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Helping municipalities find solutions for sustainable drinking water systems

This project will continue with the research recommendations provided in a previously funded Mitacs project. The intern will work with Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador and their members to research ways to enhance their capacity to address their drinking water challenges. Research will be conducted on ways to improve the governance and management of drinking water systems in Newfoundland and Labrador. Research methods will include approaches such as key informant interviews of members of local, provincial and federal governments. Discussion will also be facilitated between academic, industrial, non-governmental, and municipal, provincial and federal actors to research innovative solutions for drinking water
issues. For example, the need for research on enhanced source water protection strategies has been identified in NL and a case study on the topic will be completed with Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited during this internship.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kelly Vodden

Student:

Partner:

Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador;Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

CARIC MANU-710: Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Initiative

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited and Pratt & Whitney Canada have all initiated research projects on Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes. Although applications are different, all companies are facing the same challenges, including the lack of a mature Canadian supply chain. The purpose of the current project is to bring together the whole value chain (Certification authorities, OEMs, Suppliers, Universities & Research Centers) to collaborate on common tasks for the development of the capability to design, produce, inspect and certify parts using AM processes. The end goal is to reach TRL/MRL 6 on selected parts for primary and secondary helicopter structures as well as aircraft engines and pave the way for usage in the production of parts for repair, retrofit or new products development. The expected benefits are: CO2 emissions reduction via weight reduction and cost
reduction through part assemblies’ integration, lead time reduction, reduced buy-to-fly ratio, reduced inventory and optimized batch size.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Souheil-Antoine Tahan;Carl Blais;Mathieu Brochu

Student:

Partner:

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (Inactive);Pratt & Whitney

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace; Advanced Manufacturing; Technology

University:

École de technologie supérieure; McGill University; Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Coupled Analysis of Wave Energy Convertor –SeaWEED and Mooring Lines in Time-domain

Numerical prediction tools for the analysis of an integrated mooring system with a floating structure will be further developed in the time domain and will be applied to the SeaWEED WEC and its mooring system. Investigations will be carried out for the survivability of the mooring system. The outcome of the project will enable GIE to finalize the prototype.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Peng

Student:

Partner:

Grey Island Energy Inc;Petroleum Research Newfoundland & Labrador

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

REEs in brachiopods dwelling oxygen deficient habitats as proxies of paleoredox and potential source rocks

Source rocks are one of most important components of a petroleum system (a source rock, a reservoir rock and a trap) since it is economically irrelevant to exploit a hydrocarbon play without a source. The potentiality of rocks to retain hydrocarbons is defined by their organic contents. The environmental conditions prevailed during the deposition of sediments control the amount of the incorporated organic matter. In general, source rocks are precipitated in highly reducing or anoxic environments and enclose moderate to high organic contents. Presence of oxygen in the depositional settings promotes the organic matter biodegradation and oxidization, which reduce in the organic richness of the sediments. On the contrary, the accumulation in oxygen deficient settings protects the incorporated organic matter from decay and, upon maturation, it produces hydrocarbon. The proposed study introduces a new tool of interpreting the prevailed paleoreducing conditions and evaluates the global distribution of the hydrocarbon source rock potential in sediments.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karem Azmy

Student:

Partner:

Husky Energy Inc (NL);Petroleum Research Newfoundland & Labrador

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

High Efficiency RFIC Power Amplifier

The power consumption by Radiofrequency (RF) Integrated Circuit (IC) Power Amplifiers (PAs) in mobile handsets and other mobile communication devices is a major factor determining the battery life of these equipment. The objective of this project is to find new ways to implement power efficiency improvement techniques in CMOS RFIC PAs for improved battery lifetime, for the RFIC PA products of the Kanata-Ontario based Design Center of Skyworks Solutions Inc. It is expected that the results will demonstrate the feasibility of a new approach to implement the power efficiency improvement and PA protection functions, and which will suit Skyworks’ RFIC PA technologies. The intern will learn valuable practical design skills that are complementary to his theoretical work and Skyworks will benefit from a proven technique that will answer their needs for future RFIC PA products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicolas Constantin

Student:

Partner:

Skyworks Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

A Longitudinal Study: Investigating the Impact of an Outreach Program on Students’ Future Course Selection and STEM Career Choices

The goal of this research project is to explore the effectiveness of outreach programs in terms of their potential to affect science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) interest and achievement in middle school and beyond through STEM engagement. Through inquiry-based
half-day workshops, guided by the knowledge of scientists and engineers, this multi-partnership STEM project will employ five interns who will be responsible for data collection, including administering surveys; workshop observations; interviewing participants; data organization; data analysis and amalgamation; report writing; and attending team meetings. Overall, interns will be provided with unique opportunities for acquiring research skills such as developing a research plan, conducting literature reviews, data collection and analysis; collaborating on publications; and developing increased research capacity. The project will provide insights into the potential of outreach programs to support STEM educational initiatives, provide effective strategies for engaging students in STEM education and promote STEM awareness and career pathways.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Isha DeCoito

