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Invasion process of the nonindigenous golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei, in the South to North Water Diversion Project, China, and its impact on associated aquatic ecosystem health

The Central Route of South to North Water Diversion (SNWD) project in China aims at transferring water from Yangtze River Basin to Beijing and Tianjin via a 1276 km open water canal across China. This represents a great risk for the accepting water bodies to be biologically invaded. The home university, University of Windsor, has been involved in the International project assessing the bio-risk of the SNWD. The trip of the applicant student to China is to sample in the source water and canal, and learn environmental DNA technology in order to find out the invasion process of the golden mussel in SNDW and assess its impacts on associated aquatic ecosystem. He will cooperate with Dr. Aibin Zhan who has accumulated a huge database in golden mussel in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This collaboration could lead to improvement of methodology for assessing invasive species risk of long distance water diversion in the home institute in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Haffner

Student:

Partner:

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Tall buildings, reinforced concrete, wind, earthquakes,high-performance systems, resiliency, safety

Recent years have witnessed a boom in the construction of modern high-rise buildings in megacities around the world. It is important to design a high-rise building that can effectively withstand both wind and earthquake loads. Nonetheless, in current practice, the design of highrise buildings for wind and earthquakes is done independently. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop a set of integrated design guidelines for both wind and earthquake loads. The proposed research is focused on the development of tools and methods for efficient and reliable simulation, which will lead to an analysis platform for the understanding of the response of highrise buildings, subject to both wind and seismic loads. Kinetica is a leader in the design of tall buildings and the simulation tools developed during this project will create working platforms for Kinetica to advance its competitiveness and understanding of tall building design

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Faculty Supervisor:

Evan Bentz

Student:

Partner:

Kinetica Risk

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Other; Technology; Construction

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

The impact of social environment on mobility status and occurrenceof falls in older adults. International comparisons

Human populations are aging all over the world and decline in mobility is an age-related problem that limits older adults’ quality of life. One major risk factor for mobility disability in is falls. There are some modifiable risk factors for falls and identifying these factors can help public health professionals to devise proper prevention strategy. Apart from socioeconomic factors of income and education that are among main determinants of health, social capital defined as the quality of social interactions and levels of social cohesion within a community can also impact various health outcomes including the occurrence of falls. The main objective of this research project is to examine associations between social capital and falls in an international sample of older adults from Canada, Brazil, Colombia, and Albania. Using the similar data from different social contexts will help us to better understand the social etiology of falls and to support country-specific public health interventions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Beatriz Alvarado

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Environmental perceptions, traditional ecological knowledge and land use change in Vietnam’s northern uplands

My research explores the relationships between land use land cover (LULC) change and local perceptions of natural resources (built on traditional ecological knowledge) in Lào Cai Province, Vietnam. Vietnam’s mountainous uplands are home to over 5.2 million ethnic minority individuals, yet there is little research on their land use decision-making processes. How policy interacts with immediate needs, such as water and food supply, to bring about certain land use changes remains poorly understood. Using satellite images, I will map LULC change to determine regional patterns and to select 3 sites that encapsulate trends in LULC transition. I will complete 3.5 months fieldwork to understand the human decisions driving the observed land use changes in these locations, using qualitative methods including semi-structured interviewsand cognitive mapping exercises. I will develop policy recommendations and share these with Vietnam National University academics and their Lào Cai colleagues to bring ethnic minority decision making and knowledge more central to debates over perceptions of rural land use management and policy directions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Turner

Student:

Partner:

Vietnam National University

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The Spice of Life: Cardamom cultivation, trade networks, and livelihoods in Yunnan, China

Agricultural production and trade are central to Chinese economic development and the livelihoods of millions of people throughout the country. In China’s southwest Yunnan province, cardamom is an important cash crop that many rural communities cultivate and trade to make an income. This research project will focus on the current cardamom cultivation practices and trade networks in the Yunnan province, to determine how resources are managed and how knowledge is disseminated. My host institution is in the provincial capital of Kunming, but most of my fieldwork will be completed in the southern rural counties of Hekou and Maguan on the Sino-Vietnamese borderlands. I will employ qualitative research methods such as semistructured and unstructured interviews with cultivators, traders, and municipal officials. I expect to learn how cardamom travels throughout the province, how different traders at different scales interact with one another, and what socio-political relationships are present in trade networks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Turner

Student:

Partner:

Yunnan University of Finance and Economics

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Engendering Dialogue and Meaningful Participation Among Constituencies Working Toward Ending Homelessness in Victoria, BC.

Social exclusion is a major issue facing people in poverty and who experience homelessness. Participation in decisions affecting them, importantly, the development of programs to address housing and supports, is a key component of both inclusion and provision of appropriate services. The purpose of the research is to explore, develop, and document guidelines, mechanisms and policies based on promising practices that support meaningful inclusion of people impacted by homelessness and poverty within the work of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness (GVCEH). Based on findings from a scoping review of the literature, guidelines, policy and implementation processes for meaningful inclusion will be developed in collaboration with people impacted by poverty and homelessness in the Capital Region of British Columbia, and submitted for ratification by the GVCEH and inclusion in their ongoing policy and practices for engaging stakeholder groups.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bernie Pauly

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Nouvelles technologies de fabrication et réparation de rouesde turbines hydrauliques et équipements connexes

L’hydroélectricité a l’avantage extraordinaire d’utiliser une ressource naturelle renouvelable. Ce projet de recherche vise à poursuivre l’utilisation responsable de cette ressource avec de nouvelles techniques de fabrication et réparation des équipements de production d’énergie, contribuant ainsi à un développement économique et social respectueux de l’environnement. La roue de turbine hydraulique et les équipements de production d’électricité sont de plus en plus sollicités en raison de la fluctuation du marché de l’énergie. Pour assurer des performances et des durées de vie en cohérence avec les investissements considérables qu’ils représentent, tous ces équipements nécessitent un examen approfondi des propriétés des matériaux utilisés et des procédés à mettre en oeuvre pour leur fabrication et/ou leur réparation. La recherche est divisée ainsi : caractérisation thermomécanique des aciers, analyse de la propagation des fissures, développement de procédés, simulation numérique des procédés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Henri Champliaud

Student:

Partner:

GE Renewable Energy;Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Other services (except public administration); Utilities

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

L’aménagement des lacs dans un contexte de gestion de l’eau pluviale, Hanoï, Vietnam

Le territoire du delta du fleuve Rouge est constamment façonné par l’eau; on y construit des digues pour se protéger en cas d’inondations depuis plus d’un millénaire. À Hanoï, on creuse plus profondément les lacs existants et on les remblaye afin qu’ils puissent recueillir les eaux pluviales lors de forts orages. Le paysage des lacs urbains se transforme, certains disparaissent pour faire place à de nouvelles constructions. La gestion de l’eau pluviale s’en trouve donc transformée. La pollution des lacs augmente, certains usages autrefois répandus ne sont plus possibles. L’agriculture, l’aquaculture et même la promenade autour des lacs est rendue ardue après les fortes pluies, puisque des lacs dégagent une forte odeur. Mon projet de recherche tentera de faire le portrait de lacs et de proposer des pistes de solution pour en améliorer la qualité. Ces solutions s’inspireront des pratiques observées sur place, ailleurs au pays et ailleurs dans le monde ainsi que des points de vue des populations locales qui seront consultées sur les usages qu’ils font ou souhaitent faire des lacs d’Hanoï.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Danielle Labbé

Student:

Partner:

National University of Civil Engineering

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Socio-cultural Impact Management in Mexico’s Marine Protected Areas

network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). My research will include case studies on two Mexican MPAs to examine what forms of impact assessment, monitoring, and management are taking place, as well as to investigate the perceived effectiveness of these methods by relevant community stakeholders. Using two MPA sites will allow me to compare how social impact management varies between different governance regimes. The case studies will include a) interviews with key informants, MPA managers and community members to understand the status of social and cultural impact monitoring and management and b) participatory mapping and focus groups with decision makers and community representatives to explore how impact management might be improved. I expect this research to make theoretical contributions to current understanding of social and cultural consequences of marine protected areas, including insights toward improving marine conservation practices globally through the adaptive management of these impacts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Terre Satterfield

Student:

Partner:

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DE ESTUDIOSAVANZADOS DEL INSTITUTO POLITECNICONACIONAL

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Characterization and acceleration of a global motion mapping system.

InSAR is a technique used by radar-based remote sensing for applications such as tracking spatial displacement/deformation of an object on earth, e.g., building and a bridge, over time. The object analysis part of InSAR processing belongs to an offline processing chain that operates on very high resolution images consisting of huge volume of data. The processing chain consists of several independent or loosely coupled operating entities with different resources requirements. Often multiple products are required to enter the chain simultaneously and they share processing resources. Manually scheduling and managing atomic tasks on shared resources are both complex and susceptible to errors. The primary goal of this project is to characterize kernels involved in each step in the processing chain in terms of resources usage, data volumes, and scalability, and requirements analysis and technology assessment for provisioning a task and resources scheduling middleware. This project would benefit 3vG in terms of improving efficiency of their processing chain, understanding scalability requirements and help making future hardware decisions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matei Ripeanu

Student:

Partner:

3vGeomatics

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

An Optimized Generic Model of Radio Propagation through Vegetation

This project studies the propagating channel path loss in urban and suburban scenarios and how the foliage affects the channel efficiency in terms of path loss. The impact of different parameters such as leaf size, leaf type and trees density will be considered. The study includes the RET model, empirical models and theoretical models. Numerical packages will be utilized to compare the conventional channel models and the results will be presented. The proposed model will be optimized to reduce the number of input parameters and its accuracy will be tested against the measured data. During the course of this project, the intern will collaborate with Fastback networks engineers and staff and she also participate in site surveys.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rodney Vaughan

Student:

Partner:

Fastback Networks

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Prototype of a CHP system based on an upgraded gravity-feed wood-pellet furnaceintegrated with a steam-powered micro turbine for small- to mid-scale applications usingCFD simulation and experimental i

Biomass combustion is used to generate combined heat and power (CHP). The combustion furnace of this study (WiseWay) has been providing heat in small scales using wood pellets. The target of this project, however, is to upgrade the stove’s design (for larger scale purposes and other biomass types) and integrate it with a steam microturbine (NextGrid). The resulting system is attractive to the environment and economy because it provides heat and electricity in one package, at a cheaper price compared with oil and gas, with less pollutants emitted. To meet this goal, computational and experimental investigations of the system will be carried out to develop a versatile combustion model based on solving the equations of flow and combustion. The model will then be used to upgrade the furnace. Our industrial partner will be able to deliver a more environmentally-friendly CHP system, which increases its competitiveness as an alternative to coal.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stefan Cenkowski

Student:

Partner:

Myera Nu-Agri-Nomics Group Canada Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

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