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Engineering - chemical / biological

Microbial modifying properties of iodinated water in animal production

The iodination of water has been identified as a means to improve animal performance, particularly in the poultry industry. Iodine has been used as an antimicrobial agent under several applications, however, it is unclear how water iodination results in improved animal performance. We hypothesize that iodinated water can improve performance either by reducing pathogen load, or by altering the intestinal microbial community. BioLargo Water, Inc., specializes in leveraging iodine chemistry for applications in water treatment. To further develop iodinated water as a useful strategy in animal production, it is important to identify the impact it has on the population of microbes in the intestinal tract, including endemic pathogens. Through this collaboration we hope to understand how iodinated water impacts the normal microbial population of poultry, the effect on enteric pathogens including Salmonella and determine whether there are any alterations in innate immunity and mucosal defense of the chicken gastrointestinal tract.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benjamin Willing

Student:

Deanna Pepin

Partner:

BioLargo Water, Inc

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Laurentian Great Lakes Water Supply using Regional Climate Models

Several studies have shown that water levels of the Great Lakes would inevitably decline in a warmer climate. These studies were based on a modeling system that was not accounting for two-way exchanges of water and energy between the atmosphere and the earth surface, hence excluding key feedback mechanisms. The general objective of this project is to improve our understanding of the Great Lakes water resources and its sensitivity to climate change. To do this, we will explore recently generated simulations by state-of-the-art regional climate models (in which two-way exchanges of water and energy are included), in order to provide a more credible quantitative assessment of the Great Lakes water fluctuations with climate change.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Nadeau

Student:

Edouard Mailhot

Partner:

Ouranos Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Automatic Casting from Videos Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

In automatic casting applications, the aim is to accurately recognise facial regions that correspond to a same actor appearing in a movie to produce described video. In particular, this project will focus on challenging tasks of capturing and modeling the facial trajectory for each person appearing in a movie in order to predict when/where the principal actors appear. This is a challenging task because recent movies are typically high quality and faces are often occluded and their appearance varies significantly according to pose, illumination, blur, etc. The first objective of this project is to analyse and evaluate the state-of-the-art algorithms that are suitable for accurate detection and tracking faces in high resolution movies for fast automatic casting. Given the facial trajectories captured in a movie, the second objective is to investigate methods for learning or adapting predictive models to detect the principal actors in a film.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Éric Granger

Student:

Saman Bashbaghi

Partner:

Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

The impact of Flood risk on the value of residential property: The case of Quebec city

Whether due to urbanization or climate changes, flood events have an impact on property value. Newly available geography data about flood risk zone have yet not been utilized to their full potential in Canada. This project aims to study the impact of the flood risk zone on the value of homes for Quebec City, and to identify other regions in Canada where similar conditions could affect housing value. The development of a strategy to expand the aim of research at the country-wide level will else be part of the project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Philippe Bélanger

Student:

Maxence Dumestre

Partner:

Cooperators

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Effects of Introduced Honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on Native Stem Nesting Bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Temperate, Mixed-wood Forests

The present study investigates the impact of Eurasian honeybees on the functional diversity and reproductive ability of native stem-nesting bees. Honeybees have the potential to compete with native stem-nesting bees, however, currently no studies have examined this interaction in North American temperate forests. The main goal of this project is to develop a more mechanistic understanding of bee community composition and distribution, in particular, under the threat of exotic introduction. It is anticipated that this information will provide a greater ability to predict important community interactions in forest environments following the introduction of such non-native species.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Smith

Student:

Susan Frye

Partner:

Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserves LTD

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Forestry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

End-User Understanding of Web Certificates – Year two

Users must decide which websites to trust and which to avoid. How can users know if a website is truly what it claims to be? This is a pivotal issue. When attackers can convince users to trust their sites, though phishing or other strategies, user security and privacy are easily compromised, malware can be downloaded, and infrastructure undermined.
Our plan is to conduct user studies to explore the understanding of browser-presented certificate information. We will conduct both qualitative studies, to explore understanding through observation and interviews, and larger quantitative studies, to statistically assess hypotheses. The partner would benefit from this work because they are concerned that users are currently not aware of the available certifications and need insight as to why this is.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Lewis Biddle

Student:

Milica Stojmenovic

Partner:

