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Generation of decidua specific decorin knockout mice.

Dysfunctions of the placenta leads to a serious pregnancy associated disease of the mother called preeclampsia (PE) and certain forms of fetal growth restriction (FGR) that are hard to treat or prevent. Our laboratory has shown that overproduction of decorin, a molecule made by the pregnant uterus, leads to placental defects resulting in PE and FGR. We found that elevated decorin levels in the maternal blood can predict PE before clinical signs appear. My research is to create a mouse model of preeclampsia in which the uterus over-produces decorin. This model will help us to develop drugs that can prevent the appearance of PE in susceptible mothers and possibly FGR. This knowledge is fundamental to understanding the origin of PE and FGR that can be exploited to improve maternal and fetal health.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peeyush Lala

Student:

Partner:

Wayne State University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology; Other

University:

Western University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Conservation, agroforesterie, agrotourisme et modes de vie Hani: étude d’un projet-pilote au Yunnan, Chine

Cette recherche vise à analyser les impacts de l’implantation du projet de conservation Red River Innovation Center sur les modes de vie de la communauté locale, qui appartient majoritairement à la minorité ethnique Hani. Situé dans la province du Yunnan, dans le sud-ouest de la Chine, le projet de conservation vise à la fois le développement d’activités touristiques, d’un centre d’étude scientifique et la mise en valeur de pratiques agricoles inspirées de l’agroforesterie. Plus précisément, je déterminerai dans quelle mesure le projet offre de nouvelles opportunités d’accès ou des contraintes pour les populations locales. J’analyserai aussi comme le projet catalyse la diversification des activités au centre des modes de vie Hani coutumiers. La recherche mènera à l’élaboration de recommandations qui seront prises en compte par les responsables du projet (dont l’établissement hôte, l’Académie chinoise des sciences) pour la suite du développement du Centre d’innovation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-François Rousseau

Student:

Partner:

China Academy of Sciences

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

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

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Identification of water and energy synergy and trade-off potentials in the Peruvian mining industry

My MASc thesis involves the assessment of water management options proposed for two mine projects in Peru, with the overarching objective of identifying whether water and energy impacts are being considered and accounted for in a coupled manner during the selection of the mine’s water management strategy. In addition, an early attempt to benchmark the water and energy consumption of both mine projects to similar operations will be explored to allow a broad assessment of water and energy efficiency. I have identified two key aspects in my research that would benefit most through the Globalink Research Award. First, in order to evaluate both water and energy impacts in a coupled manner in a mine water system it is necessary to develop a framework – currently inexistent – that jointly assesses and accounts them. I would be interested in whether and how this is being explored by researchers at SMI-UQ. Second, efforts by mining operations to reduce water and energy consumption can be gauged by comparison against benchmarks. “TO BE CONT’D”

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nadja Kunz;Bern Klein

Student:

Partner:

The University of Queensland

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Evaluation and Optimization of the Peroxide Regenerated Iron Digester Enhancement (PRI-DETM) Technology for Enhancement of the Anaerobic Digestibility of Mixture of Primary and Secondary sludge.

Anaerobic digestion of waste for biological methane and hydrogen production can be a sustainable source of renewable energy as well as an efficient waste management technique. Significant research efforts on digester design, process enhancement, and odors control are vital. In 2009, US Peroxide (a wholly owned subsidiary of Trojan Technologies) developed the peroxide regenerated iron digester enhancement (PRI-DE™) to enhance the anaerobic digestibility and reduce odor and scaling. This technology combines the use of iron salts with hydrogen peroxide (to regenerate the iron to Fe2+ and/or Fe3+) under pressure. Though successfully deployed for collection system and primary clarification applications, the PRI-DE™ technology has yet to be validated experimentally in lab and field trials. In this study, the effect of using the peroxide regenerated iron digester enhancement (PRI-DE™) on the sludge characteristics will be investigated taking into consideration different process parameters such as hydrogen peroxide dose, level of pressure, pH….

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Faculty Supervisor:

George Nakhla

Student:

Partner:

Trojan Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Safety and Security for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Currently, the automotive industry is going through a very significant transformation—one that is blending cars with modern IT, involving technologies such as: multiple CPUs for in-car computing, ad-hoc networking and Internet connectivity, computer vision and sensing technologies, entertainment and artificial intelligence for automated driving and real-world congestion control. Connected and intelligence vehicles are also raising cyber-security concerns. Several recent attacks provided enough evidence, showing that vehicles are indeed vulnerable, and some of these vulnerabilities can be literally “deadly” to drivers and road users. To address these exploitation possibilities, with Irdeto Canada’s existing solutions to improve connected car security, the interns will be involved in developing more advanced software protection technologies, such as, runtime application self-protection and a secure operating system. The range of systems from keyless entry using mobile devices to autonomous driving systems will all benefit from increased security, reliability, and safety.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammad Mannan

Student:

Partner:

Irdeto Canada (Ottawa, ON)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Tropospheric delays in ground-based GNSS reflectometry – Assessment of ad-hoc models against ray-tracing simulations

Global Positioning System (GPS) multipath reflectometry (GPS-R) has recently emerged as coastal sea level altimetry technique. GPS-MR is based on the simultaneous reception of direct and reflecting satellite signals, exploiting the signal-to-noise ratio measurements. Atmosphere affects the GPS signals proportionally to the height of the antenna and results to underestimation of the tidal amplitudes. Over the last decade, atmospheric error (or delay) was accounted for in GPS-MR to varying degrees. Two simple-to-use formulations have emerged based on different properties of refraction. The project explores the capabilities and limits of these formulations and proposes a new comprehensive method to account for the atmospheric delay. Additionally, employing a ray-tracing procedure estimates the delay rigorously and compares it to the results of the existing and proposed formulations. To gain insight, decomposition of the delay to its components takes place. Finally, the dependence of the error on satellite elevation angle, station altitude, and antenna height is assessed. The expected outcomes will aid in understanding of the atmospheric error in GPS-R and offer an improved modelling of the latter. “TO BE CONT’D”

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marcelo Santos

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Technology

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Advanced computer vision applied on interactive videos for the benefit of the e-commerce industry

The goal is to develop a new in-video e-commerce service that enables users to purchase apparels directly from streaming videos, such as TV shows and Music videos. To do this, we have to find apparels from an inventory list that are similar to apparel or style appearing in the video. Currently, this can be done by preprocessing videos and with the help of a human expert matching displayed apparel to items available from e-commerce stores. We aim to automate the matching task and do so in near real-time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jia Yuan Yu

Student:

Partner:

Dataperformers Company Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Weighted linear point-cloud registration for scan-matching in GPS-denied environments

The ability for an autonomous robot to create its own map based on onboard sensors and simultaneously, localize itself within this map is know as Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). Although the theory behind SLAM has been well developed much work still needs to be done in realizing SLAM solutions that meet situation-specific real-world requirements. This is because sensors and actuators onboard a robot are always corrupted by noise. In particular, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), which travel in 3D, face additional difficulties due to the nonlinearities associated with rotation. Furthermore, indoor autonomous navigation is particularly challenging without a reliable inertial measurement for pose correction. The focus of this research project is not only to develop a robust and accurate 3D SLAM method to be used online by UAVs but to also achieve this indoors. This project will not only advance the field of autonomous indoor navigation but will also help ARA Robotique to be competitive in the UAV market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Richard Forbes

Student:

Partner:

ARA Robotique

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace; Technology; Other

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Performance-Based Design Guideline for Mid- to High-Rise Mass Timber Based Structures with Energy Dissipators and Base Isolators

In Canada, the need to address housing demand along the growing urbanization with consideration of environmental impact, motivated timber-based construction. Timber structures are known for their aesthetic, flexibility in achieving the innovative architectural designs, fast means of construction and environmental friendliness. In the past decade, significant research have been undertaken to use timber for mid- to high-rise structures. Mass timber-based structures, incorporating appropriate connections and energy dissipators, can extend the building heights in timber-based construction. The general objectives in the proposed research are: (I) to develop reliability-based design frameworks for light-timber based mid-rises with energy dissipators, and (II) to develop performance-based design frameworks for tall mass timber-based systems incorporating damping systems and base isolations. Performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) is widely considered to be a rational and comprehensive framework for the seismic design and assessment of civil engineering structures. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Solomon Tesfamariam

Student:

Partner:

Dynamic Structures

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Aircraft Modification and Configuration Tracking

Tracking the component configuration and modifications to aircraft within the commercial airline business presents a challenge for manufacturers such as Bombardier with currently available methods. This research problem is significant to the aerospace industry to construct efficient maintenance schedules for different aircraft and to properly evaluate system reliability for safety purposes. The objective of this research is to determine a new methodology for tracking and determining probable component configuration for commercial aircraft. This research will result in a prototype model for predicting component modifications and the corresponding configuration within commercial aircraft types.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamran Behdinan

Student:

Partner:

Bombardier Aerospace Inc (Toronto, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Design and Development of an Emergency Response Station

The remote First Nations communities of Canada suffer from a dire lack of access to emergency response systems and services during times of crises. They lack access to life-saving services such as paramedics, 911 services, and search and rescue services due to their geographic isolation. This often puts them in grave danger and results in loss of lives. To enable these remote communities to communicate with emergency response personnel in real time, the design and development of an Emergency Response Station (ERS) prototype to be deployed in the Moose Cree First Nation community and in the Algonquin Provincial Park is proposed. An ERS is a communication facility which would enable an individual to send a distress signal to emergency response personnel with the push of a button. The ERS could be integrated with Drone Delivery Canada’s Drone Delivery services, thus expanding their market and the types of services they could offer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamran Behdinan

Student:

Partner:

Drone Delivery Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Towards a Universal Polymer Crosslinker

A crosslink is a chemical bond that links one polymer chain to another. Adding crosslinks can enhance the strength of polymers, and can improve performance at high temperatures. In this collaboration between Epic Ventures Inc and the Wulff Research Group at the University of Victoria, we are inventing a new family of chemical crosslinkers that will literally work with any polymer that contains carbon–hydrogen bonds. This includes plastics like polyethylene and polypropylene that are usually considered to be chemically inert.
As an added benefit, these novel crosslinking agents will function as universal adhesives, allowing us to “glue” inert plastics together with strong carbon–carbon bonds. Additionally, we will be able to add functionality (dyes, sensors, etc.) to previously inert plastic materials. The potential applications for this new technology range from ballistic fabrics to medical implants and “smart” bandages.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeremy Wulff

Student:

Partner:

Epic Ventures

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

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