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Exploring surface nanoscale axial photonics resonators for ultrahigh-resolution optical gyroscope applications

We will fabricate cylindrical glass microstructures that keep light traveling in circles for a very long time. The circular trajectory of the confined light changes very sensitively due to rotational motion of the cylinders, and these changes can be measured by detecting angular velocity. Therefore, the project aims at developing these cylinders that allow light for many rounds of propagation without leaking, as a way to increase the sensitivity to rotations. We implement optimization of the fabrication process and characterization of the fabricated microstructures to ensure that the required specifications are met.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lawrence Chen

Student:

Partner:

OSCPS Motion Sensing Inc.

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University; McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Neurologically relevant enzyme expression and engineering for novel enzymatic biosensor development

Enzymes are important biological catalysts which span all domains of life. They play vital roles in the metabolism and production of biomolecules in different organs. Our interest lies in using enzymes to develop biosensors to be employed in studying neurochemical processes occurring in the brain. The purpose of this project is express and characterize three different wild type enzymes and their mutants (Glycine oxidase, D-aspartate oxidase, D-amino acid oxidase). Enzyme expression and purification will be completed through standard biochemistry techniques while activity characterization will be assessed using spectrophotometric assays. Upon expression and characterization, these enzymes will then be used to develop enzymatic biosensors which will be employed for in vitro single cell and in-vivo animal model studies of neurochemical processes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Janine Mauzeroll

Student:

Partner:

University of Insubria

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Pharmaceuticals

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Perceptions and Use of Green Public Space by Young Families and Children in Gentrifying Neighbourhoods of Barcelona

(Re)development of public spaces in order to improve liveability may contribute to undesirable neighbourhood change including gentrification or excessive tourism. The creation of new green spaces – sorely needed in many neighbourhoods – may also be accelerating gentrification processes. Young families and children are residents that are highly affected by neighbourhood change, but understudied. This study will measure how use and perspective of public spaces may vary across gentrified neighbourhoods in the population of young families and children. A combination of observational methods, surveys, and interceptinterviews will be used to assess quantitative and qualitative differences among families at three sites of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), a city undergoing dramatic public space re-design. I hypothesize that each stage of gentrification will present different and distinct patterns of use, perceptions, and well-being by young children and families. My research will inform future planners of the many unequally distributed social consequences that may come as a result of seemingly ‘a-political’ implementation of liveability and greening plans

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jordi Honey-Roses

Student:

Partner:

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Sustainability & the Environment; Other

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Exploring predictive analysis models to improve online sales performance

Faire Child Makewear Limited (“Faire Child”) is a Nova Scotia start-up company created to design and market a line of fashionable and sustainable children’s outerwear. Faire Child developed an opertalization plan in collaboration with an outside consultant in December 2017. Despite having executed the plan as designed, the activities that were undertaken did not result in sales, and the click-through rates, though impressive, are not converting to sales. In addition, FaireChild has just acquired all of the manufacturing equipment needed to begin manufacturing themselves. With these facts in mind, the overall objective of this project is to create and validate a plan to improve conversion rates through business model innovation, and investigate the best-practices engagement models of B to B sales in the luxury children’s wearable markets. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Roach

Student:

Partner:

Fairechild

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Technology

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

A Comparative Study of Buddhism’s Impacts on the Rise and Evolution of Female Rule in China and Japan

Approaching this project from an international perspective, I plan to use cross-disciplinary methods to explore Buddhism’s
influence on the birth, evolution and gradual recession of female rule in East Asia, with a comparative study of several Chinese
and Japanese empresses as the focus. My approach will be interdisciplinary and multimedia, subjecting a plethora of relevant
materials from a variety of media to rigorous multidisciplinary scrutiny. I will also combine literary works such as biography,
artwork such as painting, and social customs such as costume and mores, in order to conduct thorough and in-depth research.I
expect this project to reveal significant insights to scholars who study Empress Wu in China or her counterparts in Japan. I will
also conduct a systematic investigation into Buddhism’s influence upon female rule in these two countries. More importantly, my
research will underscore the necessity of contextualizing any specific tradition of East Asian Buddhism within a broader East
Asian perspective, given Buddhism’s cross-cultural and cross-boundary characteristics. I also wish for my research to provide a
new perspective on feminist studies in the context of East Asia.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jinhua Chen

Student:

Partner:

Tokyo University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Assessment of the Vulnerability of GFRP Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls under Reversal Cyclic Load – Year two

The applicability of reinforcing shear walls with FRP bars in resisting wind loads and small to medium magnitude earthquakes has was validated through several investigations. The most significant advantage of the FRP-RC is the considerable elastic deformation capacity and the self-centering ability of up to near failure. However, Current limitations of FRP design codes concerning the seismic resistance may lead to a highly conservative and uneconomical design due to the lack of sufficient studies.
Therefore, this project consists of developing analytical models for FRP-reinforced shear walls subjected to cyclic reversal load (validated with experimental data) which will be used to conduct seismic performance assessment to investigate the safety and accuracy of current design methods. The main objective is set to support North America’s codes with essential experimental and analytical data towards developing a clause for FRP-RC shear walls and to provide engineers with reliable design guidelines and confident in adopting such element in construction. This in return will benefit the industrial partner (Pultrall inc.) as a leading producer and supplier of FRP bars worldwide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brahim Benmokrane

