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Autism Society NL’s Pantry Garden Social Enterprise Strategic Marketing Plan

The Pantry Café is run by the Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador (ASNL) as a social enterprise. It is is built on historic farmland in the center of St. John’s. The property includes a fruit tree orchard, 36 garden beds, current gardens, a large greenhouse, and other growing facilities. ASNL also has an on-site restaurant that utilizes the farm-to-table offerings of the garden, along with providing social and financial benefit to ASNL. Together, these make up our social enterprise “The Pantry Café & Gardens”. Maximizing the output of our facilities and building a true marketing plan for the social enterprise will help our organization grow and provide more opportunities for our community.
The objectives and approaches of the project include:
1. Perform a market scan to identify potential target markets;
2. Define strategies around product, pricing, location, distribution and people to maximize return on social, financial and environmental measures
3. Identify strategic goal to maximize the potential of all social enterprise assets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alex Stewart

Student:

Partner:

Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Novel TPV System Comprising Optical Cavities and Bifacial PV Cells

The objectives of the proposed research are to design, build and test a simple but robust prototype thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system comprising an optical cavity configuration and a bifacial PV cell. As a part of this collaboration, the design and fabrication of an optical cavity-based TPV system will be done at York University. This optical cavity will be integrated with Bifacial PV cells designed and fabricated at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid as well as periodic emitters pending time availability. Tests will also be done on monofacial TPV cells integrated with cooling systems for comparison. As a secondary objective, Optical characterization of the PV cells, optical cavity, and emitter will be performed. The expected outcomes are a prototype of a simple but robust TPV system that integrates Bifacial PV cells from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and optical cavity based TPV systems designed at York University.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul O'Brien

Student:

Partner:

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

York University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

From meal planning to grocery shopping cart; a smart software platform combining personalized recommendations, grocery shopping, and healthy-eating-behavior building

Families need help with their weekly food needs due to busy schedules, stressful weekly meal planning and rising food costs. This research project aims at combining recipes, nutrition, family profiles and preferences, and grocery shopping to recommend healthy and varied meal plans to families. These meal plans will be the base to build grocery shopping lists that are optimized with grocery products that cater to family preferences and needs, saving them both time and money. The goal is for this project to lead to a recommendation engine that provides menu options catered to family needs whether its healthier, more varied or budget conscious options and as well as reduce food waste with smarter planning and shopping.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yong Zeng;Chun Wang;Jun Yan;Yong Zeng;Jun Yan

Student:

Partner:

7dish

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Toward a better treatment to optimize biomechanical function in individuals with a foot amputation

This project aims to compare the biomechanics of the lower limbs in individuals with different types of foot amputation (i.e., transmetatarsal, metatarsophalangeal and toe) during locomotion (e.g., walking, stair ambulation). To achieve these objectives, individuals with and without a foot amputation will undertake a biomechanical evaluation (joint movements/forces and muscle activity) during the aforementioned tasks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gabriel Moisan

Student:

Partner:

Bu ali Sina University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Highly Integrated System for True Time Delay Optical Beamforming Phased Arrays

The participants are working together to provide a novel solution to the requirement for steering antennae for satellite communications. The solution will use new integrated circuits designed to process information optically rather than electronically. The application for this work includes the provision of broadband access to remote communities. The work brings together experts from McMaster University, the National Research Council and MDA of Montreal. The proposes solution is highly-disruptive and with the involvement of Canadian industry, there is a clear route to economic benefit.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Knights;Jonathan Bradley

Student:

Partner:

MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates Ltd (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

EMR Marketing Strategy

Conduct EMR market research to develop a marketing strategy to penetrate new markets across Canada to further growth.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Oleksiy Osiyevskyy

Student:

Partner:

AVA Industries Ltd.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Investigating Nano-Media in Communications, the Arts and Creative Communities Year Two

Investigating Nano-Media develops and disseminates groundbreaking technological innovations in the field of nanooptics and explores the possibilities of a new nano-material–nano-media–for communication, media and art practices. We deploy a pioneering multi-functional nano-fabric that comprises nano-substrates with embedded functionalities and new advanced fabrication processes. This unique nano-fabric is then further augmented by the processes of ‘nanography’ and ‘nano-photography’. The goal of these processes is to produce nanographic screens and to define them by developing methods and applications in a variety of scales and contexts, including installations, expositions, and publications, and assessing their formal, material, aesthetic and communicative possibilities. This interdisciplinary project is a collaboration between a scientist working at the cutting-edge of nanotechnologies, an intern specializing in digital media, publishing and cultural practices, as well as media practitioners–artists and designers–who provide an experimental framework to explore the unique characteristics and affordances of nanomedia. The project will initially implement technological integration of nano-media in art and culture in the areas of publishing, new media art and immersive environments, and lay the groundwork for its potential uses in other areas such as advertising, textiles and architecture.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bozena Kaminska

