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An assessment of the welfare and productivity of slow growing genotypes of broiler breeders

The meat poultry industry is facing concerns about sustainability and animal welfare at the same time as productivity increases to satisfy the growing global demand for chicken meat. The current fast growth rate of modern meat chickens (broilers) is negatively associated with the reproductive performance of their parent stock (broiler breeders). Current feeding management of broiler breeders involves feed restriction to limit growth rate. However, feed restriction is a welfare concern as broiler breeders display signs of chronic hunger and high feeding motivation. Some of these behavioural signs include overdrinking and drinker pecking (high water usage), feather pecking and aggressive behaviours. Indeed, the level of feed restriction increases every year as broilers are continually selected for fast growth. In order to solve this problem, this project proposed to examine the sustainability (in terms of productivity and welfare outcomes) of alternative strains of broiler breeders in North America.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tina Widowski

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Hatching Egg Producers

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Magnetorheological Fluid Actuators for various industries (part 2)

Exonetik designs, develops and manufactures magnetorheological (MR) actuator systems that enable novel functionalities to satisfy unmet customer needs. In collaboration with Exonetik engineers, interns will participate in the design, development and testing of customized magnetorheological actuators for robotics applications. The expected results of these subprojects will be prototypes that will be tested to demonstrate the added value that the technology can provide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexandre Girard;David Rancourt;Alexis Lussier Desbiens

Student:

Partner:

Exonetik Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Préparation et utilisation d’une phéromone sexuelle pour piéger la punaise terne dans des cultures de fraises

La punaise terne (Lygus lineolaris) est un insecte causant de lourds dommages aux récoltes de fraises, entre autres. Pour limiter les dommages, il faut détecter les infestations d’insectes rapidement. Ainsi, l’agriculteur appliquera un traitement efficace, si nécessaire. L’utilisation d’une phéromone sexuelle (substance émise par les femelles afin d’attirer les mâles pour l’accouplement) permet de piéger certains insectes sélectivement. À l’été 2019, le stagiaire MITACS préparera un appât via la synthèse et le mélange de trois (3) substances volatiles, imitant ainsi la phéromone sexuelle de l’insecte. Cet appât sera utilisé dans des pièges placés en milieu de culture fraisière et l’efficacité des captures sera comparée à des pièges témoins, sans phéromones. Dans ce projet collaboratif, le Prof. Chapdelaine trouve une application aux petites molécules organiques, le CRAM développe de nouveaux dispositifs de détection des infestations et enfin, l’étudiant développe des expertises variées : chimie organique et analytique, comportement animal et agronomie.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Chapdelaine

Student:

Partner:

Centre de recherche agroalimentaire de Mirabel

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Conception optimale et réalisation de filtres harmoniques pour atténuer les effets du phénomène d’empiètement d’un pont à thyristors

Les sources de production d’énergie font appel à des éléments d’électronique de puissance permettant une gestion de l’énergie électrique produite. Il peut s’agir par exemple de convertisseurs transformant une tension alternative en tension continue, ou inversement. Ils servent de plus à définir correctement les caractéristiques électriques (tension et courant) mises en oeuvre dans les réseaux (typiquement Hydro-Québec). Certains de ces convertisseurs utilisent des commutateurs (éléments ON/OFF) qui génèrent un phénomène inévitable appelé empiètement. Celui-ci déforme la tension en entrée du convertisseur, ce qui a pour effet de dégrader la qualité de l’énergie du réseau électrique. D’autres élément connectés au réseau seraient alors impactés par cette dégradation, il est donc nécessaire de la limiter au maximum. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Handy Fortin Blanchette

Student:

Partner:

ANDRITZ Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology; Energy and Utilities; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Community Building for New Housing Co-operatives: Innovating to address scale, inclusion, and contemporary living

Due to the lack of investment from the Federal and Provincial governments for affordable housing and the low number of housing cooperatives formed in the last 30 years the co-op housing model is outdated. In response to a need for affordable housing in Vancouver, BC the Community Land Trust (CLT) has recently opened two newly built housing cooperatives. This research project aims to identify tools and best practices to foster a sense of belonging, ownership, and community in newly formed housing co-ops with members from mixed socio-economic backgrounds. This project is intended to specifically support the Fraserview and Railyard housing cooperatives while adding to the body of research regarding community connection and social cohesion in multi-unit buildings and alternative housing options.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Penelope Gurstein

Student:

Partner:

Community Land Trust

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Securing elastic radio access networks – Year two

G networks have emerged as a promising solution for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to offer ultra-fast mobile broadband and ultra-low latency services with exceptional reliability for consumers. By leveraging softwarization, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), MNOs can offset the high capital and operational expenditures incurred due the additional deployment of legacy equipment. Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is a novel mobile network architecture that offers centralized operation of BaseBand Units (BBUs), and scalable deployment of lightweight Remote Radio Heads (RRHs). Elastic-RAN (E-RAN), Ericsson’s implementation of C-RAN, leverages SDN and NFV to offer flexible and elastic 5G network slicing to meet the different end-users QoS. Though virtualization facilitates flexible coordination between BBUs and RRHs, it introduces new security vulnerabilities in E-RAN. For instance, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack can cause severe degradation of the QoS/QoE by compromising the availability of resources and the integrity of data. In this proposal, we: 1) employ Machine Learning (ML) to develop novel techniques for anomaly-based DDOS detection, 2) devise mitigation measures to protect against DDoS attacks and zero-day threats using ML, and leverage the flexibility offered by NFV and SDN to automatically reconfigure network slices across the multi-tenant E-RAN infrastructure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raouf Boutaba

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC);University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

