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Systematic approach of equipment performance analysis using new Key Performance Indicators

The research proposal introduced is a development of a systematic method for evaluating the performance of Kraft process equipments from the point of ‘view of energy, water and
chemicals, using new and adapted key performance indicators. The objectives are (i) to develop new Key Performance Indicators adapted to the Kraft proces.s operations and
equipments to evaluate their performance regarding energy, chemicals and water utilization, (ii) to propose process improvement projects and validate their practicality with the mill engineers. Both the first and the second objectives of the internships will be applied on both partner mills. At the end of the internships, adapted key performance indicators will be developed. These KPls will help the industries to systematically analyze the performance of their processes, diagnose the causes of the inefficiencies and propose improvement projects for water, energy and chemical utilization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Louis Fradette

Student:

Partner:

BioFuelNet;AV Nackawic Inc;Kruger Inc (Montreal, QC);École Polytechnique de Montréal

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Accompagner ÉtudeSecours dans la réflexion et la construction d’une nouvelle plateforme d’apprentissage en ligne, à l’aide des meilleures pratiques issues de la recherche en soutien à la motivation : une étude ciblant les contenus mathématiques d’élèves de 4e secondaire.

Le projet de recherche vise à identifier les bonnes pratiques issues de la recherche quant à la motivation et l’apprentissage en ligne de notions de mathématiques chez des élèves de 4e secondaire. L’organisme partenaire, ÉtudeSecours est nouvellement accréditée par le MÉES comme étant une école en ligne à part entière pour les élèves de 4e et 5e secondaire. ÉtudeSecours souhaite créer une toute nouvelle plateforme d’apprentissage selon une posture pédagogique différente et motivante pour les élèves. La stagiaire accompagnera cet organisme dans le développement de la nouvelle plateforme. Afin d’étudier l’efficacité des bonnes pratiques mises de l’avant, la nouvelle plateforme sera comparée à l’ancienne. Deux groupes de 150 élèves auront accès aux plateformes pendant un mois. Ils rempliront des questionnaires de motivation et ils pourront travailler sur la plateforme attitrée. À terme, une comparaison entre les deux plateformes évaluera leur efficacité et leur effet sur la motivation des élèves.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vincent Grenon

Student:

Partner:

ÉtudeSecours

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Integrating thermal storage in hybrid renewable mine energy systems; a techno-economic feasibility assessment

As a major contributor to Canadian industrial carbon emissions, miners are placing more emphasis on decarbonization efforts by developing greener strategies and sourcing cleaner energy for their mining operations. Despite some progress, decarbonization attempts by mining companies have been underwhelming mainly due to the financial challenges of renewable system implementations. This study aims to perceive an all-inclusive hybrid hydrogen-renewable storage energy system which can be financially competitive with the conventional mine energy system (usually diesel-fueled). Accordingly, the present research for the first time offers a novel solution to achieve full decarbonization of mine power system by integrating a multi-storage (Battery/Fuel Cell/Thermal Storage) and renewable power generation systems (i.e. wind or solar) for application in remote mine sites. Given the heavy reliance on diesel fuel in remote mines deployment of the proposed hybrid renewable system offers a significant potential for carbon savings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Seyed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh

Student:

Partner:

Hatch Ltd (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Project Manager at Core Civil Constructions

The proposed research project focusses towards developing and implementing a method to incorporate a company-specific safety program by incorporating the government-specified guidelines and working through the parameters of the program. The Government of Canada has recently released an enormous amount of data in lines with the safety measures, which needs to be evaluated and extensively researched on to truncate it down to meet the needs of an individual organization.
As a project manager, the keys tasks would involve engaging with every level of management in the organisation, understanding their organizational operations, managing both internal and external auditor and overall designing the flow of the project in terms of safety. As an intern, this is a great opportuinity as this provides exposure towards work breakdown structures, risk management, time management. For the Organisation the specified safety program would ensure a safer work environment and give the organisation an edge over its competitors in both government and private construction sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Muegge

Student:

Partner:

