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Magnetic Modeling of B-Probes in Fusion Energy Devices

Fusion energy has the potential to revolutionize how we generate electricity, and pave our path towards a netzero carbon future. Most fusion fuels are hydrogen isotopes, which are heated and compressed into a plasma state. This process is very difficult – if the plasma degrades or behaves poorly, fusion won’t be able to occur. One method of monitoring a plasma is through measuring its magnetic field. Magnetic field probes need careful designs which allow them to measure the field accurately without getting exposed to the harsh environmental conditions of the plasma – nothing can be inserted directly into the plasma. This project investigates a new method of shielding probes from the plasma, by keeping them in the walls of the plasma-containment chamber. Using physics modelling software, this project investigates the effects of this positioning and will quantify how successful this approach is. With fusion being a rapidly growing industry, all advances in magnetic field measurement are greatly beneficial.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jordan Morelli

Student:

Partner:

General Fusion Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Démystifier les causes des fleurs d’eau observées sur trois lacs du parc des Grands-Jardins

Trois lacs du parc des Grands-Jardins montrent des fleurs d’eau (d’algues ou de cyanobactéries) récurrentes
depuis quelques années, signe d’une eutrophisation accélérée. L’eutrophisation et le réchauffement du climat, de
même que l’intensification de l’activité des castors, pourraient agir de concert et menacer l’habitat du poisson par
la hausse des températures et la réduction de la disponibilité en oxygène. Puisque ces lacs sont exploités pour
la pêche, une activité de haute importance pour les gestionnaires du parc, il est urgent de déterminer les causes
de ces fleurs d’eau et d’identifier si des mesures peuvent être prises pour ralentir ou inverser cette progression.
La diagnose limnologique des lacs se basera sur des visites bimensuelles durant la saison estivale où des profils
physicochimiques et une analyse de la flore seront effectués, en plus d’une récolte automatisée de données sur
la température et l’oxygène à l’aide d’un mouillage installé dans l’un des trois lacs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Isabelle Laurion

Student:

Partner:

Société des établissements de plein air du Québec

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture; Arts, entertainment and recreation; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

A smart multi-level heat stress management and monitoring platform

Heat stress is a deadly occupational hazard that is projected to increase in severity with global warming. While upper limits for heat stress designed to protect all workers have been recommended by occupational safety institutes for some time, heat stress continues to compromise health and productivity. The continuing detrimental effects of heat stress may be partly explained by the inability of existing guidelines to consider individual factors (e.g., age, sex, health status, work duration) that can modify an individual’s tolerance to a given heat stress. To minimize the continuing detrimental effects of occupational heat stress on health and productivity, our proposed project is directed at developing an advanced heat management and monitoring platform that will provide an individualized approach to occupational heat stress management. Using a more target approach to monitor workers during work in the heat we can protect worker health and maximize productivity. Using simplified language understandable to a layperson, provide a general, one-paragraph description of the proposed research project to be undertaken by the intern(s) as well as the expected benefit to the partner organization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Glen Kenny

Student:

Partner:

SmartCone Technologies

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Les autorités politico-juridiques au regard des demandeurs d’asile

Au fil des ans, les avocats et bénévoles étudiants du service d’aide juridique du Centre des Réfugiés/The Refugee Center ont constaté que, malgré une préparation rigoureuse, la manière dont les demandeurs au refuge perçoivent l’autorité influence leur récit narratif tout au long de leur demande d’asile au Canada. Des observations préliminaires démontrent que leur représentation du pouvoir altère leur accès à la justice. En effet, dans une tentative de satisfaire les représentants du pouvoir, les requérants à l’asile modifient leur version des faits en fonction de ce qu’ils pensent que leur interlocuteur souhaite entendre. L’objectif principal du projet est d’analyser le rapport des demandeurs d’asile à l’autorité afin de comprendre comment le climat politico-juridique du pays d’origine façonne leur discours. Les résultats de ce projet ethnographique serviront de prémisses à l’articulation de preuves jurisprudentielles, dans le but de démontrer l’impact concret des différences de perceptions de l’autorité sur le discours narratif du demandeur d’asile. De plus, cette recherche sera une contribution à l’anthropologie juridique puisqu’elle propose une analyse originale des défis liés à l’accès à la justice pour les candidats à l’asile.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karine Bates

Student:

Partner:

The Refugee Centre

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Other

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Shear And Flexural Behavior of Lightweight Self-Consolidating Concrete I-Beams Reinforced with Glass- And Basalt-FRP Bars

Research is committed to developing innovative solutions to meet the demands of the construction industry in a scientific base. New engineering processes are established, through investigations and research, to improve quality, design and product cost. Integrating fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars into lightweight self-consolidating concrete (LWSCC) would effectively contribute to producing lighter and more durable reinforced concrete (RC) structures. This research addresses the feasibility of using FRP reinforcement in LWSCC I-beams taking into consideration the effect of fiber dosage in order to enhance the structural performance, time efficiency and optimised-cost. Full-scale precast LWSCC I-beams will be tested as simple beams to determine their flexural and shear capacity. The test parameters include the beam configuration, fiber dosage, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, type of reinforcement (Glass, Basalt FRP, and Steel bars) and type of concrete (LWSCC, fiber-reinforced LWSCC (FLWSCC), and normal weight concrete (NWC)). The experimental results will be discussed in terms of cracking behavior, the concrete strain, bar strain, crack width, curvature, deflection, flexural capacity, concrete shear strength, and mode of failure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brahim Benmokrane

Student:

Partner:

SFTec Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Business Transformation: Forest Firms

Business transformation involves firms changing their business models to pursue new opportunities. The ambitions of transformation are to enhance a firm’s competitiveness. Transformation is risky—literature highlights that transformation efforts often fail; reasons include firms not having the sufficient competencies or enough capital to carry the changes through. As Canadian forest sector firms look to new opportunities in the bio-economy, they must change their business models to successfully compete in these new segments. The research of Cohen and Nikolakis (2012) has identified 6 areas a forest firms must focus on to successfully transform. Each of these areas requires different levels of attention. The researchers have undertaken benchmarking of transformation in Northern European and North American forest firms against these six ‘gears of change’. The researchers will apply their 6 transformation enablers and empirical findings from their benchmarking survey to guide Conifex, as it transforms to compete in the bio-energy and bio-products sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Cohen

Student:

Partner:

Conifex Timber Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Progressing the Minpraxis Test Device for Rock Strength Characterization

The most energy intensive component of mineral processing is comminution (crushing and grinding), consuming, on average, about 50% of the total electric energy of a mine site. To optimize and thereby improve the energy performance, accurate measurement of the ore hardness is critical. The proposed study is aimed at developing a new test apparatus that represents an improvement over existing methods. The test apparatus has the ability to generate data for larger sample sets than present methods and thereby represents a significant improvement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bern Klein

Student:

Partner:

Minpraxis Solutions Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Drawing to Inclusion

Drawing to Inclusion is an investigation that will propose a tool/approach to facilitate user’s involvement in the housing design process. AIR studio alongside Design for Inclusion, a research-to-action initiative, are seeking new methods with which to interface people’s lived-experience with the spaces in which they live.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Teresa Dobson

Student:

Partner:

AIR studio

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

New and Digital Media; Sustainability & the Environment; Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Development of advanced biomass-derived catalysts for the production of formate via electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

The production of formate salts – one of the most preferable chemicals for de-icing via electrocatalytic CO2 reduction is currently a promising technology. Lignocellulosic biomass is a potential material for the manufacture of electrocatalysts because of not only its great abundance and availability but its conversion inducing graphite-based materials, which are excellent catalyst supports. The current project aims to upgrade the biomass pyrolysis to improve the quality of the obtained products and their ownership to meet the current needs of new growth markets. Principally, through this upgraded process, novel and efficient catalysts will be produced for advanced conversion of CO2 to formate, thus contributing to the fight against climate change. This project also supports the development of a circular economy in the province by diversifying products from biomass. It will be part of projects for new bioindustry parks where CO2 recovery is presented as an opportunity rather than a climatic constraint.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Phuong Nguyen-Tri

Student:

Partner:

Electro Carbon

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Real-time endoscope tracking

Accurate, reproducible endoscopic reports that provide standardized data on the nature and location of GI tract lesions are critical to quality improvement in endoscopy, particularly with respect to colonoscopy performed for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance. In addition, accurate, verifiable performance-enhancing feedback is essential for training future endoscopists and for supporting continued skills enhancement for practicing endoscopists. The main objective of this project is to develop an endoscope tracking technology that measures the endoscope’s motion using integrated mechanical and optical sensing mechanisms. The Mechanical tracking is achieved by a pair of trackballs to measure real-time changes in the scope’s position and rotation during an endoscopic procedure. The cameras detect scale lines on the scope’s surface to correct accumulated trackball measurement errors. The dual modality approach provides high precision tracking and online calibration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qiyin Fang

Student:

Partner:

Ecole Centrale de Nantes

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Advanced Manufacturing; Biotechnology

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Valorisation de petits fruits du Québec pour le secteur cosméceutique

L’émergence récente des produits cosméceutiques représentent le segment dont la croissance est la plus rapide au cours des dernières années dans le marché des cosmétiques et des produits de soin personnel. Ces produits ont des applications variées dont l’efficacité repose sur le choix des ingrédients actifs. Les petits fruits du Québec, tel que la camerise et les bleuets sont deux produits particulièrement intéressants pour l’industrie par sa composition chimique, mais également leurs cultures locales. Les études sur l’activité biologique de ces fruits ont démontré un potentiel anti-inflammatoire et antioxydant important. Toutefois, ces études portent pour la majorité sur une extraction par macération des fruits. Dans le cadre de ce projet, les partenaires souhaitent donc valoriser la camerise et le bleuet pour le secteur des cosmétiques à l’aide d’un procédé innovant et vert.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lionel Ripoll

Student:

Partner:

Consortium de recherche sur la transformation et la valorisation des bioproduits (CRTVB)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation du boisement de friches agricoles comme pratique de lutte contre les changements climatiques

Boiser les terres agricoles abandonnées (friches) est une méthode reconnue pour créer des puits de CO2 pour la lutte contre les changements climatiques. Or, avant d’enclencher tout projet de boisement, il est essentiel d’évaluer si les plantations ainsi créées procurent de réels bénéfices par rapport aux écosystèmes qu’elles remplacent ; cela inclut les effets en termes de séquestration et de stockage du carbone atmosphérique et aussi de changement d’albédo de surface. Ce projet vise à évaluer les effets du boisement de friches dans la région d’Abitibi-Ouest (où on retrouve près de 51 000 hectares de friches) en comparant l’utilisation de de différentes espèces pour la plantation et en comparant ces plantations avec des friches laissées à la succession naturelle. Cela est d’autant plus important dans le contexte du programme gouvernemental de plantation de deux milliards d’arbres du gouvernement fédéral et des multiples programmes volontaires de compensation basés sur les crédits carbone forestier.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Évelyne Thiffault;Yves Bergeron

Student:

Partner:

Groupement Forestier Coopératif Abitibi

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

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