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Nautel Limited Strategy Internship

Nautel sees an opportunity to expand our business into the HF (High Frequency) transmitter sector. HF is a technically defined subset of radio spectrum which is used primarily by military and defense organizations. We have received a number of queries in recent months that suggest there may be a significant number of transmitters to be procured by these organizations in the coming months and years. Development of a product to meet these requirements would be a significant project which is likely to cost several million dollars. We need to decide what attributes the appropriate product should have and whether to proceed with development. Nautel anticipates slow recovery of the Broadcast industry and therefore slow recovery of our core business. While we focus a lot of effort and activity on maximizing our success in this sector we also need to make good decisions on diversifying our business. HF transmitters seems to be the strongest of several options that we could pursue but the engineering effort necessary is significant. For Nautel, our most scarce resource is the technical team which can successfully bring a new radio transmitter to market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Morse

Student:

Partner:

Nautel

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Business Development – Operations, Marketing and Finance

The objective of the internship is to concentrate on the below aspects to bring a significant impact for B&R
1. Build an operations management model to handle new and current orders for creating/closing manufacturing lines and managing items to buy whilst simultaneously updating the inventory
2. Develop a pricing model based on costs and historic price-sales data to gain more market share and to obtain the best possible margins on sales
3. Mastermind a marketing strategy to expand B2B business
4. Conduct predictive sales analysis to avoid/decrease the overhead on operations during peak season time

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Zaric

Student:

Partner:

Bosco and Roxy's

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

ONPoint – Ivey Mitacs

Prior to COVID-19, ONPoint was just beginning to recruit physiotherapy clinics in London through a free mat and Web-App trial. This was put on hold because physiotherapy practices were forced to close due to the pandemic. The company’s strategy was to sell the mats and web-app subscriptions to physiotherapy clinics, but it is now believe there may be an opportunity to sell the mats through clinics to patients directly, who can perform their assessments remotely. The goal of the proposed research project is to test these two sales/marketing methods concurrently by reconnecting with local clinics to understand which sales/marketing structure works best with their new, post-COVID-19, workflow and structure formal marketing documents and begin to onboard physiotherapy clinics into the ONPoint system. This project will help change ONPoint’s business model to best position the company in this new environment, and to understand if its Star Balance System will survive in the new
post-COVID-19 rehabilitation workflow. The success of this project is pivotal in the survival of the company.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Morse

Student:

Partner:

ONPoint Medical Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Summer Consultant – Analytics and Strategy

The project is building analytics models that will predict competitive pricing reactions, for example if we change the price of a product will that lead to more sales or less sales. This can also be achieved by running a simulation model with multiple price scenarios to find the ideal price range for clients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Zaric

Student:

Partner:

Bosco and Roxy's

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Quantification of climate change impacts of selected construction material supply chains

Research the existing stock of Environmental Product Declarations and underlying Product Category Rules in selected material categories including wood, steel, and glass. Evaluate the accuracy and comparability of the population, identify top sources of embodied carbon impact variation in the supply chain, and provide estimates of the sensitivity of the embodied carbon impact of those supply chain factors. Document these differences in formats that can be published and, incorporated into BuildingTransparency.org’s free EC3 software service, for which C Change Labs is the primary developer. BuildingTransparency.org is a Washington State 501c(3) not-for-profit focused on climate change impacts in construction.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qingshi Tu

Student:

Partner:

C Change Labs

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Leveraging machine learning to improve trauma-related health outcomes

Severe and multiple traumas can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which causes distress and difficulty in many areas of life. Military members, veterans, and public safety personnel such as police officers, firefighters, and rescue workers are often exposed to traumatic events on-the-job (seeing natural disasters, human violence, or death). One severe subtype of PTSD is PTSD with dissociation, where the person feels as if one’s body is not their own, or as if the outside world is not real. Currently, we have limited knowledge about PTSD with dissociation and whether other subtypes exist. Advanced computer models will be used to analyze data from over 800 patients (military members, veterans, public safety personnel, civilians) who received treatment for PTSD. Findings may uncover additional PTSD subtypes, refine what we know about dissociation, and predict what factors lead to better functioning and recovery. These models will then be used to predict which subtype of PTSD an individual has and identify which type of treatment will most likely lead to recovery.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Margaret McKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Homewood Research Institute

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Long-term rattlesnake population trends in response to land management regime changes

