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eQUEST , eSight Quality of life and Efficacy Study

La société eSight a développé la lunette électronique eSight comme aide technique destinée à améliorer la vision des personnes malvoyantes.
Actuellement environ 400 personnes utilisent les lunettes eSight et en sont satisfaites mais encore aucune étude ne l’a démontré. Ainsi dans ce projet on cherche à savoir si les lunettes eSight améliorent la vision et la qualité de vie des malvoyants. Les objectifs de cette étude consistent à évaluer l’impact de cette aide technique sur les possibilités visuelles des malvoyants, également d’évaluer l’impact de l’outil sur la qualité de vie et d’identifier les activités de la vie quotidienne qui sont les plus avantagées par cette aide technique. Cette grande étude se répartira sur plusieurs sites nord-américains. Concernant notre projet, il se limitera au suivi de 10-12 patients sur le site de Montréal. A l’issue de cette étude nous nous attendons à observer une amélioration des possibilités visuelles et de la qualité par la lunette eSight chez ces patients. Cette collaboration industrielle permet au stagiaire de bénéficier de l’expertise technologique des ingénieurs et techniciens concepteurs de l’aide technique et ainsi d’optimiser le lien entre innovation technologique et application clinique, qui est le support de sa recherche. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Walter Wittich

Student:

Partner:

eSight Corporation;Fondation MAB-Mackay

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Le Triticum aestivum L. var Major. : Étude comparative du rendement, de la fusariose et des taches foliaires dans deux régies de cultures (biologique et intensive)

De plus en plus d’agriculteurs conscients que les bassins versants du Saint-Laurent sont contaminés par les pesticides agricoles convertissent leur régie de culture conventionnelle ou intensive en régie biologique (Agri-Réseau, 2014; gouvernement du Canada, 2015; UPA, 2015). Synagri, qui offre des produits de fertilisation, de protection des cultures, des semences et des services d’agronomie depuis plus de 20 ans, voit plusieurs de ses clients se convertir à l’agriculture biologique chaque année. Le guide du CÉROM et du Réseau des grandes cultures du Québec (RGCQ) (2014) fait état des résultats d’essais sur 3 ans pour plusieurs variétés de blé en régie conventionnelle, mais ne fait aucune recommandation quant aux variétés qui conviendraient à une régie de culture biologique. Notre recherche de niveau maîtrise se situe dans un prolongement des essais du RGCQ (2014). Nous effectuerons pour Synagri 2 essais en culture biologique pour deux variétés phares, dont l’une est reconnue comme la plus appropriée à la régie biologique. Ce projet prévoit donc de comparer les rendements et la vulnérabilité à la fusariose et aux taches foliaires de Triticum æstivum L. var. Major et de T. aestivum L. var. Fuzion en culture intensive vs en culture biologique.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michel Labrecque

Student:

Partner:

SynAgri

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Optimisation par éléments finis de la géométrie de poutres utilisées dans la construction de maisons à structure d’acier

Ce projet de recherche a pour objectif d’optimiser un type de poutres d’acier soumis à différentes utilisations. Une poutre épaisse possède généralement une plus grande résistance à la rupture et s’utilise dans plus de configurations mais son coût et son poids sont alors plus élevés et ses limites d’utilisation sont généralement inconnues. L’entreprise BONE Structure est spécialisée dans la construction de maisons modulaires à structure d’acier. Les maisons étant modulaires, l’architecture varie mais les poutres utilisées conservent toujours le même profilé surdimensionné. Toutes les poutres présentes dans ces maisons sont de la même forme et sont allongées ou raccourcies selon l’architecture. La méthodologie développée dans ce projet permettra de proposer une version optimisée (dont les limites en résistance sont connues) de cette poutre afin d’en diminuer le poids et de gagner sur le coût des matériaux et de production. De plus, les limites connues de la poutre permettront d’envisager plus facilement les nouveaux projets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Frederick Gosselin

Student:

Partner:

BONE Structure

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Wholesale trade

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Universal surface modification method to encourage cell patterning

