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Characterizing the sensory attributes of red and white wheat, their brans and whole grain products made using red or white wheats

Red wheat is the more predominant wheat grown in Ontario. However, red wheats impart an off]flavour to products when used in whole wheat formulations. The food industry is moving towards developing a whole portfolio of whole wheat products in order to provide a healthier alternative to consumers. However, issues related to the sensory characteristics of these products have to be addressed first. There is a paucity of research on the subject of the sensory attributes of red wheats compared to white wheats; what is the nature of off]taste, what are the reasons for these; is the sensory attribute different based on the particle size of the bran, etc. This internship is the first step to establish clearly the nature of the sensory attributes and its perception by consumers. The knowledge gained hereby will lead to developing strategies to formulate whole grain products with improved sensory and textural attributes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Lisa Duizer

Student:

Carolyn Challacombe

Partner:

Kraft Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Consumer goods

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Validating the Critical Thinking Measure

Critical thinking involves the process of using various strategies to work through problems and challenges involving what to believe and how to act (Case & Daniels, 2002). The critical thinking questionnaire (CTM) is a comprehensive measure that assesses the degree to which individuals possess and utilize the five categories of intellectual resources fundamental to critical thinking. The purpose of this project is to work with The Critical Thinking Consortium to collect data and conduct the necessary analyses to determine the reliability and validity of the CTM. The goal of the project is to develop a refined version of the CTM that can be used to accurately measure individuals’ ability to think critically as well as changes in that ability over time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Philip Bacaen

Student:

Jonathan Brown

Partner:

Critical Thinking Consortium

Discipline:

Education

Sector:

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Simulation-based Perioperative Decision support tool

In a Healthcare setting, multiple potential interactions, directions and decisions significantly affect the patientfs path throughout the system. It is difficult to determine which changes would be beneficial to patient flow and care prior to making the decision. A decision support tool will allow the decision maker to assess the consequences and effects of a number of possible choices, before implementation. This will allow creating more informed decisions, where the effects are known and understood ahead of time. The purpose of this project is to develop a generalized framework of a simulation-based decision support system (DSS) for peri-operative services. The project's final phase will be to test and adjust the framework through implementation at a second set of hospitals, of different characteristics such as size, location, etc.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Tom Chau

Student:

Magali Escudero

Partner:

Toronto General Hospital

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Room-scale Evaluation and Environmental Impact Assessment of a Treatment Approach for Reducing Hydrogen Sulphide Emission from Swine Barns

Workers in pig production barns can be exposed to hazards such as hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas which is emitted from stored pig manure. In the oil industry where H2S is also a serious concern, a treatment approach was successfully developed for controlling H2S emissions. This project will evaluate the applicability of the treatment in swine barns. Room]scale tests will be conducted at Prairie Swine Centre Inc (PSCI) which will involve comparison of H2S levels in two rooms, one operated as a control and the other with the treatment applied. Further, the environmental impact of the treatment will be assessed by simulating land application using soil columns on which treated manure will be applied. A feasibility study will be done to determine the economic viability of applying the treatment in commercial barns. In line with the mandate of PSCI, this project will generate information valuable to the mitigation of health and environmental concerns associated with swine operations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Bernardo Z. Predicala

Student:

Lyman Moreno

Partner:

Prairie Swine Centre Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Security Awareness Planning and Development for Web 2.0 Toys

The rapid development of Web 2.0 for massive social network collaboration and gaming facilitates the rich presence services to expose information and knowledge gathered through online social network. A Web 2.0 toy refers to an autonomous unit of handheld console enhanced by rich presence services and social utilities in the context of Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) and Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). The web 2.0 toy is performed as a rich presence services with social utilities for supporting different information exchange patterns among the online used in virtual reality. As in the case in many other online applications, the information processed in rich presence service may be private, confidential and sensitive. This internship with Irwin Toy in Toronto is to research a content/game design and development plan for Web 2.0 related toys with security and privacy control strategies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Patrick Hung

Student:

Sudeesh Panicker

Partner:

Irwin Toy (iToys Inc)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Digital media

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

Accelerate

Opportunities in BC to Generate Carbon Offsets from Biomass-based Renewable Energy

The focus of this project is an estimation of the potential in BC for economically viable biomass-based renewable energy projects capable of generating greenhouse has offsets. The research required for this project involves a discussion of suitable bioenergy technologies for on and off-grid applications along with their associated fuel types, a demand-side analysis involving the identification of potential bioenergy project sites within the province of BC, and a supply-side analysis involving the preparation of an ebiomass inventory of of economically available biomass throughout the province. Research will be obtained from published data, as well as through consultations with industry, government, and academic experts and organizations. An estimate of the number and location of economically viable renewable energy projects in BC will be generated by incorporating the technology, supply, and demand-side characteristics identified in the research phase into a spreadsheet-based mathematical and financial model.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Drs. Brian Bemmels and James Tansey

Student:

Joe English

Partner:

Offsetters

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Neighbourhood Influence on Outcomes of Supportive Housing

The study will examine about 12 supportive housing facilities located within the province of British Columbia. Three types of data will be cross-examined: data on neighbourhood characteristics, data regarding residents of socioeconomic status, and data issued from interviews with key informants and service providers. Data on neighbourhood characteristics include information such as the location of services and public transportation, the socio-economic profile of the neighbourhood, average housing price, etc. Socio-economic data on supportive housing residents include gender, age, and familial status, etc. Information from extensive interviews with key informants and service providers will help to elucidate the ways in which the neighbourhood can function as an enabler or a barrier to delivering services.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Penny Gurstein

