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Speech perception and working memory in noisy environments

As the average age of Canadians increases, so too does the number of people who experience hearing loss. One of the primary complaints of hearing aid users is listening to speech in environments with a high degree of background noise. Advances in hearing aid technology may be able to address this problem, but understanding how cognitive factors like working memory, cognitive control and processing speed affect listening under poor conditions is a critical first step.
The proposed research aims to examine this issue and to develop tools that will enable clinicians to measure critical cognitive components efficiently and reliably. Such information will help clinicians determine the best course of action for each individual (hearing aid types or other treatments). This research will inform hearing aid development in an area of utmost need and will help Canadians hear and function as they desire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Watter

Student:

Partner:

Starkey Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation et amélioration de la performance à l’étanchéité à l’air d’un système de murs-rideaux

Étude d’étanchéité d’un nouveau type de murs-rideaux modulables développé pour le marché des bâtiments commerciaux et institutionnels de 1 à 2 étages. L’objectif est d’améliorer l’efficacité énergétique de ce dernier en annulant le passage de l’air au travers des parois. Le projet de recherche consiste d’abord à détecter les fuites d’air et d’eau du système, tout en déterminant le meilleur protocole scientifique et les meilleurs outils pour collecter l’information via des capteurs. Les résultats seront analysés et intégrés dans des modèles de calculs qui serviront à optimiser et à adapter le système à ses différentes applications et aux conditions climatiques avec lesquelles il pourrait être utilisé.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hachimi Fellouah

Student:

Partner:

UNIPI CANADA INC

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Effect of Diesel Exhaust Exposure on Epigenetics in Individuals with Specific Allergies: A Translational Approach to Understanding the Role of Particulate Matter

Exposure to traffic related air pollution (TRAP) damages the lungs, particularly in people who are at risk of developing long-lasting lung diseases including asthma. This project will examine whether the chemical “coating” attached to many parts of DNA, known as methylation, is changed by TRAP exposure, as this may affect the immune system contributing to asthma development. We also want to discover whether breathing in TRAP reduces how well asthma drugs work. We will identify whether increasing drug dosages or taking additional medications reduces the effects of TRAP exposure on the lungs and thereby immune system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Carlsten

Student:

Partner:

British Columbia Lung Association

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Bacterial cellulose production using a novel microbe and its wound healing products

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a natural nano biomaterial, which has been investigated for a broad range of applications ranging from headphone diaphragm to wound dressing and medical implant. We will investigate a recently discovered facultative bacterium for BC production. This bacterium has the potential of increasing the efficiency of BC production by more than ten folds thus significantly increase the cost effectiveness of virtually all BC applications. The BC
production process will be optimized for max yield and min production time. Product BC nanofibers will be characterized. Wound healing applications in the form of a regular and an antimicrobial wound dressing will be developed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wankei Wan

Student:

Partner:

Axcelon Biopolymers Corp

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Water and Energy Recovery from Flue Gas

The main objective of this work is to identify and evaluate technologies which capture water from natural gas combustion flue gas from oilsands steam generators, as well as recover energy from the hot flue gas. This includes classification of technologies to evaluate their fundamentals and technical viability (1), feasibility for a particular SAGD scheme with current technology (2), promising technologies identification (3), technology readiness and attributes (4), and evaluation of advantages and disadvantages to help COSIA to screen the top winners. The outcome of this project is the first phase of a major project leaded by COSIA, which attempts to implement technologies to reduce environmental impacts and higher energy efficiency of in-situ bitumen extraction.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nader Mahinpey

Student:

Partner:

Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Smart technology use with Public Safety and first responders

This project aims at identifying, analyzing, and documenting the operational requirements for a technological solution that will replace the currently used, time consuming, paper-based, building safety plans. Upon arriving at an incident scene, first responders rush to these on-site safety plans to know the ins and outs and the safety details of the incident scene. The few minutes spent doing this can be the difference between life and death and can be used to significantly reduce losses. The architectural and operational characteristics of a technological solution that can deliver a soft-copy of these safety plans to the smart devices in the hands of first responders in their way to the incident scene is sought. This project paves the way for first responders to use requirements engineering to communuicate and quantify their needs. It will also help them benefit from market competition and economy of scale to reduce the cost of their technological tools. The benefits to the partner organization is twofold. First, it will have a unique opportunity to tailor their products to better suit the needs of first responders. Second, it will have the opportunity to make new products to solve previously unidentified or untackled problems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hussein Mouftah

Student:

Partner:

Advance Property eXposure Canada Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Wholesale trade

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Création d’un modèle d’attribution des campagnes marketing en ligne

Il arrive fréquemment que les consommateurs visitent un site web plusieurs fois avant d’y effectuer une transaction et que ces visites sur le site soit générées par différentes sources (publicité, médias sociaux, favoris, courriel). Cette situation occasionne un sérieux dilemme, celui de l’attribution du crédit de la conversion (i.e., transaction sur un site). Doit-on l’associer à la dernière source de visite ou bien a la première? 50%, 50%? La diviser équitablement sur toutes
les sources de visites? Ou bien procéder à un forage de données afin de déterminer la contribution de chaque intervenant dans la réalisation de l’objectif prédéfinit notamment la création d’un compte, donner son c-çourriel, demander une soumission voire signer un contrat, ou acheter un produit. L’objectif du projet serait de répondre aux questions précédentes, avec des méthodes quantitatives et ainsi produire des modèles d’attribution représentant la réalité plutôt que d’utiliser les modèles de base tel que suggérés par Google Analytique. Les résultats attendus de ce projet est de créer des modèles qui décrivent le mieux l’attribution de conversion selon les types de campagne marketing, adaptés au contexte d’affaires de Desjardins Assurances Générales.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc Fredette

Student:

Partner:

Desjardins Assurances Générales

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Cost-Effective Solutions for Energy Management in Smart Buildings

This project aims at developing control strategies under the paradigm of Demand Response (DR) in the context of the Smart Grid in order to improve energy efficiency and to reduce operational cost in commercial buildings and communities. The emphasis is put on consumer side energy management strategies that able to balance energy demand and supply and to reduce the overall operational cost while providing an enhanced performance. The intern will implement a new control scheme based on framework of discrete-event systems for appliance coordination control and will further incorporate this method with such control techniques as model predictive control in order to enhance the performance. The work will be carried out in collaboration with Fusion Energie and the developed solution will be implemented and tested with their platforms.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guchuan Zhu

Student:

Partner:

Fusion Énergie

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Sustainability & the Environment; Information and Communications Technology

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Translating knowledge about mental health and addiction issues into a video game – Debris

The aim of this Mitacs proposed project is to gather information on the process of creating an animated, adventure video game, Debris (copyright Moonray Studios Inc.), aimed at helping youths recognize the symptoms and triggers of psychosis and overcome mental health stigma. This project uses an integrated knowledge translation (iKT) approach to facilitate youths’ and community agencies’ involvement in the video-game process. Dr. Ferrari, Post-Doctoral Fellow
at McMaster University, will facilitate the interaction between academic, youths, community collaborators, and the industry partner in the development of the game.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suzanne Archie

Student:

Partner:

Moonray Studios Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Examining and Improving the Efficacy of PIT Tag Arrays in Estimating Population Sizes of Salmonids

Passive integrative transponders (PIT tags) have become common tools in the study and management of fish populations by academic groups, government agencies and proponents of environmental projects. PIT tags, the size of a grain of rice, are injected into fish and provide a unique and lasting individual identifier that can be sensed throughout the lifetime of a fish. PIT tagging is thus a key tool to estimate fish populations; this understanding underpins fisheries management and decision-making in both natural and regulated rivers. A major challenge for PIT telemetry users however, is the quantity of data generated, which can lead to time consuming data management and limit analyses. In addition, it is difficult to predict the performance of a PIT telemetry site, which can influence site location, tagging effort and data variance. This project aims to: 1) optimize data analytics for PIT technology using existing PIT telemetry datasets to increase the efficacy, consistency and accuracy of these services. 2) Address uncertainty in fish population data by modelling relationships between data variance and the physical characteristics of stream channels, and developing novel methods to account for this variance. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Moore

Student:

Partner:

InStream Fisheries Research Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Mathematical modelling and numerical simulation for efficient sprinkler system

InteliRain Inc. has developed an effective sprinkler system producing excellent uniformity water distribution for regular or irregular areas but using 30% less water compared to most existing standard industry system. However, the performance of the InteliRain system deteriorates rapidly when it is tested in an open field with wind effect. In this project, the intern will develop a mathematical model and computational algorithm to simulate the InteliRain system for cases with wind effect. Working closely with InteliRain, the intern will perform an inverse study to identify important parameters affected by wind and to design an intelligent sprinkler system which could produce good uniform water distribution with modest increase of water flow when wind effect is considered.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yau Shu Wong

Student:

Partner:

Intelirain Inc

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’un système de diagnostic pour la maintenance des ouvrages du génie civil

Au Québec, le parc d’ouvrages en béton armé est considérable, hétérogène et vieillissant avec de forts besoins de maintenance et de réparation pour prolonger la durée de vie opérationnelle des structures à des coûts compétitifs et par une meilleure maîtrise des risques. Ce projet ambitionne de créer une solution technique complète et innovante de diagnostic de l’état des ouvrages, en partenariat avec l’INRS et la société SETEC Canada Inc. L’outil logiciel envisagé permettra d’intégrer des données issues de mesures de terrain et en laboratoire, de visualiser et de simuler en 3D l’évolution des pathologies des ouvrages dans le temps. Ceci dans le but de produire des diagnostics plus précis, plus complets et plus facilement exploitables par les opérateurs d’entretien et de maintenance. Cet outil devrait permettre à SETEC de commercialiser des prestations évoluées et « sur mesure » répondant aux besoins des Maîtres d’Ouvrages.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bernard Giroux

Student:

Partner:

SETEC Canada Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

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