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Flexible Redesign of Bucket for Hard Rock Mining

This four months internship project is to help Bristol Machine to flexible redesign a mechanical linked bucket for hard rock mining application with less time, money, failure, resource, materials cost and increase product quality, flexibility, productivity, and performance for various worldwide customers’ needs in mining industry. The proposed method will be computer-aid design, engineering, FEA simulation, digital prototyping, and manufacturing. It will definitely help the company quickly explore and evaluate different design variations, and alternatives to determine the best design. Also, the whole product design and development process will be efficient and allows for 3D sectional views. In addition, the product can be easily designed to meet design requirements, since the FEA simulation will help engineers to identify risk, errors, and failures at early the product design stage and maximize product quality to high standards. Finally, the bucket can be manufactured based on the flexible model.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Fleisig

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Coopératives forestières et durabilité, un état des lieux

À l’occasion du Sommet international des coopératives 2016, des coopératives forestières provenant de divers pays participeront à une rencontre sectorielle ayant pour thème « Pour vivre de nos forêts de façon durable ». Elles seront invitées à réfléchir sur la valeur ajoutée et les défis du modèle forestier coopératif et à échanger sur les possibilités de collaboration et de partenariat. Ces coopératives évoluent dans les secteurs de la foresterie communautaire et de la foresterie industrielle. Leurs modèles organisationnels et leurs pratiques sont donc différents, mais les défis auxquels elles font face se rejoignent et offrent des opportunités d’action à considérer. Ainsi, notre recherche vise à répertorier les principaux enjeux sociaux, économiques et environnementaux auxquels sont confrontées ces coopératives et les pratiques de gestion et de gouvernance durables mises en place pour y répondre. Pour ce faire, nous analyserons l’ensemble des publications scientifiques et professionnelles des 10 dernières années s’intéressant à la foresterie coopérative et soulignerons les bonnes pratiques et les points de convergence susceptibles de faciliter les collaborations entre ces coopératives et avec les acteurs intéressés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claude-André Guillotte

Student:

Partner:

Sommet international du coopératisme

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Communication assisted hybrid overcurrent-transient directional protection scheme for active distribution networks

With worldwide efforts to increase the utilization of renewable energy, traditional power distribution networks are being transformed into active distribution networks with the interconnection of distributed generation. The status of DGs connected to an active distribution network can change frequently, and this creates many challenges to network protection. The aim of this project is to implement a new protection solution for active distribution systems and microgrids in hardware and validate its performance. The proposed protection strategy combines the traditional overcurrent protection with a transient based unit protection technique to provide feeder and bus protection. An experimental setup will be developed around a real time simulator to perform hardware-in-theloop simulations, with the communications required for the protection scheme implemented using IEC 61850 generic object oriented substation event (GOOSE) messaging. This type of hardware based verification is a necessary step to bring this novel protection technology closer to the application in real world.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Athula Rajapakse

Student:

Partner:

ERLPhase Power Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Green/Alternative Energy; Technology

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

How to improve eddy covariance data quality, model validation and user experience through the integration of soil gas flux measurements using Eosense’s eosFD chamber

Reliable measurements of carbon cycling are challenging. Eddy covariance is the technique used by a global network of researchers that measures the net fluxes of gas to and from an ecosystem. However, there are issues with gaps in data under certain environmental conditions. Eosense’s eosFD forced diffusion chamber technology allows for long-term, remote and off-grid deployments to measure soil respiration with low power consumption. The eosFD in its current form provides the data necessary for eddy covariance users to apply it to their data analysis and quality control needs, but there could be modifications and peripherals that can be added to the eosFD that would enhance the eddy covariance user experience. he goal of this project is to identify those challenges and barriers of eddy covariance users in adopting the eosFD chamber, and to test the technology in a field setting with an established researcher in the eddy covariance community. Following this, recommendations can be made for the design of field-ready kits and results will be published in a format for researchers to assess the suitability and advantages of integrating this soil gas flux into the suite of measurements at eddy covariance sites.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lisa Kellman

Student:

Partner:

Eosense

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

St. Francis Xavier University

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of environmental and economic impacts of implementing a widespread residential heat-pump installation program in NS

Nova Scotia Power Inc. provides programing for customers seeking to procure and install heat pumps at their homes. By enabling the installation of a high-efficiency heating solution, heat pumps help customers lower their heating bills. There are also many potential benefits for the Province of Nova Scotia, including potential to reduce household greenhouse gas emissions, economic benefits for Nova Scotians, and associated health and environmental benefits from offsetting less efficient heating methods. With this in mind, we are conducting this research project to evaluate and communicate these potential benefits and identify ways for public policy to support heat pump adoption for Nova Scotians seeking heating solutions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Adams

Student:

Partner:

Nova Scotia Power

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Young Voters: Combining survey analysis with Twitter data

Why do young Canadians not vote at high levels in elections? Are young Canadians simply apathetic and disengaged, or are they finding new ways to participate in Canadian democracy? What role do the Internet and social media play in youth political engagement? This project responds to these questions, drawing on an innovative research design that combines responses to a survey directed at young Canadians during the 2015 federal election, and analysis of how 133 of those survey respondents used Twitter as a forum for political participation before, during and after the election. The project will provide the research intern with practical, hands on experience using cutting-edge IBM analytics tools, and the opportunity to spend time on the IBM campus building a research and professional network.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elizabeth Dubois;Amanda Clarke

