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System for Ubiquitous Sports Competition for Snow Sports

The project will investigate data mining techniques and software to support and enhance the activities of ubiquitous sporting competitions. Such support includes but is not limited to feedback on a participant’s activities as well as identification of regions of interest using a custom built wearable computer – the Recon MOD Live, a mobile phone, and a cellular data connection. Added functionality will enrich the activities of Recon’s customers and create a more engaging experience while using Recon’s products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Wohlstadter

Student:

Partner:

Recon Instruments Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Building and renewing competitive advantage in emerging technological domains: technology startups and innovation communities

The emerging technology company is in a dynamic environment where everything is changing turbulently, not only the actors but also the environment itself. For such emerging companies it is crucial to rely on local innovation communities in order to build and maintain a competitive advantage while balancing a number of paradoxes relater to their involvement in these communities. By summarizing the related academic research and by interviewing participants in innovation communities focusing on emerging technologies, both in Canada and China, this research hopes to help identify the most effective strategies for leveraging innovation communities in order to develop and maintain the competitive advantage. The industrial partner will gain a better understanding of the business environment and of the strategies to gain an advantage in both Canadian and Chinese market. It will also help the partner and other firms to bridge the cultural gap between different entrepreneurial environments when globalizing the program and the market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Serghei Floricel

Student:

Partner:

OVA Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Cannabis used for medical purposes by children in Canada

Cannabis products are being used for a variety of conditions. In Canada, there are no cannabis products approved for use in children. Without evidence from clinical trials doctors are hesitant to recommend cannabis products for children. In order for doctors to feel confident in advising parents on medical cannabis they need better information on if these products work, how to dose them and long-term safety. Our national collaboration between parents, doctors, researchers, industry and policy makers will study the use of medical cannabis in children. We will review the literature and work with parents to identify knowledge gaps and priorities. As a supporter of this project, Canopy Health Innovations will contribute to important research and education that advances care and treatment options for paediatric patients. Our goal is to equip parents and doctors with the materials needed to make informed decisions about using medical cannabis in children.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lauren E Kelly;Geert't Jong

Student:

Partner:

10607410 Canada Inc (STAR/CHI)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Characterizing changes in the lung environment that promote osteosarcoma metastasis

Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer in both dogs and humans. The high mortality rate of this disease can be attributed to its ability to spread (metastasize) to the lungs. Metastasis is a complex and multi-step process. To promote the survival of cancer cells when they spread, organs can change their characteristics at a microscopic level. In response, cancer cells can alter their overall behavior, such as how they grow and respond to therapy. The goal of this project is to understand what changes occur in the lung, how this can affect certain proteins within the cell, and investigate a new way to detect these tissue changes. It is predicted that the lung undergoes drastic alterations in tissue rigidity, and this impacts the activation of various protumorigenic molecules inside the invading tumor cells. This in turn promotes the colonization of the lungs by the invading tumor cells.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alicia Viloria-Petit

Student:

Partner:

Boston University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Novel bioreactors for UV disinfection and resource recovery

Municipalities are facing significant challenges related to water treatment, including aging infrastructure, increasingly more stringent water quality limits (for drinking water) and discharge requirements (for wastewater), climate change and extreme weather events, constrained plant space, municipal budget stress, etc. Summer interns in this Mitacs project will be conducting research on novel bioreactors for UV disinfection and resource recovery from municipal wastewater to reduce cost, energy and footprint, and to improve environmental sustainability. These efforts will significantly enhance Trojan Technologies (Trojan)’s long-term competitiveness. It is expected that this academic / industry collaboration model will greatly benefit the learning and experience of summer interns, and will help accelerate innovation at Trojan. It is the first time for Trojan to apply the collaboration model with undergraduate students on a research project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lars Rehmann

Student:

Partner:

Trojan Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

The History of the Quebec Common Gaol

This is a project to update the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec’s permanent exhibit, Doing Time: The Quebec City Common Gaol (1808 – 1867). Since the exhibit was launched in 2011, much research has been done on the history of the gaol. Doing Time is seen by some 25,000 visitors per year. For some, it is their only exposure to the history of prison life. The exhibit needs to be as accurate as possible. Revision will be done by an intern working under the supervision of Donald Fyson, professor of history at Université Laval and specialist in the gaol’s history.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Donald Fyson

Student:

Partner:

Morrin Centre

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’un nouvel implant pour le traitement de la dysplasie de la hanche basé sur une méthode de simulation numérique du contact et stress de la surface articulaire