Core Civil Construction Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

LBB Stratégies

LBB Strategies est une firme de services conseil et de planification stratégique qui intervient auprès de clients locaux à internationaux principalement en sport, loisir et vie active. LBB a connu une croissance soutenue de son chiffre d’affaires et est maintenant reconnue comme un chef de file au Canada en sport et vie active. Œuvrant auprès de clients du sport amateur et olympique, sport professionnel, gouvernements, municipalités, entreprises privées, événement sportifs, LBB désire consolider et rehausser sa présence dans l’industrie du sport. Parallèlement, LBB cherche à ouvrir de nouveaux marchés dans des industries qui expriment des besoins similaires.
LBB a ainsi créé une nouvelle division œuvrant en dehors du domaine du sport qui sera déployée à l’automne 2020 dans le marché québécois. LBB aura donc à mettre en œuvre une stratégie de marketing et de pénétration de ces nouveaux marchés tout en consolidant celui du sport, le tout dans un mode adapté de développement d’affaires.
LBB n’a pas été affectée par la pandémie et a su rapidement pivoter pour offrir des services adaptés à la situation à ses clients, notamment en gestion de risque et agilité des processus d’affaires.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

LBB Stratégies

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Optimisation multi-objective de I’utilisation du gaz de synthese issu de la gazeification de la biomasse dans Ie contexte de la bioraffinerie forestiere integree et verte

La bioraffinerie forestiere integree et verte (BRFIV) est un complexe industriel integre capable de transformer de la biomasse par divers procedes de conversion en une grande variete de produits tout en eliminant I’utilisation de I’energie fossile et tout en reduisant les emissions de gaz a effet de serre par I’utilisation rationnelle de I’energie. Parmi les differents concepts de la BRFIV, on peut citer celui impliquant les technologies de gazeification de la biomasse pour la generation de nouvelles gammes de produits. Le projet de maitrise se· penche sur ce concept et plus precisement sur I’etape du couplage de I’unite de gazeification a la BRFIV. L’objectif principal de ce projet de maitrise est de developper et resoudre un modele d’optimisation multi-objective permettant d’identifier les alternatives de bioproduits generes a partir de la gazeification de la biomasse capables de maximiser les profits de la BRFIV et minimiser les impacts environnementaux.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mariya Marinova

Student:

Partner:

Greenfield Ethanol Inc (Chatham, ON);BioFuelNet;École Polytechnique de Montréal

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Single-molecule analytics of RNA/DNA drug constructs interacting with RNA targets and with lipid nanoparticle delivery vehicles

In this project, the interns will develop a new set of tools and techniques to provide new scientific insights into the detailed interactions that occur between drug and target molecules in the human body. Understanding of these interactions is critical to design better, more effective, and more precisely targeted drugs. The problem is that current techniques for investigating molecular interactions make “ensemble measurements” over huge numbers of drug and target molecules and give researchers only an “average” measurement of the interactions. But this average measurement misses many important details of how one individual drug molecule interacts with one individual target molecule, and as drugs become increasingly sophisticated these “single-molecule” insights become critical. The interns will apply a new single-molecule microscopy technique being developed by the Canadian startup ScopeSys to investigate two new kinds of drugs: antisense oligonucleotide drugs, which are constructed from DNA and which target RNA, and nanoparticles, which are nanometer-sized particles that can be used to carry potent drug formulations through the human body.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Zandstra;Sabrina Leslie

Student:

Partner:

ScopeSys Group

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

. Detoxification of hemicellulosic hydrolysate for butanol production

High demands for fossil fuels and increasing concerns over global warming have renewed the interests in bio-butanol production from biomass resources as an alternative liquid fuel. Hemicellulose, as an inexpensive and abundant raw Inaterial, has great potential for being suitable fermentation substrate. A probleln associated with the fermentation of hemicellulosic sugars into butanol is the presence of a broad range of compounds such as weak acids, furfural, HMF (Hydroxymethyl furfural) and phenolic compounds, which are toxic for the fermenting microorganisms and prevent efficient fermentation. Overcoming the ilnpact of these inhibitory compounds is one of the main challenges for butanol production. So, the main objective of this study is to develop an efficient detoxification strategy of hemicelluloses hydrolysates, obtained from pulp mill in order to enhance the production of butanol by fermentation ensure the profitability of this butanol route.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mario Jolicoeur

Student:

Partner:

FPInnovations (Pointe-Claire, QC);Greenfield Ethanol Inc (Chatham, ON);BioFuelNet;École Polytechnique de Montréal

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of value-added lignin-based bioproducts for commercial applications

During the production of pulp, in the pulp and paper manufacturing process, one component of the tree is extracted into the pulping liquid. This component, called lignin, has potential value as an important renewable material for adhesives, fibre, and coatings. The proposed research has the focus on evaluating the pulping liquid for all of its components and transforming the lignin material into prototype materials for forest industries in British Columbia. Namely, lignin will be converted into 1) nonwoven fibre for the production of filtration media, suitable for personal protection equipment, and 2) a key ingredient in polyurethane foams, a key material in rigid building insulation foams. Key to the proposed materials is developing proper formulations for the insulation foams with the industrial lignins along with moving the lab scale spinning to the next production scale to derisk the technology. We hope to substitute fossil based chemicals using these renewable materials in potential new markets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Renneckar;Shawn Mansfield

Student:

Partner:

Harmac Pacific (Nanaimo Forest Products);West Fraser Mills Ltd. (Quesnel);FPInnovations (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Forestry; Clean Technology; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

CASI Platform, Environment pillar: Benchmarking the environmental and climate performance of Canadian Agriculture

By 2050, agri-food systems must produce enough to feed 9 to billion people, while reversing trends of environmental degradation caused in part by agriculture production. This is no small task, and underscores why countless sustainable agriculture standards, certifications, initiatives and platforms have emerged to encourage and measure the impacts of sustainable agriculture practices. While these approaches to encourage, measure and verify sustainability have merit, they can also cause confusion and overwhelm producers and actors along agri-food value chains as they decide what approach best aligns with their sustainability goals and can be integrated within their operation. The Canadian Agri-food Sustainability Initiative (CASI), a one-stop online sustainability platform, aims to mitigate this confusion and duplication, and ensure Canadian producers can effectively record and communicate their performance on sustainability benchmarks. This Accelerate Mitacs Internship will contribute to the development of CASI by conducting an environmental scan that will inform the development of the environmental sustainability pillar, facilitate engagement with key stakeholders, and contributing to the dissemination on the progress of the CASI platform.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ben Bradshaw

Student:

Partner:

Wilton Consulting Group

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

A techno-economic framework to determine the potential of photovoltaic integrated blinds for buildings

A new solar electricity system is being developed here by Solaires Entreprises Inc. founded in Victoria, BC. The novel fabrication method and materials reduces the cost of solar cells by up to 50%. The new price point of the cells allows us to make solar energy profitable in Canada as well as incorporate solar cells where previously this was not possible. One new product that is being developed is PVblindsTM, a type of venetian blinds that will generate electricity while blocking out the direct sunlight. During this project, we will investigate the profitability of the PVblindsTM by determining the direct sunlight for several buildings in the greater Vancouver region and comparing the system cost to energy savings using simulations. Furthermore, our project will determine how these new cells perform under real conditions through experiments. And lastly, we will compare the performance of this new system to existing solar energy technologies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ralph Evins

Student:

Partner:

Solaires

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Technologies for Living Independently: A Technology Case Study on Remote Patient Monitoring

The population age distribution is undergoing an “inversion” and the dependency ratio, i.e., the proportion of older adults who are not working over the number of adults who are working, is increasing. This has an effect on a society’s ability to deliver community-care services and the underlying national economic capacity to pay for their needs. Advances in ICT (information and communications technologies) promise to provide support for affordable systems of care that enable human resources to be used more effectively. The use of these technologies to support community-based care is complex and demands an approach fundamentally different from ICT in acute care. In acute care settings, highly trained clinical professionals deliver care in special-purpose clinical settings, and manage the related information in Electronic Health Records.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Ferguson-Pell;Eleni Stroulia;Lili Liu

Student:

Partner:

TELUS Health Space

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

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