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Healthy Brains, Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies: Exploration of experiential technology (Xtech) to support physical and mental health in older adults

Canada’s population is aging rapidly and faces several challenges with their physical and mental health. At the same time, portable technology and wireless Internet access stand to revolutionize how Canadians manage their own health and interact with the healthcare system. Here, we will identify ways in which Canadians can use technology to proactively manage and improve their own physical and mental health. We will also identify ways to spur innovative products and services to be developed within Canada. To do this, we will identify opportunities for technology to improve healthcare outcomes for patients, we will investigate solutions to protect older adults from injury from falls, and we will perform preliminary research on techniques to monitor the brain health of older adults.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Moreno;Andrew Sixsmith;Carolyn Sparrey;Sarah Lubik

Student:

Partner:

Innovation Boulevard Society

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Identification, cost-benefit analysis, and evaluation of international development projects

The objective of the research is to provide international development agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with decision making and evaluation tools that are practical and, at the same time, are based on sound academic foundations. These tools are specific to a sector, such as nutrition, and a country, such as Guatemala. The resulting documents will assist analysts in design of international development projects as well as their assessment, monitoring, and evaluation. The immediate benefit of such practical guidelines would be their utilization by the partner organization in the analysis of ongoing projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Huw Lloyd-Ellis

Student:

Partner:

Limestone Analytics Inc;Queen's University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Material environments as metaphors: enhancing the well-being of people with dementia

The living environments have been increasingly considered as significant to the well-being of people with dementia in both research and practice. Addressing this, practitioners, including developers, operators, and architects who are in charge of the environmental creation of dementia care facilities, need to know the specific requirements of people with dementia, in order to apply this knowledge to their practical works. As such, this study is conducted under the coordination among a PhD researcher, an architectural company and a dementia care facility developing company, researching three existing dementia care facilities in Alberta. The meanings of well-being of people with dementia and design suggestions that have potential to realize these meanings will be provided in the research results. These results will help the partner companies to enhance their knowledge of creating better living environments for people with dementia in Alberta and beyond.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Megan Strickfaden;Janet Fast

Student:

Partner:

Rockliff Pierzchajlo Kroman Architects Ltd;Connecting Care (2000) Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Development and Optimization of Industrial Lubricants for Powder Metallurgy

Powder Metallurgy (PM) is a production method suitable for accurately fabricating complex shapes to a desired size and shape, thus minimizing the need for machining. This makes it cost effective in comparison to other manufacturing technologies.
In order to facilitate the production of PM parts, a lubricant is added to the iron based powder during mixing. The lubricant affects the internal friction between the particles during compaction as well as reduces the total energy needed to eject the part from the die after compaction. However, using lubricants decreases the density of the final product. In addition, the powder mixture after mixing with the lubricant must have fast flow and uniform die cavity filling consistency so that low rejection rates and good part integrity can be attained.
There are different physical factors which effect powder properties. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ehsan Toyserkani

Student:

Partner:

H.L. Blachford Ltd;Rio Tinto Fer et Titane inc.;University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Image Enhancement for Color Deficient People

I have been recently graduated from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of University of Ottawa. I did my PhD in Image Color Processing, and I found out the available position with Irystec Company is fit to my knowledge and experience. As a PhD candidate, I had the opportunity to gain extensive experience in Image Processing, Computer Vision and Machine Learning fields. Conducting research on the image processing subject as my
PhD thesis topic, elevate my knowledge in design, coding, and testing. My M.Sc. thesis topic was also in the Computer Vision and Image Processing field.
I was always looking for a research – Industry based position after graduation. I learned about the Mitacs Elevate program recently, and I think it is the most suitable position for me, as I would be able to stay connected with both
academic and industrial work. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Clark

Student:

Partner:

Irystec Software Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Elevate

A container Approach for Isolation in a Multi-Tenant Internet of Things Platform

Internet of Things (IoT) is a topic that many enterprises including Ericsson are pursuing to find innovative ways of providing a better and futuristic service to the clients. The large amount of CapEx and OpEx related to IoT infrastructure deployment and operation and humongous amount of data generated by IoT devices on the edge and in the center demands creative ways of sharing the IoT infrastructure between clients and effective ways of transferring/handling the generated/processed data. In this proposal we will identify the need for a multi-tenant IoT environment, and we will provide a set of hypothesis to address the issues of multi-tenancy isolation, service availability/continuity, and storage back-end auto-tuning for optimized data operation. For multi-tenancy isolation, we propose a container approach for fast deployment of tenants code and also for code/data isolation. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abdelouahed Gherbi

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Elevate

Signal Parameter Estimation and Tracking During Atrial Fibrillation Using a Bayesian Time-Delay Estimator

AF is an irregular heart rhythm resulting from abnormal electrical impulses and is the most common cardiac arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. Ablation therapy has been used to eliminate areas responsible for maintaining the arrhythmia using radiofrequency energy. Targeting the culprit regions usually require accurate estimation of activation times in IEGM recordings. The conventional time domain methods fail to present a precise activation detection method and depend on parameters set by an operator. We propose a novel frequency based method for accurate activation time detection of IEGM recordings which does not require parameter initialization by the operator. This will increase the accuracy of ablation therapy and can lead to improved treatment of AF.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Damian Redfearn;Javad Hashemi

