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A Novel Lactic Acid Bacteria Consortium for Controlling Foodborne Pathogens on Ready-To-Eat Foods and Drain

There remains a high incidence of foodborne illness and product recalls due to contamination such as Listeria. Salmonella and E. coli. Although a range of synthetic preservatives are available there is a preference for natural antimicrobial agents such as protective cultures. In the proposed research a novel combination of lactic acid bacteria developed by Biointeligenza will be optimized in terms of dosage for controlling a range of pathogens on Ready-to-Eat foods (deli meat, mushrooms, lettuce) stored under different conditions. The ability of protective cultures to reduce pathogen persistence in drains will also be assessed. The key benefits of protective cultures is the ability to inhibit the growth of pathogens without the negative side-effects associated with chemical preservatives. The results from the study will be a further step in commercializing the INOCUBAL product produced by the partner.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Keith Warriner

Student:

Partner:

Solutions Biologiques Intelligents – Biointelligenza Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Impact d’un traitement par rayons ultraviolets combiné ou non à un traitement HTST sur les caractéristiques physico-chimiques et microbiologiques de divers fluides laitiers.

Les 93 millions d’hectolitres de lait produit chaque année au Québec permettent la production de lait de consommation et d’autres fluides laitiers. Ces fluides laitiers subissent tous une étape de pasteurisation thermique afin d’inhiber les microorganismes pathogènes et certaines enzymes indésirables. Bien que la pasteurisation thermique soit un procédé efficace et très majoritairement appliqué, le secteur de la transformation du lait ne cesse d’innover afin de mettre en place des stratégies permettant d’améliorer davantage la durée de vie de ses produits et l’éco-efficience de ses procédés de transformation. Le traitement par les rayons ultraviolets (UV) représente un procédé d’intérêt pour le secteur laitier car il permettrait d’en améliorer la durée de vie. Cependant, les études disponibles sont très largement focalisées seulement sur le lactosérum et le lait. De plus, d’un point de vue réglementaire, un traitement UV seul ne peut pas être appliqué et doit être impérativement couplé à un procédé thermique. Par conséquent, ce projet vise à évaluer l’impact de traitements UV combinés à un traitement thermique (HTST) sur la diminution de la charge microbienne, l’oxydation des lipides et la modification des structures protéiques du lait et de divers fluides laitiers (lait entier et écrémé, crème, lactosérum, concentrés de

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alain Doyen

Student:

Partner:

Agropur Coopérative

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Gold Mineralization, Ulu Project, High Lake Greenstone Belt, Nunavut, Canada

The intern will determine which factors determine the distribution of gold at the Ulu gold project, in NW Nunavut Canada. This will be accomplished by geologic mapping and examination of drill core at the Ulu site during two summer field seasons. Samples and data collected in the field will be returned to Laurentian University and examined using petrographic microscope and scanning electron microprobes as well as preparation of a geologic map and cross section focused on the structural geologic framework of the deposit. The partner Blue Star Gold will benefit from this research through an improved understanding on the distribution of gold within the Ulu deposit and the geologic events which resulted in this distribution. This will help the partner in exploration at the deposit and surrounding areas.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bruno Lafrance;Ross Sherlock

Student:

Partner:

Blue Star Gold Corp

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Laurentian University

Program:

Accelerate

Evacuations and Resilience Hubs: Preparing Edmonton and Canadian Cities for Extreme Events and Climate Change

This research project to enhance evacuation planning and resilience hub design in Edmonton will be completed through a partnership between the University of Alberta, Alberta Ecotrust Foundation, the City of Edmonton, and Mitacs. The graduate student interns will complete and guide research tasks related to data collection (e.g., survey and focus groups), data analysis, and research dissemination. This partnership’s primary impact for partner organizations will be to substantially expand the generalizability of the empirical results to the broader Edmonton area and cities across Canada that face increasing risks from climate-related disasters (e.g., flooding, wildfires, heatwaves). The partnership’s secondary impact will be to directly inform evacuation and response planning in Edmonton, across Alberta, and throughout Canada. Finally, the partnership will enable significant training and experiential opportunities for two graduate students as they prepare for a career in transportation engineering.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Wong;Karim El-Basyouny

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Ecotrust

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Utilisation de lidar sur drone et lidar mobile en foresterie de précision

Dans l’est du Canada, la gestion durable des forêts de feuillus et des peuplements de bois mixtes passe, entre autres, par l’implémentation d’une sylviculture de précision. En effet, dans ce type de peuplement, l’identification des tiges de haute valeur marchande et de celles à conserver est un élément primordial tant au niveau économique qu’au niveau écologique. Bien que les compagnies forestières bénéficient d’un soutien des technologies de télédétection (ex. lidar aérien, imagerie satellitaire ou relevés photogrammétriques), elles manquent d’informations précises à l’échelle de l’arbre individuel pour optimiser les opérations de récolte. Avec les avancées récentes des capteurs de lidar mobile, l’acquisition de nuage de points à ultra-haute résolution (> 1000 points/m²) est de plus en plus accessible et pourrait bien combler les besoins de l’industrie. Ce projet vise donc à valider le concept d’utilisation de données lidar sur drone et de lidar mobile à très haute résolution pour le support de la sylviculture de précision et leurs intégrations dans la nouvelle génération d’inventaires forestiers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Richard Fournier

Student:

Partner:

Northern Hardwoods Research Institute

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Automatic Creation of Fertility Maps and Yield Estimation using Earth Observation Satellite Images

