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Development of a new sample introduction system for inductively coupled plasma spectrometry

Numerous industries and government agencies carry out analyses every day using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) instruments that typically waste 95% of the sample. A greener approach would not generate any sample waste. During this project, an infrared heated spray chamber will be developed and coupled to nebulizers from the industrial partner so as to allow 100% sample introduction. A significant improvement in the smallest amount that can be measured by ICP instruments should result, along with freedom from sample-dependent effects, which will enable calibration using a single set of standards. This project will be carried out in collaboration with Telegistics Inc., who owns Burgener Research Inc., the only Canadian company fabricating nebulizers that are essentially impossible to clog. The resulting sample introduction system will greatly facilitate analyses by all Canadian laboratories employing ICP-based instruments, while allowing the partner company to expand, thereby creating new jobs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Diane Beauchemin

Student:

Partner:

Telegistics

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation automatique du niveau de maitrise d’une langue seconde

Le but de ce projet est la création d’un outil permettant d’évaluer automatiquement le niveau de maitrise d’une deuxième langue via l’utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle. L’intégration de l’intelligence artificielle dans un pro-cessus d’évaluation permet de réduire les aspects humains de la prise de décision. En effet, le jugement d’une personne peut être affecté par différent facteur comme son état émotionnel ou son niveau de fatigue mais aussi, de manière inconsciente dû par exemple des biais cognitifs. L’utilisation de tel système permet de réduire ces bais et d’ainsi avoir une évaluation plus juste et plus constante de la performance d’une étudiante ou d’un étudiant.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Cardinal;Alessandro Lameiras Koerich

Student:

Partner:

Groupe LDL

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment of a manure additive in reducing GHG emissions from liquid hog manure

Livestock manure represent a significant source of GHG emissions in agriculture section of Canada. This project aims to assess the effectiveness of a manure additive in reducing N20 and CH4 emissions during the storage of liquid hog manure, as well as the carry-on effect on soil GHG emissions after the additive-treated manure being applied to farmland. Two laboratory studies will be designed and conducted to achieve those objectives. Results of this study will clarify the benefits of manure additives, and help to provide a novel GHG mitigation strategy in manure management.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xiaopeng Gao

Student:

Partner:

Verdesian Life Sciences U.S., LLC.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Rhythmic cues with biological variability for improving gait

In this project, the goal is to manipulate the temporal variability of rhytmic auditory cues to test its effect on gait in young adults.
Young adults will walk alone without any auditory cues and then will walk to the sounds of rhythmic sequences. The rythmic sequences will either be isochronous, random (non-biological variability) or fractal (biological variability).
The first goal of this experiment is to see whether fractal auditory cueing will foster a natural gait pattern, as compared to isochronous stimuli and random variability. The second aim is to test whether the effect of this manipulation on gait structure depends on the perception of variability. It is expected that the effect is more important when variability is perceptible (for supraliminal stimuli).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simone Dalla Bella

Student:

Partner:

Maastricht University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Relations interpersonnelles et cognition

Ce projet de recherche vise à mieux comprendre l’impact des relations interpersonnelles sur le fonctionnement cognitif. Plus précisément, le projet de recherche porte sur le biais de conformité, considéré par les chercheurs comme responsable de la polarisation des opinions, notamment politiques, et de l’extrémisation des idées dans la société actuelle. Malgré l’influence importante de ce biais sur la prise de décision dans un contexte social, certains paramètres de ce phénomène restent méconnus. Ce projet a donc pour objectif de mieux caractériser la relation entre le rapport social des individus et leur propension à se conformer à un avis extérieur.
Pour ce faire, les participants effectueront des tâches psychoacoustiques durant lesquelles leurs paramètres physiologiques seront mesurés. L’étudiant s’occupera de développer le protocole, de programmer les tâches, de tester les participants, d’acquérir les données ainsi que de les analyser, et rédigera un rapport.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Floris van Vugt

Student:

Partner:

Université de Bordeaux

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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

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