Student:

Partner:

PUBLIC Journal

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Nanotechnology; New and Digital Media

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

Plasma-activated renewable nanomaterials for the design of sustainable and barrier multilayers

This project aims to investigate the use of non-thermal plasma to (i) strengthen the adhesion and promote the compatibility between lignocellulosic layers and (ii) functionalize the individual layer(s) or the multilayers with advanced barrier performance. The overall goal is to propose competitive, fully biodegradable and/or recyclable alternatives to current petroleum-based multilayer packaging. Non-thermal plasma is a sustainable processing route already adopted in the industry (e.g., food industry for sterilization), thus represents a promising route for sustainable design and engineering of safe food packaging.
The novelty of this project principally lies in the fundamental and applied study of non-thermal plasma technology to design and engineer sustainable multilayers using solely renewable (nano)materials for food packaging applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gaétan Laroche

Student:

Partner:

North Carolina State University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Natural Resources; Nanotechnology

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Élaboration d’un appareil de cinéradiographie pour étudier les traumatismes à la tête et la colonne cervicale

L’objectif de ce stage est de d’adapter un appareil de ciné-radiographie clinique existant en un outil de cinéradiographie à haute vitesse permettant de mesurer la cinématique de la tête, de la colonne cervicale et de la moelle épinière lors d’essais expérimentaux sur corps donnés à la science visant à reproduire un chargement traumatique impliquant un coup à la tête. Cet outil de recherche avancé permettra de mieux comprendre les mécanismes de blessures associés au TCC et au BMT en fournissant des données inédites concernant la cinématique des vertèbres cervicales, les fractures osseuses et les déformations dans la moelle épinière et le cerveau associés aux coups à tête. Il permettra aussi éventuellement d’évaluer et d’améliorer l’efficacité des dispositifs de protection de la tête et du cou contre des situations traumatiques courantes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yvan Petit

Student:

Partner:

Université Gustave Eiffel

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Security and Software Quality Assurance for Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud Systems

Through the MITACS GRA research award, this proposal aims to address the research gaps in enhancing the security and software quality assurance for two emergent technologies, namely, IoT and cloud systems. As evidenced from the literature scan, much of the previous work on security for IoT and cloud systems has ranged from addressing only specific types of attacks, or only to specific targets, or aim to address only a subset of challenges. Much of the previous work does not address the issue of software quality assurance for security. To the best of our knowledge, this research proposal is the first of its kind to innovate, design, and implement an integrated suite of algorithms for security and software quality assurance for healthcare IoT and cloud systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Srinivas Sampalli

Student:

Partner:

Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Nitrogen fixation by air non-thermal plasma

In this project, we are going to modify a plasma reactor that uses air, water and electricity to produce a solution containing fixed nitrogen to be used as a fertilizer. We will use several kinds of physical and chemical techniques to optimize the energy efficiency of nitrogen fixation. With this information in hand, we will evaluate the possibility to use the system with renewable energy from solar and wind to produce the fixed nitrogen in a cost effective manner. The expected outcome is the demonstration of sustainable and low cost fixation of nitrogen at a local scale, which will help diminish the reliance on large scale and polluting nitrogen fixation by Haber’s process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gaétan Laroche

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Strong Asset Discovery on Naval Vessels using Machine Learning

Lockheed Martin Canada is undertaking the creation of a network detection solution for maritime platforms that addresses the specific security issues in the naval environment. The solution is a combination of multiple technologies utilizing different active and passive techniques to enhance the detection process. Lockheed Martin Canada has created a preliminary prototype design and is exploring the possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance it. The objective of this project is to develop a robust asset detection system on naval vessels through the use of machine learning (ML), with the aim of increasing cybersecurity robustness and tightening security on these vessels. By incorporating the capabilities of AI, the solution aims to offer a comprehensive solution to address the challenges of the naval domain and enhance the network detection process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Moulay Akhloufi

Student:

Partner:

Lockheed Martin Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Moncton

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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