Student:

Partner:

Pultrall

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Elevate

Assessment of the Vulnerability of GFRP Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls under Reversal Cyclic Load

The applicability of reinforcing shear walls with FRP bars in resisting wind loads and small to medium magnitude earthquakes has was validated through several investigations. The most significant advantage of the FRP-RC is the considerable elastic deformation capacity and the self-centering ability of up to near failure. However, Current limitations of FRP design codes concerning the seismic resistance may lead to a highly conservative and uneconomical design due to the lack of sufficient studies.
Therefore, this project consists of developing analytical models for FRP-reinforced shear walls subjected to cyclic reversal load (validated with experimental data) which will be used to conduct seismic performance assessment to investigate the safety and accuracy of current design methods. The main objective is set to support North America’s codes with essential experimental and analytical data towards developing a clause for FRP-RC shear walls and to provide engineers with reliable design guidelines and confident in adopting such element in construction. This in return will benefit the industrial partner (Pultrall inc.) as a leading producer and supplier of FRP bars worldwide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brahim Benmokrane

Student:

Partner:

Pultrall

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Elevate

Investigations and Analysis of Industrial Internet of Things Ecosystems

Rimot monitors, controls and provides insights into remote critical infrastructure through the use of enabling technologies such as data analytics, security and advanced networking. Critical research areas in data analytics, security and advanced networking are beneficial for the creation of unique intellectual property and commercialization opportunities for Rimot. This project will focus on the investigations and analysis of industrial Internet of Things ecosystems including, exploring the impacts of IOT security and threat assessment using port and naval systems; determining the optimal mix of computer power availability with edge analytics with local machine learning algorithms; and developing insight for macro impacts on IOT systems such as weather on communications infrastructure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Monica Wachowicz;Jean-Francois Bousquet

Student:

Partner:

Rimot.io Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

Dalhousie University; University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in Practice Research Project

The purpose of this project is to conduct a document review of select philanthropic foundations to investigate the policies and practices used by foundations to address DEI. The intern will also lead knowledge generation and knowledge mobilizations activities in the form of issue briefs and learning sessions to engage foundation staff and board members to their increase awareness and facilitate knowledge exchange and peer learning of DEI policies and practices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Phillips

Student:

Partner:

Philanthropic Foundations Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

I-CubeX Software Usability and Application (ISUA)

This research aims to identify, develop and evaluate software tools that increase usability of I-CubeX sensor instrumentation for research and application in both interactive media as well as behavioural science. The complexity that impeded usability concerns various aspects: sensor and interface management (location, state, etc.), sensor and actuator transmission protocols (analog, digital, etc.), sensor signal processing (peak, average, etc.), sensor signal feature mapping methods, routing to media control protocols (MIDI, OSC, COM, etc.), interaction design approach and behavioural research methodology. While many of these issues can be addressed by some tool or another, the complexity is overwhelming for many and hence usability is often low. In this project the I-CubeX software in interactives design for exhibits, behavior measurement and neurophysiological control will be addressed. The benefit for the partner company, Infusion Systems, an active contributor to Canadian culture and employer of Canadians, would be the improved competetiveness of I-CubeX products…….

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marcelo Wanderley

Student:

Partner:

Infusion Systems Ltd

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Upscaling evapotranspiration data from eddy covariance using remote sensing

This project is designed under Agricultural Water Innovation in the Tropic (AgWIT) partnership, a WaterWorks project funded by NSERC. Under the AgWIT project, we have been testing alternative land and water management strategies such as biochar application and drip irrigation. Evapotranspiration (ET) monitoring through flux towers has been used for comparing water use efficiency between treatment and control plots in a farmland scale. However, some of our research sites consist of several plots which applying different water and land managements across larger area than the flux tower footprint (e.g., a sugarcane farmland in Costa Rica). In this case, the synthesis of remote sensing products with flux tower is crucial. Also, in order to understand the large-scale impacts of the agricultural activity on water resources, data fusion approach can be used to scale up from field scale to watershed scale. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Johnson

Student:

Partner:

Technical University of Denmark

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Dynamic System Equivalents for Transient Stability Studies

It is difficult to perform the dynamic analysis on large scale power systems within a desirable time frame. Most utilities therefore resort to reduce the scale of power system by representing the external system using an equivalent network. This project proposal in conjunction with Manitoba HVDC Research Centre aims to develop simulation based methods complemented with modal methods to obtain a dynamic system equivalent for the external power system. The main task of this technique is to obtain the actual system responses to applied disturbance and identify the parameters of the external equivalent circuit. The proposed method will help utilities to generate an equivalent circuit to capture the impact of the external system, which will enable dynamic simulation of large power systems with faster computational time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Udaya Annakkage

Student:

Partner:

Manitoba Hydro International Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

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