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Innovative Financing for Energy Access – The Role of Finance and Energy Service Companies in Promoting Energy Development

The proposed postdoctoral research focuses on addressing the challenges associated with energy access in developing countries as well as promoting energy-independent communities in Canada in a bid to promote sustainable development. The study would investigate a consortium-like financing model for small and medium scale renewable energy projects in which energy service companies are financed by a number of investors to in order to reduce the investment risks. OCEC would benefit from the research by using the findings from the study to refine its approach to developing community-scale renewable energy projects and adopting new methods for financing its projects in Canada. The research would also expose OCEC to the nature of renewable energy project development in developing African countries in need of stable modern electricity. This understanding would contribute to inform the business models OCEC may adopt when planning and developing community-scale renewable energy projects across Africa, in the near future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Larry Swatuk

Student:

Partner:

Oxford Community Energy Co-operative Inc;University of Waterloo;Greenbode Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Real-time multi-class object recognition for municipal waste collection

The use of garbage trucks with “robot arms” for municipal waste collection is becoming more and more common in Ontario and across North America. However, these “robots” have very little capability. In our collaboration with Waterloo Controls, we are working to automate the process of garbage collection. Rather than requiring the operator to acquire the truck, then steer the robot arm to pick up the bin, we are working to add automatic capability. With our proposed solution, the system will automatically find the bin, automatically determine if it is safe to collect it (ie: there are no people or pets in the way), then automatically pick up the bin and dump it, with no more effort on the driver’s part than the push of a button. TO BE CONT”D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kenneth McIsaac

Student:

Partner:

Waterloo Controls Inc;Western University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Performance Evaluation of Timber I-Joists with Web Holes and Flange Notches – Experimental and Numerical Study

I-joists are composite timber beams mainly used in roof and flooring systems. They consist of oriented strand board (OSB) webs and timber flanges. For post-construction purposes, these beams are often drilled in the web or notched through the flange in order to pass the electrical/mechanical facilities through the openings. This can result in a significantly lower load-carrying capacity for these important elements. This study investigates the performance of I-joists with web holes and flange notches through experimental and numerical approaches. First, OSB and timber will be tested experimentally to develop their material constitutive models. S-FRAME finite element (FE) software will then be used to create a detailed FE model to predict the load-carrying capacity of I-joists. The model will be validated against data from full-scale experiments on selected I-joists. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shahria Alam

Student:

Partner:

S-FRAME Software Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Étude du lien entre la reproduction des oiseaux et l’entomofaune terrestre et aquatique de la forêt d’enseignement et de recherche Macpès

La Corporation de la forêt d’enseignement et de recherche Macpès est un organisme qui a pour mandat d’assurer la gestion et la promotion d’un territoire forestier dédié à l’enseignement et à la recherche. En 2015, un suivi de l’entomofaune a été débuté sur ce territoire, et la Corporation souhaite pérenniser ce suivi afin d’obtenir des données sur la présence des insectes ravageurs sur son territoire. En s’associant à l’UQAR, par l’entremise d’un investissement dans quatre stages Mitacs sur deux ans, elle souhaite mettre en place une collaboration profitable aux deux parties (recherche universitaire, suivi des insectes ravageurs) essentielle à la planification des activités forestières.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francois Vezina

Student:

Partner:

Corporation de la forêt d'enseignement et de recherche Macpès

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Natural Resources; Forestry

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Accelerate

Intelligent surveillance for event detection

We aim to develop a video surveillance system that detects and reports events of interest to users. Traditional way is to use RGB cameras to operate in constantly and evenly illuminated areas to detect simple events. The challenge is that visual characteristics of an unconstrained scene are unstable due to illumination variations. In this project, by using RGB-D cameras, 3D position information of humans can be obtained, which is robust and insensitive to the illumination variations. Event detection is realized by machine learning models using human joint positions as features, since joint positions are suitable for event classification. An intelligent and robust real-time event detection system is to be developed in this project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rita Noumeir;Bouachir Wassim

Student:

Partner:

Aerosystems International Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Molten Salt Reactor Dynamics Analysis Phase 1

This project seeks to understand how a next-generation nuclear reactor, a molten salt reactor, behaves under various conditions. Particular attention is paid to aspects of the reactor’s performance that could have an impact on its safe operation. This research focuses on how the various properties of the reactor evolve in time after a change to the reactor’s operating configuration is made. The analysis is done using state-of-the-art computer codes and a multi-physics approach that model both the nuclear and thermal behaviour of the reactor.

