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Developing Grassland Songbird Management Targets for Multi-Species Conservation on Mixed-grass Prairie Rangelands

The goal of this project is to develop management targets for grassland songbirds on native rangelands in western Saskatchewan. This research will identify grassland conditions required by priority species and examine how these differ between species and throughout prairie regions with very different soil and moisture conditions. Because native rangelands that are used for forage production make up such a large proportion of the remaining native prairie the project will also evaluate and promote the role of these systems in maintaining grassland songbird populations as well as a healthy and functional environment. Information that is collected will be relevant to conservation agencies and livestock producers and is expected to result in long-term economic benefits to the region.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Brigham;Stephen Davis

Student:

Partner:

Saskatchewan Forage Council

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Rotational Doppler shift with optical vortices in the backward-wave phase-matching process, as probe for improved vibration sensing – Year two

The rotational Doppler shift in the nonlinear optical process will improve the precision and resolution of the detection of the dynamics of an object, particularly the resolution of its rotational motion. The project aims at the design, realization and study of rotational Doppler shift based on the nonlinear interaction specifically tailored for the backward-wave phase matching. One of the applications of this novel technique is to improve the observation of nonlinear Doppler frequency shift and to allow the realization of a new, compact sensor, particularly suited for extreme and hostile monitoring environments. Therefore, the outcome of this project will aid the company to develop a new line of products and further their specific expertise in the development of sensors. In view of expansion to new markets with advanced technology and in order to stay ahead of competition with other companies QPS Photronics inc. will undoubtedly benefit from this project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roberto Morandotti

Student:

Partner:

QPS Photronics Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Elevate

Rotational Doppler shift with optical vortices in the backward-wave phase-matching process, as probe for improved vibration sensing

Optical vortices have recently attracted great interest in many fields of scientific and technologi-cal research. The proposed project aims to experimentally verify the rotational Doppler shift in the nonlinear optical regime using optical vortices. The frequency shift sensed through optical vortices in the nonlinear interaction is expected to be proportional to the order of the optical vortex. We will apply this experimental demonstration to the design and realization of a proto-type for a high precision Doppler vibrometer, which will be used by the industrial partner to improve their line of sensor products. This nonlinear rotational Doppler shift mayfind applica-tions in, e.g., metrology, Doppler cooling and rotational Doppler spectroscopy. The proposed project relies on novel backward-wave phase matching (BWPM) condition and processes, which have so far not gained the much deserved attention in the nonlinear community, so that the pro-posed experiments may lead to applications in several other fields as well. Besides its practical applications, this project is also of fundamental scientific interest as it will provide the first ex-perimental study of the conservation of angular momentum and the observation of rotational Doppler shifts in the backward-wave phase matching condition.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roberto Morandotti

Student:

Partner:

QPS Photronics Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Elevate

Le Cercle Lab Vivant : Prototype pour l’interaction sociale non-verbale in-situ et en ligne

Le projet de recherche du Cercle Lab Vivant vise à proposer une alternative aux modalités d’interactions entre les personnes afin de renforcer l’engagement du public du Cercle. Dans cette optique, le Cercle Lab Vivant souhaite mettre en oeuvre un dispositif pour l’interaction collective non-verbale. Les étudiants travailleront à l’élaboration d’un prototype intégrant ces nouvelles modalités pour la communication, des stratégies de « gamification » pour engager les personnes ainsi qu’un design de jeu favorisant l’interaction sociale. L’objectif est de permettre aux clients, d’associer leurs forces et de devenir les acteurs de leur propre quête personnelle dans le cadre des locaux du Cercle, mais aussi ex cathedra.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jocelyne Kiss

Student:

Partner:

Le Cercle Lab-Vivant

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Accommodation and food services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Wide Area Measurement Based Robust Damping Controllers for Power Systems with Embedded Power Electronic Devices – Year two

This research will investigate Wide Area Measurement based controllers for improving stability in systems with HVDC and FACTS devices embedded in AC networks. The approach will extend the candidate’s Ph.D. research which introduced a new method that is always able to guarantee improved damping of all modes in the face wide changes in the network. The approach will lead to controller designs which are robust against configuration or operating point changes, or communication loss. Small signal analysis using simplified and manageable models of the network will be carried out for designing controllers to improve damping of electromechanical swing modes of the network. Validation will be conducted using Electromagnetic Transients Simulation. An automated design tool will be developed so that an engineer can easily design and implement such controllers. This research will benefit the industry sponsor MHI to supply its clients with a superior product for network modeling and stability solutions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aniruddha Gole

Student:

Partner:

Manitoba Hydro International Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

Wide Area Measurement Based Robust Damping Controllers for Power Systems with Embedded Power Electronic Devices

This research will investigate Wide Area Measurement based controllers for improving stability in systems with HVDC and FACTS devices embedded in AC networks. The approach will extend the candidate’s Ph.D. research which introduced a new method that is always able to guarantee improved damping of all modes in the face wide changes in the network. The approach will lead to controller designs which are robust against configuration or operating point changes, or communication loss. Small signal analysis using simplified and manageable models of the network will be carried out for designing controllers to improve damping of electromechanical swing modes of the network. Validation will be conducted using Electromagnetic Transients Simulation. An automated design tool will be developed so that an engineer can easily design and implement such controllers. This research will benefit the industry sponsor MHI to supply its clients with a superior product for network modeling and stability solutions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aniruddha Gole