Symantec

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Elevate

Development and Evaluation of Corrosion Behaviour of Co-Based Alloys for Power Generators

With the increased demand for electric power and the need to reduce green house gas emission, newer power plants (fossil fuel or nuclear based) are being designed with elevated turbine inlet temperature to improve thermodynamic efficiencies and achieve other benefits. The much severe operating conditions (than that in the existing power plants) presents great challenges to material selections. In this proposed research, several classes of Co-based alloys will be modified and subsequently evaluated under supercritical and high temperature steam conditions for their potential use in Canadian Supercritical Water Cooled Reactor (SCWR), as out-of-core component, and in the advanced ultra-supercritical (A-USC) fossil fuel fired power plant where metal surface temperature can reach as high as 815C. Kennametal Stellite is one of the largest Co-based component providers and the application of Co-based alloys in SCWR and A-USC will greatly benefit its business. TO BR CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xiao Huang

Student:

Bingjie Xiao

Partner:

Kennametal Stellite Inc

Discipline:

Aerospace studies

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Business Process Improvement and Customer Satisfaction

Bombardier, a leading manufacturer of both planes and trains in the world, has become a major contributor to Canada’s economy. Facing today’s competitive market, Bombardier aims to retain existing customers and attract new customers through operational transformation, which focuses on continuous improvement in its internal operational efficiency.
The application encompasses two projects that center around continuous process improvement. The first project is related to Special Attention Plan (SAP)-enabled process standardization, and aims to increase the number of SAPs in the Bombardier Regional Support Offices (RSO) to improve reliability and cost performance. The second project intends to address the existing logbook management process which is manual, time
consuming, inaccurate, and error-prone, resulting in long turnaround times for airline customers and jeopardizing airlines’ ability to solve technical problems in a timely fashion.
By identifying feasible solutions to improve the two processes, the application will help Bombardier increase customer satisfaction and drive sales.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Linying Dong

Student:

Guneet Pal Arneja

Partner:

Bombardier Aerospace

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

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:

Terry Price

Partner:

Terrestrial Energy Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Healthy Brains, Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies: Exploration of experiential technology (Xtech) to support physical and mental health in older adults

Canada’s population is aging rapidly and faces several challenges with their physical and mental health. At the same time, portable technology and wireless Internet access stand to revolutionize how Canadians manage their own health and interact with the healthcare system. Here, we will identify ways in which Canadians can use technology to proactively manage and improve their own physical and mental health. We will also identify ways to spur innovative products and services to be developed within Canada. To do this, we will identify opportunities for technology to improve healthcare outcomes for patients, we will investigate solutions to protect older adults from injury from falls, and we will perform preliminary research on techniques to monitor the brain health of older adults.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Moreno

Student:

Gregory Christie

Partner:

Innovation Boulevard Society

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

A Cloud-based Real Time Infrastructure Monitoring System

The proposed research focuses on developing a secure, reliable and real-time heterogeneous communication system to monitor and protect utility assets such as metering infrastructure, pumps and underground pipelines. The proposed system will be able to collect and aggregate data and upload the data through a cloud gateway to allow remote monitoring and control. The proposed system will interface the transmitted data with Lexcom’s Capital Infrastructure Management Systems (CIMS). A database server will store the collected and processed data, an application server will implement the decision making and control functionalities, and finally an authentication server will run authentication and security based algorith

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Faculty Supervisor:

Irfan Al-Anbagi

Student:

Christopher Pikula

Partner:

Lexcom Systems Group Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Portable Sensor for rapid, onsite detection of bacteria in water

Harmful bacteria in drinking water can be a great threat to humans, causing diseases and possibly death. This project is aimed at determining the safety of drinking water for consumers, especially in communities where access to sophisticated laboratory facilities is limited. This research project will help to further develop a portable bacteria sensor for water, capable of determining the presence of harmful bacteria in water. The technology will offer faster analysis than the typical 1-2 day water analysis for bacteria. Moreover, no transportation of the water is needed to a laboratory and minimal training is required to use the sensor. The sensor unit will eventually be used onsite, where needed for water quality monitoring. Roshan Water Solutions will also benefit from this project by advancing its research and development stage through university research. It will also gain a better understanding of the target market for the sensor.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohtada Sadrzadeh

Student:

Parmiss Shaibani

Partner:

Roshan Water Solutions

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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