Surface modification to promote the patterning of mammalian cells is an important tool in cellular biology. It aids in the development of different tissue engineering scaffolds, biosensors, and validation of high throughput screening assays. Surface modification protocols must be tailored to each individual material which limits the utility of a successful antifouling strategy to individual materials. The cost to modify individual materials for multi-material devices, often used in biomedical development, is high. Therefore, a single antifouling method is highly desirable. Through collaboration with leading experts in this field at Soochow University, we hope to gain experience in polyethylene glycol grafting methods to apply to surface modification. Their expertise will improve high throughput screening assays as well as a number of other assays used to study biological interactions and characteristics of cells. This research opportunity provided by Mitacs Globalink will facilitate international collaboration for the development of a surface modification tool in extraordinarily high demand.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qiyin Fang

Student:

Partner:

Soochow University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Coupling event sampling to ColiMinder® high-frequency monitoring of E. coli for improved microbial risk assessment in source waters (COLIRISK)

Safe drinking water supply is a daily need but it can be seriously threatened by microbial hazards originating from fecal contamination of source water, especially following periods of intense rainfall. In order to assess drinking water intakes (DWIs) vulnerability to fecal pollution and to take cost-effective decisions in case of hazardous events, it is urgent to implement early-warning systems. A recent enzyme-based technology, ColiMinder® enables to measure E. coli in water at high temporal resolution (every 15-30 minutes). In order to implement it for effective microbial risk assessment at DWIs, research first needs to clarify how E. coli signals are representative of the prevalent microbial risk (i.e. of pathogen loads). The present project thus aims at developing a simple and original system that integrates the ColiMinder® with an automated sampling device for event-based sampling and analysis of pathogens and fecal source tracers. This integrated system should prove useful in the implementation of the ColiMinder® at Canadian DWIs with the purpose to improve the assessment of their vulnerability to fecal pollution.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Dorner

Student:

Partner:

Le Groupe AquaCion Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

CCM Roll Conditioning

Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell production facility must condition rolls of catalyst coated membrane [CCM] material to specific humidity and temperature conditions before using CCM in the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cell manufacturing process. Rolls of CCM material are conditioned in a clean room for a fixed time upon delivery to the facility. The fixed time conditioning period was established based on previous testing of when a single type of CCM laid flat. To ensure CCM have dimensional stability, the CCM roll must have uniform water content. Ionic and electronic conductivity is proportional to water content so a CCM will be uniformly conditioned when they equilibrate. The roll conditioning time can be determined when a signal clearly indicates that ionic and/or electronic conductivity has reached a steady state. A test procedure will be developed using direct current (DC) measurements to quantitatively measure whether a CCM roll has been conditioned uniformly. This test procedure can improve quality assurance by tailoring conditioning time to individual types of CCM material and thickness; and possibly reduce the fixed time conditioning process to reduce overall fuel cell manufacturing time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jon Pharoah

Student:

Partner:

Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Retail trade

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Community dynamics in restored salt marshes

Salt marshes are important coastal ecosystems because they provide many services to surrounding areas. However, due to their highly productive nature, they have a long history of being converted into farmland in Maritime Canada. In recent years, there has been strong interest in restoring salt marshes to protect against coastal erosion, mitigate sea level rise, and provide increased habitat for birds, fish, etc. Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and partners initiated a large salt marsh restoration project in 2010 near Fort Beauséjour, NB, with the goals of reverting farmland back to salt marsh habitat and assessing the effectiveness of restoration methods. The intern will continue to document/quantify patterns and rates of restoration of the biological community, at a critical point in the restoration process when the foundational plant species (Spartina alterniflora) is about the spread throughout the restoration sites. This process needs to be fully understood for our region, because dike removal and associated shoreline management are becoming increasingly common in the Maritimes. The project’s information will help develop best management strategies and be useful to various industries (environmental consulting, agricultural, transport, etc.) and to agencies interested in salt marsh restoration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Myriam Barbeau

Student:

Partner:

Ducks Unlimited Canada (NS)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Life Sciences (not health); Education

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Sustainable Capacity Building in the North by the North

