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Fast and robust power electronic interfaces for DC net-zero energy buildings (NZEBs)

Nowadays it is estimated that buildings consume about 40% of the global energy, what corresponds to one-third of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To deal with this issue, the concept of Net-Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) was conceived. These buildings produce, by means of renewable energy sources (RESs), the total energy they consume on an annual basis. Since RESs, such as photovoltaics, are fluctuating, a strong grid connection and/or Energy Storage System (ESS) is/are required. This research project focuses on a NZEB with an innovative DC bus. The research problem to be tackled is the development of fast acting and parameter insensitive controllers for the power electronics interfaces of RESs and ESSs. The plan is to consider the control of these interfaces as a general linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem as opposed to the conventional PI controllers. The performance of the interfaces with both technologies will be compared experimentally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Luiz Antonio Correa Lopes

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

An Energy Control Center (ECC) for DC Net-Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs)

Nowadays, buildings consume about 40% of the global energy, what corresponds to one-third of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To deal with this issue, the concept of Net-Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) was conceived. These buildings produce, by means of renewable energy sources (RESs), the total energy they consume on an annual basis. Since RESs, such as photovoltaics, are fluctuating, a strong grid connection and/or Energy Storage System (ESS) is/are required. This research project focuses on an Energy Control Center (ECC) with a hierarchical configuration for assuring good voltage regulation as well as harnessing of maximum renewable energy while keeping batteries with a healthy State-of-charge (SoC). The primary control loop is the conventional DC bus signaling (DBS). For the secondary loop, a suitable algorithm for power control and energy management will be developed. It shall be realized with a C2000 TI microcontroller and Controller Area Network (CAN) communication. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Luiz Antonio Correa Lopes

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Hoy Creek Shared Equity Home Ownership Project: Models, Applicability, and Administration

The Hoy Creek Shared Equity Home Ownership Project aims to provide a site-specific example of how a shared equity home ownership project can succeed in Canada. As few Canadian examples exist of scalable affordable home ownership models, more research is required to identify options for implementation and strategies for long-term administration. This research project aims to identify strategies for shared equity home ownership implementation and administration while determining best practices for Community Land Trust execution. This project is intended to specifically support the development of the Hoy Creek lands in Coquitlam, BC while contributing to a growing body of research regarding options for alternative tenure models across B.C. and Canada.

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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

Disentangling processes that affect the occupancy-abundance relationship: a test at local and regional scales with moose

Dr. Avgar will be facilitating the start of my master’s project on spatial movement of moose. During my stay at Utah State, I will focus on the analytical application of mathematical models for moose movement patterns. Specifically, occupancy (probability of inhabiting a space) and abundance (number of individuals) are units of measurements affecting the spatial positioning of an animal. Dr. Avgar will oversee my research focusing on the key drivers of the occupancy-abundance relationship. Specifically, the co-occurrence of competitors and/or predators, anthropogenic effects, population density, and habitat availability can influence moose movement patterns. However, although occupancy and abundance influence one another, the drivers of occupancy do not have to be the same as the drivers of species abundance. The interdisciplinary application of mathematics to ecological processes provides a more comprehensive study of moose populations. Working with Dr. Avgar will provide me with a unique perspective for my thesis and a foundation of understanding of mathematical models that I will be apply to empirical data when I arrive in St. John’s the following Fall 2019 semester.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Vander Wal

Student:

Partner:

Utah State University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Formation control of unmanned aerial vehicles in presence of obstacles

The objective of this project is to develop a novel distributed constrained control architecture to address the obstacle avoidance problem for rotating wings unmanned aerial vehicles.
In the first phase, the objective is to realize an experimental setup where formations of UAVs can be reproduced and tested. This will be realized at the host supervisor’s research lab at Concordia University which is already equipped with an indoor GPS system (BitCraze Loco Positioning System) and two drones (BitCraze 2.0). The first phase will be concluded implementing, in laboratory, at least one state-of-art solution to the considered research problem. Then, we will develop a novel control strategy that aims at achieving a flexible formation topology that can be properly reorganized whenever obstacle occurrences occlude the path. In a third phase, by exploiting the test-bed flight scenario built in the first phase of the project, we will experimentally compare the performance of the proposed controller with existing ones […]

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Faculty Supervisor:

Walter Lucia

Student:

Partner:

University of Calabria

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Application of paleolimnological tools for assessing the transfer of marine derived nutrients and toxins to fresh water systems, Nova Scotia Canada: Focus on Alewife within the Gaspereau Lake watershed

This research will focus on using lakes sediments to determine the amount of marine derived nutrients and contaminants that Alewife (Gaspereau) transfer into Gaspereau Lake, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Lake sediment records form an archive that preserves environmental change that has occurred in lakes. In this project lake sediment cores will be collected and analyzed in the laboratory for a wide variety of organic and non-organic contaminants. These cores will provide a 500-year record of this change to better understand if Alewife transfer significant marine derived nutrients and contaminants to fresh water systems. This technique can also be applied throughout Eastern North America to better understand how changing environmental conditions such as damming and forestry affect marine fish residency in fresh water systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Spooner;Mark Mallory

Student:

Partner:

