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Microscope/Macrocosm: Early Modern Technology, Visualization and Nature

Undertaking this project through Mitacs Globalink will provide me with a rare opportunity for extended time with the expert scholars, specialized research institutions and archival material in England that will allow me to greatly enhance the research component of my dissertation while also forming important links to a community of international researchers. I will be working with Dr. Anna Marie Roos, based out of Lincoln University, who is an expert in the field of early modern natural philosophy in England and thus uniquely equipped to supervise this stage of my archival research. Dr. Roos specializes in developments in 17th century natural history and its visual culture, having recently published a book with The Bodleian Library entitled Martin Lister and his Remarkable Daughters (October, 2018).TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joseph Monteyne

Student:

Partner:

University of Lincoln

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Technology; Other

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Associations between epigenetic markers of disruptive behaviours, early life adversity and childcare attendance.

Social embodiment is the process of how environment and social experiences get under the skin early in life in biological ways that affect human physiological and social development. For children exposed daily to adversity in their family environment, childcare attendance (i.e., regular non-parental childcare services) might be a protective factor for children social development. Childcare services are widely used in western industrialized countries, yet, their impact on children physiological functioning and their potentially protective role for children exposed to high family adversity are understudied. The aims of this project are 1) to investigate the role of epigenetic profiles as a putative mechanism linking early familial environments to disruptive behaviors, and 2) to test the moderating role of childcare attendance between early familial environment and epigenetic profiles. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvana Côté

Student:

Partner:

King's College London

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Realization of a Terahertz source optically pumped by pulsed Airy beams

The interest in reliable Terahertz (THz) source has been increasing in the last decade since THz frequencies are recognized to be suitable in several applications spanning from pump-probe experiments to spatial and terrestrial wireless communication. However, for the case of solid-state THz source relying on optical down conversion, two main issues still affect the performance, i.e. the trade-off between power and bandwidth and the residual overlap between pump and THz beams. The goal of this project is the realization of a THz source based on Optical Rectification, employing pulsed Airy beams as an optical pump, thus exploiting their high power confinement and the self-accelerating property. The multidisciplinary field of this project is based on a collaborative effort involving the group of Prof. Y. Hu at the Nankai University (CN), and the group of Prof. R. Morandotti at INRS-EMT (Canada). TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roberto Morandotti

Student:

Partner:

Nankai University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Using Internet of Things (IOT) waste bin sensors to analyze the effectiveness of dynamic routing for waste collection vehicles

This research project aims to develop data analytic technologies to achieve the smart waste and recycling management services. In the smart waste management, the information about container fill levels is captured by the sensors through the Internet of Things (IoT) in real time. A more efficient dynamic routing strategy will be developed through this research with the collected sensor data. The dynamic routing needs to be adaptive to ensure the bins will not overflow while maintain its operational efficiency. Meanwhile, the strategy will also optimize the objectives, i.e. reduction of the operational cost as well as CO2 emission.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zheng Liu

Student:

Partner:

RecycleSmart

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Experimental investigation of dowel laminated panels reinforced with steel threaded bars under weak axis bending

StructureCraft Ltd is a renowned Canadian company for its quality mass timber products and ability to fabricate complex design. The company proposed a new methodology for reinforcing dowel laminated timber panels while the performance is yet to be investigated experimentally. The proposed research here will investigate the performance of this methodology under experimental tests. Both the standard loading and long-term loading conditions will be considered. This research will provide adequate design guidelines to structural engineers so that they can safely use this methodology in dowel laminated timber structures. The results of this study will have a significant effect on the application and optimization of this reinforcing methodology.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shahria Alam

Student:

Partner:

StructureCraft Builders Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

RBC-Toronto Quantum Key Distribution Network Development

The interns will develop a quantum communication network built on RBC’s optical fiber infrastructure and perform secure commercial transactions using quantum-generated secure keys in the integrated classical communication network. The quantum communication network will be based on the measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution technology, which is developed by Prof. Hoi-Kwong Lo’s and Prof. Li Qian’s groups at the University of Toronto. It will be an important milestone towards cybersecurity in the financial sector in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hoi-Kwong Lo;Li Qian

Student:

Partner:

RBC Royal Bank (Toronto, ON);Royal Bank of Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Management of companies and enterprises

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Examination of the picosecond infrared laser (PiRL) surgical method applied to tendon tissues

A novel laser surgery method has been recently developed at the University of Toronto based on the excitation of the ultrafast broadband acoustic fields in tissues by means of the picosecond infrared laser (PiRL) pulses. By using sufficient laser power, the propagation of these fields through tissues efficiently creates incisions with minimal collateral damage. Initial in vivo studies on skin tissues have demonstrated the wound healing of the PiRL created incisions with almost no scaring compared to the traditional surgical tools demonstrating the potential for a number of important surgical applications where minimally invasive approach with the least possible scaring is of paramount importance. The goal of this internship is to study the potential of the PiRL approach in surgery of the hand tendons. Current surgical approaches often cause an excessive damage to the tendons leading to scaring which, afterwards, can seriously affect patient’s hand mobility. The laser……

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benjamin Alman

Student:

Partner:

Attodyne Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Refinement of a leadership development impact assessment toolkit

CHLNet identified the need for valid, reliable tools to determine the impact of these health leadership development programs. This project will develop a practical, easy to use toolkit to facilitate the measurement of program outcomes and impacts. The toolkit will be pilot tested and evaluated across the country according to defined selection criteria. The finalized toolkit will be electronic and other knowledge produced during the project will be broadly disseminated. The immediate outcome of this research will be a collection of usable tools to determine impact of leadership development programs on key organizational measures.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ivy Bourgeault

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Health Leadership Network

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Energetic homeostasis in Mytilus edulis: feedback between feeding activity and digestive processes

Bivalves (e.g. mussels, oysters, and scallops) are valued for both their economic and ecological importance. As filter-feeders, bivalves remove suspended matter (e.g. phytoplankton) from their environment to ingest. There is potential that filter-feeders change their feeding activity based on their digestive processes. This feedback between feeding and digestion would be an important link to help bivalves maintain constant energy uptake, despite changes in food availability. This project will explore feeding-digestive feedbacks in the blue mussel, a species widely grown for aquaculture production. Data will be collected using natural water and wild populations of mussels. Information from this project is important to understand both how bivalves acquire energy for growth and reproduction, and also for understanding how bivalves interact with the marine environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ramon Filgueira

Student:

Partner:

University of Bergen

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Aquaculture and Fishing; Sustainability & the Environment; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Stochastic analysis of infiltration facilities for storm water control

Infiltration facilities are an effective storm water management practice. The conventional continuous simulation models are widely used in the hydrologic analysis of infiltration facilities in practical engineering practices. However, these continuous simulation models are often time-consuming and data-demanding. The previously proposed analytical probabilistic models can also be used for analyzing hydrologic performance of infiltration facilities, whereas simplifying assumptions about the initial water storage conditions are required and the description of infiltration outflows is also simplified. Overcoming the shortcomings of these two types of models, this project will develop a new analytical stochastic model for analysis and design of infiltration facilities. The derived analytical expression can be easily implemented in spreadsheets. The engineering industry will benefit from this easy-to-use design aid as an alternative of traditional continuous simulation hydrologic software in the design, planning and analysis of infiltration facilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yiping Guo

Student:

Partner:

CIMA Canada Inc (Mississauga)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

The validity and reproducibility of web-based questionnaires assessing diet and psychosocial factors in adult men and women

Sustainable health, which includes good physical, mental and social well-being, is affected by many factors. Some studies have shown that consuming dairy products such as yogurt and fruits and vegetables help control body weight in both adults and children. However, factors such as the environment (e.g. dietary, lifestyle, emotional and social factors) may play a role in this response. Furthermore, simple tools are needed in order to be able to assess some of these factors in both the research and clinical setting. The aim of this research is to examine the validity and reproducibility of simple online questionnaires that assess the diet, lifestyle, emotional and social factors in the university community. This project will also benefit Alliance Santé Québec who will test and implement a new interactive technological platform (Data Lake concept), which allows for analysis of existing or new cohorts, making available new datasets about proximity ecosystems and eventually, access to other cohorts. This will allow better identification and characterization of other environmental factors associated with dietary and lifestyle factors, for example, and extension of existing cohorts to answer population health-related questions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vicky Drapeau

Student:

Partner:

Alliance santé Québec

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Matériaux carbonés pour les systèmes de stockage électrochimique

Récemment, il a été démontré lors d’une collaboration entre le groupe Claverie et Hydro-Québec que les membranes à base de carbone graphitique pouvaient être utilisées comme des interrupteurs pour le passage du lithium de l’anode à la cathode. Le présent projet est une exploration plus générale de ce travail préliminaire, pour diverses configurations de systèmes de stockage d’énergie. On s’intéressera à la synthèse et caractérisation de ces membranes graphitiques, à leur mise en œuvre dans les batteries de seconde générations, aux performances électrochimiques des batteries et à leur analyse post-mortem. Dans les cas les plus avantageux, une évaluation technico-commerciale en vue d’une possible mise à l’échelle et d’une exploitation commerciale sera réalisée.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jérôme Claverie

Student:

Partner:

Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

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