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Bond strength and development length of GFRP hooked bars

Infrastructure is facing significant environmental effects and climate change effects, compound by service conditions, which lead to rapid deterioration of bridges or marine structures for example. Corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete structures is perhaps the main concern. Fiberglass reinforcing bars emerged as a promising alternative to steel bars and offer far better durability due to corrosion resistance. However, focus has been primarily on straight bars in long structures. There are many conditions where the length of the structural members is limited and a straight bar might slip prematurely from concrete. In this case a bent bar (or a hooked bar) is necessary. Very limited studies available on bent bars, perhaps only two, more than 30 years ago. This program will address modern fiberglass bent bars and provide critical test data that will enable updating a rather outdated design equation in design codes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amir Fam

Student:

Partner:

Pultrall

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Point Cloud Data Fusion for High-Precision Inspection of Aerospace Parts

This project aims to develop an innovative method to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of inspecting aerospace parts, such as aero-engine blades. These components often have intricate shapes, making precise inspection a significant challenge. To overcome this, the project combines data from two measurement systems: one that captures detailed 3D scans and another that provides sparse but highly accurate reference points. By intelligently merging these datasets using adaptive sampling and advanced algorithms, we create highly accurate digital models of the parts. The research will enable faster and more precise part inspection, reducing production bottlenecks and costs. By advancing inspection techniques, this project will directly support the competitiveness of the Canadian aerospace manufacturing industry, helping it maintain a leadership position in producing high-quality, reliable components for global markets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Farbod Khameneifar;René Mayer

Student:

Partner:

Pratt & Whitney Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Smart Aircraft Wings Constructed via Reconfigurable Metamaterials

Traditional airplane wings operate via an intricate system, including rigid control surfaces, motors, cables, and
hydraulics. Wings can deform, e.g., slide and tilt rigid control surfaces, to control airflow passing over them.
Though with high reliability, traditional wings are heavy. A lighter alternative is smart wings constructed via
morphable materials, such as shape memory alloys/polymers or morphable meta-materials. Assembled from
morphable meta-materials, smart wings can change shapes to control the plane’s flight and significantly boost
aircraft production, flight, and maintenance efficiency. However, associated research on the morphing actuating
of meta-materials has lagged behind, holding meta-materials from wider industrial applications. This MITACS
GRA project will develop smart aircraft wings constructed via reconfigurable smart meta-materials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hang Xu

Student:

Partner:

Politecnico di Torino

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Adapting the Cool Farm Tool for Achieving Net-Zero Emissions in Nova Scotia’s Agriculture

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suresh Neethirajan

Student:

Partner:

Net Zero Atlantic

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Barley research benefit project

The Canadian Barley Research Coalition (CBRC) is a national not-for-profit organization that funds long-term research projects in the barley sector. The CBRC was awarded $10.2 million to direct towards barley research between 2018 and 2023. This research project will examine the benefits of this research funding to the barley sector in Canada. The project will be completed by an MSc student, who will use the research as the basis for their MSc thesis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Slade

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Barley Research Coalition

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’outils d’analyse de faisabilité de portefeuilles d’évènements dans un centre de congrès

Le Palais des Congrès de Montréal est une institution publique à vocation commerciale qui génère d’importantes retombées économiques pour le Québec. Un défi majeur pour cette institution est la planification annuelle de plus de 350 événements de nature et d’envergure variées, tout en respectant diverses contraintes opérationnelles et commerciales pour atteindre les objectifs fixés par le ministère du Tourisme. Pour relever ce défi, nous proposons d’analyser et d’améliorer le processus de suivi des temps d’opérations lors de la mise en place des événements, ainsi que de proposer un outil capable d’assigner des salles aux événements en fonction des contraintes propres au Palais des Congrès. Ce projet de recherche s’appuiera sur les travaux antérieurs portant sur la gestion de portefeuilles d’événements pour les centres de congrès, ainsi que sur les modèles de planification et d’assignation de ressources pour les portefeuilles de projets. De plus, cette recherche valorisera les données historiques du Palais des Congrès de Montréal afin d’analyser les variables influençant la faisabilité d’un portefeuille d’événements.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Pellerin

Student:

Partner:

Palais des congrès de Montréal

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Fraud Detection in Financial Graphs

A significant amount of fraudulent activity tends to go unreported in reality, one of the major focuses for our team recently has been to develop robust GNNs that can perform anomaly detection on noisily labeled graphs. Noisily labeled anomalous data can reduce the model performance as it learns incorrect patterns during training, cause the model to overfit the noise in the labels as opposed to the underlying true anomalies, and can harm the message-passing mechanism of the GNNs.
Having a GNN based model that is robust to noisy labels can provide us with a significant uplift over the current production models. In research, there is limited work already done in this domain using GNNs. However, applying these methods to Mastercard’s data in a way that transfers well is a challenging task due to:
a) Heavy Class Imbalance b) Inductive – Model should perform well for out-of-distribution test set c) Scalability – the model should learn from over one billion noisily
labeled data d) Nature of Graph – Transaction graph is significantly different from other open source graphs used in existing research

