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Digital Media Project: Affecting attention and emotion in a digital world

Human history is punctuated by new innovations that reshape the way people interact and process information, (e.g., the telegraph, the telephone, radio and TV). We are in the midst of a digital revolution, and old theories and methods for understanding and shaping the way people process information are woefully inadequate. This is evident both in the information overload that we in society are experiencing today, and in the inability of many companies to make themselves heard above the digital din. By working with a global advertising industry we will discover firsthand the current real-world challenges that are faced by companies wishing to reach out to consumers. Through our research we will test, develop and apply new theories of attention in both the lab and real world settings. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alan Kingstone

Student:

Partner:

Mindshare Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Studies on the application of photocatalysis to capture methane and treat contaminated water with organic compounds

Recent developments in process industry as well as tight environmental discharge regulations required industries to recycle water which means removing contaminants and send it back to the process. Conventional treatment systems consume energy with large carbon footprint. Canadian economic movement towards decarbonization has lead us to focus our research on the development of a material and a passive system that captures energy from sunlight and converts to chemical energy, the result of which is mineralization of organic contaminants to non-toxic chemicals. The scientific theory has already been proven. Examples include self-cleaning window glass and self-disinfecting surfaces where medical applications occur under fluorescent light. This study focuses on the application of this technology to treat contaminated water such as water in the tailing ponds in a passive mode. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gopal Achari;Cooper Herald Langford

Student:

Partner:

CMC Research Institutes Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater using Nanotechnologies

In recent years, the oil and gas industry has prioritized the remediation of residual and historical soil and groundwater contamination due In part to increased public awareness and media attention on the subject. As a result, in an effort to demonstrate social accountability and environmental sustainability, there has been a significant increase In the exploration and implementation of cost-effective and environmentally-friendly approaches for remediation of contaminated sites. This project will investigate novel methods, systems and apparatus to remove contaminants including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPL), toxic solvents (sulfolane and chlorinated compounds), spilled oil, and creosote from impacted soil and groundwater media. The proposed remediation method will utilize novel nanomaterials and high energy irradiations that are both cost-effective and efficient . These new materials and technologies are urgently needed, as contaminated sites are a considerable public health risk and pose an environmental protection concem.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Park

Student:

Partner:

Trium Environmental Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Improving implementation of the intensive lifestyle intervention and accuracy of lifestyle data collection in the REMIT-Dapa trial.

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) results in high blood sugars and can cause serious complications. Recent studies suggest that treatment with diabetes medications along with lifestyle changes can result in patients not needing diabetes medications for months or even years, a concept known as diabetes remission. The Remission Evaluation of Metabolic Interventions in Type 2 Diabetes (REMIT) pilot trial was done to look at the effect of lifestyle changes and diabetes medications in people with T2D. A large REMIT trial was recently started to look at the effect of a similar intervention in causing diabetes remission. The lifestyle changes involve >5% weight loss and 150 minutes of physical activity per week. It would be worthwhile to assess techniques used by the research nurse, dietitian and kinesiologist that contributed to people accomplishing their lifestyle goals. It is also worthwhile to look at people who accomplished their lifestyle goals and see what helped them be successful. The aim of this analysis is to provide this information to centres facing difficulties achieving the lifestyle component. Also, there is an opportunity to improve the way physical activity and diet information is collected during the current trial.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Natalia McInnes

Student:

Partner:

AstraZeneca Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Townships of Woolwich and Wellesley Cultural Heritage Landscape Studies

Ontario municipalities are required to conserve significant cultural heritage landscapes. This requires identification of these landscapes, evaluating their significance, and determining how much their local communities value them. Some municipalities have engaged professionals to study their cultural heritage landscapes sometimes involving consultation of the public. Most public consultation approaches, however, are often difficult to afford or not well-suited to rural municipalities. This is situation is further complicated in municipalities with hard-to-reach populations such as the Mennonite communities in the Townships of Woolwich and Wellesley, the locations of the current study. This study, which involves the North Waterloo Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) and the Heritage Resources Centre of the University of Waterloo, aims to evolve culturally sensitive, scale appropriate and affordable new approaches to the identification of cultural heritage landscapes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Drescher

Student:

Partner:

The North Waterloo Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario;University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Advancing Unstructured Data Extraction and its Use in Geoscience

Unstructured data refers to data that is present in reports, web pages, newspapers and other media. Such data is the most common data that we see around us and yet no modern tools exist to extract information from it. In this project we will develop techniques to extract the data and apply it to geoscientific reports in order to aid in the discovery of new mines and other geoscience applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eldad Haber;Michael Gelbart

Student:

Partner:

Xtract AI

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining; Technology; Natural Resources