This unique research project, undertaken by Master of Northern Governance and Development (MNGD) students, contributes significantly to our understanding of the North. The research focuses on community-based responses to rapid economic, social, and environmental changes and the development of the local capacity to respond. The analysis is collaborative, involving key stakeholders at the community and multi-community levels, and is informed by their values and interests. This project is aptly named as it is truly by the north with the north, with a focus on the north’s interests in building sustainable, healthy, educated communities with improved economic and social outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ken Coates;Greg Poelzer;Bonita Beatty;Robert Patrick

Student:

Partner:

Cameco Corporation (Saskatoon, SK)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Mining

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Integrated photonic devices on silicon nitride for next-generation passive optical networks

Passive optical networks (PON) are a key technology to provide broadband Internet services to personal and business users through high-speed fibre cables. This technology has been deployed worldwide for local and access networks. In order to accommodate the drastically increased data volume, the Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) has recently defined a 40-Gb/s capacity PON system. In this project, we are developing integrated optical solutions for next-generation PON systems to enable a higher data transmission capacity through multiple frequency channels. Our technology is based on a unique process platform in Canada and will contribute to Canada’s leadership in optical communication technology and potential economic benefits in this rapidly growing market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wei Shi

Student:

Partner:

AEPONYX Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing the Marine Environment for Compensation after a Ship-source Oil Spill has Occurred

The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) was established in 1971, in order to minimize the externalities of the marine shipping industry. The IOPC Funds provide financial compensation for oil pollution damage that occurs in Member States, resulting from spills of persistent oil from tankers. Since their establishment the Funds have been involved in 149 incidents of varying sizes around the world. Canada is a Member State to the IOPC Funds, and the current approach the IOPC Funds take to evaluating environmental damage for compensation after a ship-source oil spill has occurred is the subject of controversy, leading some critics to assert that the current approach Canada takes to assessing environmental damage caused by ship-source oil spills is limited (Wang & Faure, 2008, Amos & Miron, 2013). In order to address this assertion, this research will explore the challenges associated with assessing environmental damage in the case of ship-source oil spills, and examine the current compensation scheme in Canada. This research will also explore alternatives to the current Canadian scheme that could be of interest to the tanker safety discourse in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aldo Chircop

Student:

Partner:

Clear Seas

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Transportation (excluding aerospace); Oil and Gas; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Enhanced mine safety and productivity in burst prone ground using destress blasting

Destress blasting is a rockburst control technique where highly stressed rock is lightly blasted to reduce stress. This technique is currently used in Canadian mines to reduce stresses around mine production openings. In this research project, the intern will build a numerical model to simulate the destress blasting that will be undertaken at a Canadian nickel mine to extract a highly stressed ore pillar. The aim of the numerical modelling analysis is to determine the stresses in the ore pillar after the destress blasts and then to evaluate the risk of rockbursts and the safety of mining. A numerical modelling back analysis based on measured pillar stress changes will serve to validate the simulation techniques. Development and validation of new constitutive models to simulate destress blasting in a numerical model will help the partner organization predict the effectiveness of future blasts, allowing the partner organization to optimize the design of future the destress blasts, maximizing ore recovery and minimizing ore at risk.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hani Mitri

Student:

Partner:

Vale Canada Limited (Copper Cliff, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Other

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Implementation of the parallel FDTD analysis for optical devices simulation

As the complexity of the modern simulation problems increase, the simulation efforts have been growing constantly. Taking advantage of the current multi-core chip to fully utilizing the modern processors available in the market, the development of computational simulators that are scalable and portable between current hardware have become a real challenge. As a result of its simple implementation and wide frequency coverage, the FDTD solver is popular in several research / industry fields. The main objective of this project will be the implementation the FDTD method using the current parallel hardware and provide integration with the Crosslight software. Hence, an efficient and fast optical solver will be realized. Although, the proposed package is mainly optimized to design and analyze optical devices, other applications – such vacuum electronic devices and Surface Plasmon structures – will be considered.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Student:

Partner:

Crosslight Software Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

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

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

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