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Outil de suivi biophysique et phytosanitaire des cultures viticoles à l’aide de la télédétection à très hautes résolutions spatiale et temporelle

Les aéronefs sans pilote (ASP) – appelés aussi drones – sont de plus en plus présents comme vecteurs d’acquisition d’imagerie aérienne de haute résolution spatiale et temporelle. En agriculture, ce type d’équipement permet d’analyser finement, à l’aide des images acquises, différents paramètres en lien avec la croissance, la santé et le rendement des plantes. Ces données précises visent à détecter à l’intérieur même des parcelles, des problématiques nécessitant l’intervention humaine. En ciblant ces zones, cet outil offre la possibilité de réduire l’utilisation de produits nocifs pour l’environnement (ex: pesticides, fongicides) et le développement d’une agriculture de précision. Plusieurs cultures ont déjà fait l’objet d’analyses à l’aide de ce type d’outils comme le colza, la pomme de terre et le maïs. La vigne, culture à haute valeur économique en pleine croissance au Canada, est confrontée à plusieurs problématiques qui affectent la croissance et la qualité des grappes. Ce secteur ne dispose cependant pas d’outils performants pour détecter les problèmes et intervenir au cours de la saison de croissance. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jérôme Théau

Student:

Partner:

Centre de géomatique du Québec

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Environmental Science and Technology; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Wireless energy transfer for low power charging applications

This activity focuses on developing a high-efficiency proof-of-concept prototype for a wireless energy transmission system. The objective is to utilize the technology for wirelessly charging multiple batteries in low power portable devices such as mobile electronics, e.g., personal digital assistants (PDA) and smart-phones. The system consists of two windings, transmitter and receiver, that are in parallel with capacitors to form two parallel resonant circuits. The two resonant circuits are then linked together through a magnetic coupling. The key function of the above power transmission system is to achieve higher wireless transmission efficiency through the resonance phenomena. Resonance will allow the system to oscillate at larger amplitudes at some frequencies than others. Examples of wireless energy transfer application are power-delivery in hazardous applications due to presence of gas, energy transfer to implanted medical devices through the intact skin, and electric vehicle battery-recharging applications due to enhanced safety, reliability, and convenience.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehrdad Moallem

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Stratégies pour améliorer la production d’enzymes d’intérêt industriel

La production d’enzymes d’intérêt industriel doit être maximisée pour que ces derniers soient viables commercialement. Diverses approches peuvent être envisagées pour optimiser cette production et les techniques de biologie moléculaire peuvent participer à cet objectif. Des gènes synthétiques codant pour différentes formes d’estérase ont déjà été conçus mais la production des enzymes est réduite suite à une acidification du milieu de croissance. Pour pallier à ce problème, les gènes synthétiques seront transformés dans des souches d’Escherichia coli produisant moins de certains types d’acide. Une approche similaire sera utilisée pour concevoir des gènes synthétiques codant pour une nouvelle glysosyl hydrolase. Le projet vise donc à accroître la productivité de l’entreprise dans la production d’enzymes et à développer de nouveaux créneaux en analysant la possibilité d’intégration de nouvelles enzymes dans sa ligne de production.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carole Beaulieu

Student:

Partner:

Ozymes

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Biotechnology; Life Sciences (not health); Clean Technology

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Development and proof-of-concept evaluation of 3D reconstruction molecular research tools

Traditional research microscopy tools are entirely adequate for conventional static analysis, however, the evaluation of more complex dynamic cellular processes require unconventional methods of acquiring, displaying, and rendering dynamic data. Autophagy occurs when some of a cell’s cytoplasm, referred as cargo, is enclosed by a membrane to form an autophagosome in order to be degraded and the products recycled. Autophagy is initiated to cope with stress, but we and others show that under non-stress conditions, specific cargos are targeted to the autophagosome. To better understand how this transformation occurs, we will use the technology provided by Enable to take static 2D images and convert them into a 3D volume in order to extract information on how the autophagosome forms and how it is then able to fuse to lysosomes. The proof of concept of this approach to analyzing cell image data will provide a new way to understand dynamic processes within the cell.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Kelly;Danielle Spice

Student:

Partner:

Enable Imaging Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Modeling fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries in Saskatchewan: identifying the leading risk fact

Work-related morbidity and mortality not only result in loss of time at work, reduction of the overall productivity, increase of the additional hiring and training costs and increased use of medical and welfare services, but it also results in suffering and hardship for the worker and his or her family. The Workers’ Compensation Board of Saskatchewan (WCB-SK) strives to advance scientific and technical knowledge in understanding the occupational injury and fatality risks to reduce the incidence or severity of injury in Saskatchewan. As such, in collaboration with WCB-SK, advanced statistical models will be developed with the primary goal of identifying the leading indicators for the risk of occupational fatal and non-fatal injuries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cindy Feng;Catherine Trask

Student:

Partner:

Workers’ Compensation Board of Saskatchewan

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Mushroom Harvesting System

Automatic harvesting of mushroom produce is a promising opportunity for mushroom growers to increase their revenues. This increased revenue will be obtained through savings in human labour as well as the expected increase in yield and quality due to the consistency of automated solutions compared to manual ones. Automated harvesting solutions do already exist for many other crops such as apple, lime and tomatoes. However, the development of an automated harvesting solution for mushroom is much more challenging in which a commercial system still does not exist. The current project aims at developing an intelligent computer-based Decision Support System (DSS) that will make decisions on which mushroom to pick and when, based on vision data captured in real time. The partner organization would eventually benefit from this project by having a reliable Decision Support System for automated mushroom harvesting that will lead to a higher mushroom yield than what could be obtained by an average manual harvester.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rozita Dara;Deborah Stacey;David Calvert