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Building Scalable Business Transaction and Data Mining Systems For Insurance Workloads

Farmers of North America (FNA) and FNA Strategic Agriculture Institute (FNA STAG) are two Canadian organizations dedicated to maximizing farm profitability. They collect and analyze demographic, legal, marketing and relevant data about its producers and partnering commodity organizations to understand the farmer market need and create strategies for business operation functionality. With this project, the organizations will get two database systems, the market/consumer research and distributed database. The research database system will allow them to generate and manage surveys to collect, disseminate, receive and collate data about producers and commodity organizations; track, compile and manage the collected data. The distributed database system will allow them to manage their operation functionality; collect data relevant for marketing purposes; connect to trade related websites, suppliers, credit insurer IT databases, lenders, potential/actual grain and commodity broker websites; and capture information useful to further development of the program in future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ralph Deters

Student:

Partner:

Farmers of North America;Farmers of North America Strategic Agriculture Institute

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Fuselage Design for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Commercial and Humanitarian Initiatives

Development of a field-ready and commercially useful fuselage and cargo bay for a long-range unmanned aerial vehicle, including analysis of use of composite materials and resulting performance implications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeremy Laliberté

Student:

Partner:

Romaeris Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

SmogStop Barrier Field Study

Sound barriers can be seen beside highways across Ontario and are designed to protect residents from the noise produced by traffic. However, these barriers do little in the way of protecting residents from the pollution produced by nearby vehicles. This project combines a novel sound barrier design with a new pollution control technology that will help reduce the level of traffic related pollutants that those living near major roadways will be exposed to. The partner organization is an R&D firm that would greatly benefit from the access to equipment and HQP that they would gain from a partnership with the University of Guelph.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bill Van Heyst

Student:

Partner:

Envision SQ Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

La saisonnalité des produits touristiques hivernaux de plein air de la région de Charlevoix : Stratégies et innovations

La saisonnalité représente un des enjeux majeurs du tourisme hivernal. La transition entre l’automne et l’hiver et entre l’hiver et le printemps représente, pour plusieurs acteurs de l’industrie touristique de la région de Charlevoix, une problématique importante au niveau social et économique, et qui mérite d’être approfondie et étudiée. Ce faisant cette recherche permettra de savoir quelles sont les stratégies d’innovation touristique qui pourraient être utilisées pour contrer la saisonnalité des produits hivernaux de plein air dans la région de Charlevoix. La recherche proposée permettra d’aider Tourisme Charlevoix à maintenir la compétitivité de la région, et favorisera donc l’essor du développement économique de la région. En fait, ce projet permettra de mieux outiller et de soutenir les membres de cette organisation par rapport aux conséquences issues de la saisonnalité et leur permettre d’accéder à un développement économique plus durable.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pascale Marcotte

Student:

Partner:

Tourisme Charlevoix

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Les déterminants de l’achat des véhicules électriques auprès des Québécois

Au Québec, le secteur des transports est responsable de 44,7 % des émissions totales de gaz à effet de serre (GES) en 2012 (MDDELCC, 2015). Le transport routier représente la source la plus importante de ces émissions avec presque 57 % des émissions totales (Environnement Canada, 2014). Les véhicules électriques deviennent alors un substitut important aux voitures thermiques grâce à leur technologie propre qui permet d’éliminer les émissions polluantes. Malgré que le contexte politique et économique est favorable ainsi que la disponibilité d’une énergie propre, disponible en grande quantité et à un coût concurrentiel, le Québec enregistre un certain retard par rapport à d’autres pays en termes d’achat des véhicules électriques (AVEQ, 2016a). L’objectif de la présente étude est d’expliquer le comportement des Québécois envers l’achat de véhicules électriques en analysant l’influence relative de chacune des parties prenantes. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-François Guertin;Caroline Boivin

Student:

Partner:

Sherbrooke Innopole

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Design of an EV Charging Infrastructure: DC Grid for High Density Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging and other DC Loads

West 5 community in London, Ontario, will pursue high penetration of electric vehicles, and is exploring an innovative marketing program of including them with the sale of each new condominium unit. The primary objective of this project is to determine an economical approach to create an acceptable infrastructure for these electric vehicles that will be desired by the community. The study will evaluate how to improve the efficiency of using Solar Energy to charge vehicles’ battery and for other DC loads in the London West 5 community. One of the main purposes of the West 5 project is to create a showcase for sustainable design and products that will attract global attention, which will create civic pride and draw people to participate. On the other hand, the benefit to S2E will be properly designing Net Zero and Smart communities with DC based infrastructure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ehab F El-Saadany

Student:

Partner:

S2E Technologies Inc;University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

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