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Construction de champs de droites normales aux objets transparents minces par transmission

La refraction de la lumiere fait en sorte que les images vues au travers d’un parebrise sont deformees. Si la forme du verre est connue, cette deformation peut etre modelisee. Puisque !es parebrises sont generalement piut6t plats, les effets de la refraction sont peu visibles a l’reil nu. Cependant, la presence de plus en plus frequente de l’affichage tete haute (Head-Up Display) et de cameras derriere les parebrises accroit !’importance d’une comprehension approfondie de ce phenomene.
L’objectif de cette recherche est de concevoir une methode permettant de trouver la forme d’un parebrise a partir des informations fournies par les systemes d’inspection de qualite optique de SYNERGX. Ces systemes consistent en des cameras observant des images au travers d’un parebrise pour en evaluer la distorsion. Le succes de la recherche permettrait la caracterisation complete de cette distorsion.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yvan Saint-Aubin;Anne Bourlioux

Student:

Partner:

Synergx Technologies

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Direct[Message]: Understanding Mediated Engagement in the Arts for Marginalized Older Adults in Hamilton, Guelph, and London, Ontario

The Mitacs Intern will support the Direct[Message] project to develop and undertake online arts workshops for older adults to reduce social isolation resulting from COVID-19 and develop an understanding of the needs and wants of older adults who experience barriers to participation in the arts. The Intern will interview participants to gain knowledge about their experiences participating online in an effort to develop information that may be shared with engineers who are currently developing digital prototypes to support access to and participation in the arts. The development of enhanced technological possibilities for arts engagement is seen as an important resource for reducing the negative effects resulting from social marginalization and isolation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tara La Rose

Student:

Partner:

Centre[3] for Artistic and Social Practice

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

COVID-19 related Research and Solutions; Information and Communications Technology; Education; New and Digital Media

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Koala Pro – Dossier intelligent

Conception et développement de 3 plateformes intégrées pour commercialisation dans l’intérêt d’augmenter la productivité des nutritionnistes au travers d’une prise de données accélérée, une analyse de données améliorant la précision de la note au dossier, une aide au diagnostic alimentaire pour améliorer l’intervention client-patient, et la création de statistiques professionnelles liées aux résultats des interventions.
Le développement d’une première plateforme mobile permet la récolte de donnés patient-client hors consultation, une deuxième plateforme de note au dossier permet l’agrégation des donnés client-patient et l’analyse des donnés avec le support d’intelligence artificielle, et une troisième plateforme permet l’administration, la validation de la productivité et de la qualité des interventions des professionnels.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jian-Yun Nie

Student:

Partner:

Equipe Nutrition

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Publics québécois des arts de la scène : portrait de groupe pendant et après l’épidémie de COVID-19 à Montréal et en région

Notre partenaire Synapse C se spécialise dans la compilation de données culturelles en relation avec leur impact sur l’économie et notamment pour ce qui est des arts de la scène. À l’occasion de la crise causée par la COVID-19, il convient de s’intéresser au monde du spectacle, qui est parmi les plus touchés du secteur culturel. Afin de faciliter la reprise, notre équipe s’attachera à brosser un portrait de la consommation culturelle des spectateurs de théâtre, danse et cirque durant la crise et de faire une étude prospective des comportements que risquent d’adopter leurs publics après la crise en fonction des solutions retenues par les compagnies et les diffuseurs de ces arts vivants pour sortir de cette épidémie. C’est en conjuguant les moyens de la recherche quantitative et qualitative sur les publics que nous obtiendrons une meilleure compréhension des facteurs à prendre en considération pour que la relance de cet important secteur culturel puisse se faire dans des conditions optimales.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hervé Guay;Thang Le Dinh

Student:

Partner:

Synapse C

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Managing Mental Health: A Survey-Based Research Evaluation of a COVID-19 Emergency Mental Health Counselling Program

In the midst of the current global COVID-19 pandemic, frontline service workers (e.g. healthcare and social services) are experiencing unprecedented work conditions that are physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting, which impact one’s psychological well-being. To combat the impending mental health crises, McMaster University and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA, Hamilton) are partnering to assess the effectiveness of a free short-term counselling initiative offered to Hamilton healthcare and social service workers. Counselling will be available through CMHA for all Hamilton essential human services staff experiencing stress and anxiety from working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr. Diana Singh, will be leading a survey-based research program evaluation of CMHA’s new counselling initiative in order to determine its effectiveness in combatting the short and long-term mental health consequences—e.g. anxiety, post-traumatic stress, chronic stress and burnout—of working on the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marisa Young

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Mental Health Association (Hamilton)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other; COVID-19 related Research and Solutions

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Utilizing Materials Informatics to Predictively Engineering the Micro-Mechanical Properties of Hydraulic Turbine Steels

Cost-effective clean energy production is one of the most urgent economic and societal issues facing Canada today. Hydro-Québec is a world-leader in clean hydro-electric energy production – an essentially carbon-free source of energy. However, the repair and replacement of hydraulic turbines utilized in hydro-electric power production has two important consequences on clean energy production: (1) it results large financial losses, in terms of overall production, and thereby reduces costeffectiveness; and (2) it also ties up significant human resources which could have been used to further clean energy production. Thus, it is essential that new technologies be developed to extend the lifetime and reduce the downtime of hydraulic turbines. The results of this project are aimed at designing better turbines and more robust welding repair approaches that will achieve these aims. Specifically, the proposed partnership will allow Hydro-Québec’s engineers to better understand the influence of manufacturing and repair procedures (casting, welding) on the local microstructure of hydraulic turbines. The project will directly link microstructural properties with the micromechanical properties of steel turbines, and thereby enhance their expected operational lifetime and durability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hong Guo;Nikolas Provatas;Kirk H Bevan;Kirk H Bevan

Student:

Partner:

Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization and Analysis of an Adhesion Radial Turboexpander

It is estimated that 20-50% of the energy consumed by Canadian manufacturing processes is ultimately lost via waste heat. Recovering energy from this waste heat will significantly reduce the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of Canadian industry. The proposed research project will conduct a computer-based analysis of a novel waste heat recovery concept that extracts work from a pressurized fluid stream with a relatively low inlet temperature. The geometrical simplicity of the conceptualized turboexpander will make it much cheaper to manufacture and operate compared to existing heat recovery technologies. The project will lead to a novel device that can extract power from waste heat sources with much higher efficiencies and lower costs than are currently available, bringing significant financial and environmental savings to Canada’s energy, oil and gas, and manufacturing industries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joshua Brinkerhoff

Student:

Partner:

Innovex Engineering;Boundary Turbines Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Frontline organizations and emergency planning in the COVID-19 pandemic

Emergencies in inner-city neighbourhoods come in many forms—illness, fire, violence, homelessness. The COVID-19 pandemic is a different kind of emergency. It is a global crisis, and requires unprecedented changes to everyday life to protect all members of society. COVID-19 has highlighted many long-standing gaps in access to basic needs and has expanded understandings of basic necessities for survival. While frontline organizations are well-placed to address local emergencies, the all-encompassing nature of the pandemic requires new strategies. Focusing on Winnipeg’s inner city, this research asks how community-based and frontline organizations can be ready to continue to deal with the everyday crises of life in vulnerable neighbourhoods, while also responding to the extraordinary challenge of the COVID-19 emergency.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Cooper

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Public Service, Policy, and Governance; COVID-19 related Research and Solutions

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Emergency Management Planning for Indigenous Communities

For Indigenous communities, emergency management involves adopting community strategies and activities that meet the health and safety requirements of citizens while protecting, sustaining and enhancing the community infrastructure and resources that will be needed in the future. This research project will consider recent developments that resulted from the COVID-19 global pandemic and will explore how to promote collaborative emergency management planning between Indigenous governments and external stakeholders. The research will involve three steps: first, a review of current emergency management strategies employed by federal/provincial/territorial governments; second, a review of how emergency management strategies can be integrated into the administrative structures of Indigenous governments; and, third, a theoretical assessment of how to enhance the coordination of emergency management planning by Indigenous governments with external stakeholders in accordance with the inherent Indigenous right to self-determination.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brent Mainprize;John Borrows

Student:

Partner:

Brian Payer and Associates Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Development of SARS-CoV-2 antibody test technologies suitable for on-site diagnosis

This proposal aims to develop essential technologies for rapid and accurate SARS-CoV-2 antibody test in serum and droplet blood using microflow cytometry immunoassay (MCIA) for on-site testing. The test will assess levels of immunoglobin G (IgG) and immunoglobin M (IgM) antibodies produced in response to SARS-CoV-2 exposure. Unfortunately, none of the antibody testing tools currently available are suited for rapid and accurate on-site testing. The proposed MICA antibody test would serve as a much-needed on-site test method of infection and immunity screening. The developed antibody testing can change the game in the fight against COVID-19. The proposed MCIA antibody test is a revolutionary new tool that offers faster and more accurate SARS-CoV-2 infection and immunity testing compared to existing methods, providing on-site test results within mere minutes, completely altering the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chang-Qing Xu

Student:

Partner:

Forsee Instruments

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

GPU-Based Fast Fluids for Video Games

Animated fluid effects based on physical simulation have been a staple part of visual effects industry. They are characterized by offline simulation and rendering that produces high-fidelity dynamics and visuals. As the technology for computer games advances, the opportunity to create such effects in real-time as either a playback technique or dynamic simulation is becoming feasible. The internship will explore the integration of fast methods for fluid dynamics to determine their effectiveness for use in the video game industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Bridson

Student:

Partner:

Microsoft Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Inventory optimization model to support customer needs while meeting business targets

Manufacturing is a $174 billion industry in Canada, representing over 10% of total GDP and 68% of merchandise exports. Inventory is the largest spend and asset for manufacturing companies, and efficient inventory management is a proven strategy to increase profitability in the manufacturing sector. The aim of inventory management is to achieve satisfactory levels of customer service while minimizing inventory costs in order to maximize profitability. The proposed research will create an inventory optimization model to assess factors influencing inventory of a Canadian electronics manufacturer and predict optimal levels of inventory to support customer needs while meeting business targets. This predictive model will provide significant cost-savings and improve customer satisfaction, supporting the company’s continued growth and creating high-quality jobs for Canadians.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brent Clemens

Student:

Partner:

Creation Technologies (ON)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Accelerate

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