Student:

Partner:

Scientists in School

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Generation of few photons and photon pairs with engineered beams carrying angular momentum

Cylindrical vector beams (CVBs) are a class of non-conventional beams of laser light that exhibit spatially varying polarization properties and zero intensity along the propagation axis. CVBs have received significant interest due to their peculiar focusing properties when used in combination with high numerical aperture optics. CVBs are also especially important at the limit of few photons/photon pairs for applications in quantum information processing and quantum data storage. The main objective is to develop new effective techniques (combined with beam shaping and nonlinear optics) for the generation of novel photon beams carrying angular momentum, and to control this spatial degree of freedom of light so to create the entanglement of the intrinsic angular momentum of photon pairs. Based on preliminary results, a new type of photon emitters can be realized, and this can be turned into a new line of products for our partner, OptoElectronic Components Inc., giving it a strong commercial advantage.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roberto Morandotti

Student:

Partner:

OptoElectronic Components Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

Information extraction from real-world business documents

This research project aims at creating a robust, efficient and reliable tool for Information Extraction (IE) from vast amounts of textual data related to the financial domain. Named entities recognition, a subtask of information extraction, seeks to locate and classify elements in text into
pre-defined categories such as the names of persons, organizations, locations, expressions of times, quantities, monetary values, percentages, etc. The targeted IE system will extract structured data or knowledge from the un-structured financial texts by identifying references to the named entities as well as stated relationships between such entities through coreference resolution and relationship extraction.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fatiha Sadat

Student:

Partner:

Metix Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Unearthing Power in Brazil’s Mining Regime

The Brazilian mining industry is a major economic engine in Brazil and a dominant player in the extraction industry worldwide. A new Mining Code to regulate mining activity was introduced in the National Congress in 2013 and is set to be voted into legislation by the end of September, 2015. The deliberations that have been taking place amongst policy stakeholders to construct the new Mining Code provide a unique window through which to analyze the means by which state and non-state actors influence policy and practices in Brazil’s mining sector. My research will provide one of the first systematic analyses of the actors and processes that led to this significant recent change to Brazil’s mining regulatory regime.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexandra Mallett

Student:

Partner:

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Intestinal Inflammasomes: Defining Their Role in IBD

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is thought to develop in people when their gut bacteria leak out of their intestines, and cause chronic gut inflammation. We recently found that the cells that line the guts of healthy people possess a specialized defense system called an inflammasome.
In preliminary studies, the inflammasome seems to prevent the gut from becoming leaky, and helps it fight bacteria. Interestingly, some people with IBD are known to be missing inflammasomes. We want to better define how these gut lining inflammasomes work, and whether they are missing in many of the people who develop IBD. Using several different models, including growing gut lining cells in the lab to form mini-guts, we will test how these inflammasomes prevent gut leakiness and how they fight bacteria. The data provided by these studies will also be beneficial for ongoing research, while the interns will learn cutting edge techniques. The partner organizations will benefit from an increased understanding of the
causes of IBD, as well as new technologies (growing mini-guts) that can be used for many health related studies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bruce Vallance

Student:

Partner:

CH.I.L.D. Foundation;Crohn’s and Colitis Canada (MB);Qu Biologics

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Location-routing models and methods for improving the operations of an express package delivery company

Purolator is Canada’s leader in express package delivery services, with $1.6 billion revenues (2013), 12,000 employees, 125 shipping centres and 170 processing facilities nationwide. The company has to improve its operations on a continuous basis in order to satisfy its customers, while maintaining its efficiency in the face of ever-growing challenges such as fierce competition, environmental concerns and the expansion of ecommerce services. Purolator is particularly interested in the analysis of alternative ways to perform its operations that would reduce its costs, while improving its quality of service. The general objective of the research project is to develop location-routing models and solution methods to address the issues faced by Purolator. Three interns will be trained, including two Masters’ students and one post-doctoral student. The Montreal area is targeted for this study. The benefits for Purolator are important, as the project will provide the company with methods and analyses that will contribute to improve its efficiency.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bernard Gendron

Student:

Partner:

Purolator Inc (QC)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Nsyilxcn Revitalization and Documentation

The Nsyilxcn (Syilx Okanagan Interior Salish) language is critically endangered; fewer than fifty Elder speakers remain, no young people are learning at home and no effective school programs. Syilx people are highly invested in creating language opportunities, including teaching positions in schools, daycares, and adult programs, however no young speakers exist to staff them. Questions arise: how can we make Nsyilxcn language transmission more effective? What are the barriers to success, including linguistic, methodological, organizational, and community capacity challenges? The Syilx Language House Association endeavors to train Syilx youth to become certified language teachers, using cutting edge language acquisition techniques. This research project is a continuation of the lead researcher’s PhD research in which five low-intermediate speakers were created through an intensive “Language House” model. This field is of great interest to First Nations Education research journals, applied linguistics, as well as deeply valuable to First Nation community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marianne Ignace

Student:

Partner:

Penticton Indian Band Development Corporation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

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