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British Columbia Natural Gas Strategic Research Initiative

The British Columbia Natural Gas Strategic Research Initiative (BC NGSRI) is a strategically targeted collaborative research network designed to tackle some of the most pressing challenges in the natural gas sector. A three-way government-industry-academic partnership connected through student interns will provide applicable tools and knowledge to effectively optimize resource use and mitigate risk throughout natural gas operations. Student interns will conduct industry-relevant research in each of the partner organizations to understand and optimize proppant behaviour, evaluate and guide water use, and monitor and control infrastructure hazards. The BC NGSRI will provide short-term and long-term benefits to all involved parties and lay the foundation to address emerging challenges in the expanding unconventional gas industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dwayne Tannant;Solomon Tesfamariam;Rehan Sadiq;Homayoun Najjaran;Lukas Bichler

Student:

Partner:

BC Oil and Gas Commission;Trican Well Services;SECURE Energy Services;X1 Aeronautics;FortisBC

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Public administration

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an Accurate Method for Predicting Heat Transfer in Screw Conveyors

The aim of this project is to develop an accurate numerical method of predicting the performance of screw conveyors in which there is heat transfer to or from the material being transported. A detailed review of past studies in this area will be undertaken and based on this and on an understanding of the characteristics of the software that will be used a solution procedure will be selected. This procedure will be implemented using the commercial software package FLUENT©. This solution procedure will be validated by comparing the results that it gives for the few situations that have previously been studied with the results obtained in these previous studies. Properties of materials that are likely to transported in screw conveyors in which heat transfer occurs will then be obtained and some sample calculations will be undertaken. This study will provide the partner organization with a method for more accurately designing screw conveyors in which heat transfer occurs and will given the intern experience in numerically predicting the performance of complex engineering systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Oosthuizen

Student:

Partner:

Continental Conveyor

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Sensor Development for Intelligent Apiary

This project will design an Apiary Management System to control and study environmental conditions that affect beehive health and honey production. Several efforts will be undertaken in developing this intelligent hive concept. In-hive environmental sensors will be implemented and thermal backplane will be developed to regulate the temperature within the hive. Sensors will be installed for studying bee movement, activity, and population. In the environment surrounding the apiary, food type and availability will be studied. Data gathered by sensors will be correlated with observations of bee and hive health, food availability, and honey production to map trends. This system will provide apiarists the ability to remotely monitor hive health, providing significant cost benefits to the apiarist. With bees playing a significant role in the pollination of agricultural crops, the developed technology offers the potential of additional economic benefits to the Canadian agricultural industry due to the greater health of the bees and hive environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cyrus Shafai

Student:

Partner:

Function Four Ltd;Durston Honey Farms Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Effective Simulation and Surface Reconstruction Approaches for Detailed Fluid Simulation Visual Effects

Creating computer generated animations and visual effects (VFX) of fluids is a challenging task. The goal of this project is to design novel approaches that ease the creation of fluid simulations for VFX. Four main challenges will be tackled: the simulation of viscous fluids, the gain in geometric details of free surface fluids, the texturing of free surface fluids, and the optimization of distributed computation for fluid simulation. A team of four graduate students and three professors will handle the academic research, and will collaborate with two industrial partners, specialized in VFX and computer animation for film and television. The prototype implementations for these novel approaches will allow the industrial partners to run tests on scenarios from past productions and other scenarios specifically crafted for this project. This will help the academic team in improving the approaches to maximize their usefulness for the Canadian computer graphics industry, and for the industrial partners.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Paquette;Pierre Poulin

Student:

Partner:

Digital District Canada;Syon Media Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

École de technologie supérieure; Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Process Evaluation of BCAAN/CDBC Internet Project Portal

The British Columbia Autism Assessment Network (BCAAN) and the Complex Developmental and Behavioural Conditions Program (CDBC) are responsible for the coordination and management of referrals and assessments in BC for children suspected of having Autism Spectrum Disorders and other related spectral disorders. As part of a larger project to perform a comprehensive review and revision to the system for managing referrals and cases (including the deployment of an electronic referral and tracking system), this internship will provide complete and thorough research into developing quality indicators and metrics that will ensure the new system being currently developed delivers safe, relevant and quality service to all that is serves. The project will also work in close collaboration with those developing the new system to integrate these quality indicators and metrics into the new system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tamon Stephen

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Impact of a cognitive intervention program on brain structure and function in adults with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is one of the least understood neurological injuries. Increasing evidence shows that the effects of mTBI are not transient and may be associated with significant long-term consequences on brain function and may lead to long-term changes in the functioning of the brain with impacts on many areas related to information processing. Over a lifetime, repeated brain trauma is a significant risk factor for developing neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Currently, there is very limited research on the effectiveness cognitive rehabilitation in patients with mTBI. The purpose of this study is to gain insight into how a cognitive intervention program – specifically the Arrowsmith program, alters the structure and function of the brain in adults with mTBI. In this project the interns will be involved in analyzing brain scans of patients with mTBI before and after the Arrowsmith program to determine how this program may result in changes in the brain. This research is very important to the Eaton Arrowsmith group to understand how the program impacts brain function after brain injury.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Naznin Virji-Babul;Mirza Beg

Student:

Partner:

Eaton Educational Group

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Simon Fraser University; The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Tribological Effect and Honing Studies of PEO Coated Engine Cylinder Bores

The automotive industry is striving towards greater fuel efficiency, and one of the ways in which it is trying to achieve this is through light weighting. The use of aluminum alloys in engine blocks to reduce weight is part of the solution for better fuel efficiency. However, the automotive sector is always striving for innovation and greater engine performance. Consequently, another possible solution for fuel-efficiency was proposed. Through the use of surface coatings for the purposes of reducing friction, applying a surface coating on the engine cylinder bores, reduces the friction coefficient between the cylinder walls and piston ring. This reduction in friction has the potential to increase engine output, due to the smaller energy losses, and therefore increase fuel-efficiency. The surface coating used in this case is referred to as plasma electrolytic oxidation coating. The Ford Motor Company has the potential to benefit greatly from this project, as it would provide them with the ability to produce more fuel-efficient and powerful engines for their vehicles, providing them with an edge over their competitors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xueyuan Nie

Student:

Partner:

Ford Motor Company;University of Windsor

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Salu – Cardiovascular System Monitor Prototyping

The Salu Design Group has developed the PulseWave – a compelling wearable solution that includes a small device and software application that can be used to help people better understand their cardiovascular and circulatory health state, as well as provide some simple feedback on how to improve their state of health. Twenty one percent of US consumers currently own a wearable technology product, yet over half of them do not wear them on a daily basis, including some who have given up on using them all together. The research problem that will be focused on for the Mitacs Grant is, “How does Salu “engage those who are unengaged” with their health, to improve health? This research problem provides a valuable opportunity for Salu, and its interns to provide for a compelling new and disruptive technological innovation for the fast growing wearable technology market. For Salu this emerging market, and the technologies that it is testing and developing, provides an important means for creating a valuable solution that can help people better understand and address their health & wellness goals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Ferguson-Pell

Student:

Partner:

Salu Design Group Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Manufacturing

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Principes de logiciel de nouvelle génération d’assistance à la mise au point de procédés industriels

Dans un cadre éducatif, les procédés industriels sont rarement accessibles pour effectuer tests. Le recours à des outils de simulation de modèles dynamiques de ces procédés est souvent une solution pour permettre l’étude de ces procédés. Le réalisme de ces simulations est étroitement lié à la précision des modèles utilisés. Le présent projet vise à développer des modèles mathématiques des principales unités d’opération utilisées dans le domaine du génie des procédés afin d’inclure un nouveau volet dans le logiciel de simulation Automation Studio, propriété de notre partenaire Famic Technologie. Cette bibliothèque sera d’une grande importance dans le milieu éducationnel et au niveau de la formation des ingénieurs et permettra d’attirer des nouveaux clients interessés par cette nouvelle bibliothèque.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lyne Woodward

Student:

Partner:

Famic Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a Novel Twin-screw Extruder for Resource Recovery and Renewable Energy Production from Lignocellulose Biomass and Industrial Organic Wastes

This project focuses on the conversion of renewable resources to fuels, and thereby trains and educates highly qualified and globally aware personnel. The research involves demo-scale testing and optimization at GreenField Ethanol, laboratory experimentation, simulation and modeling, and overall economic process evaluation. The experimental work will be complemented by numerical and analytical modeling. A mobile demonstration scale twin-screw extruder, funded separately and built by GFE, will be used for the pretreatment and solid/liquid separation of the various streams included in this study. Experimental data will be used to estimate drag coefficients from the existing configuration and used to calibrate a network of zones model of the sections in the TSE. These zone models will be calibrated on the existing configuration and then tested against alternate screw configurations to predict the pressure profile and resulting dewatering. The program presents an opportunity for synergy and collaboration between academia, municipalities and industry, which will enable intern to experience diverse research environment and to work in an interdisciplinary and diverse research team, as well as acquiring skills needed in industry such as project scheduling, resource management, report writing, and critical thinking.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hesham El Naggar

Student:

Partner:

GreenField Specialty Alcohols

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Human Activity Analysis in Sports Videos

Automated human body pose estimation and activity recognition in videos is still one of the challenging problems in computer vision. Generally, it is becomes a significantly difficult task in real world applications due to camera motion, cluttered background, occlusion, and scale/viewpoint/perspective variations. Moreover, the same action performed by two persons can appear to be very different. In addition, clothing, illumination and background changes can increase this dissimilarity. This project is about learning good features for automated human pose estimation and activity recognition using the broadcast video cameras in the context of sport videos. Therefore, this project contributes to constructing an automated and robust vision base human activity recognition and body pose estimation that works in real-time with respect to the current hardware resources.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Levine;Greg Mori

Student:

Partner:

Sportlogiq

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology; New and Digital Media

University:

McGill University; Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment of a new real-time monitoring technique for flash butt welding

The proposed accelerate project seeks to assess a non-destructive means for flagging failed welds in bandsaw blades in real time. The main challenge is to evaluate the correlation between the welding parameters and the properties (including microstructural and mechanical properties) of the final welds. Statistical modeling and different data analysis algorithms may be used in this step. Achieving this goal will extend the nondestructive inline testing capabilities of WeldMS to a broader range of manufacturing processes that use flash butt welding, eg welding of pipes, chain links, etc

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daan Maijer

Student:

Partner:

Weld Management Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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