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Printability of H13 tool steel by powder-fed laser additive manufacturing

The scope of this research is to provide a comprehensive recipe for powder-fed laser additive manufacturing (PF-LAM) of H13 tool steel. The H13 components manufactured by PF-LAM can potentially show superior mechanical properties as compared to H13 steel manufactured by conventional methods; however, the process optimization is requisite to achieve the additively manufactured H13 tool steel with satisfactory properties. The process is optimized to acquire the printed parts with minimum defects. This process is capable of remanufacturing and repair of worn and damaged dies sets, offering a complete overhaul with good mechanical properties. The partner organization is benefited from the recipe to tailor the printed parts properties to the industry needs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ehsan Toyserkani

Student:

Partner:

Promation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Santé et bien-être des veaux laitiers de la ferme laitière à l’engraissement

Les veaux mâles issus des fermes laitières sont généralement transportés vers les encans en jeune âge où ils sont vendus puis transportés vers les fermes de veaux lourds du Québec (veaux de lait ou de grain). La santé et les caractéristiques zootechniques de ces jeunes veaux sont un enjeu majeur pour le bien-être animal et afin de limiter les problèmes associés aux maladies (utilisation des antibiotiques, risque de mortalité). Ce projet veut dresser un portrait de la santé des veaux durant l’ensemble des étapes de la ferme laitière à la ferme d’engraissement en incluant les conditions de transport. En mettant en évidence les principaux facteurs de risque associés à ces problèmes, les Producteurs Bovins du Québec disposeront d’informations pratiques permettant d’améliorer le bien-être et la santé des veaux ce qui aidera à pérenniser l’ensemble de filière veau au Québec.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sébastien Buczinski;Marianne Villettaz Robichaud

Student:

Partner:

Les producteurs de bovins du Québec

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

High Performance Clustered Secure Storage Solution

45 Drives—a Nova Scotia based company—offers a high-density, low-cost data storage solution called the Storinator. While this product has been very successful, clients have indicated they would like a clustered solution which offers similar performance and redundancy, without sacrificing security or drastically increasing the cost. Researchers at the University of New Brunswick have been identified as a good fit for creating a clustered software-architecture in tandem with 45 Drives’ hardware-architecture. This software solution will be created from other software products which release their code for free called Free Open-Source software, or FOSS. The software-architecture must keep data secure, be resilient to failure and perform its tasks quickly. To the best of our knowledge, no one offers a storage solution with the properties described above.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kenneth Kent

Student:

Partner:

45 Drives

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Profil économique de l’agriculture urbaine commerciale au Québec

L’agriculture urbaine commerciale est un domaine en plein effervescence, mais l’impact de celle-ci demeure encore aujourd’hui peu documenté. L’agriculture urbaine commerciale se définie par la production, la distribution et/ou la transformation alimentaire et/ou horticole en milieu urbain par des entreprises privées ou d’économie sociale, des organismes ou des individus. Le Laboratoire sur l’agriculture urbaine (AU/LAB), principal partenaire de cette étude, contribue depuis plusieurs années à faire croître, par la recherche, l’accompagnement et la formation, le domaine de l’agriculture urbaine au Québec et tout particulièrement au niveau commercial. Ayant dressé un premier portrait avec le Carrefour de Recherche, d’Expertise, de Transfert en Agriculture Urbaine (CRETAU), AU/LAB aimerait approfondir les connaissances, c’est pourquoi la présente recherche vise à évaluer la contribution de l’agriculture urbaine commerciale au Québec. Cette étude économique détaillée permettra à AU/LAB et au gouvernement du Québec de mieux cerner l’apport du domaine et faciliter sa croissance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julien Martin

Student:

Partner:

Laboratoire sur l'agriculture urbaine

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Gestion adaptative et intégrée des barrages et adaptation des communautés locales face aux changements climatiques

Au Québec, de nombreux cours d’eau subissent des modifications inhabituelles de leurs niveaux d’eau à cause des changements climatiques, ce qui engendre de nombreux problèmes pour leur utilisation par les riverains (érosion des berges, dégâts aux embarcations de plaisance…) mais également aux responsables de la gestion des barrages. Ces derniers se voient alors contraints de s’adapter afin de garantir la sécurité des riverains ainsi que l’équilibre des cours d’eau.
Dans ce contexte, le projet vise à améliorer la gestion des niveaux d’eau des barrages de trois réservoirs situés dans le bassin versant de la rivière Saint-François, en Estrie (Grand lac Saint-François, lac Massawippi et lac Montjoie), afin de les adapter aux contraintes imposées par les changements climatiques tout en prenant en considération les préoccupations des communautés vivant aux voisinages des trois barrages. Ainsi, Il sera possible de s’adapter face aux changements climatiques et être préparés aux effets qui en découlent.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mélanie Trudel;Catherine Choquette;Geneviève Cloutier

Student:

Partner:

Conseil de gouvernance de l’eau des bassins versants de la rivière Saint-François

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

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

University:

Université de Sherbrooke; Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Fabrication of Graphene Oxide/Polyurethane Nanocomposite Foams Featuring Enhanced Mechanical, Thermal, and Electrical Properties

