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market research assistant – Pegah Safataj

How has your company been affected by the COVID??19 pandemic? Describe how an internship student is important to your future success and business strategy.
Badinotti developed a Covid-19 Protocol early on for distribution to all employees. We have implemented many measures at our workplaces to combat Covid-19 and we have managed this global crisis well. However, it continues to be a challenge to manage logistically at times.
We would like to have the bulk of this research completed during the intership so that we can use it for our 2021 business strategy so having a dedicated research internship student who will be able to focus on this project alone would be a great help.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ignace Ng

Student:

Partner:

Badinotti Net Services Canada

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Durham Region District Energy Assessment and Feasibility Study

The objective of this study is to develop a district energy evaluation and plan for the Regional Municipality of Durham. This will be achieved by analyzing and assessing the current energy demand and response at the Region of Durham throughout all sectors, including commercial, institutional, industrial and residential sectors. There are numerous potential district energy nodes throughout the member municipalities within the region. Furthermore, the region houses two major nuclear power plants, which can be leveraged as potential energy sources for district energy. Various energy sources, systems and storage solutions can be integrated to achieve a reliable district energy system, including geothermal, solar, nuclear, cogeneration, multigeneration energy systems as well as thermal energy storage options. The study also seeks to review the benefits of District Energy Systems (DES) relative to conventional Business As Usual (BAU) design and offer energy node considerations of where and how DES may be effectively implemented. This study shall be viewed as Phase 1 of a multi-phase assignment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ibrahim Dincer

Student:

Partner:

Regional Municipality of Durham

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Green/Alternative Energy; Other

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Business Development and Strategy Intern

Qubit is facing challenges in determining its international expansion and product launch strategy. They are constrained by resources, time, and bandwidth given that their entire full-time team is working beyond capacity on research, product development, and maintaining the existing business. The overall objective is to multiply company revenues and profits through multiple strategy and business development initiatives. The intern will be developing and executing Qubit’s growth strategy along and introducing business processes to enable the company to scale. The intern will also help determine the company’s new product launch strategy and perform an analysis on its existing business practices. This project will have a direct impact on improving Qubit System’s revenues and bottom line, and position the company well to scale its offerings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yolande Chan

Student:

Partner:

Qubit Systems

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Milksta Moms Inc- Operations Strategy

Milksta Moms Inc is a startup company that requires assistance with structuring the business. The overall purpose of the project is to identify short and long-term goals and build operations strategies to achieve them. The project also aims to prepare employment, customer service, production, and delivery policies for the company. As a growing company with increasing demand for its products, Milksta requires proper product handling processes and assessment of storage requirements . The intern’s primary responsibilities are to assist in creating the policies and identifying an efficient operations system. Besides this, there are other tasks that the intern will cover, such as identifying potential growth opportunities, setting quality standards, and identifying alliances. Through this project, we aim to help Milksta run their business efficiently.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chansoo Park

Student:

Partner:

Milksta Moms Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Lives with Houseplants in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

This is a research project that will explore human’s relationships with houseplants in times of the COVID-19 pandemic and unpack the psychological, sociological, and environmental significance of these relationships. By digging deeply into our relationship with houseplants and creatively telling stories about them, the project seeks to uncover and deepen our connection with nature in times that we are deprived of it, build connections with living things in times that we can’t connect with other humans, and nurture intimacy in times that intimacy is scarce. The insights from this project will shed light on how we can better nurture our mental health and forge connection with our immediate lived environment when responding to societal wide stress and crisis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suzanne Stein

Student:

Partner:

Common Factor Media

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Ontario College of Art & Design University

Program:

Accelerate

Novel process of organic peroxides synthesis

In this work, we will develop new processes, including new raw materials, to produce known organic peroxides; such processes will include direct coupling to manufacture organic peroxides. We will demonstrate the synthesis processes by selecting the appropriate carboxylic acid(s), hydroperoxide starting material(s), catalysts, and operating conditions to produce the desired organic peroxides, particularly, t-butyl peroxybenzoate and also extending to other peresters, such as, t-butyl peroxypivalate and t-butyl perox-2-ethylhexanoate. After that, we will optimize the critical process parameters that affect reaction efficiency, purity, and product yield. We will also analyze the final product including identification and quantification of impurities, and residual reactants. LUPEROX series are often used as a radical initiator in polymerization reactions, the high economic value and the modern synthesis routes will benefit the domestic market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Scott Patience

Student:

Partner:

Arkema (ON);Arkema Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

User-friendly and robust paper-based device for in-fielddiagnostic of infectious diseases

Early detection of infectious diseases requires rapid, portable and highly sensitive molecular diagnostic platforms. This project aims at creating a point-of-care (POC) device that simplifies the efforts in monitoring and eliminating infectious diseases in rural
low-resource areas. Low-cost, paper-based devices based on microfluidics have been developed but none currently meet the “ASSURED” criteria for effective POC testing provided by World Health Organisation (Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid and robust, Equipment-free and Deliverable to end-users). Even if current tests Page 5 of 8 can detect very low concentrations of infectious organisms, their limited robustness restricts their practical use in the clinics and in communities, due to the degradation of essential reagents (such as enzymes) in challenging field conditions, outside of the laboratory environment. In this project, we will develop new enzyme-free detection methods and integrate them onto paper substrates to deliver “ASSURED” devices

