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Innovative design of a sound numerical model calibration process: from lab tests to input data

Geomechanica Inc. develops simulation software (Irazu) for rock engineering applications. This numerical software has been used in several peer-reviewed research publications in the rock mechanics field. A key challenge in the numerical modelling of rock masses is the selection of appropriate input parameters. The objective of this work is to develop a solution to streamline the laboratory testing and integration of the results into Irazu models. As a result, the time needed to build a model will be significantly reduced and the uncertainties in the model inputs will be mitigated. The proposed R&D project is expected to bring Geomechanica closer to a full geomechanics solution offering to clients by providing the inputs needed for numerical simulations, and provide engineers and researchers with reliable, predictive tools for analyzing complex rock mechanics problems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karl Peterson

Student:

Partner:

Geomechanica Inc;University of Toronto

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Recherche sur la dynamique de transport de la pomme de terre au Québec

Le projet vise à développer un outil évolutif permettant une analyse concrète de la dynamique du transport nord-américain de la pomme de terre (en vrac, emballé et transformé) en support à la prise de décision stratégique des producteurs et des emballeurs ainsi que d’autres acteurs de la filière québécoise. Analyser les «zones d’influence» des principales régions productrices de pommes de terre compte tenu des coûts du transport et de leur compétitivité sur le marché ainsi que les types de transports appropriés en relation à leurs coûts dans le but de fournir aux producteurs une source d’information supplémentaire et complémentaire lors des négociations des conventions de mise en marché avec les acheteurs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Francois Cordeau

Student:

Partner:

Patates Dolbec Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Social and informational strategies for reducing electricity and natural gas consumption in multi-unit residential buildings

The proposed research will attempt to help residents reduce energy use in apartment buildings. The intern will provide residents with energy use feedback that shows their building’s energy use compared to a neighboring building. Buildings that reduce energy use will receive encouragement to continue conserving. The intern will work with two partnering utilities companies, FortisBC and BC Hydro. These partners will help provide energy use data for each building during the project. Because high demand for energy can stress the existing energy infrastructure, FortisBC and BC Hydro will benefit from discovering low-cost techniques that reduce demand for energy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jiaying Zhao

Student:

Partner:

FortisBC;BC Hydro (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Utilities

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Hardware in the loop simulation for model scale wave energy converters

Ocean wave energy converters (WECs) are devices that utilize ocean energy to produce electricity or fresh water. A key stage in developing these devices is scale model testing in wave tanks, as it allows the power generation capabilities of a design to be evaluated at a much lower cost and with no environmental risk compared to full scale testing in the ocean. One of the challenges with designing scale models of WECs is the power take-off (PTO) system which can be infeasible to implement at small scales. An alternative approach is to perform hardware-in-the-loop testing of scale model WECs where the behaviour of the PTO is emulated using a linear motor controlled by a computer model of the physical PTO system. The proposed research project aims to develop a PTO emulator capable of simulating a variety of PTO systems, including hydraulic and pneumatic PTOs. Cascadia Coast Research will utilize the resulting system to perform hardware-in-the-loop testing of scale models for various WEC developers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bradley Buckham

Student:

Partner:

Cascadia Coast Research Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Recovery as a signal – understanding long term ecological change with discrete disturbances

Global climate change is altering the conditions in which our ecosystems exist. As those conditions gradually shift, ecosystems may cross critical points and experience irreversible collapse. Managers need tools to identify those points before they are crossed. This project will test one potential tool in the bogs of British Columbia. At the verge of collapse, ecosystems are thought to slow down in how they respond to disturbance or damage. We are trampling bog ecosystems and measuring how plant communities respond based on whether they are experiencing long term drought or not. The results will inform whether predictive tools can be used to prevent ecosystem-level collapse. In coordination with the Hakai Institute, the project will link ecological theories with the expanding knowledge of Central Coast bog and forest. The study will give us a better overall understanding of the ecosystems in which we live and research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Starzomski

Student:

Partner:

The Hakai Institute, part of the Tula Foundation

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Forestry; Environmental Science and Technology; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Modelling transient flow in a hydropower station

Modelling the movement of water through a hydropower station is an important tool for understanding this very complex behaviour, where water is pushed and pulled through long tunnels and spinning turbines, resulting in a vast range of pressures and speeds. There are generally two types of models: 1-dimensional (1D) models, which are simple and cost-effective, but do not provide adequate detail for the more complex features in the power station. The second type is 3-dimensional (3D) models, which are very detailed but cost both time and money. The proposed research plans to use the strengths of these two types of models by applying them where they would be most beneficial, for instance 1D models are best suited for simple parts of the station such as long pipes. The final product will hopefully inform better decisions around the operation and management of these valuable public assets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bryan Karney

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec (Varennes, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Refocusing and All-In-Focus Images for Angle-Sensitive Pixel Camera

Currently, the camera in your smartphone can take 2D color pictures. We have developed a new type of camera that can also provide you with depth at each point, not just color. Having depth and where objects are relative to each other in the scene open the door to many different new possibilities, for example having your phone tracking and recognizing your gestures, measuring distances between objects in pictures, changing the lighting, or removing and replacing the background in your photos. Another possibility is refocusing pictures after they were taken, or removing blur. This proposal will investigate fast and robust existing and new methods to achieve this latter possibility using our unique hardware. The success of this project would increase the commercialization potential of the developed camera, increase the odds of success of the spin-off company, and ultimately create a new high-technology company in Canada

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Langer

Student:

Partner:

TandemLaunch Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation de l’influence du type de pince de suspension sur la résistance en fatigue des conducteurs aériens

Le projet consiste à étudier l’effet du type de pince de suspension sur la résistance en fatigue des conducteurs aériens de transport d’électricité. Cette étude sera composée d’une partie expérimentale, qui consiste à réaliser des essais de fatigue sur des assemblages pince/conducteur, et d’une partie numérique portante sur la modélisation par la méthode des éléments finis des assemblages pince/conducteur à l’aide du logiciel ANSYS. Les résultats expérimentaux seront utilisés, d’une part pour comparer la performance des configurations pince/conducteur étudiées en termes de nombres de cycles à la rupture des brins, et d’autre part pour valider le modèle numérique à développer. Ce projet sera utile pour l’organisme partenaire dans la conception des nouvelles lignes, et les résultats attendus l’aideront dans la prise de décision pour l’optimisation des coûts et de la qualité des services à assurer sur le réseau électrique.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sébastien Langlois

Student:

Partner:

Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Investigating Innovative Online and Blended Pedagogical Practices – Duplicated

This proposal outlines an interdisciplinary, multi-method program of research to develop evidence-based frameworks for implementation and evaluation of innovative instructional practices offered by KnowledgeOne, an international online learning provider for post-secondary institutions, and its elearning partner, Concordia University. The objectives of this research are fourfold to 1) create a clearinghouse of evidence-based research on the scholarship of teaching and learning in online and blended learning environments; 2) create empirically-validated models describing stakeholders’ cognitive and learning outcomes to the use of innovative pedagogical initiatives; 3) develop, evaluate, and benchmark support processes and practices which lead to efficient adoption of those initiatives and 4) engage in knowledge dissemination and transfer via academic and pedagogical platforms. This project benefits KnowledgeOne by developing enhanced curricula and rigorously tested procedures for evaluating their services. It provides the company with evidence-based tools for technology-enhanced instruction and yields rich insights into pedagogy when employing innovative instructional technologies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vivek Venkatesh

Student:

Partner:

KnowledgeOne

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Chemical foaming of glass fiber reinforced recycled PET (rPET) and the injection molding performance of the foamable compound

Plastic wastes are a burden to municipal waste managements and have adverse environmental effects. But the daily increase in production of packaging materials and plastic parts make their formation inevitable. Recycling is a wise way of dealing with plastic waste problem as it has both monetary and environmental benefits. The wastes are collected cleaned and reprocessed to make new products. These products if engineered will provide the same performance at much lower cost of production and lower raw materials and natural resources consumption. On the aim of this project we will find a way to improve the properties of recycled material to be of a comparable level or in cases higher level than their original raw materials to safely return to the production cycle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marie-Claude Heuzey;Pierre Carreau

Student:

Partner:

Groupe Lavergne Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Western Basin of Lake Erie

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the western basin of Lake Erie are detrimental to the ecosystem, reducing water quality and affecting drinking water for people in the region. Severe HABs in Lake Erie in the 1960s and 1970s resulted in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in 1972. Since then, water quality has greatly improved; however in the 1990s, Lake Erie saw the blooms return. This has been attributed to factors such as zebra mussels’ bio-transforming nutrients, climate change, shifts in the form of phosphorus and lake sediment as an internal loading source. Another hypothesis is that the community composition is shifting to more toxic forms of cyanobacteria. To test this, water and sediment collection will be carried out at different depths and locations in the western basin. DNA extraction, nutrient analysis and microscopic analysis will be completed. Results will be used to monitor how and when HABs become severe.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Haffner

Student:

Partner:

Essex Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Public administration

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Amélioration de la résistance à la corrosion de réfractaires par des alliages d’aluminium en fusion

Le contexte du projet est que les réfractaires sont des produits manufacturés qui bénéficient de plus en plus des résultats de recherche sur les nouveaux matériaux qui sont développés pour l’industrie aérospatiale. En effet, il y a de plus en plus de composites utilisés comme matériaux réfractaires et les protections de ces matériaux réclament des solutions qui actuellement sont de type trempage-séchage-cuisson. Ces solutions existantes ajoutent des coûts non négligeables à l’élaboration de refractaires. Pour éviter de chauffer toute la pièce, avec les temps de montée et température et surtout de refroidissement, il est prévu, dans le cadre de ce projet, de privilégier une solution qui fait intervenir la technologie des plasmas thermiques avec une technologie développée à l’université de Sherbrooke, la projection par plasma de suspensions. Cette solution permet de réaliser des revêtements minces (de quelques microns à plusieurs centaines de microns) avec une grande efficacité, et un temps de cycle très faible. Il reste donc à faire la recherche et développement nécessaire à développer cette technologie pour les réfractaires céramiques, la tester, l’évaluer et prendre des décisions de mise à l’échelle du procédé développé.

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Faculty Supervisor:

François Gitzhofer

Student:

Partner:

Produits Industriels de Haute Temperature Pyrotek Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

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