Precision agriculture is one of the top revolutions in agriculture, which is the leading industry in food production for the entire human population. Fertilizers have been the key to boosting crop production and a major source of green gas emissions at the same time. The optimal and sustainable application of fertilizers is a significant challenge in precision agriculture that can save the farming cost for growers and reduce carbon emissions. The main objective of this project is to use advanced algorithms and satellite imaging datasets to solve to use remote sensing data and advanced algorithms to solve such a vital challenge.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Faramarz Samavati

Student:

Partner:

Decisive Farming Corp.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Analysis of the Material Properties of 3D Printed Bone Graft Substitutes

Bone graft substitutes are used when the defect in the bone is so large that the body cannot heal naturally. Tissue engineering involves the production of materials that when combined with cells are able to fill the volume of the defect. Over time, degradable materials are replaced by bone and the natural state is eventually restored. 3D printing processes are ideally suited for the production of personalized scaffolds with defined porosity. Synthetic polymers can be engineered to have similar mechanical properties to bone, which favors the formation of bone-forming cells. The disadvantage of these synthetic polymers is their poor wetting properties, which reduces the adherence of the cells. The aim of the project is to adapt the properties of the polymer scaffold produced to favor the cells required for bone healing by means of ceramic additives, varying the process control and post-treatment of the surface.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Beausoleil-Morrison

Student:

Partner:

Technische Universität Dresden

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Les lansquenets: une figure européenne du mercenariat à l’époque moderne (1480-1610)

Les lansquenets constituent, au début de l’époque moderne, le plus imposant groupe de mercenaires en Europe. Or, bien peu d’études dans les mondes anglophone et francophone ont comme sujet ces mercenaires allemands. Ainsi, le projet cherche à mettre en lumière cette figure importante de la première modernité. Pour se faire, un travail de recherche dans les archives françaises et italiennes doit être fait. À terme, l’objectif est de dépouiller et de numériser la documentation qui permettra de mieux comprendre la circulation des lansquenets et leur relation avec les États qui les emploient et les sociétés qui les supportent. La seconde partie du travail, beaucoup plus longue, est de transcrire l’ensemble de cette documentation dans un français plus moderne.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benjamin Deruelle

Student:

Partner:

Université Grenoble Alpes

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Geo-Mechanical Modeling for Management of Geologic Carbon Sequestration Risk

The proposed work will involve the development of a fully coupled Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) model to study the behavior of cold CO2 fluid injection with surrounding rock. The numerical solution is based on the 2-D thermo-poroelastic displacement discontinuity method (DDM), which is a nonlinear joint deformation model, coupled with the finite element method (FEM) for solving the heat and fluid transport within a natural fracture. These simulations will encompass all phases of the stick-slip cycles on natural fractures surrounding carbon storage sites, from aseismic slip to rupture propagation and interseismic periods. Earthquake frictional properties will be simulated using the rate-state formulation to understand the initiation of micro-earthquakes, specifically to answer the question of when earthquakes occur in relation to fluid storage volume within the target reservoir. These models, which are derived based on experimental studies, can accurately represent the frictional response of sliding interfaces to the variations in slip rate or normal stress. Numerical experiments will focus on the possibility of seismic risk mitigation by different injection schemes and their contributions to irrecoverable increase in the fracture conductivity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bing Li

Student:

Partner:

Amirkabir University of Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Generating potent Interleukin-2 variant to specifically enhance NK cell proliferation

A human protein “interleukin-2” plays a key role in immunity. The target of this project is to modify this protein, triggering more immune cells in body, and hence enhancing body defense. At first, the intern will produce normal interleukin-2 in bacteria. The protein will then be mixed with the immune cells. Increase in cell amount indicates the protein is functional. Afterwards, the intern will modify the interleukin-2 at different positions, followed by combining these modifications randomly to create a library of various interleukin-2. They will be tested by using immune cells. The expected outcome is to generate a modified interleukin-2 which strongly promotes immune cell growth. Since the partner organization is a startup company with limited manpower and funding, the intern speeds up the research progress and eases financial burden.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nika Shakiba

Student:

Partner:

Polytide Technology Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Biobased polyurethane matrix application in flax fiber composites

This proposal focuses on the development of an innovative material combining a soy-based resin system with advanced unidirectional flax fibers that would result in a bio-inspired composite material with outstanding mechanical performances. The soy-based resin system developed is a polyurethane reactive resin that with further studies may form a thermoplastic structure offering the advantages of high fracture toughness, unlimited shelf life and low cost. The flax fibers are made in the form of unidirectional tapes with a binder to hold the fibers straight and at high volume content, which results in a highly performant reinforcement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eduardo Antonio Julian Ruiz

Student:

Partner:

Instituto de Tecnología de Buenos Aires

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology; Natural Resources; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Modular aqua-farming system for growing fish

The proposal of the project Structure of Zero GHG Footprint Sustainable Community will benefit the community. The creation of the module design system using aquaponics methods, exploring the design of cooling system and thermal system will integrate the full process of producing sustainable food with zero pollution to the environment. As a researcher in this project, it would be a learning experience. As well as, the project will benefit the s2e corporation, because the company contribute to society to promote environmental sustainability, and the experience earn in this project could take different branches. Not only is to produce food in small scale, but also to there is the potentiality of taking this prototype to a commercial size.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vladimir Mahalec

Student:

Partner:

S2E Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

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