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In-motion 3D Modeling and Image-based Metric Measurement of Vehicles using Laser Optics Technology

A laser-optics vehicle profiling system will be designed and developed in this project. The image of a laser line projected onto the surface of a vehicle from a vantage point will be used to make metric measurements on the vehicle and to develop a 3D model of it.
It is conjectured that this setup would work superior to the existing time-of-flight laser profilers in terms of accuracy, resolution, and speed of operation.
Multiple laser-optics scanners located at optimal locations in an inspection station can provide a panoramic 3D model of the vehicle and also provide measurements. This information can be used to identify over-loaded and/or over-size vehicles. It can be also used, in conjunction with the existing weight-in-Motion sensors, to measure the weight distribution over the large-vehicle axels.
The proposed technology and methodology will provide a non-intrusive complete inspection system that can be used widely in vehicle inspection stations all over the world.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehran Mehrandezh;Raman Paranjape

Student:

Partner:

International Road Dynamics

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Transportation (excluding aerospace); Technology; Automotive

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Research on High-Performance Tree Differencing Algorithms

Metafor is developing a new class of IT system management solutions and as a part of this, wants a method to show differences between multiple deployed instances of an application. To implement this, Metafor requires an accurate, high-performance generalized tree differencing algorithm. Differencing algorithms are used for comparing different versions of a document or snapshots of data to find similarities and differences between them. Tree differencing algorithms perform differencing on hierarchical or tree-structured data. The goal of this project is to do a comprehensive survey and analysis of the recent research literature in the field of tree differencing and to develop an appropriate algorithm that would fit the best for the type of data Metafor is dealing with. In order to determine the appropriate algorithm, the performance of the algorithms will be evaluated based on running time, memory consumption and the optimality of the results.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Will Evans

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Microfluidic-compatible photonic temperature sensor

This project will develop a temperature sensing and control system for microfluidic systems. Microfluidic systems are devices that can move and analyze small volumes of liquid for many applications, including health care applications. The temperature control system will be made up of several components. The first is essentially a thermometer. This thermometer will use an optical device which changes the amount of light transmitted depending on the temperature. This optical thermometer will not interfere with the microfluidic devices. The optical device will be made from plastic and will be integrated directly with the microfluidic system. The second part is a thermostat, which will control the temperature. This will be a control board external to the microfluidic device. ACAMP will benefit from additional functionality that they can offer to their clients. This temperature control system will improve the stability of the ACAMP’s microfluidic products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vien Van

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Centre for Advanced MNT Products

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Point of Care Testing for Food Safety: Development of Rapid Assays for Salmonella and Campylobacter

Food safety is a major concern and current approaches may take weeks to detect harmful bacteria that has contaminated food. This project involves the development of a rapid detection test kit to allow food processors to see if food has been contaminated by potentially harmful bacteria before the food is sent to market. The interns’ main objectives are to develop these rapid test kits working with our industrial partner. The kit will benefit food processors by finding contamination before food is shipped from their plants while the consumer benefit by having safer food. The benefit to our industrial partner is that this will lead to new technology for a Canadian company that can be used to sell these kits world-wide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Rieder

Student:

Partner:

Adept Diagnostics Inc;Western University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Nutritional and exercise recovery strategies to improve sports performance in young athletes – the need for protein

The purpose of this multi-project study is to investigate the effects of two different doses of protein supplementation following exercise training on muscle damage and inflammation, as well as on post-recovery exercise performance in young swimmers. Sub-project 1 examines whether whey protein supplementation following a training session enhances exercise performance and affects post-exercise muscle damage and inflammation. Sub-project 2 examines whether whey protein supplementation over a 10-wk training program affects body composition (muscle mass, adiposity), enhances muscle and sport-specific performance. Sub-project 3 examines whether whey protein supplementation during one week prior to a competition affects muscle damage, inflammation and performance in youth athletes. Swimmers in two developmental stages (before and around the age of the growth spurt) will be examined. The proposed research can lead to improved performance, and quality of life for Canadian athletes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Panagiota Klentrou;Bareket Falk

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Sport Institute Ontario;Own the Podium (AB)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Brock University

Program:

Accelerate

Identification des risques liés aux bris d’infrastructures souterraines pour la santé et la sécurité des travailleurs

Aujourd’hui, la méconnaissance de la localisation précise des réseaux d’infrastructures souterraines (télécommunications, électricité, gaz, eau…) ainsi que les mauvaises techniques d’excavation conduisent à de nombreux accidents lors de travaux à proximité de ces réseaux. Dans un contexte où en 2015 au Québec, on dénombre près de 5 bris d’infrastructures souterraines en moyenne par jour (dont 41% impliquent du gaz naturel ou de l’électricité), il est important de mieux comprendre les risques auxquels sont exposés les travailleurs afin de mieux adapter les efforts de sensibilisation et de mieux cibler les mesures de prévention. Quels sont les risques pour le travailleur en cas de bris de conduites souterraines ? Quel type d’équipement est le plus souvent en cause lors d’un accident ?
Les résultats de cette étude apporteront une contribution scientifique importante dans le développement des connaissances sur les risques pour la santé et la sécurité des travailleurs et permettront à Info-excavation d’améliorer et de mieux cibler ses activités de prévention afin de diminuer les risques pour les travailleurs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin

Student:

Partner:

Info-Excavation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Internet of things for rural and remote areas over TVWS backhaul

In the Internet of Things (IoT), physical objects are connected to achieve a variety of applications. Many rural and remote communities lack the fast connectivity to the Internet that will allow the advent of IoT. This project aims at providing this connectivity by exploiting unused TV channels, gradually made available by a growing number of regulators worldwide for digital communication applications. A typical application that will be featured is supervisory control and data acquisition industrial control systems, which are becoming the norm at the core of many modern industries, such as: energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, agriculture.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Fortier;Benoit Gosselin

Student:

Partner:

Nutaq Innovations

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Détermination des facteurs favorisant ou inhibant l’adoption d’une plateforme de gestion de santé mobile par les consommateurs québécois

Les applications mobiles « santé » et les objets connectés (ex. bracelets, tensiomètre, glucomètres) sont en pleine croissance et deviennent de plus en plus utilisés par les consommateurs qui y trouvent une façon de gérer activement leur santé. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif de cette étude est de comprendre quels sont les facteurs qui motivent ou freinent (1) l’adoption d’une plateforme de gestion de santé mobile et (2) l’intérêt face à un suivi personnalisé de la santé par le pharmacien via cette plateforme. Les résultats permettront à l’organisme partenaire de prendre des décisions éclairées quant aux éléments à privilégier dans la mise en marché des applications de gestion de santé mobile qui souhaite commercialiser ainsi que sur les profils de patients à privilégier.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Manon Arcand

Student:

Partner:

Soins Pharmaceutiques T.S. Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Conception et validation d’un guide de surveillance de chantier des travaux d’infrastructures municipales

Ce projet concerne la surveillance de chantier des travaux d’infrastructures municipales. Il s’agit d’uniformiser les pratiques et de fournir de nouveaux outils pour aider les donneurs d’ouvrages à définir leurs mandats. Le guide créé sera simple, accessible et adaptable aux différentes situations que l’on retrouve en milieu municipal, afin de conseiller également les chargés de projets, les gestionnaires de villes, les ingénieurs mais aussi les entrepreneurs. Le projet vise également à démontrer l’intérêt d’une bonne organisation de la surveillance de travaux, pour les projets d’infrastructures urbaines. Pour IGF Axiom inc. et pour le Centre d’Expertise et de Recherche en Infrastructures Urbaines (CERIU), il s’agit de mettre en avant et de transmettre leur expertise dans le domaine de la surveillance de chantier et des infrastructures urbaines.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michele St-jacques;Adel Francis

Student:

Partner:

Centre d'expertise et de recherche en infrastructures urbaines;IGF Axiom Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Mise au point d’un modèle d’analyse visant à identifier la qualité d’un parc d’installations sanitaires autonomes

Le lac Saint-Charles, principale source d’eau potable de la ville de Québec, a connu un vieillissement accéléré au cours des dernières années, en raison des plantes aquatiques et des sédiments qui le comblent graduellement. Cette situation est en bonne partie due à une surabondance d’azote et de phosphore dans un milieu où la rareté de ces nutriments limite généralement le développement des plantes. Les installations sanitaires autonomes, très répandues sur le territoire, ont été identifiées comme l’une des principales sources du problème. Pour rétablir l’équilibre du lac, la Ville de Québec évalue présentement les différentes actions possibles. Afin de l’aider dans cette démarche, le présent projet vise à créer un outil d’aide à la décision qui permettra d’identifier les zones munies d’installations sanitaires autonomes où il faut agir en priorité. Ce modèle multicritère sera basé sur l’expertise de plusieurs spécialistes de domaines divers. Le projet réalisé en partenariat avec l’APEL, organisme responsable de mener diverses actions et études pour aider à la protection du lac Saint-Charles, sera utile à ce dernier pour aider la Ville de Québec à définir le meilleur plan d’action à adopter.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roxane Lavoie;Paul Lessard

Student:

Partner:

Agiro

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Water; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Improved Care for High Risk Arthritis Patients

Arthritis affects 4.6 million Canadians and the demand for timely and effective care is critical to better patient outcomes and cost effectiveness. The research projects will identify better models of care delivery for:
1) at risk patients with obesity who may require knee and/or hip replacement surgery or require conservative medical treatment in place of surgery; and,
2) for inflammatory disease (IA) patients who require rapid medical intervention to limit disease progression and symptoms.
This research will use data modeling tools for such patients to analyze the risk and need for surgery. Also, it will evaluate nurse-led clinics treating IA patients such that rheumatologists can examine and treat acutely ill IA patients in a more timely fashion.
The partner organization, Alberta Bone & Joint Health Institute (ABJHI) will apply these results in its work with Alberta Health Services (AHS) to improve patient care and health system outcomes through program development and establishment, and ongoing measurement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brenda Hemmelgarn;Mary Forhan;Deborah Marshall;Allyson Jones

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta; University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Optimisation du transfert d’informations entre Primavera P6 et Hard Dollar

Le présent projet vise à établir un cadre structurel commun à la planification et à l’estimation, afin d’optimiser l’échange et le transfert d’informations entre Primavera P6, logiciel d’estimation, et Hard Dollar, logiciel de planification. Malgré un échange d’informations de base, ces logiciels ne bénéficient pas d’une interconnexion totale, ce qui génère des pertes importantes des données et de connaissances entre les différentes étapes et requière des efforts supplémentaires pour reprendre les travaux déjà réalisés lors des étapes précédentes. Cette recherche vise donc à proposer au gestionnaire de projet un cadre procédural supporté par les logiciels Primavera P6 et Hard Dollar permettant d’optimiser le transfert d’informations entre l’estimation et la planification; transfert visant à s’intégrer à terme dans le cadre d’une utilisation en « Building Information Modeling ».

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Faculty Supervisor:

Adel Francis

Student:

Partner:

Aecon Group Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

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