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Feasibility assessment and development of knowledge, technology, and tools for mercaptan natural gas odorant monitoring

FortisBC Energy Inc. is exploring novel technologies and methods for mercaptan monitoring to detect natural gas leakage in industrial, field, and household settings. Since commercial mercaptan detectors are bulky and expensive, there is a need for low-cost and miniaturized mercaptan detectors. The proposed project will lead to the development of a handheld mercaptan detector which will integrate a highly sensitive and selective microfluidic-based mercaptan sensor. The successful execution of the project will enhance FortisBC’s innovative initiatives portfolio and lead to the development of technologies and products of commercial interest in the natural gas sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mina Hoorfar

Student:

Partner:

FortisBC Energy Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Natural Resources; Technology; Green/Alternative Energy

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Using OMICs to assess contaminant related exposure and effects in Fraser River Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

The Fraser River watershed, British Columbia provides habitat for Chinook salmon, which delivers food for First Nations, recreational anglers, commercial fisheries and endangered Southern Resident killer whales. Extensive forestry, agricultural, industrial and urban activities take place in the Fraser Valley exposing early life history stages of Chinook to a mix of legacy and new contaminants, including PCBs, pesticides and pharmaceuticals and personal care products. Many of these contaminants can elicit adverse health effects in animals, including endocrine disruption and reproductive effects. However, there exists limited information on the nature of contaminants discharged into salmon habitat in British Columbia, hampering solution-oriented opportunities for natural resource managers and stakeholders. This study presents a unique opportunity to use innovative technologies to assess the health of juvenile Chinook in relation to contaminant exposure, and thus the ability to begin to prioritise (rank) the contaminants of concern in juvenile Chinook and their habitats.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vicki Marlatt;Tanya Brown

Student:

Partner:

Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Application, évaluation et comparaison d’une méthode d’évaluation desimpacts liés à l’utilisation de l’eau en ACV

Le stage proposé ici permet de compléter un projet de doctorat sur la modélisation

d’impacts liés à l’utilisation de l’eau en ACV en bénéficiant de l’opportunité d’appliquer la

méthode sur des cas réels fournis par une entreprise d’experts conseils en ACV. De plus,

ces études de cas permettront de comparer les résultats du modèle en question avec ceux

d’autres modèles existants. L’entreprise en question bénéficiera d’un transfert de

connaissances de haut niveau et donc d’un avantage compétitif qui lui permettra d’élargir

l’éventail de services qu’elle peut fournir à ses clients. Indirectement l’entreprise

contribuera, à travers ses activités de conseils, à diffuser une méthodologie et un savoirfaire

développés à l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. Pour ce faire, les analystes seront

formés afin de bien appréhender la méthode, les détails du modèle et de son application.

La méthode sera aussi intégrée dans le logiciel expert de l’entreprise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Manuele Margni

Student:

Partner:

Quantis (Canada)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Tisser des ponts numériques avec les jeunes publics : Création et expérimentation d’outils de méditation culturelle numériques

Nous assistons aujourd’hui à un mouvement global de développement de contenus numériques adaptés aux jeunes publics. Parmi ces contenus, la production d’œuvres littéraires numériques occupe une place grandissante. Cependant, encore peu de producteurs ou d’éditeurs québécois se lancent dans la production d’œuvres littéraires numériques jeunesse. Afin de favoriser le développement d’une offre locale de qualité, il est primordial d’outiller en conséquence les producteurs et éditeurs québécois. Conscient de l’importance croissante de la littérature numérique, mais aussi des potentiels offerts par les développements récents des nouvelles technologies, le Théâtre Incliné souhaite ainsi mettre à son agenda rapidement la conception et la diffusion de ressources favorisant l’accompagnement des différents publics qui auront l’opportunité de voir l’œuvre théâtrale visuelle LoveStar. Ainsi, cette recherche s’intéressera à la production, à la diffusion et à la réception d’outils de médiation culturelle numériques et pédagogiques développés pour l’œuvre LoveStar et dont nous ferons l’expérimentation avec des publics scolaire, familial et jeunesse ciblés. Nous documenterons et analyserons cette recherche-action à travers l’accompagnement du développement de ressources numériques de médiation culturelle et pédagogiques, ainsi qu’à la suite des expérimentations avec les publics scolaire et familial.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathalie Lacelle

Student:

Partner:

Théâtre Incliné

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Fault Detection in Cables: A Machine-Learning Approach

Fault location identification is one of the most common, but challenging, activities that power operators face within industrial plants. Once a fault occurs in the network, protective relays isolate the affected area from the system; then, maintenance crew use special tools and patrol the area to pinpoint the fault. This process may take a lot of time and effort depending on the fault type, detective tools, and cable position. In order to address this issue, the current project seeks to develop an advanced hardware-software package, which will be developed based on machine learning and to be capable of finding exact fault location in a fraction of second. The reported output of the device can be either used as the backup hints, or as the primary detection tool in the foreseeable future to help the operators in different mining plants.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chi Yung Chung;Seok-bum Ko

Student:

Partner:

International Minerals Innovation Institute;Cameco Corporation (Saskatoon, SK);Nutrien;Mosaic (Esterhazy)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Validation of SIMBA capsules for small intestine sampling