Student:

Frederick "Eric" Oberdorfer

Partner:

BC Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services

Discipline:

Urban studies

Sector:

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Identification of Liquid Mixture using RF Pulses

This project involves the development of a prototype circuit that determines the ratio of glycol to water in an aircraft deicing fluid mixture. The prototype circuit consists of a wave guide probe that is submerged into a fluid mixture and a transceiver that transmits and receives ultra-short pulse signals. As different ratios of glycol to water will result in different values of relative permittivity, pulse signals will be reflected back to the transceiver and they will experience amplitude and phase variations. With assistance from Titan Logix Corp., the response of the ultra-short pulse signals to different concentrations of glycol will be collected. An analysis will then be carried out to develop a mathematical model that will predict the ratio of glycol to water. Results obtained from this project will result in the availability of highly accurate information on the concentration of glycol within an aircraft deicing fluid, resulting in lower cost to the aircraft owner and less environmental contamination.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Kambiz Moez

Student:

Su-Tarn Lim

Partner:

Titan Logix Corp

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Field-level crop yield forecasting for AGRISAR 2009

The ability to forecast crop yields early in the growing season is of intense interest to many in the agrifood industry. Producers use this information to strategically apply additional fertilizers and/or pesticides in problem areas to maximize their harvest. Marketers use it to negotiate higher selling prices. Obtaining reliable crop information during the growing season is problematic, however, because farmers frequently do not have the time to provide accurate reports and because manually inventorying every field in an agricultural region is impractical. Analyzing images of croplands that have been acquired by sensors carried aboard Earthorbiting satellites ¨C remote sensing ¨C has been shown to be a very effective way to provide yield estimates for a wide variety of crops. The AGRISAR 2009 project is a joint initiative between the European Space Agency and MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA) of Richmond, B.C. to validate the potential of multi©temporal radar remote sensing for crop yield forecasting. MDA is engaging the assistance of a MITACS intern from the University of Regina and expertise from Agriculture and Agri©Food Canada`s Indian Head Research Farm to help it understand how different crops, in different stages of growth, appear in satellite images.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Joseph M. Piwowar

Student:

Lindsey Ziegler

Partner:

Indian Head Research Farm

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Developing stochastic model of cognitive function in elderly persons

Cognitive function changes as people age, and for the most part, these changes are not for the good. Not everybody declines with the same rate; however, even people with cognitive impairment can experience different degree of decline. It is also known that a significant proportion of people can remain stable for a time or even improve. The previous statistical and analytical techniques mainly ignored these cases or considered them as diagnosis misclassifications or measurement errors, or insignificant fluctuation. In this application, the novel technique will be applied for modeling cognitive changes in all directions and at any degree. The internship will analyze all outcomes in relation to risks factors (demographic, life styles, genetics, clinical, etc.) and finally the research team will estimate the likelihood of improvement or stabilization of cognition in relation to the risks factors. This research will contribute to the understanding of cognitive impairment, its progression and how it is influenced by different factors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Arnold Mitnitski

Student:

Nader Fallah

Partner:

Geriatric Medicine Research Unit QEll

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Harvest of Lake Sturgeon: The role of whole chain traceability

The intern will assist the Ontario Commercial Fisheries Association in determining potential entry points and methods of IUU (Illegal, Unregulated, Unreported) sturgeon and sturgeon products into the legal supply chain. Based on this, the intern will assess the effectiveness and efficiency of counter]measures based on whole supply chain traceability solutions. To achieve these two goals the intern will follow established case study methods for social science research to: 1)Analyze archival records of the Lake Huron lake sturgeon fisheries: catch data, event documentation and changes in regulation. 2)Conduct in]depth expert interviews with: harvesters, processors, wholesalers and retailers, andmembers of regulatory and enforcement bodies. 3) Aggregate and synthesize collected data through preliminary causality analysis and crosschecking with existing theories of sustainable entrepreneurship. The proposed research will be instrumental in enhancing economic competitiveness and long term viability of the Lake Huron lake sturgeon commercial fishery. More specifically, it will lay the ground work for developing a traceability solution that will effectively combat the co mingling of legal, sustainable lake sturgeon and caviar with IUU products and thus demonstrate to business and conservation stakeholders that the industry is committed to finding a solution to the IUU problem.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Andreas Boecker

Student:

Cody Burdett

Partner:

Ontario Commercial Fisheries Association

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment of the Performance of Engineering In-Stream Channel Restoration Works with Field

The objective of this project is to assess the performance of engineered instream structures and observe changes in bed morphology that occurred on a side-channel restoration project on the Seymour River in British Columbia through field work and 2D modelling. Field work includes the collection of velocities using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), several ground surveys and collecting sediment samples. Modeling of the reach will be completed in River2D and will explore the use of a new module: R2DM developed at UBC, to determine its effectiveness for use in the consulting industry. The outcomes of this project may be used to aid in the design of future river restoration projects and will provide insight to how certain structures behave in high flow conditions to design effective and stable structures. Also, assessing the use of River2D and its modules will indicate its suitability as a tool for predicting how a river may adjust due to restoration efforts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Rob Millar

Student:

Alana Smiarowski

Partner:

Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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