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Imagining the Human Interior: Religious and Medical Perspectives on the Body in Present-Day China

My research project will focus around the following question: what relationships exist between religious models of the human body—primarily Buddhist and Daoist—and medical practices and beliefs? To explore this topic I will study primary and secondary materials, participate in meetings with my host university supervisor, Chen Ming with the assistance of Dr. Susan Andrews from my home institution, and conduct on-site research in a traditional Chinese medical clinic. I will also take part in UBC’s Buddhism Summer Studies program. This research project will result in the creation of an annotated bibliography, a research paper to be written in the fall of 2016, and a presentation at a student research symposium. These outcomes will aid in sharing my new knowledge with the larger Mount Allison and larger Sackville community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Andrews

Student:

Brynn Aucoin

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Discipline:

Religion

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University:

Mount Allison University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The Symbiosis between State and Church in Text and Practice of Esoteric Buddhism in 8th Century China

The spread of Buddhism brought to encounter Indic and Sinitic cultural systems, the two of most disparate civilizations in the world. After hundreds of years of continuous contact and communication, a Buddhist sect that is most characteristically Indian and most alien to the Chinese flourished in China, which came to be known as Esoteric Buddhism or Buddhist tantra. More remarkably, it realized the closest cooperation between the state and church that has ever seen throughout Chinese history. So far, scholarly efforts remain general and speculative to understand that phenomenon, and, although yielding some insights, the scholarship awaits verification and reassessment with historically empirical studies. In view that the primary sources have never been fully exploited and that it happened around a turning point of Chinese history, when momentous changes happened in almost every aspects of the society, the proposed project would be based on chronological examination of various primary sources and their interpretations in the specific historical context. The study extends from my doctoral research and would supplement it in discussion on related critical issues.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jinhua Chen

Student:

Zeng Yang

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Discipline:

Religion

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University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Species tree inference from multi-labeled gene trees

Reconstructing the tree of life, which depicts the evolutionary history of today’s existing species, has been a central goal of evolutionary biology ever since Darwin. Each species is composed of a set of genes, which can be grouped into families. The DNA sequences of genes can be used to infer a gene tree for each family, and the species tree can be seen as a “summary” of these gene histories. Therefore one way of inferring a species tree is to merge multiple gene trees into a “supertree”. Many programs and software are able to combine gene trees into one, but they assume that each gene tree has at most one gene per species. However, this is unrealistic since genes undergo duplication events during the course of evolution, leading to gene trees having multiple leaves labeled by the same species. The aim of this project is to devise efficient algorithms that can combine multi-labeled gene trees and thus infer better species trees.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nadia El-Mabrouk

Student:

Manuel Lafond

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Discipline:

Computer science

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University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Accords de Partenariat Trans Pacifique et libéralisation du marché laitier: impacts économiques sur le secteur laitier canadien

Avec les derniers accords, en matière de politique commerciale canadienne, il devenait nécessaire d’analyser l’impact économique de ces accords sur l’industrie laitière en prenant compte les résultats des travaux déjà entrepris sur ce sujet. L’objectif général de notre étude est d’analyser l’impact des réformes commerciales suite à l’AECG (Accord Économique Commerciale Globale) et au PTP (Partenariat Trans Pacifique). A base des données de référence de l’année 2014, nous allons formuler et calibrer une fonction objective par les prix à partir de laquelle on fera des simulations numériques à l’aide du logiciel GAMS. C’est-à-dire, définir une relation fonctionnelle entre le prix et les principaux éléments susceptibles de l’influencer, ensuite introduire cette fonction dans le logiciel. Avec les différents scénarios résultants des reformes, nous allons bouger certains éléments de la fonction objective pour voir leurs impacts sur le prix. Nous analyserons les impacts à l’aide des résultats de la simulation sur le prix intérieur, la production canadienne de lait, le bien-être de divers groupes du secteur (consommateur, transformateur et producteur).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lota Dabio Tamini

Student:

Amévi Toglo

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Discipline:

Food science

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University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Aerobic Granulation for the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater

Increasing pressure on India’s limited water resources due to population growth demands innovative and cost-effective methods of water management. One avenue of significant research is the treatment and recycling of municipal wastewater, where only about 31% of the domestic wastewater generated is treated using conventional methods. Aerobic granulation (AG) is a novel biotechnological wastewater treatment process that is increasingly drawing the interest of researchers worldwide. Aerobic granules are aggregates of microorganisms that form through microbe-to-microbe self-immobilization without reliance on biocarriers. The granules are packed with different microbial species and typically contain millions of organisms per gram of biomass. These microbes have the necessary physiological capabilities to degrade the pollutants in municipal and industrial wastewaters. The advantages of AG are its small space requirements, higher tolerance of toxicity and shock loads, and  improvement in settling properties of biomass. The proposed project aims to develop and culture aerobic granules for the effective treatment of synthetic domestic wastewater in batch and continuous processes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Tay

Student:

Shubham Tiwari

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Discipline:

Engineering - civil

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University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

“Strands of Resistance: Art for the Desaparecidos in Brazil, Argentina and Chile, 1965-1980”

My research traces how Brazilian artists first grappled with their relationship to modernism as they sought to break out of narratives imposed by the West, and later with a contentious history and culture formed under military regimes. I am analyzing the social and historical stakes around the term “los desaparecidos” as many people went missing during the military dictatorship. “The disappeared” function as a framework to exemplify and parallel how indigenous populations have faced physical and territorial displacement, similarly to the historiographical disappearance and physical act of murdering groups of people by the state apparatus. My research is specific to Brazil, as well as the transnational discourse that simultaneously occurred to escape the ongoing censorship that was occurring. The expected outcome is to gain access to archival research located within Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo under the supervision of Dr. Roberto Conduru – a specialist in Brazilian art history.

