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One-Way Degassing Valve Design, Function and Application in Coffee Packaging

The purpose of this study is to gather information relating to the one-way degassing valves used within the coffee industry in order to improve upon current designs. This will be achieved through studying the opening/closing properties of commercial valves, as well as using a model system to elucidate the effects of valve components on these properties, as a function of pressure, rate of pressure change, and temperature. The study will also investigate flow behavior of different food grade sealing fluids within the model valve system, as a function of pressure and temperature. Finally, the study seeks to analyze the overall effectiveness of the degassing valve in maintaining coffee quality in selected packaging systems. This will involve measurement of select volatile compounds, freshness measures, found within the headspace of the coffee, then correlating/validating these measures to consumer acceptance through sensory evaluation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Loong Tak Lim

Student:

Partner:

O2i Ltd

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Controlling microbial processes in fracing fluids

Unconventional gas reservoirs are a great energy resource in the province of BC and Alberta and thus for Canada in general. Extracting this resource is not as straight forward as conventional gas reservoirs and requires hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracing or fracking, which has recently become a controversial topic in the public eye. This research project will examine water and fluids used in and returning from frac operations with respect to its geochemistry and bacterial populations. By knowing how bacterial population change geochemical parameters we can improve the effectiveness of the fracing and lower its environmental impact. The results of this research may therefore make fracing economically more feasible and safer for the environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sean Crowe

Student:

Partner:

Shell Canada

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Study of the Catalytic Effect of MFD on CuFeS2 Leaching

Bio-heap-leaching is a hydrometallurgical process used to process low grade chalcopyrite ore as the cost of alternative routes of processing and refining are not economically viable. The limitation however of the heap leaching process is the long time it takes to leach the metal and the low total recovery that can be achieved. As heap leaching being a large scale atmospheric leaching process, neither temperature nor pressure can be changed. Therefore, a viable solution is to add a catalyst that would dramatically enhance the kinetics while not being too expensive, environmentally detrimental or affect downstream process. Our discovery of MFD as catalyst fulfills all the requirements and is 100% compatible with the current heap-leaching process. Jetti resources hopes to use this technology to enhance the heap-leaching rate of chalcopyrite by at least 3 times higher than the conventional process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Edouard Asselin;David Dixon;David Grant Dixon

Student:

Partner:

Jetti Services Canada Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Graphene-Oxide Strengthened Separator to Suppress Zinc Dendrites

In this research project, the separator of rechargeable hybrid aqueous batteries (REHABs) is mechanically strengthened with graphene oxide derivatives. ReHABs comprise of a lithium intercalation cathode, zinc anode and an aqueous electrolyte. One of the problems with current ReHABs is the zinc dendritic growth and propagation from the anode, which significantly reduces its operating lifetime. After cycles of charge/discharge, these dendrites grow and propagate through the separator and eventually reach the cathode, thus shortening the battery. In this project, it is expected that graphene modified separator will suppress the propagation of dendrite and hence prevent them from making contact with the cathode. This will significantly improve the lifetime of current ReHABs. Graphene oxide is chosen for this purpose due to its high mechanical strength and flexibility The partner organization will benefit from the findings of this project to scale-up the process for commercial applications of the ReHABs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pu Chen

Student:

Partner:

Positec Canada Ltd;University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Utilisation des matrices biosourcées pour la production de composites bois-polymère (CBP)

Le composite bois-polymère (CBP) est un matériau émergent fait de bois et de plastique. Le plastique est habituellement d’origine fossile. Le projet de recherche propose d’explorer différentes technologies visant à augmenter la proportion de matière biosourcée pour former des CBP écologiques. Ces technologies permettront aux partenaires oeuvrant dans le domaine de la transformation des produits forestiers de percer le marché des produits en plastique. Deux applications sont ciblées selon les partenaires, soit des produits d’emballage moulés rigides écologiques à haute teneur en bois, et des panneaux structuraux pour la construction avec un revêtement rigide écologique. Les partenaires visent aussi à valoriser des résidus industriels biosourcés dans les produits CBP.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ahmed Koubaa;François Godard

Student:

Partner:

Rayonier A.M. Canada S.E.N.C. - Tembec;West Fraser;Centre technologique des résidus industriels

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

Segment-based Fleet Management System for Semi Real-Time Analysis

Traditional fleet management systems suffer from zone-based aggregation. i.e. they use aggregate zone-level road and terrain characteristics to estimate trip performance indicators. In addition, most of these systems require intermediate ad-hoc staging tables to generate trip performance reports. To address these limitations, this research aims at developing a segment-based fleet management system for near real-time analysis. The proposed approach uses static segmentation to associate road and terrain characteristics with each segment of the road network. Then dynamic segmentation is utilized to aggregate and link event data to road and terrain characteristics at the segment- and trip-levels. This treatment ensures more accurate analysis at a lower computational cost, without the need for intermediate staging tables specific to a particular report. In addition, optimal travel routes can be generated to minimize cost, minimize slope, maximize speed, etc. to the destination or to the nearest city or highway from a given road segment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ahmed Idris