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yingfu Li

Student:

Partner:

University of Glasgow

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Understanding membrane curvature-induced lipid sorting through molecular simulation

Lipids are biological molecules that have hydrophobic tails and hydrophilic headgroups. Along with proteins, lipids constitute the complex fluid mixture of biological cell membranes. There are hundreds of types of lipids in cell membranes, each with a different combination of tail and headgroup, and many serving important biological functions. The lateral organization of lipids – the way in which different lipid types mix with one another – also serves important but poorly understood biological roles, including providing platforms for transmitting signals across the membrane.
Physics-based computer simulations offer a unique opportunity to study biological structures at sub-nanometer resolution. We will use computer simulations to systematically study the effect of curvature on lipid mixing and the local physical properties of the membrane. This will both add to our general understanding of membrane biophysics as well as allow us to better model the behavior of complex biological structures like red blood cells.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Tieleman

Student:

Partner:

King's College London

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Determining the carbon footprint and lifecycle assessment of magnesium oxychloride cement building materials

The proposed research will involve studying the carbon footprint (i.e. the carbon emissions) involved in the preparation of magnesium oxychloride (MOC) cement materials. MOC cement has been proposed as a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditionally used Portland cement (PC), however many discrepancies arise as there is no work directly comparing their carbon footprints. In addition, the work will determine the lifecycle assessment of MOC cement and PC. The research will provide a comparison between MOC cement and PC which will provide a better understanding of the applications in which MOC can replace PC, allowing for a lower environmental impact material to be more widely used. This will directly benefit the partner organization, MgO Systems, as their current research department is developing sustainable and environmentally friendly made in Canada MOC cement formulations for use in the Canadian market and abroad.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Caroline Hachem-Vermette

Student:

Partner:

MgO Systems

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

BC Pulp and Paper Bioproducts Alliance: Development and demonstration of forest residues to renewable natural gas technologies

This proposed project will support our ongoing efforts in scanning and screening existing technologies and de-bottlenecking key technology barriers in converting low-cost biomass residues to renewable natural gas in British Columbia pulp, paper and lumber mills. Specifically, we will focus on developing a bauxite residue (f.k.a., red mud) based catalyst for the removal of tar from gasification syngas to yield clean syngas for methanation to biomethane, and evaluating and improving the commercial methanation catalyst. Over the past 5 years, we have accumulated extensive experience in biomass gasification and catalytic conversion of syngas to liquid biofuels including higher alcohols and biodiesel. For the clean-up of syngas, we have developed a unique low-cost iron-based catalyst derived from bauxite residue, a waste from bauxite processing, which shows promising performance based on the tests in a bench scale fixed bed reactor using naphthalene as the simulated tar. In the proposed project we will team up with FPInnovations to develop an integrated biomass gasification and methanation process for the production of renewable natural gas using abundantly available forest residues in BC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xiaotao Tony Bi;Kevin Smith;Naoko Ellis;Kevin Smith;Xiaotao Tony Bi

Student:

Partner:

Catalyst Paper Corporation;Canfor Pulp Ltd;FPInnovations (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Land-based learning: Facilitating reconciliation & advancing the integration of Indigenous and Western knowledge systems

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) (2015) report calls for the integration of Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into educational curriculum. Critical to decolonizing education is reinserting people into relationships with the land as a mode of education, referred to as ‘land-based learning’. This proposed research project will establish best practices for the establishment of land-based learning centres and will coordinate the development of a transformative ‘Two-Eyed Seeing’ environmental curriculum that combines Indigenous knowledge systems with Western Science, as per TRC recommendations. The proposed project expands on a proven model of Indigenous-led, land-based learning, such as the Dechinta Centre in Yellowknife, providing researchers, faculty and teachers an interdisciplinary field station base, offering workshops and supporting them in aspects of course delivery or field research training. The proposed research project will provide Plenty Canada (not-for-profit partner organization) with a model for consistent funding, helping them move beyond grant-to-grant uncertainty, allowing opportunities for the employment of elders as teachers and the hiring of a full-time project manager and part-time students to assist with program delivery.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robin Roth

Student:

Partner:

Plenty Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Agriculture; Arts, entertainment and recreation; Education; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Machine Learning for Default Prediction of Private Pension Administrator

In this research project, we will partner with the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) to enhance its default prediction model for private companies administering pension plans in Ontario. Our goal is to enhance the current model’s timeliness in predicting default of private companies by addressing the lack of publicly accessible information from these private entities. We will bridge the existing gap using unsupervised machine learning algorithms to identify look-alike public companies and using natural language processing techniques to extract relevant information from alternative data sources such as websites and social media. The enhanced model will provide FSRA better insights into the plans’ funding adequacy and foresights on any potential solvency issues to better protect the pension plans’ beneficiaries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Thomas;Ryan Riordan

Student:

Partner:

Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

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