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The effects of the dietary supplement Cardioflex on reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors in adults.

Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death and prescription drug use in Canada. In 2011, it was estimated that 1.6 million Canadians are living with heart disease or the effects of a stroke. One person every 7 minutes dies from heart disease or stroke in Canada. The purpose of this clinical trial is to take adults who are at risk for developing cardiovascular disease but are otherwise healthy and to determine whether daily supplementation with Cardioflex for 90 days will reduce their risk factor markers such as blood lipid (e.g. cholesterol and triglyceride).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Semone Myrie

Student:

Partner:

Innotech Nutrition

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Alberta High Resolution Wetland Inventory Methodology Development

This project aims to operationalize innovative methods for developing cost effective wetland inventories across Alberta by use of numerous sources of remote sensing data, namely light detection and ranging (LiDAR), synthetic aperture Radar (SAR), and optical imagery. The project will formalize a mapping specification, develop training and validation datasets (available in-kind from the academic supervisor and industry partner), and review literature to identify candidate data platforms and mapping methodologies that have the potential to meet the requirements of the Alberta Wetland Classification System (AWCS) and the Canadian Wetland Inventory (CWI) data model. A workflow will be developed to integrate candidate data sources and methodologies to yield high resolution wetland mapping and attribution. Project deliverables will support the implementation of Alberta Wetland Policy and North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) Habitat Restoration and mitigation programs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Hopkinson

Student:

Partner:

Ducks Unlimited Canada (AB)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

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

University:

University of Lethbridge

Program:

Accelerate

Étude des défauts de surface des panneaux composites utilisés dans lesaménagements intérieurs des avions d’affaire (EPOX)

Le présent projet de recherche vise à identifier, puis éliminer les défauts produits dans les zones

de fixation des panneaux composites de l’ameublement intérieur des avions d’affaires. Le

projet visera à établir un lien entre ces défauts de surface, la polymérisation de la résine

époxy, les inserts mécaniques utilisés et les variations hygro-thermiques de l’environnement.

Les défauts de surface seront étudiés en détail afin d’identifier les causes possibles du

problème. Des solutions à court et à long terme seront proposées et validées afin de

diminuer dans un premier temps, puis éliminer ces défauts. Des recommandations

industrielles plus générales seront proposées à la fin du projet afin d’améliorer les méthodes

de fabrication des panneaux composites de l’ameublement intérieur des avions d’affaire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Edu Ruiz;François Trochu

Student:

Partner:

Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec (Quebec City, QC);Bombardier Aerospace Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Comparative study on stress measurement techniques in the context of protective alpha-Al2O3

Alpha-alumina is a material that is extensively used as an oxygen diffusion barrier in the aerospace industry, in the form of thin coatings. For optimal performances and to avoid coating failures, it is important to understand how mechanical stress is generated in alumina. This project will use piezo-spectroscopic luminescence to measure stress in alumina thin films produced by magnetron sputtering at Polytechnique Montreal. Expertise on the matter will be provided by Professor David Clarke, of Harvard. The technique allows for sensitive measurement of stress in alumina and provides micro-scale spatial resolution, which is not attainable with our own equipment. This method will then be compared against stress measurements previously performed with our own instruments and techniques (x-ray diffraction and Flexus measurements), to see if they are in agreement. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jolanta Klemberg-Sapieha

Student:

Partner:

Harvard University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Mise en place d’une méthodologie de modélisation statistique spatiale dans le but de bonifier la contribution d’un SIG dans une démarche d’intelligence d’affaires dans un contexte marketing

Mise en place d’une méthodologie de modélisation statistique spatiale dans le but de bonifier la contribution d’un SIG dans une démarche d’intelligence d’affaires dans un contexte marketing

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Faculty Supervisor:

Denis Larocque

Student:

Partner:

Anagraph

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Habitations Saint-Michel Nord (SMN) : sécurité, harmonie, ouverture et résilience

Plus de 40 ans après la construction des Habitations Saint-Michel Nord (SMN), l’Office municipale d’habitation de Montréal (OMHM) a décidé de préserver ce patrimoine immobilier collectif par la mise en chantier de travaux majeurs (54 millions $ investis) rendus nécessaires en raison de la vétusté des bâtiments. L’OMHM souhaite saisir l’opportunité offerte par ce chantier (relogement des 600 résidents pendant les travaux) pour réaliser une démarche d’innovation sociale avec ses employés et les partenaires et les résidents de ce « plan d’ensemble » afin de créer les conditions nécessaires à l’établissement d’un milieu de vie sécuritaire, harmonieux, ouvert et résilient. C’est dans ce contexte que l’OMHM a approché Cité-ID, un laboratoire de recherche-action rattaché à l’ÉNAP, pour l’accompagner en mode LivingLab et documenter cette démarche.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marie-Christine Therrien;Nicolas Merveille

Student:

Partner:

Office municipal d’habitation de Montréal

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

École nationale d'administration publique

Program:

