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Engineering - chemical / biological

Investigating the challenges of designing and implementing human resource management systems in the context of a Quebec SME.

This research project will focus primarily on the analysis of information systems technology adoption in order to improve the design of information systems and the process used for their implementation. More preciously, the main objective will be to investigate the adoption of information systems designed for human resource management in order to identify improvement opportunities for the partner’s software solution and implementation process.
The project is proposed as a joint undertaking by the primary investigator as well as MERINIO, a Canadian-based company specialized in software solutions for human resource management (HRM). The deliverables of this project, identification of improvement opportunities and solutions, will provide MERINIO with valuable knowledge on how to design more effective solutions and will help MERINIO’s clients by providing solutions that are more compatible with their organizations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Lapalme

Student:

Maxime Bourbonnais

Partner:

Merinio Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Information Quality (IQ) assurance and control for the BIM lifecycle data

Managing complex, fragmented, and high volume portfolios of data that are generated during the lifecycle of buildings poses major challenges for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) industry. Required information during the operation and maintenance phase of a building’s lifecycle is usually lost (or not transferred) at information handover stages, and extensive rework should be done to revive them. This projects aims to identify lifecycle information requirements for the operation and maintenance of buildings. Additionally, an information quality management solution will be proposed to ensure the availability and the accuracy of the required data items throughout the lifecycle. The project outcomes will be used by the industry to improve processes related to asset management and the operation and maintenance of buildings. Additionally, newly devised processes help practitioners to ensure the quality of lifecycle data, to reduce the operation costs, and improve the functionality of buildings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Forgues

Student:

Ali Motamedi

Partner:

Pomerleau

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Characterization of the diversity, genetics and genomics of common scab causing Streptomyces spp. in eastern Canada

Common scab is a world-wide potato disease that is responsible for important economic losses. The control of the disease is difficult and soil fumigation is often the only approach available. In Atlantic Canada, crop losses associated with common scab are economically important and the disease has been progressing in severity. Therefore, Dr. Filion, in association with Cavendish Farms, is working on the characterization of the diversity, genetics and genomics of Streptomyces spp. causing common scab of potato. This characterization is essential to identify the most prevalent strains of Streptomyces spp. displaying high virulence, to characterize the genetic determinants responsible for it and to develop reliable diagnostics tools allowing the detection and quantification of these strains under field conditions. Atlantic Canada has the potential to become a worldwide leader in this field of research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Filion

Student:

Cindy Hudec

Partner:

Cavendish Farms Corporation

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Modeling of packing processes for ellipsoidal particles of arbitrary size

Liquefaction is a destructive phenomenon which usually takes place after an earthquake in areas with water-saturated soil or sand. During the liquefaction process, soil loses its strength and can no longer support structures and buildings which often leads to their destruction. To prevent damages associated with liquefaction, it is critical to study this phenomenon and understand its underlying mechanisms. One approach to study liquefaction is through computer simulation using the discrete element method. In this method, individual soil particles and their contact forces are computed to simulate the displacement of the grains during packing. In this project, soil particles are simplified by ellipsoids. Hydro-Quebec has been developing SiGran, a software to simulate liquefaction, and this project will extend its current sphere packing to ellipsoidal packing. The results of this project will be compared with experimental data to evaluate its accuracy and efficiency.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Serge Prudhomme

Student:

Elham Kheradmand Nezhad

Partner:

Institut de recherche d’Hydro‐Québec

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Mapping issues and stakeholders related to the development of Canada’s restoration plan for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Basin

The Great Lakes St Lawrence (GLSL) Basin is central to Canada’s economy and culture, and a primary water source. Several stressors are deteriorating these critical ecosystems. This proposed project aims to lay the foundations for efforts to improve coordination related to the restoration of the GLSL region. The proposed project consists of mapping stakeholders, issues, and existing initiatives and infrastructure regarding the Canadian side of the GLSL restoration plan. This includes the systematic identification of stakeholders (e.g., First Nations, public policy-makers, private and business organizations, civil society organizations) and analysis of their current initiatives, issues and concerns, as well as the mapping of their interdependencies. Building on these initiatives, infrastructures, and interdependencies, this project will contribute to the establishment of a collaborative framework to develop a restauration plan for the GLSL.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emmanuel Raufflet

Student:

Ghita Lkhoyaali

Partner:

De Gaspé Beaubien Foundation

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Novel Elastomeric Chitin Nanocomposites for Coatings and Adhesives

The proposed project is a characterization study on chitin nanowhisker nanocomposites. Chitin nanowhiskers are derived from chitin, a naturally occurring biopolymer found in arthropod exoskeletons, and offer great potential for reinforcement and property enhancement once blended with typical engineering plastic matrices. Compared to traditional inorganic fillers such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, chitin nanowhiskers are biocompatible and biodegradable, exhibiting comparable property improvements with none of the downsides of the inorganic materials (i.e. biohazardous, toxic). For this specific project, the intern will be undertaking a characterization of nanocomposite materials composed of chitin nanowhiskers and a select few thermoplastics and thermosets, investigating the mechanical, thermal, and barrier property improvements in the materials upon incorporating chitin nanowhiskers. The results of the project will greatly aid in the commercialization of chitin nanowhiskers in both industrial applications as well as everyday consumer products, paving the way for a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly economy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hani Naguib