Student:

Partner:

St. Jude Medical Canada Inc;Queen's University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Coupe partielle en forêt boréale mixte et coniférienne : Évaluation des impacts sur les communautés de sous-bois, la dynamique successionnelle et l’environnement de croissance des arbres

La forêt boréale revêt une grande importance écologique et économique pour le Québec. Afin de permettre à la fois la récolte durable de la ressource ligneuse et la conservation de la biodiversité et des habitats de cette forêt, les approches sylvicoles visant à réduite les écarts entre les forêts naturelles et aménagées sont appelées à prendre plus de place parmi les traitements sylvicoles utilisés. Les projets de recherche proposés s’inscrivent donc dans une volonté d’atténuer les effets des pratiques sylvicoles sur divers attributs des écosystèmes forestiers boréaux. Ils permettront d‘explorer, dans un contexte opérationnel et expérimental, les effets de la coupe partielle sur divers processus, dont la séquestration du carbone et la croissance des peuplements. Les résultats de ces projets de recherche devraient permettre aux industriels d’adapter leurs pratiques sylvicoles afin de permettre l’aménagement durable des écosystèmes forestiers boréaux.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicole Fenton;Yves Bergeron;Benoit Lafleur

Student:

Partner:

Rayonier A.M. Canada S.E.N.C.;Norbord Inc (La Sarre, QC);Coopérative de solidarité en recherche et développement forestier de l’Abitibi-T

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal; Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue; Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Effect of Different Carbohydrate Sources on Starch Fractions and Glycemic Index in Commercial Extruded Dog Diets

Obesity and diabetes are leading nutrition-related disorders among pets in North America and have significant impacts on animal morbidity and mortality. The glycemic index, a measure of post-prandial blood glucose response, has been shown in humans to significantly impact glucose control, insulin sensitivity, weight management, and chronic disease risk. In pets, the effects of carbohydrates on health is an area of debate, though there is currently a lack of data to back up claims. The goal of this research is to examine the effect of different carbohydrate sources on glucose metabolism and relate this to the starch types present. This study will examine the amount of each starch fraction (slowly digestible, rapidly digestible or resistant starch) available in four extruded dog diets containing different carbohydrate sources, and predict their glycemic index in-vitro.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Adronie Verbrugghe

Student:

Partner:

Petcurean Pet Nutrition;University of Guelph

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Accommodation and food services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Cartographie des acteurs impliqués dans l’adaptation aux changements climatiques et la résilience à l’échelle de la Ville de Montréal

L’objectif de cette recherche est de dresser le portrait du réseau d’acteurs pour l’adaptation et du développement de la résilience face aux changements climatiques de la Ville de Montréal. Plus précisément, nous analyserons la nature des liens, les forces et faiblesses du réseau en matière de coordination ainsi que sa structure. Les résultats attendus sont le développement d’un portrait global du réseau, le diagnostic de ses forces et faiblesses et le développement d’une méthodologie d’intégration aux activités du réseau. Le partenaire de ce projet est Ouranos, un organisme-frontière engagé dans la création et la diffusion de connaissances scientifiques relatives aux sciences du climat et à l’adaptation aux changements climatiques au sein de la communauté des décideurs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marie-Christine Therrien

Student:

Partner:

Ouranos Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Accommodation and food services; Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

École nationale d'administration publique

Program:

Accelerate

Intervention éducative intermodalitaire au service de la dysphasie

Dysphasie Estrie auprès de la plus grande clientèle de dysphasiques en Estrie. Dès 2017, cet organisme sollicite notre implication au plan de la recherche et développement afin de mieux structurer leur programme d’intervention hebdomadaire (suivi parascolaire) et intensif (camps été). Cette structure est particulièrement modifiée par les données scientifiques, dont les recherches du centre Résodys à Marseille qui nous ont offert une formation spécialisée en intervention musicale intermodale. Cette spécialisation se base sur plusieurs principes et découvertes neuropsychologiques qui croisent langage, musique et intégration multisensorielle. Ainsi, nous établirons un programme annuel rigoureux, appuyé par la littérature la plus probante, en formant, observant et intervenant au besoin auprès de l’équipe de Dysphasie Estrie. Par ailleurs, nous conduirons une recherche-terrain à l’été 2017 pour évaluer l’évolution de la clientèle à l’aide de questionnaires standardisés et entrevue dirigée.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-François Lepage

Student:

Partner:

Dysphasie Estrie

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Développement de composites bois-polymère avec une haute stabilité dimensionnelle

Une entreprise canadienne désire commercialiser un matériau composite bois-polymère (CBP). Ce matériau vise plusieurs applications, principalement dans le secteur de la construction. Afin de percer ce marché en croissance, l’entreprise travaillera avec l’Université du Québec an Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) afin de développer des formulations de CBP qui n’absorbent pas d’eau. L’entreprise partenaire bénéficierait de l’expertise de l’UQAT et d’un stagiaire qualifié dans le développement de ce nouveau matériau. Le matériau innovant développé permettrait de cibler des marchés niches de haute valeur. Ce matériau se démarquerait des produits CBP importés de l’Asie et des États-Unis qui occupent actuellement le marché canadien de ces produits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sébastien Migneault;Ahmed Koubaa

Student:

Partner:

L.J.L. Mécanique Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

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