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Faculty Supervisor:

Euijin Choo

Student:

Partner:

Mastercard

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Greenhouse gas emissions and Sustained Flux Global Warming/Cooling Potential of two constructed wetlands from south-central Ontario

Constructed wetlands are multifunctional natural-like systems created for wastewater treatment, biomass production, water storage, flood retention, and wildlife habitat. Constructed wetlands where water-loving plants grow can also absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thus potentially contribute to offsetting greenhouse gas emissions produced by human activities. However, like all wetlands, constructed wetlands also produce greenhouse gases themselves, such as methane and nitrous oxide, two powerful gases that contribute to global warming. In this project, we partnered with Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, an organisation working with local communities to protect and restore the Lake Simcoe watershed by leading research, policy, and action since 1951, to determine if constructed wetlands in their jurisdiction can offer climate benefits, that is, if they can remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than the equivalent they emit as greenhouse gases. Through this project we aim to provide our partner with management recommendation for constructed wetlands that maximizes their climate benefits while, at the same time, provide various co-benefits, such as wildlife habitat and landscape beautification. In addition, we will train a Masters student to be an expert in this field.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Florin Pendea

Student:

Partner:

Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Accelerate

ACT- Action on Climate Team & Saanich Peninsula Environmental Coalition (SPEC) Check-Up Project

The Saanich Peninsula Environmental Coalition (SPEC) and the ACT – Action on Climate Team, SFU are working together to implement a bioregional approach to conservation and sustainability on the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island, BC. SPEC developed a Bioregional Framework in 2021 which outlined a holistic approach to environmental health and management and advocated for its adoption amongst the three municipalities on the Peninsula: Central Saanich, Sidney and North Saanich. The goal of this research is to assess and evaluate the advancements made to date to implement the principles of the Bioregional Framework across these three municipalities. Progress will be measured using performance indicators and outcomes for watershed health and resilience. The goal is to gain a better understanding of the opportunities and barriers to collaborating across municipal governments to advance conservation and sustainability throughout a watershed or bioregion.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alison Shaw

Student:

Partner:

Friends of Shoal Harbour

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a Timing-Enhanced AXI Protocol Tracing Solution for FPGA

The proposed project aims to enhance Ciena’s existing AXI protocol tracing solution for FPGAs by adding a timing feature through synchronized counters. This improvement will allow for more accurate data flow tracking and performance within FPGA systems. By integrating this timing capability, the enhanced module will provide Ciena with better diagnostics and debugging tools, leading to more efficient and reliable product development. This project helps the intern gain valuable experience and offers a significant technical upgrade for Ciena’s FPGA-based solutions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tarek Ould-Bachir

Student:

Partner:

Ciena Corporation (St-Laurent, QC);Ciena Corporation (Ottawa, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Anti-Racist Cities: Community-focused Housing in Ottawa

This research champions anti-racist thinking around housing in the city of Ottawa. This project considers the possibility of antiracist cities by examining how racial inequities are produced through housing, how displacement occurs in the city of Ottawa, and how grassroots advocacy for secure, affordable housing may facilitate spatial and racial justice. This research will contribute to an understanding of how racism is experienced through urban space, and how affordable, decommodified housing development can be a crucial step in the building of anti-racist cities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Menna Agha

Student:

Partner:

CP Planning

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Nearshore Zooplankton Communities in the Strait of Georgia: Implications for Ecosystem Health

Although zooplankton monitoring is crucial for informed conservation, data on nearshore zooplankton ecology, despite its importance for forage fish, is lacking. This study will use ZooScan image analysis to process samples collected by the Pacific Salmon Foundation Citizen Science Oceanography program in Malaspina Strait (2015 – ongoing) and assess the seasonal dynamics of the nearshore zooplankton assemblages and their relationship to oceanographic properties. One site will then be selected for analysis of interannual variability. Finally, this project will investigate spatial differences in nearshore zooplankton assemblages, and their relationship to environmental conditions including indices of human disturbance. This study will provide new insights into nearshore zooplankton assemblage dynamics and inform drivers of prey fields for juvenile salmon and forage fish. The development of semi-automated imaging technology for use in BC will also provide accessible tools for other organizations who wish to conduct zooplankton monitoring but do not have the knowledge or capacity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Hunt

Student:

Partner:

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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