. Idéalement, un système de traitement passif devrait être conçu pour fonctionner pendant nombreuses années, sans nécessiter une maintenance majeure. Des études récentes ont montré l’efficacité de ce système pour les sites miniers abandonnés et éloignés en voie de restauration. Cependant, celui-ci ne peut être standardisé en raison de l’unicité de chaque type de DM. Par ailleurs, l’efficacité d’un système de traitement passif est influencé par plusieurs facteurs à court/moyen/long terme. Il est donc nécessaire de caractériser rigoureusement ceux-ci (ex. charge hydraulique annuelle, qualité de l’effluent, température, pH, salinité, porosité et perméabilité des matériaux, temps de résidence hydraulique). Compte tenu du nombre réduit des études concernant le traitement passif du DNC-As, ce projet de recherche démarque son originalité. L’objectif est d’étudier l’efficacité des biofiltres passifs dans le traitement du DNC-As ainsi que la stabilité des solides post-traitement. Le succès d’un tel système de traitement pourrait être une solution viable pour le partenaire industriel (mine Éléonore ) et pour les sites miniers abandonnés ayant la même problématique.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carmen Mihaela Neculita

Student:

Partner:

Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Water; Sustainability & the Environment; Mining

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Fraud Detection for Online Advertising

With the increasing popularity of Internet, online advertising becomes a new marketing opportunity by instant globally advertisements (ads). At the basis, the process of online advertising can be considered as a buyer/seller relationship, where the two of the key participants are publishers (i.e. seller) and advertisers (i.e. buyer). Publishers make money through hosting websites with advertisements, while advertisers pay for having their ads displayed on publishers’ websites. However, since “how much the buyer is willing to pay” depends on the number of clicks to the ads, some dishonest publishers attempt
to generate invalid traffic to make more money. Publisher fraud is a severer problem for advertisers. Fraud detection introduces methods and algorithms as countermeasures to different attacking mechanisms. This project aims to apply theoretical analysis and state of the art fraud detection mechanisms to increase the efficiency of the detection and significantly reduce the cost of the partner organization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wenying Feng

Student:

Partner:

EQ Advertising Group Ltd

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Trent University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Durable Zinc Anode for Next Generation Sustainable Zinc-Air Batteries

The project brings together Canadian industrial and academic partners. This project will allow Pi-Sol Technologies, our industrial partner to develop durable and cost-effective zinc anodes for sustainable energy applications such as Zin-Air batteries. The zinc-air battery market includes a large number of electronic gadgets and appliances used in day-to-day life, remote sensing & communication sector, and as energy back-up for photovoltaic cells being developed by Pi-Sol Technologies Inc. to address solar power intermittency. The products developed will be very competitive for Pi-Sol Technologies and for Canada in a new and open Zinc-Air batteries market whose value es expected to reach US$ 2,848.90 Mn by 2026. This will keep the partner organization at the forefront of sustainable energy storage and conversion technologies. The project will also contribute to the training of highly qualified personnel who will be useful both in academia and industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohamed Mohamedi

Student:

Partner:

Pi-SOL Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

From scrap to parts: creating a circular economy for additive manufacturing in a traditional steel fabrication facility

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as metal 3D printing, can revolutionize the way we make things by ‘printing’ parts one layer at a time using a laser and metal powder. However, AM is an inherently expensive process. One of the major costs of the process is the metal powders, with some powders costing hundreds of dollars per kilogram. The objective of this project is to investigate the economic and technical feasibility of using metal powders that are produced from scrap metal as an input for AM (i.e., creating a circular economy), and understanding how the use of recycled metal could impact the quality and performance of printed parts. This research project is being conducted in collaboration with the TEBO Group of Companies in Vancouver. The outcomes of this project are expected to produce economic benefits for TEBO, in the form of developing low-cost inputs for AM processes, and environmental benefits by re-directing the flow of low-value scrap metal toward the production of high value metal powder instead of to the landfill.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Benoit

Student:

Partner:

TEBO Group of Industries

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan; University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Etude de la réponse humorale chez des donneurs vaccinés contre le SRAS-CoV-2 puis infectés par des variants préoccupants

Malgré les taux élevés de vaccination contre le SRAS-CoV-2 au Canada, le virus continue de circuler activement. De plus, de nombreux variants continuent d’apparaitre fréquemment et sont capables d’infecter les personnes vaccinées. Dans ce projet, nous souhaitons caractériser la réponse immunitaire induite chez des individus qui ont été infectés par un variant après avoir été vaccinés. Cette étude permettra de mesurer la force des réponses immunitaires mais également leur durée dans le temps et apportera des informations aux autorités de Santé publique sur les stratégies vaccinales contre la COVID-19 à mettre en place dans les futurs mois/années.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrés Finzi

Student:

Partner:

Héma-Québec (Montreal)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

Exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on service provider habits and knowledge and parental experiences with postpartum mood and anxiety disorders

This study will survey health care and social service providers, as well as parents, in a Northern Ontario community to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted availability of and access to services for postnatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anna-Liisa Mottonen

Student:

Partner:

Mental Health Research Canada;Children’s Aid Society of Nipissing and Parry Sound

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Accelerating the Market for Green Urban Housing