Student:

Partner:

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Technology; Energy and Utilities

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Rail Bulb Replacement

The scope of this project is to develop a modern Railway signaling system using LED technology to replace the old system employing incandescent bulb. We propose a novel design and control to avoid using low-lifetime components as the existing commercial systems. The current and voltage monitoring functionalities are added to detect exactly which LED that fault occurs, it helps to maintain system and easily adjust light intensity efficiently. As a result, the designed system will have high efficiency, high input electrical quality and high reliability to ensure continuous operation without disturbance. This research is a gold key for GE Lighting to remain the leader in their railway signaling market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Handy Fortin Blanchette

Student:

Partner:

GE Lighting Solutions

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Smart Learning and Course Management System

This is a research and development (R&D) project. The primary objective is to develop a Smart Learning and Course Management System with a pilot demonstration of an entrepreneurship development course. The target audience for the course is students interested in learning the fundamentals of running a startup company. The secondary objective is to document and inform the development and learning analytics through design-based research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Petrina;Phil Winne

Student:

Partner:

Istuary Innovation Labs Inc (Vancouver, BC);Luminix Consulting Ltd;D&J Education Consulting

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University; The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Novel 3-D User Interfaces for improved situation awareness and mobile robot control

In an alien or possibly hostile environment, the situation awareness of a remote robot operator will be limited. Map information may not be known beforehand. The site may also be in a dynamic state where changes occur in the surrounding in any moment. The main objective of this project is to develop novel technologies to increase situation awareness of remote robot operators and their ability to intuitively interact with the robots for more efficient operations. It will involve development of a new real time 3-D reconstruction strategy using low-cost hardware, the use of commercially available stereoscopic display and motion sensing device for robot-control user interface, as well as an objective evaluation on the development. MDA expects this project will develop proof-of-concept user interfaces based on novel ideas and technologies and test them in several simple scenarios. In the future some of these concepts may be adopted in prototypes and products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Wigdor

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Development of transparent materials to be used as screen for glazed windows

Projection on optically transparent screens is a rapidly growing technology that opens a wide field of practical applications like glazed windows. For example, navigating information can be displayed on car windshields and aircraft cockpit windows, eyeglasses can become monitor screens for work or entertainment and even glazing glass windows can be used as a projection screen. Nowadays, a variety of media for transparent screens have been developed for specific applications and some of them are already commercialized with their own pros and cons. Nevertheless, the main hurdle for each transparent medium used a screen is the complex tailoring and even lack of their transparency, hindering the visibility of commercialized products behind a shop window for instance.
The proposed project aims at developing a new medium for transparent projection screens. This new material must be produced by a simple method, low cost and scalable to large sizes that are not currently available in the market. The project will benefit from both the expertise in screen projection of the industrial partner Qube-4D Ventures Inc., and in materials engineering of the Canada’s Excellence Research Chair in Photonic Innovations at Laval University under the leadership of Prof. Younes Messaddeq.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Younès Messaddeq

Student:

Partner:

Qube 4D Ventures Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Système d’aide à la décision pour la gestion de portefeuille de projets basée sur un modèle de sémantique des jeux utilisant XPath

Meto est une plateforme d’intelligence distribuée qui exploite le plein potentiel du Cloud et des processus collaboratifs entre agents humains dans le but d’améliorer la prise de décision dans des situations minées par le risque et l’incertitude. Pour ce faire, il est nécessaire de mettre à la disposition des décideurs un ensemble pertinent d’information obtenu par l’analyse de données massives récoltées sur différents canaux. Les experts concernés – appartenant au monde des affaires – doivent formuler des requêtes informatiques précises et bien formées pour la recherche d’information qui sont difficilement à la portée des non-informaticiens. L’objectif du projet est de créer un générateur de requêtes informatiques permettant d’interpréter dans un langage machine les besoins d’un utilisateur non informaticien en matière de données.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roger Villemaire

Student:

Partner:

Metix Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Méthodologies, processus et outils pour l’implantation d’un processus de gestion de l’innovation dans une entreprise manufacturière traditionnelle

La grappe de stages est une continuation d’un premier stage dans le cadre d’un contexte de création d’un nouveau département d’innovation dans une entreprise manufacturière. Il s’agit de déterminer les facteurs des entreprises manufacturières de type PME débutant en innovation comme étant déterminants pour l’instauration d’outils, processus et méthodologies de la gestion de l’innovation et du développement de produits. Des outils et processus pour définir et modifier les stratégies de l’entreprise déjà en place devront être créés afin de rendre l’entreprise sous étude plus compétitive dans de nouveaux marchés et ainsi accélérer sa croissance et son développement. Les projets de la grappe permettront de mieux comprendre comment faire la coordination interdépartementale dans le cadre de la gestion de l’innovation ainsi que comment implanter divers outils, processus et méthodologies de gestion d’innovation dans une entreprise manufacturière traditionnelle québécoise et ainsi la rendre beaucoup plus apte à faire rapidement les bonnes évaluations d’opportunités et ainsi de devenir innovante face à une concurrence internationale beaucoup plus importante.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Isabelle Deschamps

Student:

Partner:

Velan Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

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