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Assessment of processes controlling naturally elevated uranium and arsenic concentrations in groundwater and surface water in the Dawson Range, Yukon, Canada

Northern Canada faces great changes from growing resource extraction and global warming, which make a timely understanding of baseline environmental conditions critical. In the Dawson Range, Yukon, naturally elevated concentrations of uranium and arsenic have recently been discovered in groundwater at levels that are susceptible to cause toxic effects in humans and wildlife. This region is also the focus of advanced mineral exploration and falls within traditional territories of several First Nations. Mining activities may enhance uranium and arsenic mobilization through the generation of waste rock and tailings. Melting of permafrost might cause a similar effect by increasing discharge of uranium- and arsenic-rich groundwater. This project’s goal is to understand and communicate the baseline controls on uranium and arsenic mobilization in the Dawson Range. The method proposed includes chemical analyses of water and rock samples collected at field sites and features engagement with local First Nation partners.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roger Beckie;Ulrich Mayer

Student:

Partner:

Lorax

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining; Environmental Science and Technology; Aboriginal Affairs

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Bacterial Semiochemicals for Insect Pest Management

This MITACs proposal seeks funding to establish an internship cluster dedicated to development and testing of novel semiochemical solutions with potential for worldwide distribution and sales. The objective of this three-year project is to enable successful development, testing and commercialization of effective and environmentally-responsible pheromone-based detection and mitigation products that will complement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies for controlling insect pests in agriculture and forestry within Atlantic Canada and beyond. Specifically, interns will investigate the potential for management and detection of pest species using bacterial volatiles, mating disruptant formulations and multimodal trap prototypes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kirk Hillier

Student:

Partner:

Sylvar Technologies Inc;Andermatt Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Acadia University

Program:

Accelerate

Monitoring the genetic variation and population structure of White bear populations in British Columbia to inform ecotourism and resource management

Spirit bears are a valuable symbol of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. These white bears are an economically and culturally important resource that require effective monitoring to ensure their perpetuation. Safeguarding the future continuation of white bears additionally requires understanding both how the white bear allele is perpetuated and how healthy these populations are. One important component of population health is genetic variation. Genetically variable populations are able to adapt to changing threats better than genetically depauperate groups. Using genetic markers, this study will investigate the health of white bear populations on islands in the Great Bear Rainforest. This information will be provided to our First Nation and Ecoutorism partners, and to Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chris Darimont

Student:

Partner:

Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

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

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Impact of Climate Change on Wetlands in Prairie Canada

Prairie wetlands are intricately linked with climate and hydrology. Future climate change, such as warmer conditions, changes in precipitation amount and intermittency, may both benefit and threaten the wetlands over the Canadian Prairies. During the same time, large-scale land use changes have been occurring such as the conversion of natural wetlands to agriculture lands. Understanding the long temporal scales over which land use and climate changes occur, and their impact on wetlands distribution, require sophisticated climate modeling tools that contain a realistic representation of not only climate and weather, land-atmosphere interaction, hydrology, but also wetlands. This is a great challenge to our ability to understand the environmental impacts on/of changing wetlands. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yanping Li

Student:

Partner:

Ducks Unlimited Canada (MB)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Water; Sustainability & the Environment; Other

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Effects of the porous medium and pressure drawdown on the foamy-oil flow and heavy oil recovery in the CHOPS reservoirs

Western Canada has vast heavy oil deposits in many thin heavy oil reservoirs with less than 10-m main pay zones. The cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS) is the primary production process in the heavy oil reservoirs. However, a typical CHOPS process can recover only 5?15% of the initial oil-in-place. As a secondary heavy oil recovery method, waterflooding has had a limited success in the past. The major objectives of the proposed research project are to study the specific effects of the porous medium and pressure drawdown on the foamy-oil flow and heavy oil recovery and more importantly to identify the best primary production and cyclic solvent injection (CSI) processes in many thin CHOPS reservoirs.TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Yongan Gu;Fanhua Bill Zeng

Student:

Partner:

Petroleum Technology Research Centre

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Étude de l’erreur humaine dans le processus d’assemblage de moteurs d’avions

Tout au long de l’histoire de l’humanité le progrès scientifique et technique a été un moteur de notre évolution comme espèce. Ce progrès pousse l’humain constamment à reconsidérer ses propres limites tant du point de vue physique que cognitif. Bien que les conséquences des actions erronées des humains soient connues depuis l’antiquité, industrie 4.0 mène à un changement de paradigme de production. Il s’ouvre à nous, entre autres, de nouvelles possibilités pour réduire l’occurrence des dites erreurs via diverses technologies numériques. Notre recherche vise à étudier la problématique de l’erreur humaine dans l’assemblage de moteurs d’avions pour mieux en comprendre les facteurs contributifs et y apporter des solutions novatrices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvie Nadeau;Kurt Landau

Student:

Partner:

Pratt & Whitney

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace; Manufacturing and Construction; Technology