Ducks Unlimited Canada (NS)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Environmental Science and Technology; Natural Resources

University:

Acadia University

Program:

Accelerate

Housing Insecurity amongst Older Adult Renters in Metro Vancouver: A Geographical Analysis

We will produce a series of maps using 2016 Canadian Census data to identify concentrations of seniors in market rental housing throughout the Vancouver CMA. Population projections indicate that 1 in 4 Metro Vancouver residents will be 65 years or older in a little over a decade. Seniors in the private rental market tend to show indicators of greater vulnerability such as low income and core housing need compared to seniors who own their housing. To gauge senior renters’ access to neighbourhood services, we will map the distribution of seniors’ social services and identify areas where senior renters are underserved.
Current efforts to support seniors aging in place are insufficient. This project will benefit the Senior Services Society to advocate for and coordinate existing and new services through a greater understanding of the spatial concentrations of low-income seniors to improve service design, delivery and implementation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Penelope Gurstein

Student:

Partner:

Seniors Services Society of BC;United Way of the Lower Mainland

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Encapsulation of lipophilic compounds into saponin micelles

This research project would entail developing a system to encapsulate compounds in order to protect them during processing, storage and digestion. Saponins are a compound found in pants that are made up of water attracting and water repelling components. This balance allows them to group together to form groups of saponins called micelles with the water repelling portions facing inwards. This creates a potential space to encapsulate other compounds that repel water in order to solubilize them. Synthetic compounds exist that are already able to do this, yet consumers are looking for natural plant-based ingredients. Therefore, the objective is to look into the formation of saponin micelles from different plant sources including ginseng, licorice root, or yucca and characterize the structures they form when coming together. Additionally, another objective would be to solubilize water repelling compounds inside the formed structures such as essential oils.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Goff

Student:

Partner:

University of Hohenheim

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Wet-Lab/RNA Biology & Bioinformatics/Computational Biology

The proposed research involves both a laboratory component and computational component. Lab research will involve optimization of fork-ligation, optimization of DNA-RNA hybrid ligation, and methods necessary or advantageous in library preparation procedure. The bioinformatics/computational biology research will involve the integration of software packages from the group into the Galaxy Server, expression analysis of small RNA sequencing data sets, and visualization of small RNA-RNA interaction networks. The expected outcomes of this project are a deep understanding for the student of the link between laboratory experiments and computational biology and a significant contribution to the computational biology research at the Institute of Biochemical Engineering.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amin Rajabzadeh

Student:

Partner:

Universität Stuttgart

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

High-performance Sport Structures in the United Kingdom and their Impact on Athlete Development

Since the environments that athletes train and compete in can negatively impact their performance, their mental wellbeing, and their personal development, it is important to understand how these environments may be designed to more positively influence the athletes involved. It is also important for researchers to learn from the experiences of more than just athletes. While understanding the perspective of athletes is valuable, there are other individuals that play a role in shaping how sport organizations operate, and understanding the perspectives of those who work in and run the organizations may shed additional insight into the organization of these training environments. Therefore, the purpose of this project will be to explore key stakeholders’ perceptions of how the structure of high-performance sport organizations in the UK support the personal development of athletes. In order to do this, I will conduct interviews with various stakeholders (athletes, coaches, policy makers, etc.) involved in the UK sport system. The knowledge gained from this project can be used to inform a set of ‘best practices’ for personal athlete development in high-performance sport settings […]

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Faculty Supervisor:

Katherine Tamminen

Student:

Partner:

University of Portsmouth

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Changes in bat activity following the invasion of a fungus that causes white nose syndrome in Nova Scotia

Millions of bats have died in eastern North America since the introduction of the invasive fungus known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) in 2006. This fungus is rapidly spreading through bat-to-bat contact during hibernation. The impact of WNS in Nova Scotia is estimated to be 95% mortality based on the population estimates at a select few hibernation sites. It is unknown how this has affected the region’s summer population of bats and particularly the isolated population of Tri-colored bats. I will use bat echolocation and acoustic monitors to detect surviving bats and compare this to data collected before the arrival of WNS at 90 sites across southwest Nova Scotia. This will assess the impact of WNS pre- to post-introduction and determine changes in species and activity. My study will be used to inform the recovery potential of bats and fill the information gap on how WNS has affected nationally endangered species.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hugh Broders

Student:

Partner:

Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

The control of pathogen infection in Cannabis sativa

The cannabis boom in Canada is reaching a full swing. At the same time, the research on agricultural and medicinal cannabis is still lagging behind. Cannabis is typically grown at high density in the contained environment. Such conditions lead to high pathogen pressure. Fungal pathogens like those causing powdery mildew, grey and white mold result in a significant decrease in yield and sometimes even in a loss of entire crop or a recall of various products. Co-Terra is a Canadian R&D company interested in the development of various applications to control pathogen infection in various organisms, including fish and plants. CoTerra is interested in the development of the efficient control of pathogen infection in cannabis. CoTerra has developed several products for control of pathogen growth and would like to test one of the products, PX10, for the control of pathogen growth in cannabis. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Igor Kovalchuk

Student:

Partner:

CoTerra Labs Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Lethbridge

Program:

Accelerate

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