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The process of embedding sustainability throughout a global organization

This project will explore how organizations with global operations implement change initiatives for greater environmental and social sustainability over time. Specifically, we are interested in how employees from various global sites make sense of these change and enact initiatives and whether there are different patterns of sensemaking and enactment among the company’s global subsidiaries. When completed we expect this research to better equip companies pursuing major changes around sustainability and related issues by identifying potential sources of resistance or divergent interpretations and strategies to help overcome them.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephanie Bertels

Student:

Partner:

Celestica

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Real-time fatigue detection by remote eye tracking

Fatigue is a significant risk factor for operating moving vehicles in work settings that involve long duty hours or shift work rotations. A critical objective in fatigue management is to develop technology to establish fitness for duty, monitor fatigue in real time and predict performance failure. Eye movements (eyelid closure, blink rate and duration) are sensitive indicators of fatigue. SIX Safety Systems has developed an eye tracking system that can monitor eye movements remotely. The objective of this Mitacs supported research internship is to validate this tool as a fatigue detection method in motor vehicles, by correlating eye movements with performance on attention and driving in a high fidelity driving simulator, and with electrophysiological and subjective measures of fatigue. The proposed project will directly benefit the partner organization in providing scientific validation crucial to bringing this tool to market. The technology has considerable potential to benefit the health and safety of Canadians and to generate economic activity

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ralph Mistlberger

Student:

Partner:

SIX Safety Systems Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Ecosystem-based management research for Canada’s Sablefish fishery

The fishery for British Columbia’s Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) is one of Canada’s most valuable marine fisheries. This project addresses the two primary strategic challenges currently facing this fishery: (1) lower harvest quotas aimed at rebuilding the spawning biomass to more productive levels risks the economic sustainability of the industry and (2) future access to fishing grounds could be in jeopardy without improved information about the ecological impacts of fishing on non-target species and seabed habitats. Our research will apply advanced statistical and modeling methods to identify and develop novel ways of utilizing existing fishery databases and fisheries sampling power to address these challenges. We will identify causes underlying Sablefish size-selectivity patterns inb multiple fisheries, as well as conditions leading to undesirable catch and at-sea discarding of juvenile Sablefish and non-target, bycatch species. These analyses will utilize large existing databases of Sablefish tag releases and recoveries, fishery-independent surveys, and detailed set-by-set fishery catch and species composition. We will also use machine learning and spatial modeling techniques to identify the locations, types, and sensitivity of deep sea habitats contacted by Sablefish trap fishing gear based on video, audio, and motion-sensing data obtained from autonomous, deep water camera systems, which we’ve developed previously.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sean Cox

Student:

Partner:

Wild Canadian Sablefish Ltd

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Reservoir Souring Work – Understanding the Cycling and Conversion of Sulfur in Offshore Petroleum Reservoirs

The chemistry, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena of sulfur compounds in upstream petroleum operations is important as it impacts materials used in the production and processing systems, health and safety plans, treatment processes, and transport of petroleum. In offshore operations these impacts are magnified due to the remoteness of the operations and infrastructure limitations on the platform. Sulfur is introduced into offshore reservoirs through the injection of seawater containing sulfate and/or existing organic sulfur compounds in the reservoir. During the production and processing, sulfate converts to other sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide, thiosalts, and sulfides, among others. How the sulfur is transformed determines the scale of impact and treatment and mitigation processes. The objective of this cluster is to better understand the cycling of sulfur at upstream and downstream temperatures and pressures, and the adsorption/absorption behaviour of sulfur compounds. The research will involve the following sub-projects: Sampling protocol development; Sulfur Chemistry; Development of green based solvents for sulfur removal; and Studying and modeling of localized pitting corrosion using molecular modeling techniques for oil and gas industry in harsh environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kelly Hawboldt;Francesca Kerton

Student:

Partner:

Suncor Energy Inc (St. John's, NL)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Towards a safer and more efficient communication process in aircraft ground deicing

Deicing is a complex process involving many actors including pilots, air traffic controllers and the deicing crew. In this context, communication mistakes can easily happen but can also have terrible consequences. The goal of the research project is to identify high risk areas of communication for aircraft ground deicing. Analyze of the voice interaction between the different actors involved with conversation analysis will be the starting point. After identifying problems in the communication process, the research will propose an improved approach to communication. Through this research the partner organization will be able to anticipate potential communication errors and can use this knowledge to optimize their communication process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvie Nadeau

Student:

Partner:

Aero Mag 2000

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Detection of Coalition Attacks for Online Advertising

As the Internet has become part of people’s daily life, online advertising has also been more and more popular for its instant global communications. Of a number of factors on the cost of the advertising, a major consideration is the number of views of the ads, clicks to the ads, and conversion generated by the ads. Publisher fraud is the action that generates invalid traffic to the ads by inflating the number of views, clicks and conversions. With the increasing popularity of online advertising, publisher frauds become more and more sophisticated nowadays, and more advanced techniques are required to detect them. Coalition attacks is a type of recently prevalent publisher frauds that classical detection techniques are insufficient to identify them. The objective of the project is to study and develop new algorithms to automatically detect the coalition fraud actions of the publishers and therefore reduce unnecessary cost of the advertisers. The results will directly benefit the partner organization by increasing the efficiency of their platform to advertisers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wenying Feng

Student:

Partner:

EQ Advertising Group Ltd

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Trent University

Program:

Accelerate

Distribution feeder voltage control with a high penetration of distributed generation

In this project, a methodology for controlling the distributed generation resources connected to the distribution system level will be developed. This control strategy will improve the efficiency and reliability of the operation by decreasing the losses, managing the assets, and increasing the system reliability. There are currently several feeders in the BC Hydro distribution system with considerable amount of distributed generation installed. This has caused voltage problems at the feeder level and also control issues at the substation level. This project is supposed to overcome some of these challenges and increase the penetration level of distributed generation without jeopardizing the system operation limits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jose Marti

Student:

Partner:

BC Hydro (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation de la faisabilité d’utiliser et d’implanter le programme Jintronix à domicile dans le but de prévenir le déclin fonctionnel chez des aînés encore autonomes qui consultent les urgences

Chaque année, environ 10% des canadiens autonomes (65 ans et +) subissent des blessures mineures (fractures, entorses) conduisant à un déclin fonctionnel (pertes de mobilité et d’autonomie). 65% d’entre eux auront recours aux urgences après leurs blessures et 18% auront un déclin fonctionnel 3 à 6 mois après leurs consultations aux urgences et seront dans un état de fragilité. La fragilité est un état clinique de vulnérabilité correspondant à des pertes importantes des propriétés fonctionnelles du muscle et à l’utilisation accrue des services hospitaliers. Ces résultats confirment la nécessité d’améliorer la gestion de la population âgée suite à une visite aux urgences afin de prévenir cet état via la mise en place un programme d’activité physique adaptée de 12 semaines à domicile (via Jintronix). Et c’est ce que propose ce stage. À notre connaissance, cette étude sera la première à essayer d’implanter une intervention en activité physique adaptée directement en lien avec les services d’urgence et en utilisant des gérontotechnologies. Cette étude permettra de valider la faisabilité, l’efficacité (bénéfice) et d’adapter le système Jintronix vers une population spécifique soit les personnes âgées.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre

Student:

Partner:

Jintronix

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Visual History for Scheduling Behaviour

Actenum produces scheduling software (Actenum DSO) that computes project schedules based on user defined criteria, constraints and desired KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). The software represents schedules using Gantt charts. A user of Actenum DSO enters activities and the constraints between them and then runs an optimization algorithm to produce a schedule. Actenum has found that their customers have challenges understanding what their schedule optimization algorithm is doing. This leads to a lack of trust in the algorithm and a tendency to control much of the schedule manually, often leading to less than ideal schedules. Actenum would like to provide tools that help the users to understand the optimizer. We propose to design a visualization history module for DSO that tracks and visually represents changes made to the schedule. Our history module will enable users to visually understand and compare the effects of changes made in a schedule.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Melanie Tory

Student:

Partner:

Actenum Corporation

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Les communautés féministes et l’organisation du care dans les Manzanas del cuidado

Ce projet analyse les communautés de femmes qui se forment dans les Manzanas del cuidado qui sont des « espaces de concentration de services qui rassemblent et articulent des services, des programmes ou des activités dirigés au care, autant pour celles et ceux qui ont besoin de soin (cuidada.os) que celles et ceux qui le réalisent (cuidadora.es) ». Les MdC appartiennent au Système distrital de care qui rassemble des politiques visant à « prendre soin, assister et soutenir » les cuidada.os et les cuidadore.as. Ces initiatives sont intersectorielles et universelles et visent à poser les bases d’une société de care. Mon étude se fonde sur le concept de « féminisme communautaire » afin de comprendre si et comment les femmes participantes aux manzanas font communauté au sens de Cabnal. Compris comme un concept dynamique, le féminisme communautaire se définit par les relations sociales et spatiales que construisent les femmes qui forment des luttes communes. L’objectif de ce mémoire est donc d’analyserl’organisation du care au sein des communautés de femmes et de comprendre jusqu’à où les femmes étendent l’espace des Manzanas del cuidado pour faire communauté.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nora Nagels

Student:

Partner:

Universidad de los Andes

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Structural optimization of a conformable pressure tank with membrane loading

Due to abundant reserves and environmental cleanliness, natural gas has introduced the environmentally friendly vehicles – natural gas-powered vehicles (NGVs), which have the potential of providing a solution to air quality problems. However, low volumetric energy density of natural gas results in NGVs’ short-range driving, inhibiting them from widespread adoption. A conformable pressure tank is considered as a solution to the issues of energy density and onboard fuel storage capacity and therefore, the driving range for NGVs. Driven by this, KSR is developing a conformable pressure tank with membrane loading, with which it is able to efficiently withstand internal pressure via membrane response while further utilizing the available fuel storage space. To accelerate this promising technology into commercialization, it is necessary to examine its safety and reliability as well as rooms to optimize its structure. Therefore, this research is concentrated on achieving an optimal structure that is safe and reliable but light-weighted for a conformable pressure tank with membrane loading.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Ting

Student:

Partner:

KSR International Co

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

data-driven approach to establish a design space for raw materials properties and manufacturing conditions for pharmaceutical drug stability assurance

Pharmaceutical companies are required to perform stability testing of their drug products by regulation. A drug product that succeeds on stability testing means that its identity, potency, and purity remain within pre-established limits over its shelf life. Nowadays, drug products are more frequently reformulated in response to a highly competitive market, new research discoveries and the availability of new suppliers of raw materials. It is therefore increasingly challenging for the formulator to assess the impact that a change in raw material suppliers or in the proportions of different types of materials will have on the stability of the product. The proposed research aims at developing a joint specification region for selecting raw materials to assist the formulator ensuring product stability in spite of unavoidable changes in raw material properties and modifications to their ratios. Large historical drug product manufacturing databases and multivariate statistical methods will be used for establishing the specification region. Such a proactive tool will help pharmaceutical companies avoid or reduce the occurrence of stability issues caused by inadequate combinations of raw materials, mitigate the risks of drug product recalls while reducing raw materials purchasing costs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carl Duchesne

Student:

Partner:

Pfizer Canada (St-Laurent, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

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