Monitoring of wildlife populations is essential for identifying declines or changes, especially in response to habitat changes or disturbance. By comparing historical and modern populations, we can quantify long-term trends. In this study we are comparing historical data from the mid-1980’s to modern to identify trends within a population of Western rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus). During the previous study, the landscape was managed as cattle grazing land with negligible human presence. Immediately following the study in 1985, management of the landscape changed so that half of the rattlesnake population remained on grazing lands, and the other half are now within the boundaries of a provincial park dedicated to recreation. This allows for a comparison of how the population has changed over 35 years, and how these different land management styles may have affected these changes. Working with Coldstream Ranch as part of this research, we will create a best management plan that helps educated rangeland employees on rattlesnakes and promotes stewardship and safe working environments for humans and wildlife. We also will develop a seasonal habitat use map to identify areas of high importance to rattlesnakes to inform future grazing plans to protect both livestock and threatened rattlesnakes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karl Larsen

Student:

Partner:

Coldstream Ranch

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Thompson Rivers University

Program:

Accelerate

Monitoring Interactions of Southern Resident Killer Whales with Recreational Boats and Commercial Vessels in Boundary Pass

Boundary Pass is located off the south coast of Saturna Island and is an important foraging spot for the endangered Southern Resident Killer whales (SRKW). This region is also used by fishing, recreational and ecotourism boats and by large commercial vessels transiting through the shipping lanes to Vancouver Ports. Starting in June, the ECHO Program is initiating a commercial vessel Slowdown Trial that includes the Boundary Pass region off Saturna Island. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a substantial reduction in tourism affecting recreational boating and commercial whale-watching. This natural reduction in boat presence in conjunction with a commercial vessel Slowdown Trial gives an unprecedented opportunity to collect baseline data. The results of this study will contribute observations and analyses to the larger goal of helping SMRU Canada Ltd understanding impacts of boat and vessel traffic to support the recovery of SRKW in the Salish Sea.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeremy Venditti;Ruth Joy

Student:

Partner:

SMRU Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an AI-controlled closed-loop neuromodulation system form chronic conditions

The treatment of chronic conditions accounted for 58% of the annual healthcare spend in Canada in 2012, primarily through the use of pharmaceuticals. However, these are generally best suited to treat acute diseases, as with chronic use, side effects can accumulate over time while therapeutic effects diminish. Neuromodulation of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) represents a promising and adaptable treatment alternative to pharmaceuticals in many cases. Such treatments are still in their infancy and are currently dominated (>99.5%) by devices utilizing open-loop stimulation with clinician-led, manual adjustment. A closed-loop system that responds to peripheral nerve activity and other biomarkers in real time would enable dose-sensitive and targeted therapies. However, closed-loop neuromodulation systems face a significant challenge; smart adaptation requires an understanding of how particular nerves encode information to govern the behavior of tissues or organs. New methods must therefore be developed to decode and harness the large volumes of highly complex information transmitted through the PNS. This project will employ the latest findings in machine learning to extract biomarkers from neural data. Semi-supervised training methods will determine how these biomarkers drive physiological responses.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Blake Richards

Student:

Partner:

BIOS Health

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

A novel water-based air filtration technology using cryogel biomaterials

We have a new technology at the Heart Valve Performance Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, which can be used for the new generation of the facial mask. This biomaterial which is highly hydrophilic will be utilized for the construction of a water-based air-filter mask because it is practically 99% water and 1% polymer, i.e., solid state water. Through the process of filtration, all small and large particles along with viruses and bacteria are trapped by the proposed mask and then can be properly disposed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hadi Mohammadi

Student:

Partner:

Summit Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Spread and impact of an eruptive herbivore in a novel habitat: consequences of climate change – induced range expansion

In BC, the mountain pine beetle (MPB) has significantly expanded its range to more northerly
latitudes and higher elevations due to climate change. Within newly invaded habitats, it has
been shown that the productivity of the beetle is several times greater than that associated
with its historic range, prompting speculation that unusually high rates of tree mortality and
population expansion in the northern portions of the recent epidemic were a consequence of
the beetle’s occupation of new habitats.
Using forest inventory data and GIS/remote sensing techniques this project will (i) compare
the rate of spread and impact by mountain pine beetle populations in historically climatically
suitable and unsuitable habitats, (ii) quantify the relationship between stand mensurational
characteristics and resultant tree mortality within recently invaded habitats, and (iii) construct
an index of stand susceptibility relevant to novel pine forests to facilitate projections of future
mountain pine beetle spread.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Allan Carroll

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Forest Service

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Public administration

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

A computer-aided decision-making tool for Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing (PBF-AM) process selection using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)

Precision ADM is a global engineering and manufacturing solutions provider who uses Additive Manufacturing as a core technology, complemented by multi-axis machining to manufacture high value components and devices for the medical, aerospace, energy, and industrial sectors. Precision ADM specializes in PBF based additive manufacturing. For that reason, Precision ADM wants to design and develop a cost-effective and customized computer-aided decision-making tool for the AM process selection, particularly for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (PBF-AM) processes. The tool would consider the manufacturability of parts by additive manufacturing, and the selection of an optimal method based on capabilities of PBF-AM processes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qingjin Peng

Student:

Partner:

Precision ADM

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

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