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Understanding the drivers and strategies of entrepreneurial exit

Harris Computer provides mission critical software solutions for the Public Sector, Healthcare, Utilities and Private Sector verticals throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. One of the focus of Harris is to acquire businesses with growth potential, manage them well and then build them for the future. The challenge of this acquisition process is to understand different motives and routes of entrepreneurial exit, based on which viable and innovative strategies are formulated to optimize the growth potential and competitiveness of the acquired businesses. Exit has profound psychological implications for the entrepreneur, disrupts work routines and increases employee insecurity, and changes the competitive balance in the industry. The failure to take into account different exit patterns and their associated underlying reasons would cause tremendous negative impacts on not only acquired firms and their stakeholders but also Harris’ strategic objectives and reputation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hien Tran

Student:

Partner:

Harris Computer

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Design and development of a mobile robotic platform for performing automated visual inspection on pipelines, automobiles, and infrastructures in extreme environmental conditions

An early damage/anomaly detection on objects such as: pipelines, turbomachinery, vehicles, and structural elements can save thousands of dollars that goes in the repair and maintenance costs. Various contemporary robotic inspection technologies exist that aim to solve this problem. However, a challenge arises when the objects of interest are present in remote regions with extreme/harsh environmental conditions that are unsuitable for humans. Such environments can potentially pose a threat to human safety. Therefore, a fully autonomous mobile robotic solution is needed to perform inspection procedures directly on the object. The objective of this research project is to design and develop an autonomous mobile robotic platform that has the ability to withstand every kind of extreme condition such as; strong winds, snow storms, extreme high and low temperatures, nuclear decommissioning sites, and uneven road surfaces. This mobile robotic solution will aim to not only decrease inspection costs and overall maintenance costs but also deliver high quality inspection procedures within minimal time. Moreover, the robot will be able to operate autonomously and thus, there will be no concern about the safely of the human workers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rafiq Ahmad

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Oil and Gas; Automotive; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Successful schools: Building a better measure of success

There are two interconnected processes required for this project to succeed: a process of consultation and engagement of the public and stakeholder groups, and the more technical development of measures. Both areas involve key methods for applied research and knowledge mobilization within the social sciences. CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT To succeed, the Broader Measures project must reflect the aspirations and expectations of the public and the professionals responsible for the provision of education. The strategy is founded on two related assumptions: All consultation and educational engagement efforts must (A) build interest in and support for the assessment tools to be developed and their use both by professionals and the public, and (B) help identify and address any concerns or issues that arise over the course of the project. The primary OBJECTIVES of the engagement and consultation process are to: A. Introduce Broader Measures of Success as a significant opportunity to better represent the contributions that elementary and secondary schools should make to the individual and to the society. B. Engage a variety of audiences in the project in a manner that builds interest and support. Anticipated audiences include students, parents, Ontario’s Ministry of Education, teacher federations, business leaders, and media.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kadriye Ercikan

Student:

Partner:

Directions Evidence and Policy Research Group

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Antifouling Performance of Graphene-based Coatings in Varying Flow Conditions

Marine biofouling, which is the growth of organisms on ocean infrastructure, is a widespread problem with
substantial economic and environmental costs. This project undertaken by the intern will develop dynamic tests
of a novel graphene-based antifouling coating designed by Graphite Innovation & Technologies (GIT). The
dynamic tests involve generating water flow over the coating surface, better mimicking real-life conditions for the
antifouling coating. The 3rd generation GIT coating is designed to be non-toxic, durable, and slippery, making it
difficult for biofouling organisms to attach. A series of field tests will be used to help in the research and
development process, refining the antifouling and durability characteristics of the coating. These real-world tests
will benefit GIT helping to refine their technology and generating valuable information for marketing purposes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Russell Wyeth

Student:

Partner:

GIT Coatings

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Ocean Tech; Environmental Science and Technology; Clean Technology

University:

St. Francis Xavier University

Program:

Accelerate

Phase II of Direct[Message]: Evaluating Older Adults’ Access to Technology, Art, and Life through Enhanced Digital Technologies

The Mitacs intern will support the community-based project Direct[Message] to develop and undertake research to develop a final technology-based model that will help older adults connect with arts online. The intern will assist in the data collection and analysis of 30 older adult participants’ experiences using and testing an easy-to-use keyboard prototype and an accessible web-based platform. The intern will conduct individual interviews with approximately 10 older adults and facilitate 2 focus groups that contain a maximum of 10 older adults each. The findings gathered from this project will help shape the production of a final digital model that will be used by the artist-run art center Center[3] and the older adult population they serve.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carla Rice;Nadine Changfoot

Student:

Partner:

Centre[3] for Artistic and Social Practice

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Other; Technology

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Tenant-based Blackbox Security Auditing in a Container-based Environment

Telecommunication networks are becoming critical in our daily lives, especially after the during Covid-19 global pandemic outbreak. To respond to such a surge in demands and satisfy new requirements of high agility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, telecom operators have been adopting new strategies to develop and deploy mobile networks. However, this new technology also brings new security threats to its users (a.k.a. tenants). In this proposed project, the intern will develop a novel approach that enables the tenant to assess the security posture of his underlying deployment in a container-based cloud environment managed by a third-party without relying on the provider-level data. The objective of this project is to investigate and identify blackbox techniques (i.e., which do not require to access data from cloud providers) to leverage tenant-level side channel information to infer about provider-level security state about the security state and audit the underlying deployments of their 5G network services.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lingyu Wang;Suryadipta Majumdar

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Applications of Machine Learning and Data-Driven Models to Agriculture Risk Management

Each planting season, farmers are exposed to the uncertainty that their crops will yield poor results, leading to unpredictable revenue. The seasonality of their product lends itself to price volatility as a result of unpredictable factors such as weather, pests, supply and demand. In an industry where small price fluctuations can have a big impact on profitability, risk management is extremely important. As farm input costs continue to increase, farm profitability has not increased correspondingly. The objective of our research is to adapt advanced analytical methods to develop novel algorithms that generate cutting-edge price predictions for agricultural commodities. These price predictions will be used to develop hedging strategies and increase farm risk management practices. With better predictions, cheaper hedge strategies, and more timely data, farmers will have increased financial stability and the opportunity to raise profits in an industry where price fluctuations make already slim profit margins unpredictable.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alex Melnitchouck

Student:

Partner:

Algo-Rythmn

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Olds College

Program:

Accelerate

Canadian Communities Policy Observatory

Unlike the United Sates or the UK, Canada is a laggard in opening up historical socioeconomic data for use by academics, policymakers, business, journalists, and citizens. While a great deal of data exists either due to being “born digital” or having been digitized from paper records, it is not easily accessible. Partial datasets in a variety of formats are hosted in multiple locations and vary widely in how they are structured. Western University’s Canadian Communities Policy Observatory initiative has begun to address this important gap by processing all available historical aggregate Census data back to 1851 into a common format with harmonized variable names and geographic codes. The purpose of this project is to develop a scalable database across places and years, programming the linking of tools as well as a web portal for cartographic visualization over time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zachary Taylor

Student:

Partner:

Esri Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Scaling of IoT Simulation for Verification and Testing

Simulation is a critically important enabler for the scalable verification and testing of Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems. There has been considerable research in recent years on developing IoT simulators. The existing research nevertheless does not adequately address the optimization of simulators for the competing objectives that one typically has to contend with, e.g., in terms of costs and resources. This project aims to develop a versatile and effective simulation environment to help detect and localize faults in large-scale IoT systems that are otherwise extremely difficult to understand, analyze, test and debug. Our approach will employ metaheuristic search for optimizing IoT-simulation configurations alongside techniques for generating high-quality synthetic data to feed the simulation process. To evaluate the practical usefulness of the resulting simulation environment, we will conduct case studies over real IoT applications in collaboration with our industry partner, Cheetah Networks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shiva Nejati;Mehrdad Sabetzadeh

Student:

Partner:

Cheetah Networks

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Modelling mineral dust aerosol transport at high-latitudes from Canadian proglacial valleys

Across most of the Canadian Cordillera glacier loss will be fully realized before the end of the century, threatening water security and exposing extensive deposits of fine glacial sediment to wind erosion. These dust storms act as important nutrient transfers to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, but pose risks to human health and dust deposits strongly influence the radiative properties of snow and ice surfaces, with far-reaching climate implications. Dust emissions from these locations are either omitted or poorly represented within most current atmospheric models. This project will develop an improved regional transport model capable of well simulating these emissions, enhancing our capacity to model future landscape changes across northern Canada while identifying future sources and predicting their subsequent impacts as sediment is transported and deposited. Previously performed field campaigns have established a multi-year time series of dust observations and meteorological measurements which will be used to verify model capability for multiple proglacial sources.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James King;Daniel Nadeau

Student:

Partner:

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of tests to assess GDL stability during MEA production

Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc. is engaged in producing fuel cell stacks for automotive applications. The plant in Burnaby BC is the exclusive fuel cell manufacturer for Mercedes-Benz worldwide (marking the world’s first large-scale production facility for automotive fuel cells.) The Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell Division (MBFC) has shown interest in active collaborations with Canadian universities and research institutes to advance manufacturing processes and engage leading Canadian scientists. In early 2013, an NSERC Engage grant enabled the first collaboration between MBFC and Dr. Merida’s group at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The present proposal builds on the results activities within the Engage project, and it represents the first step in a long-term collaboration. Among several manufacturing steps, the unwinding of as-supplied MEA materials is considered one of the most critical steps in the fuel cell production. The number of stages in which the GDL material is exposed to mechanical stress adds to the complexity of deterministic analyses. Consequently, the impact of this process on the physicochemical properties and performance of the GDL materials remains unknown, and it requires new characterization strategies. B

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Faculty Supervisor:

Walter Merida

Student:

Partner:

Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Retail trade

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Apport de l’ergonomie à la prévention des cancers professionnels dès la formation (CAP)

Le cancer professionnel, une cause de mortalité fréquente en France et au Canada, atteint de façon préférentielle certaines catégories d’emploi, pour lesquelles ce sujet doit être abordé dès la formation. Les apprentis sont particulièrement exposés aux agents cancérogènes et leur âge implique une exposition prolongée: 25% d’entre eux sont en contact régulier avec au moins un agent. Les mesures préventives précoces sont importantes, mais elles sont difficiles à implanter, car le concept de la maladie est lointain, et que le message rejoint difficilement ces jeunes souvent issus de milieux défavorisés. C’est pourquoi un projet d’envergure a entrepris une recherche-intervention pour développer une méthode de prévention axée sur la pair-aidance. Celle-ci mobilise les élèves, les enseignant.es et les maitres de métiers. Le stage de recherche visera à documenter le travail des enseignant.es supervisant des stages afin de trouver des façons d’intégrer les mesures préventives développées à leurs approches pédagogiques. Pour ce faire, des méthodes et outils issus de l’ergonomie seront mobilisés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marie Laberge

Student:

Partner:

Université de Paris

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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