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Faculty Supervisor:

George Bereznai

Student:

Partner:

Terrestrial Energy Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Modeling and optimisation of woven composite hydraulic tubes, to reduce in-service defects and failures

Sanexen Environmental Services Inc. is a Quebec-based industrial partner, specializing in the environmental management of contaminated site remediation and water main rehabilitation. Over the past 30 years, the company has developed a profound expertise, as well as technologies to meet the needs of private and public organizations facing various environmental issues. Currently, Sanexen in collaboration with Neidner Inc., is developing a strong supply chain to manufacture the next generation of woven composite tubing systems that can be deployed in any terrain, and used in a range of extreme operating conditions. However, potential in-situ failure modes of such composite systems, such as snaking and fibre-decoupling, can led to costly service deficiencies and significantly hamper the tasks of workers on-site. The present partnership between the University and Industry teams will allow to properly characterise the root of these failures and develop a design and manufacturing optimisation tool to mitigate the material defects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abbas Milani

Student:

Partner:

Niedner Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Aerodynamic Study of Novel Long Range Cargo UAV

The Project contributes to the development of a field-ready and commercially useful long-range cargo unmanned aerial vehicle, including analyses of flight envelope and performance characteristics.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Metin Yaras

Student:

Partner:

Romaeris Corporation;Carleton University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Intégration de biohuiles dans des bitumes

Afin d’améliorer son impact environnemental, nos partenaires souhaite remplacer une partie de ces produits d’origines pétrolières par un matériel innovant issus du produit de la recherche de l’UQTR. Ce produit, la bio-huile pyrolytique, est obtenue par pyrolyse de résidus forestiers de la forêt de La tuque. C’est-à-dire par combustion en absence d’oxygène. Le produit formé possède d’intéressantes propriétés qui seront évalués par les chercheurs, afin d’améliorer au maximum la qualité de ces huiles et leur capacité à être utilisé dans les produits du partenaire. L’intérêt du projet est majeur pour les différents acteurs, renouvellement économique pour la ville de La Tuque, développement d’expertise pour l’UQTR, et avantage stratégique et contribution environnemental pour le partenaire industriel.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Montplaisir

Student:

Partner:

SOPREMA;MASKIMO Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Natural Resources; Manufacturing and Construction; Green/Alternative Energy

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Développer et renforcer les outils d’achat responsable en vue de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) et d’augmenter les bénéfices socioéconomiques sur le territoire canadien

Le Québec, tout autant que le Canada, s’est engagé sur le plan de la lutte contre les changements climatiques par la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES), et ce par un effort de réaliser des achats plus responsables. Ce projet s’inscrit dans cette volonté de changement et vise tout particulièrement la réduction des émissions de GES au Québec et au Canada, le renforcement des achats auprès du secteur de l’économie sociale, le calcul des coûts et la mesure des bénéfices de l’achat responsable. Les outils qui seront développés permettront des avancées en matière de réduction de GES et économie sociale. Le partenaire sera mieux positionné afin de mobiliser de nouveaux acteurs et d’apporter une plus-value auprès des organisations canadiennes. Ce travail permettra également de mieux positionner l’organisme en lien avec les objectifs et les actions gouvernementales.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Cadieux

Student:

Partner:

Espace de concertation sur les pratiques d’approvisionnement responsable

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Advanced design of an inverter for a new application in a telecom dc microgrid

Rapid growth of renewable energy generation and DC loads as electric vehicles and consumer electronics results in the proliferation of DC microgrids. DC microgrids are small electrical grids where energy sources and loads are connected to a main energy distribution power line using power converters. A particular example of the use of DC microgrids can be found in the telecommunications infrastructure, which constantly evolves and expands incorporating new applications.
The emergence of new applications requires to re-design the current power converters’ technology, and sometimes boosts the application of novel techniques, in order to fulfill with the new requirements.
In this project a prototype of a of a particular power converter for an original application in a telecom dc microgrid will be designed and developed. The project will require to address a number of critical points, such as understanding the new specifications, and dealing with a number of new design challenges.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Ordonez

Student:

Partner:

Alpha Technologies Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Profiling vendors and products using temporal machine learning

Atlantic Lottery Corporation is owned by four Atlantic provinces. The profits generated by the corporation go back to the provincial general funds for the betterment of the community. A primary goal of the project is to improve the profits of the corporation through suggesting more efficient logistical planning. The corporation’s data mining and knowledge discovery needs are different from traditional retail or even wholesale businesses. This project will extend existing data mining techniques to provide knowledge discovery tools for the company for the optimization of their business processes. The goals of the project include: 1) reducing the cost of shipping and handling by optimizing the number and types of lottery tickets sent to vendors; 2) ensuring that each vendor has an appropriate selection of tickets to serve their clientele; 3) assisting vendors in providing a high level of service to end-customers. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pawan Lingras

Student:

Partner:

Atlantic Lottery Corporation Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Saint Mary's University

Program:

Accelerate

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