Accelerate

Thermally Compensated Fabry-Perot MEMS Pressure Sensor

Pressure sensing during plastic injection molding is critical to the quality of manufactured consumer and commercial goods and need to be able to operate up to temperatures of 350°C and pressures up to 10,000 psi. In this case, pressure is measured using a membrane to infer displacement and depending on the conditions, the membrane may be directly exposed to the load. In the majority of cases, pressure transfer fluids such as mercury, are used to protect the sensor from the high temperature of the plastic melt and to facilitate remote sensing. However, the use of these fluids reduces the accuracy of the sensor and mercury is restricted in Canada and many other countries. In the proposed project, the intern will develop a first-generation of thermally compensated fiber-optic Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Fabry-Perot pressure sensors that can operate at temperatures up to 200°C and 1000 psi, using packaging technologies…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patricia Nieva

Student:

Partner:

MorHEAT Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Étude portant sur la validation d’une technologie visant à soutenir la réalisation de routines par des enfants qui présentent une TDAH ou un TSA

La réalisation des routines quotidiennes représente un défi pour de nombreux enfants présentant des troubles neurodéveloppementaux (TDAH, TSA). Plusieurs outils d’intervention traditionnels proposés pour soutenir les parents dans la réalisation des routines familiales impliquent un investissement de temps important pour les parents et ces stratégies ne sont pas efficaces pour tous les enfants. Les technologies représentent une solution prometteuse et innovatrice pour soutenir les parents dans la mise en place d’interventions efficaces auprès de leurs enfants, mais très peu de technologies éducatives sont disponibles pour soutenir les enfants présentant un TDAH ou un TSA dans la réalisation de leurs activités quotidiennes. Le présent projet vise donc le développement et l’évaluation des effets d’un nouvel outil d’assistance pour la réalisation de routines destinées aux enfants de 6 à 12 ans présentant un TDAH ou un TSA. Cet outil, HERO, utilise une mécanique de jeu vidéo pour motiver les enfants.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dany Lussier-Desrochers

Student:

Partner:

Groupe Neuro Solutions

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Education

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Detection of suspicious and/or abnormal real-time events from textual live data feeds

Social media and other real-time messaging applications represent valuable sources of real-time information that remain untapped by many service operators. The project is aimed at developing methodology for detecting suspicious and/or abnormal real-time events from textual live data feeds, based on predictive and/or anomaly detection algorithms applied to time series and text features.
TRT Canada is therefore interested in developing algorithms that will be able to recognize such events based on similarities with past events in order to address the mentioned scenario.
The research consists of evaluating some of the state-of-the-art methods in textual analytics in text stream processing and neural network techniques, such as deep learning and convolutional neural network. The experiments are designed to measure effectiveness of these methods at detecting anomalies and new events, event classification, and identification of event features, such as actors, locations, and time characteristics.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stan Matwin

Student:

Partner:

Thales Canada Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology; Other

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Les comportements pro-environnementaux en milieu organisationnel : opérationnalisation et déterminants

Étant consciente de la dégradation de l’environnement et du risque qui en découle pour la santé et la sécurité des citoyens, mon projet de thèse réalisé à Valence en Espagne permettra de dégager un portrait des comportements environnementaux pratiqués dans notre société en comparaison avec ceux de l’international. Ainsi, l’étude permettra de sortir des sentiers battus et d’innover dans le milieu de la gestion où la majorité des études en développement durable consiste à se faire sur un seul continent en négligent les différences culturelles. Ainsi, cette recherche propose de repenser le développement durable, d’une part en mettant les dimensions psychologiques, les différences culturelles et la protection de l’environnement sur le même pied et d’autre part en s’assurant que les résultats profitent à l’industrie et au milieu de la recherche. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pascal Paillé

Student:

Partner:

University of Valencia

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Environmental Science and Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Delocalization excitation and radiation

This project is to investigate a subtle new mechanism by which particles can be produced. The new mechanism, which has first been proposed by the applicant and her supervisor, is expected to occur for well isolated, small quantum systems, such as single atoms, molecules or ions, which are left to evolve freely. When such quantum systems are initially prepared in a localized state, and are then left to evolve freely, their centre of mass wave function spreads out due to quantum delocalization. An example implementation could be initially localized ions in an ion trap, which are then left to evolve freely by suddenly switching off the trapping laser beams. The quantum delocalization process can lead to the excitation of the system, as well as to the emission of a photon. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Achim Kempf

Student:

Partner:

The University of Queensland

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Advanced Battery Modelling in Electric Bus Platforms to Enable Next-Gen Low-Carbon Public Transit

With the ever-increasing growth of the consumer Electric Vehicle (EV) market and environmental awareness of federal and provincial governments, electrification of public transit systems has come under the spotlight in recent years. Currently, there is limited practical knowledge on how to efficiently deploy EV buses across different Canadian regions, which results in a wide gap between advanced EV technology and Canadian environmental parameters.
EV batteries are negatively affected by cold temperatures, bad road conditions, and aggressive driving behaviours. This results in a shorter life-span of the battery pack and it’s quicker degradation. To reduce these negative effects, public transit companies need to fully understand how batteries behave under different operating and environmental conditions, and these conditions are not the same across Canada. Furthermore, EV manufacturing companies also need to adapt their designs to these conditions for successful marketing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Olivier Trescases

Student:

Partner:

WSP Canada Inc (Thornhill, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate