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Strengthening Process Efficiencies in a Changing Industry

This study aims to improve process efficiencies while supporting the development of products that best respond to market trends in the context of a post COVID-19 globalized market. From a process engineering perspective, the proposed activities seek to improve mill competitiveness through waste management to both reduce load on water treatment systems and obtain value added products from wastewaters, and investigate recovery of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose recovery from mill residues for further product development in biomaterials. The study offers possibilities for more environmentally sustainable processing, potential reduction of current expenses, and potential creation of new revenue streams to increase competitiveness for CBPPL while strengthening university-industry collaborations between Memorial University, and CBPPL. This collaboration further develops subject matter expertise in Corner Brook and Newfoundland and offers students valuable experience with applied research and industry trends.

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Faculty Supervisor:

William Newell;Kelly Hawboldt

Student:

Partner:

Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Machine Learning for Modeling Soil-Tool Interactions

When construction equipment digs, this generates a complex set of physical interactions between the machine and the soil. Being able to accurately simulate such interactions in real-time opens the door to improved operator training and even adaptively-tuned digging operation that optimize the energy-efficiency of construction equipment. With recent advanced in artificial intelligence (AI), this is now within reach. Montreal-based CM Labs is already a global leader in simulations for construction vehicles, and this research will expand the features and types of vehicle simulations it offers and thus increase market share. Improving the realism of simulations involving soil also enables entering new engineering design and simulation markets, initially through our current construction equipment OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), generating profits and new hires.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Krzysztof Skonieczny

Student:

Partner:

CM Labs Simulations Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction; Information and Communications Technology; Artificial Intelligence

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Summer Student Client Services Associate

The internship will scope will include digitizing all of our files and moving them off site for cybersecurity purposes. It will also include managing our CRM system to come up with best practices for running reports and presenting data for management. Additionally, our intern will be working on a Financial Model structure for the business in excel to use for planning purposes. Finally, the intern will be involved in helping integrate clients via Future Vault, a digital platform that allows organizations and clients to share important documents in a secure way.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Vela Wealth

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Stiris Research

Stiris Research is an organization focusing on managing clinical trials for biopharmaceutical and biotech companies. Prior to a drug getting FDA approved, the drug has to go through an extensive and regulated process of testing on clinical patients. Stiris Research captures value by coming in at this part of the industry supply chain and managing the clinical testings with hospitals. By leveraging their strategic partnerships, Stiris Research is able to differentiate itself from other similar sized corporations and run research globally. As bigger million-dollar corporations start going for biotech clients that Stiris Research is focused on, competition in this industry is getting stronger. In addition, due to COVID 19, hospitals have been running less clinical research, which means some trials now need to be conducted virtually. This brings a lot of new challenges and potential opportunities to the business, which is something I will be helping to solve. I will be assessing this new opportunity and repositioning Stiris Research so that they are able to differentiate themselves from other competitors and secure new clients while also maintaining the same level of trust with existing customers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Morse

Student:

Partner:

Stiris Research

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Process optimization and Spectroscopic Analysis of Diamond-Like Carbon Films

Diamond like carbon (DLC) is an amorphous form of carbon with a high fraction of diamondlike
(sp3) bonds. DLC thin films have many attractive attributes including extraordinary
hardness, enhanced lubrication and wear resistance properties. Aurora Scientific Corp. is the
provider of advanced vacuum coating systems based on its patented physical vapor
deposition (PVD) technology. Aurora is seeking to improve their DLC thin film deposition
technology by optimizing the conditions required to deposit high quality DLC coatings. We
propose to assist Aurora in this development by monitoring the film characteristics during
growth through in situ Raman spectroscopic analysis and optical emission spectroscopy and
to correlate the thin film deposition conditions with desirable physical properties. The
information gathered will help Aurora to implement an integrated OES/Raman process
controller system into its commercial PVD vacuum coating systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gary Leach

Student:

Partner:

Aurora Scientific Corp

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

MBA Summer Internship

This project will require the intern to work on business development and operations activities for the organization. Business development activities would include conducting relevant market research and developing product roadmap. Operations related activities could include developing costing models and product management responsibilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

WelTel Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Business Operations and Strategy Intern

AMNIe was built to address the systemic challenges through a cross-sector collaborative approach to innovation and scaling of solutions that address economic, environmental and social challenges. The primary role of the Business Strategy & Operations team will be to coordinate the expansion of AMNIE’s growing Expert Network by liaising with the business partners, working with our UX/UI experts to develop the front-end intake and communications channels as well as administering the CRM databases and enabling the deployment of fit-for-purpose digital collaboration and relationship management software.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

AMNIe

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Ivey Business Strategy Internship

The building of client relationships start with the company’s in-house Sales team, who have traditionally employed methods that required significant in-person interaction with potential clients. With the social distancing measures that are in place due to COVID-19, much of what the Sales team has traditionally done to engage with customers must now evolve. The challenge at hand is to: 1) research and evaluate preferred methods of communication to existing customers, 2) reassess the traditional sales methodologies of the current Sales team, and 3) evaluate new methods of communicating product information to a digital and largely work-from-home client base.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Morse

Student:

Partner:

T&T Power Group

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Wholesale trade

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Corporate Finance & Business Development – Summer Analyst

NIBC Live Media creates case studies and financial models for business students and professionals looking to work in investment banking. The scope of the Corporate Finance & Business Development internship encompasses three components.
1) CORPORATE FINANCE: Internal Finance, Project Budgeting and Financial Reporting
2) TRAINING MATERIALS: Corporate Finance Cases, Financial Modeling, Management
3) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: E-Commerce Platform, Partnerships, Marketing Strategies

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

NIBC Live Media

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Business Strategy Internship

Stealth’s current portfolio represents a small percentage of potential market reach and revenue. Stealth Monitoring is now looking to expand their existing enterprise accounts as well as secure new accounts. Additionally, Stealth is facing capacity restraints to explore and analyze top prospects in their core and secondary verticals. Under the direction of the VP of Business Development, I will be a direct contributor to the marketing and sales team and implementing this enterprise account strategy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Morse

Student:

Partner:

Stealth Monitoring

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Marketing & Communications Analysis for the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario

With the global pandemic creating uncertainty for the future of the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario, the organization is in need of powerful insights from data analytics more than ever. The intern will have access to large amounts of historical data containing information concerning the partner organization’s main pillars: health, fitness and aquatics activities, childcare, and camp, as well as specific data pertaining to social media marketing and email communications. Using software tools such as Microsoft Excel, R, and Tableau, the intern will extract and present business insights for the YMCA marketing and communications team. Through the discovery of the most popular activities by demographics and branch location, the organization will be able to decide which activities to stop running post-pandemic, allowing them to conserve resources while maintaining the satisfaction of their customers. By determining who participates in two or more departments within the association, and during which seasons, the team will be able to draw conclusions surrounding when and whom to market other departments’ offerings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Zaric

Student:

Partner:

YMCA of Southwestern Ontario

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Operations Intern

As an Operations Intern I will be responsible for:
• Driving growth by improving sales and developing strong relationships with customers and key stakeholders.
• Work closely with CEO and COO to lead the prospecting of new clients.
• Attract interest in products and services by becoming proficient in paid advertising, lead generation and email campaign creation
• Develop and manage projects as required, including presentations and projects related to sales and conversion rate optimization
I will be trained to develop in the following areas:
• Leadership development
• Collaboration and communication in a cross-functional team to design and build new products
• Ideation, market validation and iteration in developing new products and services
•Proficiency in data analysis and the ability to make data-driven decisions
• Sales training and customer service training
• Developing a technical stack of skills that includes proficiency with software including but not limited to Slack, Asana, Thinkific, Acuity, Mailchimp, Coda, Facebook Advertising and Google Advertising

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

GrantMe Educational Consulting

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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