Securing elastic radio access networks

G networks have emerged as a promising solution for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to offer ultra-fast mobile broadband and ultra-low latency services with exceptional reliability for consumers. By leveraging softwarization, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), MNOs can offset the high capital and operational expenditures incurred due the additional deployment of legacy equipment. Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is a novel mobile network architecture that offers centralized operation of BaseBand Units (BBUs), and scalable deployment of lightweight Remote Radio Heads (RRHs). Elastic-RAN (E-RAN), Ericsson’s implementation of C-RAN, leverages SDN and NFV to offer flexible and elastic 5G network slicing to meet the different end-users QoS. Though virtualization facilitates flexible coordination between BBUs and RRHs, it introduces new security vulnerabilities in E-RAN. For instance, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack can cause severe degradation of the QoS/QoE by compromising the availability of resources and the integrity of data. In this proposal, we: 1) employ Machine Learning (ML) to develop novel techniques for anomaly-based DDOS detection, 2) devise mitigation measures to protect against DDoS attacks and zero-day threats using ML, and leverage the flexibility offered by NFV and SDN to automatically reconfigure network slices across the multi-tenant E-RAN infrastructure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raouf Boutaba

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC);University of Waterloo

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

Multisensor Integration in Wireless Sensor Networks for Fall Prevention

This project is to develop fall prevention system for long term care facility. The system will consist of many room sensory units, centralized alarm, monitoring, and responding server application, and many mobile monitoring and responding units. The room sensory units will be placed or installed in rooms where the residences are needed to be monitored for fall prevention. The room unit is a multiple sensors integrated sensory system through Zigbee wireless communication protocol to form a wireless sensor network system, which is used to detect motion, to send alarm, to remotely monitoring, and to provide voice response. Any detected motion will be sent via Wi-Fi network and be processed by the server application then be sent to the designated nurse’s mobile unit for the nurse to take proper actions in order to prevent fall.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qing Tan

Student:

Partner:

Remote Transportation Solutions Ltd

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

Athabasca University

Program:

Accelerate

Volume Change Behaviour of Problematic Geomaterials

The proposed research consists of two tiers to understand the volume change behaviour of problematic geomaterials. Engineered structures have been distressed by expansive soils because of heaving and subsidence. Likewise, mine waste tailings from mineral beneficiation process must be contained in-pit storage facilities to minimize environmental impacts. This research is divided into investigation of volume changes in expansive soils under fluctuating pressure regimes using a diffusion equation as well as simulation of ng the volume changes in waste tailings using large-strain consolidation. The partner organization will benefit from the innovative and advanced techniques to deal with more complicated geotechnical issues associated with this two classes of problematic geomaterials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shahid Azam

Student:

Partner:

Clifton Associates Limited

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Comprendre l’utilisation des services de santé des résidents de l’office municipal d’habitation de Trois-Rivières

L’Office municipal d’habitation de Trois-Rivières (OMHTR) est un organisme à but non lucratif dont la mission est d’aider les personnes et les familles à faible revenu à se loger convenablement. L’OMHTR a récemment mis en place une clinique communautaire de santé en partenariat avec l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Cette clinique ayant remporté un vif succès, l’OMHTR envisage de diversifier son offre de services de santé. Le présent projet à pour objectif d’identifier les besoins et l’utilisation actuelle des services de santé des résidents de l’OMHTR afin d’éclairer la prise de décision sur les ressources de santé devant être priorisées pour cette population. Un échantillon représentatif des résidents de l’OMH sera sélectionner afin de compléter notre enquête sur l’utilisation des services de santé. Les résultats de cette population seront comparés avec ceux des résidents de la Maurice ayant complété l’enquête sur la santé dans les collectivités canadiennes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc-André Blanchette

Student:

Partner:

Office d'habitation municipal de Trois-Rivières

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Contrôle qualité et détection de défauts pour des systèmes d’ensachage industriel par l’utilisation du Deep Learning

L’opération d’emballage dans des sacs flexibles de produits en vrac est utilisée au quotidien par l’industrie agroalimentaire. Cependant, un défaut de fermeture d’un des sacs présents sur une palette entraine la perte de toute la palette pour garantir les normes d’hygiènes. Le but du projet est de proposer une solution qui permet de détecter les défauts dans différents types de sacs d’emballages. Au vu de la diversité des types de sacs (matériaux, couleurs, taille, etc.) présents dans l’industrie agroalimentaire et des différents types de fermetures qui existent (plié, collé, couture, etc.) ce projet s’appuiera sur les méthodes employées en intelligence artificielle. Ce projet permettra à l’entreprise de maitriser la technologie de l’intelligence artificielle et de rester leader dans son domaine en proposant de nouveaux services sur ses systèmes d’emballage.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Brousseau;Ismail KHRISS

Student:

Partner:

Premier Tech Systèmes Automatisés

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Technology; Agriculture and Food

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Accelerate

Cartographie pangénomique des loci de méthylation de l’ADN dans le placenta et la sang de cordon ombilical

Afin de s’adapter à plus ou moins long terme à leur environnement, plusieurs organismes ont recours à des modifications épigénétiques, c’est-à-dire en périphérie de l’ADN. Ces modifications, comme l’addition d’une petite molécule sur la chaîne d’ADN, ne changent pas la séquence elle-même. Elles en changent plutôt la « lisibilité », à la manière d’une rature ou d’un surlignement dans un texte. Durant la grossesse, des modifications épigénétiques de l’enfant peuvent être dérégulées de nombreuses façons et mener au développement de maladies durant l’enfance ou à l’âge adulte. Parfois, ces dérégulations sont dues à des facteurs externes, comme les habitudes de vie de la mère, à des facteurs propres à l’enfant, comme la séquence de son ADN, ou à une combinaison des deux. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pierre-Étienne Jacques

Student:

Partner:

Boston University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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