Like most Canadian municipalities, the City of Ottawa is struggling to reign in urban sprawl and encourage sustainable residential development. According to my doctoral research, few residential developers in Ottawa are heeding the call to build green. Profits and markets are larger for single detached houses in the suburbs, and housing consumers choose green construction only if it does not “cost more” than standard construction. Further, consumers are now skeptical about the terms “green” and “sustainable”. Domicile Developments is one of very few developers in Ottawa with a commitment to green infill building. The proposed research is designed to answer two questions for Domicile: (1) what are projections for green building in Ottawa in terms of environmental change, government regulation and the market? In other words, what is the future of green building in Ottawa?; and (2) how can responsible builders sell green building, where the payback for consumers must be calculated over longer timespans and where the ultimate benefits accrue to humanity rather than individuals? The research will use multiple sources to compile projections for the building environment in Ottawa, and will explore creative marketing solutions. The research is intended to aid the company’s planning and marketing efforts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patricia Ballamingie

Student:

Partner:

Domicile Developments

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Modélisation d’un scénario de descente énergétique juste pour le Québec

Face à la nécessité de décarboner et réduire l’impact environnemental de l’économie québécoise, le Front commun pour la transition énergétique (FCTÉ) développe un scénario de transition dont la ligne directrice est une réduction de moitié de la consommation en énergie. Une telle réduction de la consommation d’énergie, combinée à un mix adéquat de politiques publiques, pourrait faciliter l’atteinte des cibles climatiques que s’est donné le gouvernement du Québec. Ce projet vise à développer un outil de modélisation qui permettra de déterminer les politiques publiques à mettre en place qui assureraient que cette descente énergétique proposée par le FCTÉ soit aussi porteuse de justice sociale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Damon Matthews;Cécile Bulle;Éric Pineault

Student:

Partner:

Front commun pour la transition énergétique

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating the brain-behavior associations between pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and developmental coordination disorder

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) impact millions of children, unfold early in life, and encompass a wide range of symptoms across different domains of functioning. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and developmental coordination disorder (DCD) are among the most common NDDs, and they co-occur in approximately 50% of children. However, despite high comorbidity rates, most research studies focus on the primary symptoms underlying specific diagnoses. My doctoral research investigates the association between auditory processing and motor coordination abilities in children with DCD. However, focusing on motor difficulties only, without taking into account ADHD symptoms, greatly limits our understanding of DCD as a whole and, thus, restricts the development of effective therapeutic interventions. The purpose of this study visit is to examine the highly prevalent link between ADHD and DCD in Dr. Arnett’s Lab that specializes in ADHD research. By assisting with data collection and analysis (behavioural and electrophysiological) and by systematically reviewing the literature, it is expected that this project will provide a novel insight into the existing overlaps between attentional and motor difficulties in children by integrating knowledge from neuroscientific, behavioral, and clinical perspectives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Thaut

Student:

Partner:

Harvard University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

An Integrated Remote Sensing-Numerical Modeling Approach for Monitoring Tailings Dam

Tailings dams are used to store water and waste that come as by-products from the mining process. They can be huge in size, as big as lakes, and reach 300 meters high.
Tailings storage facilities can pose a threat to local wildlife and ecosystem, especially in the case of failure. In Canada, the Mount Polley copper-gold mine dam collapsed in 2014 and released 25 million cubic meters of wastewater and tailings, including huge amounts of toxic elements like arsenic, lead and mercury, into adjacent water systems and lakes (Pyle et al. 2022). This is why regular maintenance and monitoring is vital to ensure that the dam is strong enough to contain the mining waste.
An automated method is introduced in this project for remote monitoring of the tailings dams, which can prevent the potential failure or leakage using an early warning system. The numerical stability model is also employed to predict the behavior of tailing dams during their different life stages.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamran Esmaeili

Student:

Partner:

Kinross Gold

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

« Faire toujours plus avec moins ». Comprendre la (sur)charge et ses effets sur la santé psychologique en contexte de mutations accélérées du travail

Pénurie de main-d’œuvre, transformation numérique, concurrence étrangère; le rythme de travail s’accélère, s’intensifie et la charge des travailleurs augmente, plus particulièrement depuis la pandémie de la COVID-19. L’autonomisation du travail a permis d’éliminer certaines tâches routinières et de gagner en efficacité, mais elle contribue également à complexifier la tâche et à augmenter les ressources cognitives nécessaires pour la réaliser. Devant des demandes qui sont de plus en plus nombreuses et complexes et des ressources qui sont de plus en plus réduites, les travailleurs doivent « faire toujours plus avec moins », mettant ainsi à risque leur santé psychologique.

Ce projet vise une meilleure compréhension « des impacts sur la santé psychologique occasionnées par les plus récentes transformations du monde du travail » chez les travailleurs du savoir. Pour y parvenir, nous définirons la charge de travail à la suite des mutations du travail en plus d’identifier les facteurs organisationnels et personnels qui influencent la charge de travail. Cela nous permettra d’outiller les parties prenantes pour qu’elles puissent agir sur la (sur)charge de travail.

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Faculty Supervisor:

France St-Hilaire

Student:

Partner:

Fédération du personnel professionnel des universités et de la recherche (FPPU);Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Tri et migration des données actuelles vers un CRM permettant l’amélioration du processus, et analyse et traitement des données en vue de l’implémentation d’une nouvelle recommandation d’achat.

Tri et migration des données actuelles vers un CRM permettant l’amélioration du processus, et analyse et traitement des données en vue de l’implémentation d’une nouvelle recommandation d’achat.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gilbert Babin

Student:

Partner:

CarInspect

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Automotive; Information and Communications Technology

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship