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System-on-Chip-based Sensor Interfaces With Thermal Management for Aerospace Applications

Nowadays, aircrafts use computer-regulated flight control systems that replace mechanical controls with electronic interfaces. These sensor interfaces convert physical movements or quantities (temperature or pressure for instance) to electronic signals between flight control computers (FCCs) and actuators and sensors. A large number of sensor interfaces are used in an aircraft to allow FCCs communicating with electromagnetic-based actuators and sensors. Their cost, size, weight, and power (CoSWaP) should be optimized. Moreover, these interfaces are connected to different loads and sensors in the aircraft that typically have their own requirements. Therefore, sensor interfaces should be adjusted for different needs. Redundancy and lack of versatility/flexibility motivate interfaces’ manufacturers to look for ways to reduce CoSWaP by shrinking the size of components and making sensor systems more flexible. This helps to ease maintenance and gain economic benefits.
This project aims at leveraging advanced system-on-chip (SoC) integration technologies to implement senor interfaces for aerospace applications. In this technology, low and high-voltage electronic modules are integrated in a single microelectronic chip, which reduces CoSWaP. Means of programming and configuring these interfaces will be developed to allow adjusting SoCs to specific target uses of the proposed sensor interfaces.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yvon Savaria;Ahmed Lakhssassi;Ahmad Hassan;Yvon Savaria;Benoit Gosselin;Ahmad Hassan

Student:

Partner:

Thales Canada Inc;Mitacs - Vancouver

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Polytechnique Montréal; Université du Québec en Outaouais

Program:

Accelerate

Analyse et amélioration de modèles NLU dans le domaine de l’assurance

Koïos Intelligence est à la source de l’agent conversationnel Olivo qui vise à offrir une expérience interactive, guidant l’utilisateur au travers des processus de prévente, de vente et d’après-vente pour tous les types d’assurances. Bien que l’outil soit dans un état avancé tant au niveau de la conversation écrite qu’orale, et ce aussi bien en français qu’en anglais, son amélioration se heurte aux exigences computationnelles lourdes pour l’entraînement des modèles d’apprentissage automatique sous-jacent. De plus, les outils de discussions inte-ractifs sont souvent imprécis dans leur développement et mise en œuvre dans le cadre d’un champ d’application particulier. C’est en particulier le cas en finance, pour les outils de conseils en matière bancaire et assurance. Il est nécessaire pour les rendre plus pertinents d’améliorer leur entraînement en utilisant des bases lexicales spécialisées, dont dispose en interne Koïos Intelligence.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michel Desmarais

Student:

Partner:

Koïos Intelligence Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Retail trade

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Humpback whale prey consumption in British Columbia and the effects of a growing population on the food web in the Strait of Georgia

Since the end of whaling, the population of humpback whales feeding in the Canadian Pacific waters has
been steadily increasing. As generalist feeders, these large cetaceans aggregate near the coast of British
Columbia to feed on krill, Pacific herring, and other schooling fish. Yet, the consumption of prey by humpback
whales in Canadian Pacific waters has not been estimated. The aim of this research is to quantify how much of
each prey population the humpback whale population consumes from the Strait of Georgia. This project will also
predict the effects of a growing population of humpback whales on the food web. This study will help inform both
conservation and fisheries management strategies as it focuses on economically and culturally valuable species.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Villy Christensen

Student:

Partner:

Marine Education and Research Society (MERS)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

EXFO : Utilisation des réseaux neuronaux pour l’identification et la classification d’anomalies dans les fibres optiques

Ce projet proposé par EXFO vise à améliorer la performance des Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) pour l’évaluation de la qualité d’un lien de fibre optique utilisé pour la télécommunication. L’objectif principal est d’améliorer l’identification des événements et leur classification en utilisant des réseaux neuronaux.
Les méthodes actuelles peinent à identifier des événements successifs rapprochés, particulièrement lorsqu’ils sont loin de l’extrémité de la fibre optique où l’OTDR est branché. L’opération de moyennage des signaux, nécessaire à la réduction de dimensionnalité pour l’analyse classique, réduit l’information pouvant contribuer à identifier les événements. En utilisant les réseaux neuronaux, il devient possible d’utiliser les signaux bruts pour augmenter la résolution de l’analyse.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Gagné;Leslie Rusch

Student:

Partner:

EXFO

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating extended-release injectable buprenorphine in a Canadian setting

Canada is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. Although oral opioid agonist therapies (OAT) are effective for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), a number of barriers pose a significant challenge to treatment initiation and retention. In 2018, Health Canada approved a new medication for OUD, a once-monthly injection, which may be able to address challenges related to medication adherence. The current project aims to support a larger observational study that assess the feasibility, efficacy, and safety of this new treatment option. The current project will ensure greater transparency in the research process and generate awareness of the study. Overall, this will support knowledge generation that will inform clinical practice and may contribute to improved health outcomes for individuals with OUD, a population of emphasis at Providence Health Care (the partner organization).

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Faculty Supervisor:

M. Eugenia Socias;Nadia Fairbairn

Student:

Partner:

Providence Health Care

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Continuous molecular recognition technology for selective rare earth elements (REE) separation from leaching solutions

Global society trend in sustainable technologies and environmentally friendly solutions demand the energy-intensive rare earth elements (REEs) separation methods to be more sustainable and possibly adhere to the green chemistry principles. This project tackles molecular recognition technology (MRT) as a method to selectively separate REEs. MRTs is still in its infancy and literature lacks data. Specifically, we aim at selectively separating (+98% purity) target REEs from pregnant leaching solutions (PLS) from monazite ore. At the same time, we aim at establishing fundamental knowledge on MRT, which includes the identification of MRT chelating agents to separate specific REEs, the sequence of MRT steps, and ranges of operating variables. The research also includes the scale up of the laboratory-scale MRT system that will be conceived, from 5 mL to 4 L MRT units. We will as well design a pilot plant with MRT units of 60 L.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daria Camilla Boffito

Student:

Partner:

Auxico;Central America Nickel

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Jumine : Détection et prédiction des anomalies en flottation minière

Jumine propose, à l’aide d’un jumeau numérique, de développer l’intelligence nécessaire à la détection d’anomalies dans le procédé de flottation, une partie importante du procédé de traitement du minerai. Jumine doit créer un jeu de données pour concevoir un modèle de détection, qui permettra de signaler en temps réel les anomalies présentes dans le procédé et permettre d’obtenir un concentré de haute qualité et un taux de récupération plus élevé. Comme les projets miniers sont de plus en plus difficiles à exploiter, dû aux faibles concentrations présentes, cette innovation technologique en intelligence artificielle permettra aux opérateurs et aux gestionnaires d’être avisés des anomalies et ainsi, utiliser cet outil comme aide à la décision. En second temps, afin d’intégrer encore plus d’intelligence opérationnelle à leur produit, Jumine créera un modèle de prédiction des anomalies pour prévenir celles-ci. Cette façon novatrice d’opérer et de gérer une mine met en valeur toutes les données disponibles pour optimiser les opérations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Gagné;Philippe Giguère

Student:

Partner:

Jumine Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Comment inclure les jeunes des Premières Nations dans des systèmes de gouvernance pour améliorer leur bien-être et celui de leurs communautés

Les jeunes des Premières Nations (PN) rencontrent d’importants défis sociaux et leur sous-représentation dans les prises de décision sociales et communautaires (la gouvernance) limite le développement de solutions innovantes pour les affronter. De plus, leur participation à la gouvernance pourrait bénéficier leur bien-être et celui de leurs communautés. Ainsi, la Fondation Nouveaux Sentiers (FNS), un organisme autochtone, a développé le Cercle d’engagement en 2021 : une structure de gouvernance de jeunes des PN, ayant comme mandat d’identifier des enjeux, leur trouver des solutions innovantes et collaborer avec les partenaires intersectoriels du Laboratoire d’innovation sociale en autochtonisation de la FNS pour les réaliser.

En collaboration avec la FNS, le projet explorera 1) comment une structure de gouvernance influence la participation des jeunes des PN et 2) les effets perçus de la participation des jeunes des PN au sein d’une structure de gouvernance sur leur bien-être et celui de leurs communautés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Fraser

Student:

Partner:

Fondation Nouveaux Sentiers

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

Quality Vigilance of Baked Goods through DigitalImage Analysis – I, II

Product quality is a factor in insuring business success and user satisfaction. It is acheived through vigilance within quality systems. This project will explore how quality-by-design can be supported through serial recording of material signatures extracted from image analysis of baked goods produced by the industrial partner TWI Foods. An innovative digital image recording system will be used, the BioTIFF/Intercase system, developed by gDial Inc in collaboration with the Dr Peter Pennefather of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. This imaging and serial data analysis system will be applied in the work of the intern and Pharmaceutical Science MSC candidate in a project that aims to identify surroagte markers of baked good qualities. These markers will be measured within digital images of a given products at different stages of their baking process for tracking quality development. This strategy also can be applied in planned development of new products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Pennefather

Student:

Partner:

TWI Foods Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Video production optimization and repurposing opportunities

A constant challenge experienced with a small business is the time to strategically and effective marketing your own services as well as finding extra value or additional opportunities while working with clients. Through this internship, we would like to explore ways in which to repurpose the video content created for our clients in order to pitch new ideas for enhanced client relations and business development as well as to showcase the quality of our services and the types of clients we work with. We would also like to take a deep dive into our internal processes in producing video content for our clients as well as the tools, technology and equipment we’re currently utilizing compared to our competitors and cutting edge opportunities we should consider for our business.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeanette Dube

Student:

Partner:

Reel Story Communications

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Être journaliste pendant une pénurie de main d’oeuvre

La stagiaire, avec ce stage, apprendra à être journaliste professionnel. Elle saura, à la fin de son stage chez Qui fait Quoi, réaliser des entrevues d’un niveau élevé, prendre des photographies de qualité pour le média, monter des entrevues vidéo et audio. Bref, elle aura acquis un bagage complet pour faire du journalisme de qualité.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michaël Monnier

Student:

Partner:

Revue Qui fait Quoi inc.

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Everly Product Launch & Go To Market Strategy

Everly is on a mission to transform our everyday self-care essentials so that they not only care for us but for the planet too. Roughly 50 million tons of waste is produced a year and most of it is shipped to / dumped in poor countries in Asia and Africa. Beauty and self-care product packaging contribute massively to this issue. We know there’s a better way to produce these products, which is why we started Everly. The first product we are tackling is candles. We’ve reimagined how we consume candles and developed a proprietary way to reduce waste around candle consumption. All of Everly’s products are clean, meaning they are free of toxic ingredients & sustainable (compostable packaging). Our candle refills, which will be our first product launching in the fall, are currently in development and we will be going to market with them in Q4. Currently, our biggest challenge is around developing our digital and go-to-market strategies for our big product launch. This project will help Evelry be up to speed and develop a winning go-to-market strategy for our product launch in Q4.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Monica Sarghie

Student:

Partner:

Everly

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Retail trade

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Business Strategy Internship