Student:

Partner:

IBM Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Bare glass: electro-optic integrated circuits for a software defined networking capable Tbit/s transceiver

The only constant in communications networks is change. Software defined networking (SDN) and elastic optical networking (EON) technologies enable adaptation to change but their implementation is impeded by the rigidity of network infrastructure and specifically the optical transport layer. Analogous to the term ‘bare metal’ used to describe commodity electronics, ‘bare glass’ photonics technology is need be developed so that all network functions electronic or optical are software defined. This project will contribute to this goal by demonstrating a software defined networking elastic optical network capable transceiver enabled by emerging universal linear coherent optical systems technology. The partner company will use the results of this project to inform its > 100 Gbit/s product development plan.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karin Hinzer

Student:

Partner:

D & T Photonics

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Comparative effectiveness of prophylactic therapies for necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: a network meta-analysis of randomizedtrials

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common and serious intestinal disease among premature infants. It happens when tissue in the small or large intestine is injured or begins to die off. This causes the intestine to become inflamed or, in rare cases, develop perforation. It is associated with significant mortality and morbidity in preterm neonates. Current literature on prevention of NEC lacks direct and indirect comparisons of available therapies. Using state-of-art methods (e.g. network meta-analysis) I intend to compare relevant preventive therapies and find out if there is any difference among them considering patient important outcomes. The partner has relevant expertise in a number of our interventions of interest, including formula milk with arginine, glutamine, prebiotics and probiotics. We will work with them to generate our nodes to be included in the network meta-analysis, particularly for out interventional analysis (formula with and without arginine, glutamine, prebiotics, probiotics) and class analysis (formula vs mother’s milk).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bradley Johnston

Student:

Partner:

Nestle Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Scenario optimization for robo-advisory analytics.

In recent years, improvements in technology provide the opportunity for investors to use computer algorithms to produce low-cost guidance on possible portfolio investment mixes and strategies. This project is directed at the research and development of one such “Robo- Advisor” algorithm based on forward-looking scenario optimization, in order to determine the efficacy of the strategy. Here optimal portfolios are selected based on investor’s views on future scenarios, goals and risk tolerance. Given an investor’s goals, optimal portfolio selection under various risk constraints will be compared to determine the trade-off between risk and reward in achieving desired goals. This approach will be tested with portfolios of ETFs, and compared to some of the more widely used approaches that are based on the historical average and variance of returns.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Lozinski

Student:

Partner:

RiskGrid Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Waterfowl nest success in the Western Boreal Forest: Does industrial development alter predation rates?

Our research will investigate changes in duck populations relative to resource development in Alberta’s western boreal forest (WBF). Specifically, we will investigate changes in duck nest success and predator communities across a gradient of
resource development. Resource development is rapidly increasing in Alberta and it has been implicated in the population decline of some wildlife species, including caribou. The infrastructure required by resource development results in habitat
fragmentation that can facilitate the movement of predators on the landscape, which may increase predator population size or foraging efficiency. Therefore, we hypothesize that resource development increases the rates of duck nest depredation. We will be able to use the data collected from this research to make predictions about future duck population changes relative to landscape change. Our results will test and inform key management assumptions currently made by DUC, and benefit waterfowl management and landscape planning for ducks in Alberta.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brad Fedy

Student:

Partner:

Ducks Unlimited Canada (MB)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Natural Resources; Sustainability & the Environment; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Strongly Curved Composites for High Power, High Frequency Ultrasound Applications

Currently, Daxsonics is developing three similar ultrasound devices for use by a third party in one of their therapy systems. The goal of this project is to develop a single prototype ultrasound device which could perform the same task as the three currently in use. Having to fabricate one ultrasound device instead of three is beneficial to the third party as it allows a reduction in overall cost of manufacturing. The benefit to Daxsonics is that the prototype can be used to as a stepping stone to pitch a modified fabrication agreement between the two companies with monetary benefit to both.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Janie Wilson

Student:

Partner:

Daxsonics Ultrasound Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Technology; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Predictive Analytics and Applications for Clinical Support in Orthopaedics

Nova Scotia is one of the oldest demographics in Canada, with increasing rates of total knee arthroplasty (TKA), yet the identification of high-risk surgical TKA candidates prior to surgery at a patient-level remains inconclusive, limiting our ability to improve care management. The objective of this research is to explore Nova Scotia’s rich and comprehensive research and clinical databases related to osteoarthritis and TKA, and identify linkages between patient-specific factors, treatment options, and health outcomes, through personalized medicine analytical modeling. The proposed result will be the development of a decisions support toolsets capable of aligning patient and surgeon expectations, identifying patients that might benefit from an altered treatment strategy, and improving patient outcomes, overall. The project will be conducted in collaboration with Dalhousie University and T4G Limited, to develop a viable clinical decision support tool with various applications in orthopaedics, and scalability amongst diverse clinical practices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Janie Wilson;Michael Dunbar

Student:

Partner:

T4G Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

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