Student:

Muhammad Anwer

Partner:

BOCO Technology Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Nanotechnologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Identification, cost-benefit analysis, and evaluation of international development projects

The objective of the research is to provide international development agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with decision making and evaluation tools that are practical and, at the same time, are based on sound academic foundations. These tools are specific to a sector, such as nutrition, and a country, such as Guatemala. The resulting documents will assist analysts in design of international development projects as well as their assessment, monitoring, and evaluation. The immediate benefit of such practical guidelines would be their utilization by the partner organization in the analysis of ongoing projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Huw Lloyd-Ellis

Student:

Caroline Godin

Partner:

Limestone Analytics Inc

Discipline:

Economics

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Program:

Accelerate

SOLVENT AIDED-WATER PRESSURE-CYCLING (SA-WPC) PROCESS IN THE THIN POST-CHOPS RESERVOIRS

Western Canada has vast heavy oil deposits in many thin heavy oil reservoirs with less than 10-m main pay zones. The cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS) is the primary production process for the heavy oil reservoirs. However, a typical CHOPS process can recover only 5?15% of the initial oil-in-place and waterflooding has had a limited success. The primary objective of this research project is to explore and optimize a novel solvent-aided water injection strategy, namely, solvent aided-water pressure-cycling (SA-WPC, especially CO2-WPC) process, which promotes the sand production and enhances the heavy oil recovery. The SA-WPC process restores the reservoir productivity by re-pressurizing the reservoir and dissolving the injected solvent into the heavy oil. Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) will directly benefit from this research project by facilitating the practical oilfield applications of the optimized SA-WPC process in many thin post-CHOPS reservoirs. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Gu

Student:

Jiangyuan Yao

Partner:

Petroleum Technology Research Centre

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Oil and gas

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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:

Olaf Weber

Student:

Chijioke Oji

Partner:

Oxford Community Energy Co-operative Inc

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development Of A Machine Condition Monitoring Platform Using A Wireless Sensor Network

Machine maintenance is a necessary task to keep production lines or individual machines running in a healthy condition. Predictive Maintenance (PdM) can effectively reduce maintenance cost and machine down time. However, it requires online machine condition monitoring systems to obtain the relevant parameters of the machines. Conventional distributed-control-system (DCS) -based monitoring systems use wires/cables to deliver signals which makes it expensive and inconvenient for installation, while current wireless sensor network (WSN)-based monitoring systems are only designed for small data management and are not ideal for machine condition monitoring that requires the transmission of a large amount of data. In this project we will develop a new wireless sensing platform and data processing software which can satisfy the demands for big data transmission, cost-effectiveness, and easy onsite installation. Working with our partner RMAE who provides Cogeneration Heat and Power (CHP) services, we will be able to develop

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yongjun Lai

Student:

Hani Naanaa

Partner:

9314148 Canada Corp

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a novel skirting system for residential housing using composites

Canadian Vinyls Inc., based in Kelowna BC since 1994, has grown to become Canada’s largest distributor for vinyl skirting. CV represents an example of robust, local small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the region, poised for expansion. The company through MITCAS support and interaction with the university team desires to bring on R&D capability to take advantage of perceived opportunities in creating an improved product and bringing more manufacturing opportunities locally. Specifically, the objective of this research project is to primarily perform a design optimisation of a novel residential skirting system, along with the associated manufacturing process, using composite materials for improved mechanical durability, aesthetics and thermal insulation performance. Thermo-mechanical modeling of prototype samples of housing skirting will be performed based on mechanics of composites and material selection techniques, and eventually a best-practice will be provided to construct a capability by the industrial partner to manufacture a new ‘Rapid Wall’ product.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abbas Milani

Student:

Bryn Crawford

Partner:

Canadian Vinyls Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Advanced manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

AChT Green Methanol Plant

Advanced Chemical Technologies has developed a unique combination of existing processes to create a new method of making methanol. This proposed method actually consumes the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, or CO2, meaning it could help reduce the environmental impact of Ontario’s manufacturing. This internship would involve the simulation of this proposed process using advanced chemical engineering software. The simulation would focus on implementing a well-demonstrated method of capturing carbon dioxide into the methanol production process, thus bringing the project one step closer to reality. The simulation of the CO2 capture method would allow for detail technical and economic analysis and improvements. It would also provide the intern, Sean McCaul, with valuable experience applying his chemical engineering skills to a real-life proposal. Given that the project is in its development stage, this internship will be valuable for all involved.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Croiset

Student:

Sean McCaul

Partner:

2486597 Ontario Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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