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A study of the physical condition of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in the Deception Bay region

The high cost and low quality of meat sold in the north make subsistence fishing and hunting of vital importance to the Inuit. Accordingly, the reported decline in the condition of Arctic charr from the Deception River was of concern to all stakeholders, e.g., Government, local industry, but particularly to the Inuit and their representatives. To complete the research proposed here, a MSc student intern, sponsored by Makivik Corporation, will collaborate with key government biologists and representatives of the local Raglan Mine to sample recently over-wintered and post-feeding migration fish from the Deception River and compare their biological status to that of other Arctic populations in northern Quebec. In collaboration with scientists from the University of Waterloo and INRS (Quebec City), the intern will establish the significance of reported declines in condition and examine linkages between condition, patterns of feeding at sea and during the winter and heavy metal contaminants. Findings will be used both to help resource managers at Makivik and in Government ensure the sustainability of high quality fish for the Inuit, thereby helping to better the local Inuit economy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Power;Patrice Couture

Student:

Partner:

Glencore Canada Corporation - Raglan Mine;Makivik Corporation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Mining

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Thermal and fluid Flow Analysis of Innovative

With increasingly more stringent emission standards as well as higher fuel economy requirements for modern vehicles, the need for improved or new catalytic converter technologies continues to grow. A new generation of catalytic converters, designed and patented by Vida Fresh Air Corp., offers improved thermal management of the converter over traditional catalytic converters resulting in improved emissions and fuel economy as well as reduced cost. In order to design and develop this technology for different platforms, Vida relies heavily on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to determine the optimal CleanalyticTM design for the best possible performance. In this project, a detailed experimental investigation will be conducted in order to evaluate the thermal and fluid flow characteristics of the CleanalyticTM catalytic converter compared to the baseline converters. The student working in this project will gain a very good practical experience working in a real-world problem of a great benefits to the automotive industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wael Ahmed

Student:

Partner:

Vida Holdings Corp

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Foundations for Geocontextualization

Urban design and development is an iterative process that involves community engagement and multiple feedback cycles. Advances in internet technologies and web mapping technologies has made it possible to display design plans on websites and to collect feedback on specific locations or aspects of the provided design. Using web mapping applications to feedback from the community is formally known as facilitated volunteer geographic information (FVGI). FVGI has potential to improve decision making in urban governance but it comes with challenges such as data overload, poor data quality and data ambiguity. This research proposes an automated process to address FVGI challenges using a methodology termed as geocontextualization. The technique will use machine learning theories and an understanding of geography to achieve desired results. The partnership project will focus on the foundations of the methodology by providing the researcher to develop and implement data collection and reporting methodologies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Feick

Student:

Partner:

Gerrard Design Associates Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Monitoring, Tracking, and Reporting of Sustainability Impacts

Quantifying Economic, Environmental and Social Sustainability Impacts of organizations and initiatives is challenging, particularly for the environmental and social legs. Enviro-Stewards recently introduced a shared savings based project approach in addition to its conventional (lump sum) based service approach. Quantification of impacts is particularly relevant to the shared savings approach wherein, Enviro-Stewards’ compensation is based on net savings realized by our customers and tracking of associated impacts provides our customers with 3rd party data for their own sustainability metrics.
The scope of this research is to establish criteria for measuring sustainability impacts of our conventional projects, shared savings projects and safe water projects, quantifying impacts to date (based on historical records) and establishing a system to facilitate monitoring tracking and reporting of such metrics going forward. The audiences would be our customers, their customers, the general public as well as certifying and other organizations interested in sustainability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephan Vachon

Student:

Partner:

Enviro-Stewards Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Carbon thin-films for cosmetic jewellery applications: Year 3

Thin-films of carbon are finding use in a wide variety of military, industrial, and commercial applications. Arnell Workshop Inc., a West Kelowna, British Columbia-based cosmetic jewellery manufacturer, is using thin-films of carbon in order to coat titanium rings. As of the present moment, they are using an American firm in order to perform these depositions. They are, however, discouraged by the quality of the resultant films (they appear to be flaking and are non-uniform in thickness) and in the length of time that it takes for their product to be shipped back and forth to and from this American company (over a week). This has convinced the management at Arnell Workshop Inc. to consider performing in-house depositions. We aim to customize and optimize the deposition conditions required for these thin-film depositions using the sputtering system available at Arnell Workshop Inc. Quality assessment and accelerated aging protocols will also be developed in this project. It is hoped that the results of this project will equip our industrial partner, Arnell Workshop Inc., with a strategic advantage over its competitors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen O'Leary

Student:

Partner:

Arnell Workshop Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Mitigation of concrete corrosion in potash mine and milling operations

The objective of this research will be to evaluate the ability of a rebar coating strategy to resist chloride induced corrosion and to test its efficacy in mitigating concrete corrosion in potash mill environments. This research project involves a collaboration between academics and the potash industry under the guidance of the International Mineral Innovation Institute (IMII). The academic research team will be able to supply the partner organizations with highly trained HQP with expertise in corrosion and materials science. The successful implementation of the proposed strategy would be a major contributor to reduce environmental impact and improved safety performance to the potash mining companies who are our industrial partners. Furthermore, as the technology would also be applicable to concrete corrosion mitigation in any high-salinity environment (e.g. highway infrastructure and marine settings), commercialization could lead to markets beyond the initial scope of the project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Grosvenor;Ian Burgess

Student:

Partner:

International Minerals Innovation Institute

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Impact du contrôle des plantes aquatiques invasives sur les invertébrés aquatiques

