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Research and Development in Helical Steel Pile Heat Exchangers

Helical steel piles are commonly used structural elements that anchor building foundations deep in the soil. Recently, it has been demonstrated that they can be used as ground heat exchangers with ground source heat pumps (GSHPs). These dual use geo-piles (structural and thermal) have the potential to significantly reduce GSHP installation costs, leading to greater adoption of sustainable energy technology. A potential application of geo-pile heat exchangers has been identified in the remote Canadian North. Many building foundations have been weakened due to thawing permafrost associated with climate change. Geo-piles may have the potential to provide sustainable heating to buildings in northern communities, while simultaneously drawing heat out of the ground, helping to delay or remediate melting permafrost destabilization. This research seeks a detailed understanding of the operational principles and optimization methods of geo-piles and to evaluate their potential for combined heating and ground stabilization in northern Canadian regions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Seth Dworkin

Student:

Partner:

Innovia GEO Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Economic Benefit of Recreation in Manitoba – A provincial capacity building project

In this project, two students from the Master of Arts in Applied Economics program will calculate the economic value and impact of the recreation sector in Manitoba. Their report will provide an evidence base from which Recreation Manitoba and its clients can decide on recreation initiatives with the highest economic return on investment. This information can in turn be used in Recreation Manitoba’s funding proposals for public and private granting bodies. To the extent that the economic benefits of recreation are high in Manitoba, and increased funding is forthcoming for the sector, this project may spur increased economic development and well-being in Manitoba.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Melanie O’Gorman

Student:

Partner:

Recreation Manitoba

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Accelerate

Co-designing Strategies to Scale Natural Climate Solutions in Canada’s Agriculture Sector

The adoption of natural climate solutions by farmers, such as cover cropping, avoiding grassland conversion, and improving nutrient use efficiency contributes to climate change mitigation, while also producing environmental and societal co-benefits. Scaling natural climate solutions in agriculture is increasingly being explored as a critical component in achieving net-zero targets. Recently, Nature United published a landmark study that finds the suite of natural climate solutions in agriculture has the potential to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 37.4 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. Now, the challenge before us is to explore how to foster an enabling environment in Canada that effectively encourages farmers to adopt natural climate solutions to reach the climate change mitigation potential outlined in Nature United’s study. While navigating this challenge, the intern will work with Nature United to develop a strategy to scale natural climate solutions adoption in Canadian agriculture

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ben Bradshaw

Student:

Partner:

Nature United

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Aquaculture and Fishing; Sustainability & the Environment; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Healing and symbolism in Montaigne

Ce projet de recherche concerne le philosophe Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) et les indications qu’il fournit dans son oeuvre
pour traiter, ou du moins apaiser, les soi-disant « maladies de l’âme ». Par une interprétation symbolique de ses écrits, nous
porterons notre attention sur les éléments à caractère curatif, afin de trouver compréhension et outils pour faire face aux maux qui
assaillent la psyché humaine. Le mouvement du texte sera construit sur la base de trois essais principaux de Montaigne, à savoir,
‘De la Solitude’, ‘Que le Goust des Biens et des Maux Depend en Bonne Partie de l’Opinion que Nous en Avons’ et ‘De la
Diversion’. La notion la plus originale est peut-être c’est que chaque essai sera lié à une figure symbolique spécifique, ce qui
enrichira le cadre philosophique et interprétatif dans son ensemble.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Syliane Charles

Student:

Partner:

Federal University of Parana

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Information and Communications Technology; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Supply Chain Research for Companion and Class I Medical Devices

Research how the supply chain for Class I Medical Devices works, including distributor relations, especially for small companies with a narrow product line, and prospect the Medical Device market focusing on Class I and Class II Medical devices companies willing to file an MDEL application. By the end of the project, DECAP would have selected the distribution channel according to its operation and would decide whether expand its operation by creating a new business division for consulting services around the Health Canada licensing process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matthew Larson

Student:

Partner:

DECAP Research and Development Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Douglas College

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Developing Travel Behaviour Models, and Transportation and Emissions Simulation Tools for a Small Canadian Municipality

This research project fills the critical gap in data collection, and building behavioural and simulation models to assist in developing sustainable land use and transportation policy-making for a smaller/rural community- i.e. City of West Kelowna (Co WK). Specifically, the interns will contribute by developing tmftic ;md emissions simulation models to test the impacts of revitalizing the Downtown for alternative neighbourhood-level scenarios such as a mix of housing types for a range of ages and income levels in the Downtown area, and corridor-level scenarios such as adding bike lanes and transit slops, and changing signal timing such as transit signal priority. In one hand, macrosimulation models will be
developed to assess the neighbourhood-level impacts for changes in the Downtown area; on the other hand, microsimulation models will be developed to evaluate the corridor-level impacts for changes along the Old Okanagan Highway. Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and criteria air contaminants such as CO, NOx, PM2 s, and PM 10 will be quantified for alternative fuel types such as diesel and electric, and different vehicle types such as private car and transit.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi

Student:

Partner:

City of West Kelowna;Economic Trust of the Southern Interior

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Public administration

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

A Cross-modal Video Representation Learning Framework for Query Retrieval and Automatic Trailer Generation

Grokvideo Inc. works on developing new technologies for extracting the best possible information from video content. This research project will provide new solutions to text-based query-video retrieval and automatic trailer generation for eventful videos such as movies and serials. Current methods seem to work well for short, non-eventful videos, say documentaries, but fail otherwise. Major challenges are posed by the requirement to handle raw video, with possible lack of text descriptions, to maintain coherence in the generated trailer, and to generate trailers with focus on specific emotion/genre, say, action, comedy, dance, etc. The project’s main objective is to develop an end-to-end neural network framework where users can submit video datasets with/without descriptive captions, and fine-tune the model for their needs. It will be pre-trained and available as a service to Grokvideo clients. This research will benefit the partner company and also others in the entertainment sector in Canada and worldwide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sudhir Mudur

Student:

Partner:

GROK VIDEO Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Characterizing the genetic architecture of agronomic and quality traits, and deleterious mutations in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Common bean is a promising commodity to ensure food security and increase diet quality due to its high content of protein, minerals, and vitamins. To contribute to the increase of the genetic gain in breeding programs for agronomic and quality traits, the project aims to study the genetic architecture of agronomic and quality traits, and explore the accumulation of deleterious mutations that could restrict the genetic improvement of the crop. Multiple approaches to analyze genomic, transcriptomic, and phenotypic data will be used to robustly identify candidate genes associated with the traits of interest. For the analysis of deleterious mutations, a multiparent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) population is being developed and will be genotyped at each generation. The resulting data will be analyzed using different bioinformatics resources and tools that the student will learn at McGill and during his visit to Cornell University. The results are valuable inputs for common bean breeding programs, making avenues to increase the genetic gain and to develop superior cultivars.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Valerio Hoyos-Villegas

Student:

Partner:

Cornell University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Biotechnology

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Challenges and Opportunities in the Operation of Residential Building and Hotel (Class B) Pools during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic affected every aspect of our lives, and recreational water facilities were not immune to this with several questions and concerns about potential exposure to the virus at these facilities. This research project aims to understand experiences, needs, and opportunities towards the use of pools in residential buildings and hotels. Two groups of interest that will be investigated are: 1) public pool and spa staff 2) members of the public who use recreational water facilities in residential buildings and hotels The partner organization will utilize results to better understand the challenges and develop strategies to support the pool operation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fatih Sekercioglu;Chun-Yip Hon

Student:

Partner:

Lowry and Associates

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Wholesale trade

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Modeling and analysis of Inertial filter for Engine exhaust applications

The scope of this project is to model and analyze inertial filters used by combustion engines to facilitate exhaust gas recirculation acting as coarse filtration units. This would help to reduce environmental pollution caused by heavy duty diesel engines. By using Finite Element Analysis model to investigate, the design will incorporate the best ratio among the geometric parameters which will enable the least pressure drop for stipulated flow rate. Lower the pressure drop higher will be the fuel savings. The benefits will be seen as reduced pollution from medium – heavy duty diesel engines which will have a direct impact on the environment with potential fuel savings

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ion Stiharu

Student:

Partner:

Parker Filtration Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a simple method for the direct determination of rare earth elements in refractory materials

The multi-elemental analysis of solids typically requires their dissolution, which is time-consuming and very difficult, and sometime virtually impossible. During this project, a new method will be developed for the direct analysis of solids that are notoriously difficult to dissolve. The sample will be inserted into a small furnace whose temperature will be changed in steps in order to selectively vaporize the elements of interest into the detection system. To facilitate the process, gases that can react with the solid in the furnace will be introduced into the furnace. The operating conditions will be optimized to yield a versatile method that is applicable to a variety of solids. This method will allow Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc. (KPM) to analyze difficult samples in house, instead of having to send them to service laboratories, allowing much shorter turnaround time and with full control on the analysis quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Diane Beauchemin

Student:

Partner:

Kingston Process Metallurgy

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a water balance model for assessing and improving the site water management practices at the Goderich Salt Mine

Compass Minerals’ Goderich salt mine is the largest underground salt mine in the world. The mine is located 1,800 feet under Lake Huron, Ontario, producing rock salt for winter deicing and for making plastics, detergents, disinfectants and other important products. Fresh water is withdrawn from the municipal water supplies and used for the surface and underground operations, such as equipment cleaning. The mine aims to improve the current water management practices, with specific goals of limiting the amount of fresh water required to be delivered to the surface operations and the underground workings and developing waste water management protocols. The main method to achieve this is to build a site water balance model to assess the current water management practices. This model will be used to identify areas of improvement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wenying Liu;Nadja Kunz;Jongho Lee

Student:

Partner:

Compass Minerals Canada Corp.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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