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Timing perception and modulation via transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS)

Timing and time perception is found to be modulated by different brain networks. Nowadays, many non-invasive instruments are widely used to stimulate the brain and among them is transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS), which is a painless and non-invasive technology that gives the ability of modulating brain networks including the ones that are involved in timing perception.
In this project, the aim is to understand the effect of tVNS on timing perception. Furthermore, this project aims to understand how auditory-motor synchronization, which is a movement accompanied by timing skills, is going to be affected by deploying tVNS. To this aim, participants are going to be asked to synchronously move (finger tapping and walking) on the auditory rhythmic stimuli (simple metronome and rhythmic musical stimuli).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simone Dalla Bella

Student:

Partner:

Revai

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Femmes et journalistes à l’ère numérique : recherche expérientielle de pratiques journalistiques sur les enjeux de genre

Je vais réaliser des entretiens avec des journalistes belges pour comprendre quels sont les obstacles et/ou les possibilités qu’elles rencontrent lorsqu’elles veulent produire des nouvelles sur des questions de genre (inégalités, points de vue divergents, remise en question des lois , etc). Ces entretiens serviront à créer un « coffre à outils » en partenariat avec l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, qui sera dédié aux étudiants en journalisme et aux médias pour les aider à produire de l’information davantage inclusive et diversifiée. Mon travail auprès de journalistes belges mettra l’accent sur l’impact des technologies numériques sur le travail des femmes journalistes et sur les solutions qu’elles envisageraient pour faciliter le travail des journalistes hommes et femmes lorsqu’ielles veulent produire une information sur le genre ou sur des enjeux liés au genre. Cette formation sera d’abord destinée au étudiants de la Maîtrise en journalisme de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles. Par la suite, elle pourra être intégrée à d’autres programmes en journalisme comme le DESS en journalisme de l’Université de Montréal.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Juliette De Maeyer

Student:

Partner:

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

New and Digital Media; Information and Communications Technology; Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Simulation and Visualization of Flood and Drought events in Urban Areas

2020 and 2021 have seen an unprecedented number of natural disasters. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, 2020 was the 5th warmest year ever recorded with a record number of tropical storms and wildfires throughout North America. Considering only 2020, the cost of these weather and climate disasters is estimated at 22 billion USD dollars [1]. Often these catastrophic events occur without warning and therefore cannot be prevented. However, proactive measures can be taken to mitigate risks and minimize damage. The objective of this project is to inform decisions in preventive measures and policy-making relating to natural disasters. Of particular interest are flood and drought event plaguing the Greater Montreal Area (GMA) in recent years.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Charalambos Poullis;Brigitte Jaumard

Student:

Partner:

Presagis Canada Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Approximate Spin Processors (ASPs): an Energy-efficient Combinatorial Optimization Problem Solver for Edge Devices

Combinatorial optimization problems widely appear in various social and industrial applications, such as the vehicle routing and transportation problems. They are challenging to solve for traditional computing. Moreover, especially in edge devices, there is a high demand for in-time response and low power. However, the large energy consumption for these numerous operations and data fetches are the main obstacles for the hardware implementation of a problem solver. Our project will address the problem of time by using natural computing with parallel processing. Low-power techniques, such as approximate computing, are considered to boost computational and energy efficiency. This project provides a fresh perspective of how to improve the efficiency of solving combinatorial optimization problems. Taking the partner organization as collaborators, some findings will be submitted for publications or presentations. The intern is also willing to be included in the potential mentor group.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jie Han

Student:

Partner:

North Forge

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Wireless Overhead Line Temperature Sensor Based on RF Cavity Resonance, Design Improvement and Measurement

A wireless sensor has been designed to monitor overhead line temperature. The economic importance of this issue is to maximize the power transfer capacity of the lines. The sensor has two main parts, a local interrogator and a passive battery-less sensor. The power to turn on sensor comes from interrogator. The sensor measures the temperature, and transfers the data to interrogator for signal processing. The measurement accuracy of the sensor is reported to be about 0.07°C. There are some sources of error in sensor measurements. One of these errors is due to environmental noises and wireless interference. The objective of this internship has two parts. First is using the designed sensor to do measurements in different sites to monitor temperature and find the effect of interference on the results. This part is going to be done in about 1.5 month. For the next half, these results are going to be used to improve sensor measurement accuracy and decreasing the effect of interference on results.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Thomson

Student:

Partner:

Smart Autonomous Solutions

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Improved ductility in extruded Al-Mg-Si alloys through texture and microstructure control

The use of aluminum alloys in automotive applications is increasing since this allows the weight of the vehicle to be decreased. This is beneficial for both internal combustion and battery powered vehicles, to increase fuel economy and increase vehicle range, respectively. However, in general, aluminum alloys are more difficult to form than steel and their performance during a vehicle crash may be challenging. Thus, it is necessary to understand the linkages between the production of the components and their performance. In many cases, components can be made by extrusion followed by heat treatment. The cooling conditions after extrusion and before heat treatment are important. Here, better mechanical properties are found with high cooling rates but higher cooling rates can lead to distortion of component shape which is not acceptable. The goal of this work is to develop models to predict performance based on processing conditions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Warren Poole

Student:

Partner:

Rio Tinto Alcan (Jonquière, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating Effects of Stereoisomerism on Toxicology of Entactogens by Computational Methods