Le projet consiste à développer un nouveau type de traitement pour une maladie liée à la croissance osseuse du bassin, nommé la dysplasie de la hanche. Présentement, cette maladie est souvent traitée en effectuant une chirurgie où le bassin est scié, réorienté et fixé en place. Alternativement, le traitement proposé serait d’installer une prothèse sur le bassin afin de compenser pour le manque de croissance osseuse. Cette prothèse serait conçue et fabriquées avec des outils de modélisation numériques et d’usinage à la fine pointe de la technologie. Elle pourra donc être précisément personnalisée à chaque patient. Les Laboratoires Bodycad inc. bénéficieront de cette recherche, car les connaissances acquises permettront de développer un nouveau produit disponible commercialement au public.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Ruel;Jean Deteix;Étienne Belzile

Student:

Partner:

Laboratoires Bodycad inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Applied Research in Performance Enhancement for Quantum Annealing

D-Wave Systems develops and manufactures quantum annealing processors. These processors implement a model of quantum computation that seeks to solve hard problems by exploiting quantum effects such as tunneling and superposition. The aim of this project is to study and improve the performance of quantum annealing processors by mitigating inherent and implementation-dependent failure mechanisms for near-term quantum annealing devices. This will benefit D-Wave by improving the performance of their processors, and will drive forward the field of quantum annealing in general by expanding our understanding of real-world failure mechanisms in quantum annealing processors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Adrian Vetta

Student:

Partner:

D-Wave Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology; Clean Technology; Quantum Science

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Design and implementation of a real-time communication system for Measuring While Particle Acceleration (MWPA) applications

In this project, we will devleop various demodulation and encoding techniques to enhance the performance of receiving data in the EM telemetry process. In EM Telemetry process, a ‘measuring information and data while drilling’ application, transmit and communicate wirelessly from downhole to the surface. Due to the challenge of the earth behavior, low frequency communication needs to be used in this process, therefore mixing the data and noise in the low frequency and low SNR (signal to noise ration) is the main issue. In our work, a classical and intelligence noise cancellation method besides a channel frequency model will be studied. To develop a suitable modulation/demodulation method, a multiphysics, precise model will be designed and implemented. The entire electrical circuits, mechanical structure and the noise behavior will be investigated in the model and once finalized it would be applied to the real system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bruce Forster;Paul Schaffer

Student:

Partner:

MWDPlanet and Lumen Corp.;ARTMS

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia; University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Centimeter-scale GNSS Systems – Efficient and Secure Implementations

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) augmentation techniques such as differential GNSS and real-time kinetic (RTK) positioning have been critical for GNSS accuracy and usability. In a typical scenario, the correction data is streamed to a device in the field (rover station) from a reference (base) station. However, as the number of devices that rely on location service increases dramatically with the emergence of Internet-of-Things (IoT), a secure and efficient system to handle high-throughput traffic is needed.
In this project, we investigate a scalable and reliable GNSS augmentation system with accuracy down to a centimeter level and high-resilient to high traffic. The system will be implemented using the Internet- based NTRIP that support multiple protocols (RTSP, TCP, and UDP) for communication and data transmission, and SSL certificate for authentication and encryption. A high-throughput relay will be designed with the aim of providing high availability. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zeljko Zilic

Student:

Partner:

Eos Positioning Systems

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Guide virtuel pour la Maison du Frère-Moffet

Le travail de recherche de Jean-Michel Laliberté s’insère dans le projet de renouvellement de l’exposition permanente de la Maison du Frère-Moffet. Cette exposition prend la forme d’un jeu où le visiteur est accompagné par un guide virtuel qui représente un personnage. Le récit du guide se construit à travers un parcours de réalité mixte où le participant explore les objets réels de la pièce. À partir de l’objet tangible, il découvre un univers augmenté à travers un dispositif de type tablette, qui dévoile des contenus liés au récit du personnage. Le partenariat de recherche constitue une opportunité pour la Maison du Frère-Moffet d’innover et de faire progresser la muséologie en mettant en place une expérience d’avant-garde unique.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Ambroise Vesac

Student:

Partner:

Maison du Frère-Moffet

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

Study of physico chemical properties of graphene and its derivatives for gas sensors application

The development of microelectronics based essentially on miniaturization in the previous century has given rise to other sectors in this area including the ability to design, develop new materials especially in the form of thin layers that may have new properties that will lead to the design and manufacture of devices for a wide variety of applications. Among these materials, we find Graphene and its derivatives (GO “graphene oxide”, rGO “reduced graphene oxide”, ..) which have aroused great interest thanks to their interesting properties: low resistance, transparency, mechanical power … moreover, they are applicable in several devices such as the gas sensors which aroused great interest because of their sensitivities, their quick responses and easy insertion in the electronics.
We aim to elaborate thin films based on GO and then the samples will be characterized with several techniques in order to use them in gas sensor for security.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Michel Ménard

Student:

Partner:

Université de Tunis El Manar

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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