Student:

Partner:

Streamline Transportation Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Life-cycle cost analysis of compressed air energy storage systems

The proposed internship aims to study how the performance and the reliability of mechanical energy storage systems influence their life-cycle cost (LCC), including the acquisition cost, the maintenance, and the energy costs. First, the effect of the variation of the design parameters on the performance and acquisition cost of the product will be assessed. Second, the effect of materials and processes on the reliability and the LCC of product will be studied. Lastly, the energy cost associated with the operation of the product will be analyzed. The results will be presented to the Partner in form of a computer program. In developing such database, theoretical and technical aspects of manufacturing will be considered in close collaboration with the Partner. This computer program, coupled with the performance analysis models of the product, could be used in designing a product with an optimum LCC and required performance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benoit Boulet

Student:

Partner:

Sigma Energy Storage Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Préparation de la SnapChipMC en vue du développement d’un essai multiparamétrique pour l’étude du diabète

Pouvoir mesurer la concentration de différentes protéines est important pour l’avancement des connaissances médicales. C’est malheureusement un travail qui demande souvent beaucoup de temps. Parallex BioAssays est une jeune entreprise montréalaise développant présentement un outil qui permettra de mesurer simultanément la concentration de plus de 100 protéines, sans compromettre l’exactitude des résultats. L’objectif visé au cours de ce projet de 4 mois est de faire les derniers ajustements avant la phase finale de développement qui consistera à rendre cet outil pertinent à l’étude du diabète en utilisant les réactifs appropriés (comme mettre le bon embout sur son tournevis). Puisque leur outil peut facilement être adapté à d’autres maladies, le développement de cette puce dédiée au diabète ne sera que la première d’une série que Parallex BioAssays compte commercialiser au cours des prochaines années.

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Faculty Supervisor:

André Marette

Student:

Partner:

Parallex BioAssays Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Additives in Pellet Form For Asphalt Mixes Containing Recycled Asphalt

In this project, asphalt mix additives in the form of pellets added directly in the mix during mixing will be developed. The pellets will include at least recycled asphalt shingles, but other additives like rejuvenators and warm mix additives will also be tested. Those additives should help to make asphalt mixes with better mechanical properties while using less virgin materials. The compactibility, the workability, the moisture resistance and properties like thermal cracking resistance, rutting resistance and modulus of those modified mixes will be tested. With this project, the partner will have the necessary information he needs to improve his product and to ensure his customers that what they produce with this additive will meet their requirements.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alan Carter

Student:

Partner:

Rogitex

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Wholesale trade

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Statistical and Machine Learning with Applications to a Hybrid Recommender System for Retail Data

We are in the process of creating and growing a team of researchers expert in the field of machine learning and data-mining. Ultimately, our aim is to create solutions to eliminate the need to manually define personalization strategies. We are in the process of signing partnership agreements with retailers capable of collecting large-scale datasets of customer behaviour. Through a data-sharing/consulting partnership we plan to perform research on the design of recommender systems customized for the data-sets available to brick and mortar retailers. These methods can be used in their physical and online loyalty programs as well as in their dynamical promotions/pricing strategies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sathish Gopalakrishnan;Alexander Rutherford;Robert Rohling;Tamara Munzner;Farouk Nathoo;Chi-Guhn Lee

Student:

Partner:

FIND Innovation Labs Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University; The University of British Columbia; University of Toronto; University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Valeur à vie des membres d’un programme de fidélité

Aéroplan est un programme de fidélité où les membres accumulent des milles de récompense à l’achat de produits chez les partenaires de la coalition (Air Canada, Star Alliance, Banque TD, Banque CIBC, Banque Amex, Esso, Home Hardware, Fairmount, Avis, Toyota, etc.). Les milles accumulés peuvent ensuite être échangés contre des récompenses (billets d’avion, certificat cadeau, marchandise, location d’auto, etc.). Le programme de recherche proposé consiste à explorer et exploiter les diverses bases de données relationnelles et transactionnelles afin d’aider l’entreprise dans l’élaboration de ses stratégies marketing pour mieux servir ses membres. Les résultats anticipés devraient permettre de mieux cibler les actions marketing qui auront pour effet d’améliorer la satisfaction de ses membres et des partenaires de la coalition.

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Faculty Supervisor:

François Bellavance;Marc Fredette;Danilo Dantas;Renaud Legoux

Student:

Partner:

Aimia Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Mamquam Blind Channel Water and Sediment Quality Study: For Optimum Eulachon Spawning Habitat

The general objective is to identify the optimum location for eulachon spawning habitat. This is to be achieved in part from a survey of the Mamquam Blind Channel, an eulachon historic spawning area. Water quality, channel salinity, water temperature, turbidity, foreshore soil quality and channel bed quality will be examined over the course of the research project. A review of the current work on the water, quality and stream bed sediment requirements for eulachon spawning will also be undertaken. Also an archival review will be undertaken of the human activities and recent efforts to address water and sediment quality in the Mamquam Blind Channel.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Lee

Student:

Partner:

Crow Bird Consulting Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Accelerate

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