The aim of this research and development project for the intern student is to assist in validation tests (both in-vitro and in-vivo) of a GI sampling capsule device being developed by the organization and translate the testing results and the new knowledge to technical documents for the potential customers and partners of the organization. In-vitro tests involve a series of functional tests of the capsule components and the performance tests of the capsule assembly. The safety validation study will be performed in a small patient populationto verify that the capsule passes safely through the digestive tract. The study will also demonstrate collection accuracy in a first North American data set and will verify that the samples collected in the small intestine are representative of gut status.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kathy McCoy;Christopher Andrews

Student:

Partner:

Nimble Science Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Surface water motility due to an imposed air flow for vehicle drying applications

Customer satisfaction with an automatic car wash is highly dependent on the quality of the final drying phase, with residual water leading to spots and thus poor perception of performance. As such, Suncor Energy is committed to improving the drying phase of their next generation car wash facilities through principled design guidelines based upon scientific investigation of water droplet movement on a surface. This project extends a previous study of the dynamics of individual droplets on an aluminum substrate to consider the aerodynamic interaction between multiple droplets as well as surface water films towards identifying air blower configurations and operational parameters that lead to maximal surface water movement. Specifically, the motion of arrays of droplets, droplet agglomerates, and surface water films are investigated using optical diagnostic tools towards developing predictive models of surface water motility and design guidelines for next-generation air drying modules for car wash facilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sean D Peterson;Serhiy Yarusevych

Student:

Partner:

Suncor Energy Inc (Oakville, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Utilisation des symbiotes racinaires en biorestauration des rejets de l’industrie aurifère

L’objectif général de ce projet innovant est d’améliorer la productivité et la survie des espèces autochtones lors de la réhabilitation des sites miniers et la réduction des contaminants par une meilleure gestion et utilisation des symbioses racinaires. Les objectifs spécifiques sont: i) Isolement, culture, caractérisation et sélection in vitro de microorganismes fixateurs d’azote (Rhizobium et Frankia) et des mycorhizes (ectomycorhizes, ECM et endomycorhizes arbusculaires, EMA) associées aux taxons indigènes des plantes actinorhiziennes et légumineuses; ii) Étude de la spécificité fonctionnelle de Rhizobium/Frankia et des mycorhizes et évaluation des performances agronomiques

en pépinière en vue de la sélection des souches performantes pour la production d’inoculants

commerciaux. Les résultats de ce projet vont permettre à IAMGOLD d’innover dans les techniques de

biorestauration sur ses sites d’exploitation aurifère au Canada et l’étranger et devenir ainsi un chef de

file du développement durable.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Damase Khasa

Student:

Partner:

IAMGOLD Corporation (Toronto, ON);Université Laval

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Development, characterization and Life Cycle Assessment of Smart Marine Coatings

This research project will determine the associated greenhouse gas emissions associated with an environmentally friendly graphene-based coating to see how it compares with other marine coatings currently in industry. The developed methodology can be used in future life cycle assessments, as it will provide an innovative way of modelling graphene-based coating systems. GIT will benefit from the results of the life-cycle assessment as they will be able to identify areas in their production process where they can reduce both costs and emissions. GIT will also benefit by using the LCA’s results to form an environmental marketing claim.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Clifton Johnston;Heather Buckley;Kevin Plucknett;Xili Duan;Russell Wyeth;Shegufta Shetranjiwalla

Student:

Partner:

GIT Coatings

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Energy and Utilities; Clean Technology

University:

Dalhousie University; Memorial University of Newfoundland; St. Francis Xavier University; Université du Québec à Chicoutimi; University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Modeling local tone-mapping for raw image reconstruction-aware deep image compressors

Cameras apply a lot of processing on the raw image recorded by the sensor to enhance the brightness, contrast, and colors, and make the output image visually pleasing. The image is also finally compressed to make the file size smaller. These operations make it difficult to reverse to the raw sensor image which is necessary for several computer/machine vision tasks. Existing AI methods to invert from the camera’s compressed output image to the raw sensor image assume that only global color and tone manipulations are applied. However, most present-day consumer cameras perform local tone adjustment to further improve picture quality. The goal of this project is to devise an AI algorithm that allows accurate recovery of the raw sensor image from the camera’s locally-tone adjusted compressed output image. This project will help Samsung Electronics Canada develop an improved and more practical raw recovery AI algorithm applicable to modern DSLR and smartphone camera images.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Richard Wildes

Student:

Partner:

Samsung Electronics Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Élaboration et test d’un outil d’autodiagnostic multicritère permettant aux entreprises québécoises d’analyser les risques et opportunités liés à leurs dépendances et impacts en matière de biodiversit

Le présent projet vise une plus grande intégration de la biodiversité et des services écologiques (BSE) dans les stratégies des entreprises et des organisations au Québec. Pour atteindre ce résultat, le projet se fixe notamment comme but d’élaborer une méthode simple d’autodiagnostic qui permettra aux entreprises de déterminer les risques corporatifs et occasions d’affaires liés à l’interdépendance des entreprises vis-à-vis de la biodiversité et des services écologiques.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Pierre Revéret

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec;Québec Vert;Centre de la Science de la Biodiversite du Quebec;Conseil patronal de l’environnement du Québec

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Implementation and deployment of a multi-modal underwater network

This project is intended to support the deployment of an underwater communication network, that is multi-hop and multi-modal. It relies on the combination of acoustic propagation and magnetic-induction to send the information from a remote instrument through a set of relay nodes and to a destination. To enable end-to-end transmission over a secured link, secured communication technologies will be adopted.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Francois Bousquet

Student:

Partner:

Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate