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Testing gravity using data from the Euclid satellite mission

One of the biggest mysteries in modern physics is “dark energy”. This strange form of energy makes up over half of our Universe and is causing space to expand faster and faster. Even 30 years after its Nobel Prize-winning discovery, we still have no clear idea what dark energy actually is. Scientists have come up with many different theories to explain dark energy in the last decades. Additionally, new telescopes have been constructed to explore larger parts of the Universe than ever before. These telescopes are now starting to gather huge amounts of data about millions of galaxies, giving us a unique opportunity to test new dark-energy theories. This process requires novel data analysis methods based on powerful machine learning tools that we will develop in this project.  The internship combines the skills from theory specialists of the University of Edinburgh with the data-analysis experts from the University of Waterloo.
These newly developed methods will be used in two of the world’s biggest upcoming galaxy surveys: the European-led Euclid satellite mission and the North American DESI instrument. This internship brings together teams from both sides of the Atlantic to solve one of the largest puzzles in our Universe.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Will Percival

Student:

Partner:

University of Edinburgh

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Township of Ramara Economic Development and Community Improvement Plans

The Township of Ramara is updating its Economic Development Strategy and Community Improvement Plan to better reflect current community and business needs. This project will support that process by collecting and analyzing data, researching best practices from other municipalities, and engaging residents and local businesses through surveys and interviews. The results will help the Township create a clear, evidence-based plan that supports local growth, attracts investment, and strengthens community participation. The work will provide Ramara with practical recommendations to guide decision making and promote long-term economic and social sustainability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrea Attridge

Student:

Partner:

Township of Ramara

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Georgian College

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Étudier l’effet de la pression et de la température sur la valeur nutritive d’un jus de betterave destinés aux sportifs

Un changement dans les mentalités s’opère graduellement qui tend à favoriser la consommation d’aliments les moins transformés possibles, voire les plus naturels. Ce projet de recherche propose une nouvelle approche pour la fabrication d’un jus de betterave en appliquant les hautes pressions. Le jus de betterave dont la consommation est recommandée, tant pour ses qualités nutritionnelles que pour ses propriétés fonctionnelles. Par exemple, il est reconnu que la betterave renferme de la bétamine et d’anthocyanines. De plus, la betterave est connue comme l’un des rares végétaux qui contiennent des bétalaïnes. Toutes ces molécules ont des propriétés antioxydantes par excellence. Des travaux d’optimisation seront réalisés dans le but de fixer les paramètres tels que la pression, le temps, la température et le pH pour garder les éléments nutritifs du jus. Cette étape sera réalisée chez l’entreprise Végétamix Inc et visera, en premier lieu à étudier l’effet de chaque paramètre sur la qualité du jus puis en deuxième lieu, l’effet combiné de ces quatre paramètres sur la qualité du jus désirée. Des analyses comparatives seront réalisées à l’université Laval.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammed Aider

Student:

Partner:

Végétamix Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Applied AI for EdTech: Automated Reporting and Analytics in VidaNovaVLE

Fenix Alma Solutions Inc. is a Canadian EdTech company that develops VidaNovaVLE™, a purpose-built, partner-driven Virtual Learning Environment designed specifically for medical and health sciences education. The platform supports curriculum management, assessment, clinical scheduling, competency-based medical education, and accreditation reporting for leading institutions across North America. As the number of institutional partners grows, the volume and complexity of data being generated within VidaNovaVLE™ has increased significantly. Partner schools rely on dashboards and analytics to make informed decisions about curriculum delivery, learner progression, faculty performance, and accreditation compliance. Currently, much of the data aggregation and dashboarding work requires manual configuration, custom report building, and ad hoc queries. This approach is time-consuming, limits scalability, and places a heavy operational burden on both the Fenix Alma team and partner institutions. The innovation challenge is to introduce AI-driven automation to make data visualization, reporting, and dashboard generation more intelligent, efficient, and scalable. Specifically, the company seeks to leverage machine learning and natural language processing to (1) automate the generation of meaningful dashboards tailored to institutional roles and objectives, and (2) enable dynamic, conversational querying of data to support evidence-based decision-making at all levels of a medical school.This project goes beyond day-to-day operations by laying the foundation for a new AI-powered analytics layer within VidaNovaVLE™, representing a significant product evolution. Rather than manually producing static reports, the envisioned solution will proactively surface insights, reduce administrative overhead, and enable partner institutions to focus more on educational impact.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Haruna Isah

Student:

Partner:

Fenix Alma Solutions Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education

University:

Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Development of room-temperature exciton-polariton quantum simulator

This MITACS project between the University of Waterloo (UW, host supervisor: Prof. Na Young Kim) and Yonsei University (YU, home supervisors: Prof. Jong-Souk Yeo and Prof. Chae-Yeun Park) aims to develop a room-temperature exciton-polariton quantum simulator. The room-temperature system can contribute to solving a complex many-body problem, since it does not require cryogenic cooling that limits the scalability of quantum information processors. The exciton-polariton quantum simulator is a solid-state platform that can be fabricated using conventional deposition/lithography techniques. Since the exciton-polariton is a bosonic quasiparticle that also interacts strongly with matter, both bosonic and fermionic dynamics can be emulated. The room-temperature operation can be demonstrated by utilizing transition metal dichalcogenides that have exciton binding energies larger than 25.9 meV. We plan to theoretically understand and design the simulator to describe the Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian, fabricate and characterize a unit exciton-polariton system, and correlate the experimental results with the defined Hamiltonian. This project will be successfully conducted leveraging the UW’s outstanding expertise in quantum simulation and YU’s extensive experience in nanomaterials engineering. The collaboration between the UW and YU, which was officially initiated by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), will be further strengthened and expanded thanks to the MITACS project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Na Young Kim

Student:

Partner:

Yonsei University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Management and mining of big energy sector data

With advances in techniques, high volumes of valuable data are generated in many domains (e.g., energy sector) at a rapid rate. Consequently, a scalable and flexible system for efficient storage and fast management of these distributed data is needed. In this proposed research project, we plan to design and implement a cloud-based data storage & management system that is flexible, scalable and fast to handle distributed data in a parallel fashion for the partner organization. In addition, we also plan to design and implement a system that conducts parallelized data mining and machine learning to discover new patterns from the data stored in the above data management system. These discovered patterns would be beneficial to the partner organization as these patterns help complex decision making.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carson Leung

Student:

Partner:

Invenia Technical Computing

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Health risks of agricultural intensification in Vietnam

During the last couple decades, agricultural practices have increased in intensity to meet the growing needs of economic growth and population growth in Vietnam. Increased livestock production, management of human and animal waste, hormone and antibiotic residues from humans and livestock present human and environmental health concerns. The risks of agricultural intensification to human health are not well studied and understood in Vietnam. In this study, I will explore the risks of agricultural intensification to human health through a systematic review of the literature. The information gained will be complemented with interviews with key environmental stakeholders to identify health issues associated with intense agricultural practices, as well as determine challenges in addressing these issues. The information gained from this study will be useful in informing existing or future policy relating to agricultural intensification.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sherilee Harper

Student:

Partner:

Hanoi School of Public Health

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Globalink Research Award

La place des agriculteurs et des pêcheurs dans le développement touristique de Hôi An, Vietnam

A Hôi An, une ville vietnamienne au développement touristique très important, la place des activités traditionnelles est aujourd’hui remise en question, notamment en ce qui concerne l’agriculture et la pêche. Ces activités profitent parfois de l’essor touristique à travers le développement d’un nouveau marché, mais subissent aussi les contraintes de l’afflux de touristes. La recherche proposée vise à identifier des mesures, tant au niveau des politiques publiques que de l’aménagement du territoire, que la ville pourraient adopter pour atteindre l’objectif affiché de maintien de la diversité des activités socioéconomiques en contexte de développement rapide du tourisme. L’étude de l’évolution et de la situation actuelle de l’agriculture et de la pêche à Hôi An, comme celle des actions et programmes des autorités, devra être réalisée. Les résultats permettront, en plus d’analyser l’efficacité de la préservation des activités traditionnelles par les pouvoirs publics de la ville, d’explorer un enjeu de développement qui concerne de nombreuses villes misant sur le tourisme.

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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

Méthode de décontamination/dégradation des retailles de cuir contaminées au Chrome (VI) et à la l’alumine

Le traitement du cuir requiert l’utilisation d’éléments chimiques et naturels, qui au cours du processus, permet d’assouplir, ternir et colorer les peaux animales. La disposition des retailles de coupe contamine le sol environnant. Certains composés sont toxiques pour la santé telle que le chrome et l’alumine, possédant des propriétés cancérigènes et mutagènes. Il est proposé d’étudier en laboratoire, à petite échelle, une méthode de dégradation/décomposition des retailles de cuirs tannés au chrome et à l’alumine (décontaminé préalablement par l’alcalinisation des retailles en milieu aqueux), par apports de substrats organiques (déchets urbains ou fumiers). Une fois dégradé, un terreau sera produit suite à la décomposition de peaux traitées, qui pourra être réintroduit dans le milieu naturel. Les résultats permettront de démontrer l’efficacité d’un tel traitement du cuir, ce qui va ainsi éviter des risques sanitaires pour les communautés locales qui puisent leur eau dans les nappes phréatiques.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Frédéric Monette

Student:

Partner:

Universidad Veracruzana

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Globalink Research Award

L2M – A2O

Direct lineage reprogramming (DLR) is the newest advance in the field of cellular reprogramming. It is the forced conversion of one mature cell type to another, without the need for a pluripotent intermediate, directly at the site of injury or disease. We have developed DLR technology to convert astrocytes into new oligodendrocyte lineage cells (iOLCs) for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disease and injury. To ensure the success of our technology in clinical trials and increase the likelihood of commercial viability we will source input from stakeholders and key opinion leaders in four main areas. First, we will validate the market fit and clinical need for our technology in our proposed beachhead indication, neuromyelitis optica, through clinicians and patients. Second, we will obtain insight into possible delivery methods (AAV, RNA vaccines, LNPs) for our technology. This will be assessed with groups specializing in these methods to determine optimal efficacy and safety parameters but also with clinicians and patients to identify administration preferences. Additionally, we will meet with regulatory bodies and intellectual property experts to understand the regulatory landscape, clinical trials space and licensing agreements. Finally, we will connect with business strategists and pharmaceutical companies (end buyer) to come up with a market plan and licensing model that supports our vision of a platform technology. As a result of this project we will be able to make evidence-based decisions that de-risk our technology, accelerate our path to clinical trials, and position us for successful partnership negotiations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeremy Sivak;Maryam Faiz

Student:

Partner:

DMZ Ventures Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University Health Network

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Towards Reliable Vibration Design of Mass-Timber and Timber-Concrete Floors: Data, Models, and Practical Guidance

The proposed project studies the vibration behaviour of innovative mass timber floor systems, focusing on cross-laminated timber (CLT) floors supported by CLT beams and timber-concrete composite (TCC) floors with notched connections. Using laboratory testing and numerical modelling, the research aims to enhance the understanding of how these floors respond to dynamic loads, including the effects of non-structural components such as concrete toppings, which can add mass and damping. The project will generate validated experimental data and finite element models to develop design guidelines that improve vibration serviceability, occupant comfort, and structural performance. Collaboration between Canadian and Italian institutions strengthens the research by combining expertise and access to advanced facilities. The project aligns with Canadian CSA O86 standards and European Eurocode 5 design provisions, helping harmonize approaches to timber floor vibration across North America and Europe. This collaboration supports the advancement of mass timber design standards, expanding market acceptance of innovative floor systems and enhancing the capacity of participating institutions to address vibration challenges in sustainable construction. Through joint supervision, knowledge exchange, and shared resources, the project aims to establish international partnerships and contribute to safer, more efficient timber buildings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ghasan Doudak

Student:

Partner:

University of Trento

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Caractérisation de la matière première de peintures par spectroscopie infrarouge et chimiométrie

L’entreprise UCP Paint est un manufacturier de peintures architecturales et de produits de spécialités. Il s’agit d’un domaine fortement compétitif où la qualité des matières premières et leur accès peuvent être problématiques. Le projet vise à développer des méthodes de caractérisation de ces matières et des outils de classification de leur qualité et de leur performance. Ces outils serviront également à identifier de potentiels substituts qui préserveront la qualité des peintures. Le projet fait partie d’une stratégie de plus grande ampleur qui utilisera la spectroscopie infrarouge pour suivre le cycle de vie des peintures architecturales, de leur production jusqu’à leur vieillissement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Pellerin

Student:

Partner:

Peintures UCP

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

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