PharmAla have been focusing on developing MDMA (ecstasy) like drug compounds. MDMA assisted psychotherapy for treatment of PTSD received Breakthrough Therapy designation in August 2017. It is currently being evaluated in Phase 3 clinical trials. The toxicological biochemical mechanism of MDMA and MDMA like compounds should be better understood. Because of this gap an extensive literature search will be done in this project. Toxicological mechanism of MDMA and MDMA like drugs will be investigated by computational modeling tools. Novel Analogs synthesized by PharmAla Biotech Inc will form the basis of the research work. The aim is to utilize computational chemistry to predict safety and toxicological properties of the analogs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Gauld

Student:

Partner:

PHARMALA BIOTECH INC.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Mobility-as-a-Service Equilibrium in Large-Scale Networks

Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is a new concept that is introduced in the market through a mobile application, in which travelers of
a city can buy monthly packages based on the modes of transport that they often use. In order to develop a successful MaaS, it is
important to study which mobility companies will take part in it, and how many travelers will become customers of this service.
Through this project, we want to expand our current model, applicable to few zones of a city, to a real size network, reducing the
complexity of the representation while preserving the model accuracy. At the end of the project, the model will be applied to a real
case scenario in order to study the behavior of the different actors present in a MaaS system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emma Frejinger

Student:

Partner:

Université du Luxembourg

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Improving child and youth well-being in the COVID-19 recovery phase in British Columbia

The project is a mixed-methods study with the primary aim of recommending evidence-based interventions to support child and youth mental health and well-being in BC during the COVID-19 pandemic/recovery phase. Existing data collected through three BC-based surveys will be used: Personal Impacts of COVID-19 Survey (PICS), Youth Development Instrument (YDI), and BC COVID-19 Survey on Population Experience, Action and Knowledge (BC SPEAK). This data will be supplemented by data collected through reviews of academic and grey literature as well as deliberative dialogue sessions with researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers in BC to collect qualitative input. Findings will be disseminated through an open-access report providing at least three evidence-based interventions to support children and youth as well as two research manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals. As a leading pediatric research institute, this project will contribute to BCCHRI’s aim of improving health care and health outcomes for children and youth.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hasina Samji

Student:

Partner:

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

The kinematic and kinetic effects of walking in textured foot orthoses: An investigation into normal and pathological populations

Recently, a new foot orthotic design which adds texture between the skin at the bottom of feet and the top of an orthotic has gained
academic attention. Adding this texture is intentional to activate the receptors in foot sole skin, to send this added stimulus into the spinal
cord, and target changes in muscle activity while people walk. Interestingly, although research has demonstrated a successful connection
between foot sole skin and lower leg and foot muscles, the biomechanical effects of textured foot orthotics remain to be investigated. The
purpose of this research is to grow this understanding and study the immediate changes in foot mechanics while healthy individuals walk
in different styles of textured insoles. In combining these results with our current understanding of textured insoles, we intend to study
this intervention on a clinical population and subsequently make the technology available for commercialization to the foot care industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Perry

Student:

Partner:

Kintec Footlabs

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Wilfrid Laurier University

Program:

Accelerate

La santé et la sécurité du travail (SST) dans les systèmes complexes : Développement d’une expertise sur les spécificités fonctionnelles des systèmes complexes en lien avec la performance en SST

La santé et la sécurité du travail (SST) est devenu depuis quelques décennies une composante essentielle des entreprises qui témoigne de la bonne gestion et qui représente un des principaux indicateurs de performance. L’évaluation de la performance en SST des systèmes complexes nécessite un outil novateur, intégré et adapté afin de mieux prévenir, réduire et contrôler les lésions professionnelles. Un bon outil d’évaluation et d’aide à la décision repose essentiellement sur un ensemble d’indicateurs mieux adaptés aux systèmes complexes. Depuis 2011, les entreprises, spécialement manufacturières, vivent une quatrième révolution industrielle, appelée aussi l’Industrie 4.0, due à l’intégration croissante des nouvelles technologies en milieu de travail. Ce changement a ses avantages, mais peut aussi avoir des inconvénients. Dans le cadre de ce stage de recherche, le but principal sera de développer une expertise pratique concernant les spécificités fonctionnelles des systèmes complexes, en consultant et discutant avec des experts du domaine en Europe, et en profitant des équipements du Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN) de l’Université de Lorraine.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Adel Badri

Student:

Partner:

Université de Lorraine

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Enzymatic Improvement of Kraft Dissolving Pulp Reactivity: Mill Trials

AV Nackawic is part of a new and innovative group of companies (AV Group), which are focused on producing specialty pulp products to service the textile and paper industry. The pulp produced is the raw material for the rayon production process, where reactivity of pulp is an important parameter determining the quality of the product. In the first phase of this internship, improving pulp reactivity by enzyme treatment was studied and the best enzyme type was found, with reactivity improvements of up to two times of the untreated pulp achieved. In the extended phase of this internship, mill trials will be conducted to evaluate the feasibility of scaling up the enzymatic treatment. Successful implementation of enzymatic treatment will increase the pulp reactivity and better its processability and improve the quality and market demand of the final product, and also decrease the load of bleaching chemicals, reducing costs and environmental impacts of the process. It will also look at the improvement of ?-cellulose purity through cold alkali treatment. This internship aims knowledge-based optimization and improvement of an industrial plant, providing AV Nackawic Inc. with greater access to knowledge, research and development found at the University of New Brunswick.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yonghao Ni

Student:

Partner:

AV Nackawic Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

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