Student:

Partner:

Manitoba Hydro International Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

Integrating insights, expanding knowledge: supporting the community strategy to prevent and end youth homelessness in Ottawa

A Way Home Ottawa (AWHO) is a community-based initiative to end and prevent youth homelessness in the Ottawa region. In 2016 Carleton researchers Justin Langille and Dr. Kennelly worked with AWHO to ask youth and adult service providers what improvements need to be made to the existing system to ensure youth always have access to housing and support. Over 70 youth and 50 adult support staff shared valuable perspectives and carved out a new direction for the future. In this second phase, Langille and Kennelly will work further with AWHO to create deeper understandings of the perspectives of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, new Canadian and LGBTQ communities on youth homelessness and their unique visions for the future. The knowledge developed through the two Mitacs internships will be shared with other professionals working to solve youth homelessness in Canada during a conference at Carleton University in the fall of 2017.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jacqueline Kennelly

Student:

Partner:

Alliance to End Homelessness

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding changes in corticospinal excitability due to chronic resistance training and fatigue

The proposed research will allow us to determine how the human central nervous system (i.e. brain and spinal cord) functions to produce different intensities of muscle contractions with and without fatigue. We will use a variety of stimulation technics to determine how active the brain and spinal cord are during the arm contractions. We do not currently have a detailed understanding of how the brain and spinal work together during force production. Before we try to determine how the functional connections between brain and spinal cord are altered in persons with spinal cord injuries, however, we need to determine how they work in non-injured persons. The industry partner included in this proposal employs medical professionals that are interested in understanding basic nervous system function in humans. An enhanced understanding of how the nervous system works before and following fatigue in addition to increased physical activity may lead to new developments in their treatment of patients with upper and lower body injuries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Duane Button

Student:

Partner:

Lewisporte Medical Clinic

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Appropriate Neuromuscular Rolling Intensities and Applications

Prior research has shown that rolling muscles can increase flexibility without performance decreases. These studies have used a variety of rolling pressures (intensities). It is not known whether higher or lower rolling pressures are better for improving flexibility. Thus one of the studies will examine different pressures of rolling on flexibility and muscle performance. On the other hand, it is not known whether the rolling effects are improved when combined with stretching. It is also not known what the duration of these effects might be. Thus in the second experiment, two sessions will have a warm-up including static stretching, one of which will have subsequent bouts of roller massage every 5-minutes continuing for 20-minutes. The other two sessions will have a warm-up including both static stretching and roller massage, again with one session having bouts of roller massage at 5-minute intervals for 20-minutes. Flexibility, strength and power will be tested pre- and post warm-up, as well as 25-minutes post-intervention.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Behm

Student:

Partner:

ProActive Physiotherapy Inc;Performance Health

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Engineering fucoidan synthesis

Surgical adhesions can form after many kinds of surgery, and affect millions of patients every year, hindering healing and causing pain and infertility. ARC Medical Devices has shown that treating a surgical site with fucoidan, a polysaccharide extracted from some types of seaweed, greatly reduces surgical adhesions in animals, but a source of pure fucoidan is needed to try the technique in humans. We propose to use methods developed in our lab to engineer enzymes to provide an easy way to assemble the units that make up fucoidan. This will then provide a route to artificial fucoidan, which can be used by ARC for clinical trials to test its benefit in human surgery.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Withers

Student:

Partner:

ARC Medical Devices Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Developing Prediction Models on S&P 500 Index using Social Sentiment and News Events

Project is to import ten year’s of historical data on news events, public sentiment metrics and the price movement of S&P 500 related equities for study and analysis through the latest Data Mining and Machine Learning techniques. The goal is to uncover correlation and causality between events and price movement of global markets in multiple timeframes (three hours, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly). Specifically, the research would answer the question which features (metrics) generated from initial news and sentiment data have predictive power and which don’t. Predictive models based on the studies will be developed, compared, and evaluated.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fred Popowich

Student:

Partner:

EOTPRO Developments Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Integrating high resolution remote sensing of multi-scale hydrogeomorphology into long-term river management – Year two

Large northward-flowing boreal rivers are an important hydroelectric resource, but effects of river regulation on downstream geomorphology and aquatic ecosystems are difficult to predict. Peace River, BC presents an ideal case study of river response to regulation, with continuous monitoring since dam construction in 1967. However, current understanding of system changes is based mainly on periodic ground-based measurements that may be less sensitive to characterize complexity at the scales at which the river responds. This project aims to incorporate recently developed fluvial remote sensing methods into the ongoing research and monitoring of Peace River through investigation of three specific questions (1) how does geomorphic change affect in-stream hydraulics and aquatic habitat? (2) how can unmanned aerial vehicle-based remote sensing and photogrammetry be used to characterize the stability and function of constructed habitat compensation features under changing flow conditions? TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brett Eaton

Student:

Partner:

BC Hydro (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Utilities

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

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