Ce projet a pour but de mieux comprendre les impacts de l’installation de membranes de jute pour le contrôle des plantes aquatiques envahissantes sur la biodiversité des lacs. En collaboration avec un organisme de bassins versants, nous recouvrirons de jutes des portions d’un lac colonisé par le myriophylle à épi. Cette espèce exotique envahit de nombreux lacs au Canada et cause des problèmes aux plaisanciers, sans compter les effets néfastes sur la valeur des propriétés riveraines. Ce projet vise à comprendre les impacts de cette méthode de contrôle sur l’abondance et la diversité du zooplancton, un élément de grande importance pour maintenir une bonne qualité de l’eau et contrer la prolifération de cyanobactéries. De son côté, ce projet fournira à l’organisme partenaire une occasion de développer une expertise lui permettant d’agir dans un secteur en forte expansion en proposant une méthode de contrôle des plantes aquatiques respectueuse des écosystèmes lacustre.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrea Bertolo;Christophe Kinnard

Student:

Partner:

Société d’aménagement et de mise en valeur du bassin de la Batiscan

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

The Search for Earliest Triassic Refugia

Four billion species are estimated to have evolved on Earth over the last 3.5 billion years, of which 99% are extinct. The end-Permian extinction is the largest extinction event that resulted in the elimination of 97% of oceanic species. The conditions that led to this devastating event are similar to the environmental changes we are experiencing today, including increasing temperature, ocean acidification and a decrease in ocean circulation. Understanding how marine ecosystems recovered from the end-Permian extinction is vital to future marine conservation efforts. Refuges are defined as sanctuaries to which organisms migrate during times of environmental stress. Despite their importance, the concept of refugia is poorly understood. This project will describe new Early Triassic refugia in Japan and in so-doing provide the necessary first steps to develop a universal framework for the identification of refugia in the rock record. The results could inform best practices to mitigate effects on biodiversity during the projected sixth extinction in our future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Charles Henderson

Student:

Partner:

The University of Tokyo

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Regulation of arginine-vasopressin neurons by satiety and body fluid osmolarity

The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is an area of the brain that plays an important role in processing information regarding body homeostasis. Neurons within this area can directly detect circulating signals regarding homeostasis, such as molecules and peptides. Arginine-vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXT) are two peptides found within the PVN that are thought to be important in regulating hydromineral balance and food intake. Currently, it is not clear whether any subpopulation of PVN AVP-containing or OXT-containing neurons can direclty respond to satiety signals and/or changes in salinity. This research will indentify populations of PVN AVP-containing or OXT-containing that directly respond to changes in salinity and or satiety signals by investigating changes in the electrical properties of neurons. This study will contribute to our understand of how neural circuits are organized with the PVN and will provide new targets for the effective treatment and prevention of obesity of hypertension.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Fry

Student:

Partner:

Jichi Medical University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Optimization of perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells

With the current push towards sustainability and renewable energy, research on solar energy becomes more prominent as it is one of the cleanest forms of energy available. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and its more efficient derivative, perovskite-sensitized solar cells (PSSCs), are cost-effective solar devices capable of harvesting the sun’s energy to produce electricity. Incorporating titania nanorodes and semi-nanotubes into these solar cells will allow for more surface area for the sensitizers to adhere to as well as provide more efficient transport from electrode to electrode. Due to the tendency towards these cells to degrade due to liquid electrolyte degradation, incorporating a more stable solid radical polymer as the electrolyte is proposed. The student will test the cells for its efficiency, nanostructure, and electrical properties. It is expected that the incorporation of titania nanorode and semi-nanotubes with the new electrolyte will increase the efficiency of the devices thus improving its competitiveness with current DSSC and PSSC models.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Giovanni Fanchini

Student:

Partner:

University of Tsukuba

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Western University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Unaccounted for mobile phones in the province of British Columbia

While we know how many mobile phones get recycled through the Recycle My Cell program in Canada, we know much less about the ones that don’t make it into these type of take-back programs. Over the past few years academic research on the topic of mobile phone waste has increased dramatically, although a recent study shows that only about 6% of this research has focused on the North American market. This research project will try to fill in some of the gaps by using material flow analysis and stakeholder interviews to get a better picture of the mobile phone waste landscape in the province of British Columbia. Findings from this study can be used to develop better industry and regulatory strategies for increasing the number of mobile phones that are recycled.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jennifer Lynes

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Amélioration des techniques de fabrication des aides techniques (orthèses, prothèses) dans le milieu hospitalier pédiatrique par l’utilisation de la fabrication additive (impression 3D)

Le Technoparc et le centre hospitalier universitaire Ste-Justine, auquel le centre de réadaptation Marie-Enfant (CRME) est rattaché, désirent offrir un service d’aide technique de classe mondiale pour une clientèle pédiatrique. Le service sera éventuellement logé dans le futur pavillon du Technopole de la Cité internationale de la réadaptation pédiatrique de Montréal dont le but est de prévenir, guérir et traiter le handicap des enfants. Afin d’atteindre cet objectif ambitieux, une modernisation des processus et des équipements doit être envisagée. Dans ce contexte, les responsables du Technoparc veulent connaître comment évolue la fabrication additive dans le milieu des aides techniques. Notre projet indiquera quelles seraient les technologies de fabrication additive les plus appropriées pour la fabrication des aides techniques et permettra de faire ressortir les meilleurs pratiques aux dirigeants. Ces derniers pourront faire des choix éclairés quant à la modernisation de la fabrication des aides.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvie Doré

Student:

Partner:

Technoparc Montréal

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Management of companies and enterprises

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

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