Polyurethane is a class of polymers with the potential of foaming and with excellent mechanical and thermal properties. However, in order to use PU in advanced applications, its physical properties must be improved. Accordingly, in this research proposal, we plan to incorporate graphene oxide (GO), a derivative of graphene, into polyurethane foam to improve its physical properties. GO is a monolayer of carbon atoms hexagonally attached to each other with some oxygen bonding across the carbon nanostructure. This nanomaterial features outstanding physical properties, and incorporation of a very small amount of GO into polyurethane can improve its physical properties drastically.
Our industry partner, ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (“ZEN”), has discovered a large and very rare igneous-related graphite deposit in Northern Ontario called the Albany Graphite Deposit [www.zengraphene.com]. This research project aims to develop the synthesis technology of GO from the as-receive ZEN’s graphite via a chemical method. The fabricated GO will be incorporated into generated polyurethane to make GO/polyurethane nanocomposites foam. These nanocomposite foams are expected to be used in various part of cars, such car hood, produced by ZEN’s automotive industry partner.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammad Arjmand

Student:

Partner:

ZEN Graphene

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Réduction de l’incidence de la gale commune chez la pomme de terre par l’utilisation des extraits d’écorce

La culture de la pomme de terre est généralement touchée par une maladie, la gale commune, qui est causée par un microorganisme. Les pommes de terre affectées doivent être exclues de la récolte, occasionnant des pertes de plusieurs milliers de dollars annuellement pour les producteurs de pommes de terre du Lac-Saint-Jean. L’ajout d’écorce de certains arbres à la culture pourrait être une solution pour lutter contre la gale tout en respectant l’environnement. Ce projet a donc comme objectif de réduire la gale commune des pommes de terre en utilisant des écorces d’arbres. Différentes quantités d’écorces seront ajoutées à titre de traitements à deux catégories de pommes de terre du Lac-Saint-Jean. L’effet des traitements sur la maladie sera évalué, c’est-à-dire s’il y a une augmentation ou une diminution de la gale par rapport à des pommes de terre sans traitement. Ce projet pourrait permettre aux producteurs du Lac-Saint-Jean de lutter contre la gale, et ce sans produits chimiques nocifs pour l’environnement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maxime Paré

Student:

Partner:

La Patate Lac-Saint-Jean

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Semisynthetic Strategies for the Production of Cannabinoids from Cannabis Sativa

Although recreational and medicinal marijuana is legal in Canada regulations limit the content of certain cannabinoids, such as ?9-tetrahydrocannabinol (?9THC) in commercially grown strands. With close collaboration with our industrial partner Plantbiois Ltd., this research project will develop methods to produce ?9THC by synthetic conversion from highly abundant cannabinoids in unregulated, low THC strains. We will use this knowledge to also explore the synthesis of less abundant, but equally valuable cannabinoids, including cannabinol (CBN) and the ?9THC analogue ?8-tetrahydrocannabinol (?8THC). Once our laboratory scale technology is fine-tuned we will work with Plantbiosis Ltd. to develop a large scale protocols for use in an industrial setting.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul G Hayes

Student:

Partner:

Plantbiosis

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Lethbridge

Program:

Accelerate

Wearable Textile-Based Microfluidic Self-Powered Biosensing System

Our biofluids, like sweat, contain many solutes and metabolites that are related to our health conditions. For example, sweat glucose concentration can be noninvasively measured to represent blood glucose concentration for diabetes management. Imagine your clothes can not only wick and adsorb your sweat to keep you dry but also collect and analyze your sweat to tell you your health status. This proposed project is designed to make that come to us closer. We will develop a textile-based microfluidic self-powered biosensing system which can simultaneously collect/deliver sweat and perform chemical composition analysis from sweat. A low-cost, solution-based method will be used to metallize the commercially available textiles with patterned thin gold coatings, which can still preserve the soft feeling and wicking property of the original textiles. Then biofuel cells as biosensors will be fabricated on the gold-coated textiles, which generate power by consuming analytes from sweat. A miniaturized electronic module will be integrated with the fabricated textile-based biosensors for wireless data transmission to our portable devices, such as the smartphone.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tricia Carmichael

Student:

Partner:

Northwestern University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Prediction of Particle Dynamics for Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing is an emerging technology that can revolutionize specific manufacturing sectors, but several technical issues related to flowability of metal powders remain to be resolved before its full potential can be achieved. The project aims at better characterizing and predicting the flow behavior of powders used for additive manufacturing, and improving powder flow simulation. The rheological behavior of powders will be studied in a wide range of conditions and these data will be used to develop a powder flow model that will be used to simulate key aspects of the additive manufacturing processes. The project will contribute to identifying promising avenues for powder feedstock development, better powder manipulation practices, and guidelines for equipment design.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bruno Blais

Student:

Partner:

University of Bath

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Advanced Manufacturing; Manufacturing and Construction

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Novel Twisting String Actuation for Robotic Grippers

A twisting string actuation (TSA) transmission uses wire(s) to transmit power from a motor on one side to a load on the other side. When the motor rotates the wires are twisting themselves, and thus provide a pulling force on the load. The aim of the project is to add to an existing TSA unit previously designed in out lab some design refinements to improve performances. The first of which is a variable radius rod which changes the speed rate and the output force. The application will be to drive a two-finger robotic gripper.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lionel Birglen

Student:

Partner:

Australian National University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Failure-Tolerand Connectivity Maintenance for Robot Swarms

In many real-world applications, robots need communication between each other to coordinate. For the information to propagate, robots need to be connected, i.e. there has to be a communication path between all the robots in a team. We have designed a decentralized connectivity-preserving algorithm and validated using the ARGoS multi-robot simulator. The connectivity-preserving algorithm has to be ported on to a fleet of Khepera IV (ground robots) and CrazyFlies (small indoor drones).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Giovanni Beltrame

Student:

Partner:

National Chiao Tung University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology; Automotive; Artificial Intelligence

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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