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Wood Decomposition and Carbon Loss Following Mountain Pine Beetle Attack

BC’s mountain pine beetle (MPB)-killed forests may release significant amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere as dead trees decay. Following Kyoto’s initiatives, CFS researchers are working to quantify CO2 release from forest disturbances. Carbon loss from decaying wood is poorly understood; my objective, therefore, is to investigate how tree position and climate moisture affect decay rates of MPB-killed wood. To date, I have sampled standing, suspended, and down MPB-killed trees on dry, moist, and wet sites. During the internship, I will work with CFS staff at the PFC laboratory to determine the carbon content of my samples. We will estimate the rate of carbon loss over time with respect to tree position and climate moisture. These data will be used by CFS scientists to calibrate the computer model designed to estimate forest carbon fluxes. By improving knowledge of carbon-loss processes, this research will help CFS recommend appropriate forest management.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Arthur Fredeen

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Forest Service

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Public administration

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Climate change, wildlife harvest, and traditional food security in northern Quebec

The wild food system of northern Quebec is a critical natural resource, health resource, and cultural resource of the people of Eeyou Istchee and Nunavik, which has and will be impacted by climate change in many, diverse ways. The research proposed here seeks to identify the likely climate change impacts on key wild food species as well as the adaptation strategies that enable the maintenance of traditional food security in changing environments.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Murray Humphries;Treena Delormier;Gordon Hickey

Student:

Partner:

Ouranos Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Accommodation and food services; Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Ultra-low power wireless sensor node design for health monitoring

In this project we address the problem of power consumption for wireless sensor nodes. This is where among different components of a sensor, RF transceivers consume a significant amount of power e.g. approximately 80%. Hence the main objective is this project is to tackle the power consumption problem at the RF transmitter, where we aim to reduce the power consumption to micro-watts of power, with minimal sacrifice in achievable data rate and by keeping the connectivity range within an acceptable radius.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lotfollah Shafai;Cyrus Shafai

Student:

Partner:

TandemLaunch Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

oN DuTy! – Innovative Program on NonDestructive Testing (NDT)

NonDestructive Testing (NDT) is a key discipline in major industrial sectors to ensure quality and safety. Several methods are regularly employed in areas ranging from x-ray or ultrasound testing of metallic or composite components in the automotive and aerospace industries, to the inspection of petrochemical ducts using eddy currents or acoustical emissions. The present proposal combines different NDT-related subjects under the oN DuTy! training initiative supported by the NSERC CREATE, whose main objectives are of developing an enriched, unique and innovative Technical and Professional training experience in NDT for students and postdoctoral fellows through a network of leading NDT universities and industrial partners, thereby facilitating the transition of new researchers from trainees to productive employees in the Canadian workforce. The investigated subjects are at the forefront of current worldwide research efforts in NDT and deal with a variety of applications and challenges according to the actual needs of the partners.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xavier Maldague;Hakim Bendada;Pierre Bélanger;Martin Viens;Pierre Bélanger;Tobin Filleter;Xavier Maldague;Andreas  Mandelis

Student:

Partner:

Zetec;Eddyfi NDT Inc;Pratt & Whitney;LynX Inspection Inc;TORNGATS Technical Services Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure; Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

In-situ Exfoliation of Graphene Nanoplatelets Using Supercritical Fluid in Foaming Processing

The manufacturing of high-performance graphene/polymer nanocomposites relies on both the production of high-quality and low-cost graphene sheets and the fine dispersion of graphene in the nanocomposites. The commercial graphene materials in large quantity are typically GnPs with several to tens or even hundreds of graphene layers whose properties are inferior to monolayer graphene. In the previous work, it was demonstrated that SCF-assisted foaming of GnP/polymer nanocomposites can effectively exfoliate GnPs in situ. However, there is a lack of understanding on the exfoliation mechanism during this process. In this project, SCF-assisted exfoliation of GnPs will be comprehensively studied. A great effort will be made to achieve full exfoliation of GnPs to generate monolayer graphene sheets. The obtained knowledge will benefit the industrial partner in optimizing the GnP manufacturing process and also provide guidelines for designing SCF-assisted twin-screw extrusion processing of GnP/polymer nanocomposites.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chul Park

Student:

Partner:

NanoXplore Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Centre for Operations Excellence Industry Projects 2018 – Part 2

The Centre for Opertations Excellence Industry Projects 2018 consists of seven sub-projects sponsored by five different industry partners. Each sub-project represents an important challenge for its sponsor. These sub-projects include Correlating Anomaly detection for Boeing Vancouver(Boeing 1), Correlating NOTAMs with airport disruption for Boeing Vancouver (Boeing 2), Using Wifi data to measure process times at YVR (YVR), Using text analytics to predict return to work for Worksafe BC (WSBC), Modelling the claim approval process for Worksafe BC (WSBC), Optimizing truck assignment during disruptions for Teck Resources (Teck), and Modelling tire failure rates for Kal Tire (Kal Tire).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Shechter

Student:

Partner:

Interfor

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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