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Robust Islanding detection strategy for distributed generators

Concerning global warming and depletion of fossil fuel reserves, the integration of distributed energy generators into grids is rapidly increasing in the last decades. However, the distributed generators degrade power quality and may damage loads when islanding occurs in a part of the grid. To overcome these issues, all distributed generators must be equipped with anti-islanding detection and protection systems to shut down the distributed generator units in the islanded zones. Various anti-islanding detection strategies have been applied to the commercial grid-tie inverters also have been introduced in the literature. The major concerns and caveats of the employing anti-islanding strategy in grid-tie inverters are false anti-islanding detection, interference to other grid-tie converters operation, fast response, and dependency of anti-islanding detection strategy on grid parameters. Accordingly, in this project, an accurate, robust, safe, fast, and simple anti-islanding detection strategy for grid-connected inverters will be proposed and experimentally evaluated.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamal Al-Haddad

Student:

Partner:

SmartD

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Transdisciplinary Multistakeholder Approach to Steering NetZero Transitions: Sociotechnical System Configurations for Modelling and Simulating Atlantic Canada’s Transition Pathways

In this project, inputs from the different stakeholders in the transition to Net Zero economy will be collected and analyzed to facilitate the development of simulation models that can inform policy making to steer this transition in the most efficient and effective way. Two sets of workshops will be organized, with invitees from academia, different industries (e.g., oil and gas, automotive, electric utilities) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to deliberate about opportunities and constraints to Net Zero transition initiatives. These deliberations will define scenarios, agents, behaviors and rules that characterise sociotechnical systems and transition pathways. …

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stanley Asah;Ahmed Saif;Hamid Afshari

Student:

Partner:

The Transition Accelerator;Net Zero Atlantic

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

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

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of organic anti-icing agents for wintermaintenance of transportation facility

Considering the facts that road salts pose significant environmental impacts and infrastructural damages, this research will evaluate the organic products for snow and ice control for transportation facilities. An extensive field tests will be conducted focusing snow melting performances of the organic liquids over regular bine over an expected ranges of weather and other external variables in a parking lot in the winter season. While the tests will be conducted in parking lots settings, the results can equally be used for other transportation facility (i.e., roadway maintenance) after adjusting of the facility specific factors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Liping Fu

Student:

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (Vaughan, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Système de vision par ordinateur pour la mise à jour de la cartographie routière

Le projet vise à améliorer un système d’aide à la conduite pour les camions de transport basé sur des caméras embarquées et des techniques d’intelligence artificielle. L’objectif principal est de mettre à jour l’information sur la vitesse maximale autorisée, cette information étant ensuite utilisée pour limiter automatiquement la vitesse des camions. Le défi principal est de produire une information fiable sur la vitesse et la position de début et de fin de cette limitation dans des environnements parfois complexes, comme les zones de travaux routiers. Ce projet permettra d’améliorer les performances de la solution « Intelligent Speed Adaptation », développée par la compagnie canadienne E-SMART. Cette solution aura un impact important sur la sécurité routière et la consommation de carburant.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Samuel Foucher;Mickaël Germain;Yacine Bouroubi

Student:

Partner:

E-SMART Control Inc.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

International Criminal Court and gender-based violence

The project will analyze the genesis and stages of development of GBV-related crimes` international legal regulation. The intern will consider the legal regulation of GBV-related crimes as well as analyze ICC cases involving GBV-related issues. The main objective is to outline key problems in gender-related ICC practice and to propose possible solutions in order to effectively deliver justice in gender-based violence-related cases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Annie Bunting

Student:

Partner:

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Education; Other

University:

York University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Programming Techniques for QUBO Compatible Processors II

The main problem this internship project explores is the selection, conversion, and encoding of mathematical models that pertain to the finance industry for processing on available types of analog optimization processors. This research investigation aims to develop new algorithms and code that take advantage of an analog optimization process which acts as an “oracle” for a classical Turing Machine computer. This will be done by developing methods to translate a range of problems into the ideal form for currently available adiabatic annealing hardware. 1 QBit will develop software applications to translate problems into quadratic unconstra ined binary optimization (QUBO) problems, enabling a broader range of practical problems to be addressed by a computer that has access to an oracle that answers a problem via an annealing process. This project is part of 1 QBit’s exploration of how to best utilize an annealing oracle for various optimization problems. This research puts 1QBit and Canada in a leadership role as a software developer of this novel approach to computation and optimization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Raussendorf;Karthik Pattabiraman;Ozgur Yilmaz;Kai Behrend;Eldad Haber;Andrey Pavlov;Philip Stamp;Bojan Mohar;Petr Lisonek;Daniel Lee;Abraham Punnen;Marcel Franz;Alejandro Adem;Tamon Stephen;Jia Xu;Sagar Naik;Mark Schmidt;Mark Giesbrecht;Majid Ghade

Student:

Partner:

1Qbit (Toronto, ON);1QB Information Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Simon Fraser University; The University of British Columbia; University of Calgary; University of Waterloo; York University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of low-temperature carbon electrodes for efficient hole extraction from perovskite absorbers with variable bandgap

The project involves the investigation and optimization of carbon electrodes to achieve efficient perovskite photovoltaic devices for indoor and outdoor applications based on a method that can be used for industrial production.
The intern will first study the optimization of carbon electrodes for solar cells, which will involve materials and device engineering. Then, the intern will engineer carbon electrodes for wide-bandgap perovskite absorbers, with a view to realizing efficient photovoltaics for indoor energy harvesting. Within the project, the intern will also upscale the optimized recipes using large-area coating techniques.
Rayleigh Solar Tech Inc. will benefit from this project as it will accelerate the commercialization of perovskite solar cells. Once the scalable process is deemed suitable, manufacturing trials can begin.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vincenzo Pecunia

Student:

Partner:

Rayleigh Solar Tech

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Army-split, State Disintegration, and Civil War

Over the past decades, civil war onset has been a primary scholarly focus. Yet, most studies consider civil war onset to generally take the form of peripheral insurgencies. Based on recent advances in the literature (e.g., McLauchlin 2022; Siberdt 2022), we identify a distinct pathway to civil war, which takes the form of state disintegration and army-split. We examine the patterns and dynamics at play in this specific type of civil war onset through the combination of cross-national statistical analysis and in-depth case studies. We expect to find clear evidence that specific features and political practices, such as the personalization of political power or the overlap between internal tensions among the civil and the military elites, substantively increase the likely of this type of civil war onset. Based on the statistical results and case studies, we then turn to the detailed examination of the current conditions and civil-military relations in the United States and assess whether there exists a risk of civil war onset. Understanding the dynamics of state disintegration is essential as evidence suggests that if there were to be a civil war in the United States, it would likely take this form.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Théodore McLauchlin

Student:

Partner:

University of Oxford

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Thermal Simulation and Analysis of Advanced Avionic Modules and Antennas

As a full-service, data-driven solutions provider for aviation, SKYTRAC Systems is developing new 2-MCU
satellite communications (SATCOM) terminal, SDL-350, which will be capable of achieving globally
available broadband transfer rates of 352 kbps both to and from the aircraft. One critical challenge facing
the R&D engineers of SDL-350 is the thermal management, because the power dissipation level of SDL-
350 is beyond what is achievable for the convectional thermal designs of avionics. Dr. Li will partner with
SKYTRAC to develop effective thermal designs for avionic modules and antennas which will enable all
avionic components to operate within their qualified temperature limits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sunny Ri Li

Student:

Partner:

SKYTRAC

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Transfer learning for semantic segmentation of fungal growth images to accelerate high-throughput fungicide development

There is a growing need to develop new crop protection products that are more effective against fungal disease and mitigate pathogen resistance. The fungicide product development process is time consuming and expensive and there is a great opportunity to reduce costs and time by using machine learning. In this project, an existing deep learning algorithm for quantifying fungal growth in 96-well plate images will be transferred to new pathogens to extend Terramera’s automated high-throughput screening pipeline. This application will eliminate time-consuming manual analysis and accelerate the in-vitro testing stage in Terramera’s product development.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Ester

Student:

Partner:

Terramera Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

ProStudioMasters

ProStudioMasters is poised to become a key player in the emerging market of high quality, high bandwidth, uncompressed audio distributed over the internet. The interns will provide support by compiling information to be included in the container file along with the audio: metadata such as correct attributions (composers, performers), historical circumstances of the recording, analytic capsule summaries of classical works, aesthetic and cultural importance of the recording, and other necessary items that vary with the repertoire. The intern’s research qualifications for this work, his deep musical understanding befitting a doctoral student, his broad familiarity with multiple genres from a personal history of performing and composing widely, his experience as an archival librarian and the quality of his written communication provide extraordinary value to ProStudioMasters while guaranteeing the student an exceptional opportunity to enjoy a work experience in the environment of a fast-moving industry, and to be rewarded for the skills acquired over a number of years.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Richard King;Jonathan Wild;Steven Huebner

Student:

Partner:

ProStudioMasters

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Entertainment and Media

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Effet du contexte et des perceptions des parties prenantes dans le développement de dispositifs d’accompagnement entrepreneurial de proximité en Afrique, à travers l’étude de cas du projet Djonkoli Kènè au Mali.

Ce travail de recherche vise à créer une image riche de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial dans le cadre du projet Djonkoli Kènè au Mali. Djonkoli Kènè est menée par le Carrefour de Solidarité internationale en collaboration avec l’Accélarateur entrepreneurial Desjardins et l’association Malienne Kilabo. Ils mettent en œuvre un soutien de proximité basé sur des formations, un accompagnement personnalisé et des appuis matériels aux jeunes et aux femmes. 72 jeunes et femmes bénéficient actuellement de leur soutien dans le cadre de ce projet. Nous allons pour ce travail de recherche, combiner une analyse statistique rigoureuse à la méthode des systèmes souples qui est une méthodologie qui permet d’enquêter sur les activités humaines, et d’interpréter de manière flexible, l’expérience humaine à partir du terrain. Sur la base d’itérations entre collecte de données terrain et revue de concepts dans la littérature, puis modélisation, nous parviendrons à décrire dans son ensemble le système d’accompagnement utilisé par Kilabo.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Bibeau

Student:

Partner:

Carrefour de solidarité internationale

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

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