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Investigation into multi-terminal and multi-infeed option for Western Canada Grid with renewable sources

Presently the electrical grids of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are operated with limited energy exchange between them. Connecting the three provinces together with a “Western Canada Grid (WCG)” could yield significant advantages. Connection with HVDC transmission is attractive due to its control flexibility and stability. This project will investigate optimum converter types and control methods for implementing a successful Western Canada Grid. Different transmission structures and various operating scenarios for the grid structure in each region will be identified, and control options, including the recently introduced “grid forming” and the traditional “grid following” control options will be investigated for potential application. The result of this study will enhance the consulting knowledge base of HVDC system studies for Electranix Corporation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aniruddha Ani Gole

Student:

Partner:

Electranix Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Development of nutrient sensor for potato plants based on foliar spectral reflectance

Developing a sensor to detect nutrients in plants, replacing wet chemical analysis, has many advantages including rapid understanding of the nutrient status and the ability to scan wide areas of the field. The sensing principle is based on detecting spectral patterns of the leaves and relating them to nutrient availability in the petiole. However, such development is complex because of the many factors (bitotic and abiotic) that may influence the status of the plants leaves and the way they reflect light. In the first stage of this research, we established a robust method of dataset creation to minimize effects of factors other than nutrients. In the second stage, we are analyzing the datasets to find correlations. At the beginning, we assumed independent relationships of the nutrients and created simple statistical models to find trends. Now, we are aiming at understanding the complex relationship between the nutrients themselves and find how they may affect each other. The results of this work will help in inventing a reliable sensor that can detect wide range of elements of nutrients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ahmad Al-Mallahi

Student:

Partner:

Aston University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology; Agriculture and Food; Artificial Intelligence

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Analyser les expériences judiciaires des personnes marginalisées : enjeux et défis de l’accompagnement

Le projet consiste à mener une recherche participative, de concert avec la Clinique Droit de cité, permettant d’analyser les parcours judiciaires des personnes marginalisées à Québec et de cibler les enjeux et défis dans l’accompagnement. La Clinique Droit de cité vient en aide aux personnes marginalisées à Québec qui souhaitent régulariser leur situation judiciaire afin de leur faciliter l’accès à la justice, notamment en leur offrant de l’information sur les procédures pénales et un accompagnement dans la défense de leurs droits. Partant du constat que les personnes en situation d’itinérance et/ou marginalisées sont surjudiciarisées, l’organisme désire obtenir un portrait plus global des différents parcours de judiciarisation de ces personnes pour mieux situer leurs propres actions et les intégrer dans des enjeux structuraux et politiques. Cette analyse permettra d’élaborer un guide de pratique pour guider la Clinique Droit de cité dans l’optimisation de leur offre d’accompagnement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Audrey-Anne Dumais Michaud

Student:

Partner:

Clinique d'accompagnement juridique Droit de cité

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Indépendance et Union européenne

Ce projet analyse les liens qui lient les mouvements indépendantistes européens à l’Union européenne. Plus précisément, il s’agit de comprendre pourquoi les mouvements indépendantistes européens cherchent à protéger leur lien à l’Union européenne dans leur quête de souveraineté. Ce projet analyse donc les raisons stratégiques qui poussent le mouvement indépendantiste écossais à vouloir ramener l’Écosse au sein de l’organisation européenne.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Laurie Beaudonnet

Student:

Partner:

Université Catholique de Louvain

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

A probabilistic quantitative structure-activity relationship model for predicting synergism of mixtures of compounds in treating cancers

Combination therapy has been one of the cornerstones for combating cancers. Even though the survival rate of cancer patients after receiving combination therapy is improved dramatically, there are still many unsolved issues to prevent us from claiming combination therapy is a cure for cancers. Those issues include it does not apply to all types of cancers; there are increased risks of side effects, and it requires long developmental time and huge costs. One approach to resolve these issues is applying multiple-compound multiple-target paradigm directly during discovery processes, which exactly is the backbone of the partner organization’s proprietary drug discovery technology. Yet the technology lacks an appropriate and efficient way to predict the effects of combinations. Therefore, the proposal aims not only to improve this technology but also resolve issues in combination therapy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jack Tuszynski

Student:

Partner:

SinoVeda Canada Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Data-driven optimization of light commercial buildings’ operation

Data-driven optimization of building operations can significantly increase energy efficiency in the building sector with a relatively minimal cost. However, one of the main obstacles that prevent wide-spread implementation of advanced control strategies is the lack of standardization in data organization and advanced control algorithms between different buildings. To this end, this MITACS partnership with Strato Automation (a Montreal-based company) will leverage their building automation system which uses a relatively standardized data schema across hundreds of small to medium commercial buildings in North America in which it is deployed. This standardization will allow the applicants to develop scalable control technologies that provide automated fault detection for mechanical systems, and predictive control to optimize the operation of these systems based on day-ahead weather forecasts. Ultimately, these applications can provide significant energy savings for commercial building operations, which can be scaled up non-invasively in hundreds of similar small to medium commercial buildings across North America

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohamed Ouf;Mazdak Nik-Bakht

Student:

Partner:

Strato Automation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Swarm Intelligence Enables Multiple Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring

Rivers, canals, and lakes spread all over the land, making the interaction with the water environment a common daily experience for people. High-quality waters make the city beautiful. Nevertheless, there still remain significant challenges in maintaining the waters. In order to enhance the reliability and efficiency of water maintenance, we will develop the swarm intelligence enabled multiple unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) with the aim of offering foundations for the water environment monitoring task. With the swarm intelligence-based planning capability, the USVs can effectively and efficiently detect the floating waste on the water surface and generate the safe, efficient and energy-optimal trajectories for the USVs. The USVs then can follow the planned trajectories under the distributed MPC based formation control strategy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yang Shi

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Ocean Tech; Automotive

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

La coopération inter-organisationnelle: La bête noire de la paix africaine

Cette recherche a pour but de contribuer à la recherche sur la coopération internationale et plus précisément la coopération inter-organisationnelle dans le cadre des opérations de la paix en Afrique. Les conflits étant de plus en plus nombreux et complexes, la coopération inter-organisationnelle est devenue extrêmement sollicitée, multipliant la présence d’acteurs dans les régions affectées par des conflits, notamment en Afrique de l’Ouest. Comment en est-il que malgré la consolidation de partenariat inter-organisationnelle, l’Afrique soit toujours l’un des continents avec le plus d’instabilité? À la lumière de cette interrogation, ce travail cherche à analyser les problématiques identifiées dans les opérations de paix en Afrique, à travers la question suivante : quels sont les obstacles à la coopération inter-organisationnelle dans la gestion de conflit en Afrique?? Lorsque plusieurs organisations sont impliquées dans la gestion d’un même conflit, quels sont les éléments qui empêchent la coordination, la transparence et l’efficacité des acteurs impliqués dans les opérations de paix?

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Faculty Supervisor:

Frédéric Mérand

Student:

Partner:

Université Catholique de Louvain

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Mechanism of action of novel anti-Helicobacter pylori agents from lactic acid bacteria secretions

Helicobacter pylori (HP) colonizes chronically ~50% of the world’s population, causing gastric tissue inflammation and gastric ulcers or cancers. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) have probiotic effects against HP, meaning that they help alleviate symptoms. We found that 5 LAB provided by partner Lallemand Health Solutions (LHS) produce and release molecules that inhibit the growth of HP and abrogate features essential for gastric colonization by HP. The LAB secretions also decrease HP’s ability to cause inflammation in human gastric cells. We aim at characterizing the active molecules to develop them into therapeutic agents and validate the applicability of LAB as probiotics with anti-HP effects. We also aim at understanding the mechanisms of action involved by assessing the effects on gastric cells. This work will eventually benefit ~6 million new gastric ulcers or cancers patients per year worldwide and will alleviate the economic burden of health care costs associated with these diseases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carole Creuzenet

Student:

Partner:

Lallemand Health Solutions Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Automated Assembly of Metal Frames for Home Construction using Mobile Manipulators

Using metal frames for constructing residential buildings is gaining attention in North America. They would be advantageous over wood frames because: (1) metal has a higher strength-to-weight ratio, therefore, less framing would be required, (2) metal frames are lighter in weight than wood, so easier to carry them on site, and (3) they offer better fire and moisture resistance than that in woods. However, installing the metal frames on site can be very time consuming. At RoboticMetalFrameAssembly (RMFA), they focus on partial assembly of wall frames on a manufacturing floor, before they are shipped to the construction site. Partial assembly of the frames, however, can be still very labor intensive, tiring, and unsafe. In this project, we aim to develop a digital twin of the entire manufacturing plant, and processes, in which different motion planning and control strategies will be simulated, validated, and optimized for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. These plans can be seamlessly and readily implemented in the field by the RMFA at the end of the project’s life cycle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamal Gupta;Mehran Mehrandezh;Mehran Mehrandezh;Kamal Gupta

Student:

Partner:

Robotic Metal Frame Assembly

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Simon Fraser University; University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Intelligent Refuse Collection Planning – Using Data to Automate the Logistics for Waste Removal in City Parks.

One of the challenges of the City of Windsor is that there is no clear indication on the fullness of the public garbage bins resulting in unwanted consumption of resources (vehicle trips, labor work, fuel costs, etc.). This project will focus on developing an environmental and economical software solution which involves adding sensors to the bins and gathering enough information so that It can be deployed in the form of a dashboard to monitor the status of the bins and help in the efficient allocation of resources. With the rising cost of using carbon-based operations, this project will not only provide a way to save money today but well into the future for the City of Windsor.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sodiq Shofoluwe;John Lopez

Student:

Partner:

City of Windsor

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Public administration

University:

St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Strategic Supply Chain Manager – Kumar Shanu

Cyclic Materials are helping the world transition to a more environmentally responsible future by recovering rare earth elements and other valuable materials from the difficult-to-recycle products of the modern world. Helping businesses recycle, provide the market with a secure and regional supply of critical metals, and do so in an ethical, economic, and sustainable way. With the global market for magnet rare earth elements forecast to increase five-fold by 2030, establishing new sources of these critical elements will be vital to support the electrification of the economy across Canada, North America, and the world. Cyclic Materials is positioned to be a key player in developing a circular economy to support the global energy transitions.
Rare earth magnets are used in a range of devices (e.g. electric motors, wind turbines, hard drives to name a few) and many of these devices are currently recycled to capture the value of the base metals, however, no one is capturing these critical metals to recycle them back into the economy. For Cyclic Materials a strategic supply source of magnets from end-of-life devices are old electric motors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Norah McRae

Student:

Partner:

REEcycle

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Waterloo; York University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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