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Faculty Supervisor:

T'ai Smith

Student:

Jacqueline Witkowski

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Discipline:

History

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University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

R&D of high-performance Fe-based Catalysts for direct synthesis of lower olefins from syngas

The synthesis of chemicals and fuels through processes that do not involve oil, but rather coal is of great importance to China. The research aims to develop a new method to produce lower olefins (short hydrocarbon chains) with the use of Iron-based catalysts and syngas derived from coal. The purpose of the Iron-based catalysts is to influence the process to produce products of interest.With the use of metal catalyst, the size of the hydrocarbons produced can be narrowed down. The expected outcome of the conducted research should be a new iron-based catalyst with high selectivity towards lower olefins and to construct a relationship between the structure and performance of the iron-based catalyst while combined with characterization techniques and operando/in situ spectroscopies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jesse Zhu

Student:

Ameen Meddaoui

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

University:

Western University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Transition Metal Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization: A Combined Computational and Experimental Approaches

Chromium based catalysts such as Phillip’s catalyst are widely used in the production of polyethylene materials, specifically high density polyethylene. Despite their widespread and successful use, there is still much that is unknown about how exactly these catalysts work and interact with other catalysts. New research has been done that has indicated the chromium vanadium catalysts may be very effective. This is important as it could change the way much of the worlds plastic is produced. This research project seeks to determine whether a synergetic effect (positive relationship) exists between the two different active sites of the catalysts. This will be done by using the density functional theory, along with kinetic evaluation and mathematical modelling of the polymerization kinetics. The outcome of this project will hopefully yield a better understanding of how the two active sites of these catalysts work together. At some point in the future this may help the production of polyethylene become more efficient.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jesse Zhu

Student:

Andrew Cottrill

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

University:

Western University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Size dependant catalytic behaviour of supported Cu nanoparticles on CeO2 in ethanol synthesis from methyl acetate

Ethanol is a versatile feedstock that is extremely beneficial. A new route of EtOH synthesis from syngas via dimethyl ether carbonylation and methyl acetate hydrogenation has been proposed. This is environmentally friendly and efficient. Throughout this research, the relationship between the nature of MA activation and the size of the supported Cu nanoparticles will be analyzed, in order to illuminate the size effect of Cu/CeO2 catalysts on catalytic properties in ester hydrogenation reactions. In this lab CuCl and dimethyl sulfoxide are used to prepare different CuOx nanoparticles. The reactivity evaluations will be carried out on a continuous-flow heterogeneous reactor and analyzed on an online Agilent Micro GC 6820. The textual and catalytic properties of the catalysts are also analyzed. With this data there may be a proof of adsorption or activation of methoxy and acyl species on the surface of CeO2. Overall the goal is to find the induction period in the beginning of the reaction which could be dependent on the size of Cu nanoparticles.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jesse Zhu

Student:

Kelsey Crawford

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

University:

Western University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Caking of crystal particles and the inhibition : Effect of adhesion free energy

Caking, in the crystallization field, also known as agglomeration, is a phenomenon that can be defined as the process of formation of clumps or masses rather than flow smoothly. There are several factors involved in determining the degree of caking including but not limited to: the substance’s particle surface chemistry, particle size and particle-size distribution, particle shape, and environmental factors such as temperature and humidity. Since it allows for powders or crystals to clump up, caking of crystals can be very problematic in industrial settings where a steady flow is required at all times for smooth operations, otherwise resulting in the loss of quality and function of a product. Thus, this research project seeks to study the mechanism of caking and how to inhibit it, to be able to prevent future problems such as the one described above. This will be accomplished based on calculations of adhesion free energy of the particles in study while applying the Lifshitz–van der Waals acid-base theory.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jesse Zhu

Student:

Mohannad Shilbayeh

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

University:

Western University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Beyond Climate Justice: Competing Narratives and Ambitious Climate Action in India – implications for Canadian policy makers

My collaborative research project with Nicolette Little will examine the role of climate justice in India’s climate change policy, discourse and action. Embedding the notion of “climate justice” at the core of climate change discourse results in a political frame around risk (Indian) and responsibility (Global North’s). The project seeks to delineate how a focus on climate justice obscures the need for more ambitious national and global action on climate change. The study examines how the needs and risks of marginalized and vulnerable communities (women, farmers, rural and coastal areas) are accounted for in the climate discourse (policy, media, and activism). It also consider the implications of India’s new climate plan and how environmental organizations focused on climate change are influencing public opinion and narratives. The study will yield significant insights on how policy, media narratives, climate education and plans can be reoriented to meet the needs of the most vulnerable.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Drache

Student:

Tyrone Hall

Partner:

Discipline:

Political science

Sector:

University:

York University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Methane Tri-Reforming: Process Modeling,Thermodynamic Analysis and ProcessOptimization

This has been a proposal for myself, Stephen Collins, to participate in the FASESP – BG Brazil Research Centre for Gas Innovation project. If awarded via the Mitacs Globalink program, I will be presented the opportunity to work alongside the research staff of The University of Sao Paulo, as well as members of other academic institutions and industry. The project itself has been in various stages of planning for the past several years: and was approved after being peer-reviewed by an international committee. While the Research Centre will host professionals in the fields of economics and various types of engineering, my proposed position will be alongside those of the Physical-Chemistry program: more specifically the Conversion to Chemicals team. Essentially this team is responsible for the following task: to determine the most cost-effective and environmentally friendly methods of producing value-added products from natural gas, such as carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas. This research will examine existing chemical processes, and determine the optimal equipment, reaction properties, and catalysts to help establish natural gas as a viable and competitive source of chemical feedstock in Brazil and beyond. 

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kelly Hawboldt

Student:

Stephen Collins

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering - petrochemical

Sector:

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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