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13270 Completed Projects

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Engineering - chemical / biological

A study of the hydrogeotechnical behavior of in-pit tailings and their interaction with the contact structures – Year two

Mines wastes include tailings and waste rock. Tailings are crushed rock produced by mineral extraction and waste rock is coarse material excavated to create mine openings. These wastes are commonly disposed on the surface in tailings or waste rock piles, which could pose serious environmental and geotechnical issues. Backfilling the openings of underground mines with wastes has become a common practice. The disposal of wastes in open pits is less common, yet is a promising technique. Very little research has been performed on the behavior of tailings disposed of “in-pit” and on their interaction with contact structures. In-pit disposal of mine wastes is underway at the partner’s mine. This is an opportunity to study in-pit disposal that will lead to improvements in the technique and an understanding of its effects on the environment. ponds

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Faculty Supervisor:

Li Li

Student:

Pengyu YANG

Partner:

IAMGOLD Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Program:

Elevate

Assessing the risk of abrupt climate changes resulting from cumulative emissions and their effect on the occurrence of extreme events – Year two

The rate of the current climate change strongly modifies the frequency, the duration and the intensity of extreme events, such as droughts, heat waves or extreme precipitation. Strong rates of greenhouse gases emissions can cause a destabilization of a component of the climate system (e.g. the sudden melt of the Arctic sea ice). Such a phenomenon is called an abrupt change. The aim of this internship is to create a catalogue of changes in the characteristics of climate events (mainly climate and weather extremes) due to an abrupt change. The project aims to create new tools to meet the different challenges of local and national policy-makers and private companies regarding climate change. A focus will be specifically conducted over the Eastern part of Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Damon Matthews

Student:

Yann Chavaillaz

Partner:

Ouranos Inc

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Elevate

Smart Fitness Wearables for Safety and Performance

Measuring the workout intensity and duration is necessary to judge training effectiveness. For instance, a training modality called high intensity interval training (HIIT), involves exercising for short intervals with maximum intensity combined with longer low-intensity recovery intervals. This form of training would help the metabolism to use more fat as fuel, improving athletic endurance, and as opposed to traditional cardio exercises, can mitigate muscle loss. Similarly, measuring the force of impact and number of impacts is necessary to judge the health and safety of the athlete. This research investigates sensory systems, algorithms, and embedded computer platforms to acquire and utilize sensory data for monitoring, analysis, and processin

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehrdad Moallem

Student:

Behnam Mohammad

Partner:

Empowered Startups

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of Alternative Battery Technologies for Adoption in Manitoba Hydro Substations

This project will investigate the applicability and merits of battery chemistries for use in a utility substation, where longevity, reliability, and security are prime considerations. The project aims to characterize the process of battery aging when batteries are used under representative utility substation loading profiles in order to determine how fast the batteries will age and what signatures may be used to determine how close the batteries are to the end of their life so that pro-active maintenance work may be initiated. The findings of the project will be instrumental in enabling Manitoba Hydro and other utilities to gain an in-depth understanding of alternative battery technologies and to save cost and resources when such substation batteries are installed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shaahin Filizadeh

Student:

Konstantinos Stamatis

Partner:

Manitoba Hydro

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

An Analysis of Participatory Politics in Canada: Emerging strategies in media-based organizing

As young people increasingly move away from institutionally-driven “dutiful citizenship” (Bennett, 2008), political participation is no longer only defined by voting in elections, volunteering with civic associations and town hall meetings but increasingly manifests through participatory politics – peer-based acts like citizen journalism, podcasting, video production, art projects, tech-based activities, digital activism and lifestyle politics (vegetarianism, localism, boycotting). These approaches are expanding the boundaries civil society through new forms of citizenship. Indeed, as civic engagement shifts toward greater use of networked and mobile communication, there is an increasing demand among government agencies, non-profits, labour groups, and businesses for research into how participatory politics is being used to empower citizens and make government more accessible and accountable. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stuart Poyntz

Student:

Tara Mahoney

Partner:

Apathy is Boring

Discipline:

Journalism / Media studies and communication

Sector:

Digital media

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Advanced lithium-ion zinc battery

Recently, lithium-ion zinc (LIZ) batteries, which operate using much safer aqueous electrolytes rather than organic counterparts as in LIB, have gained tremendous attention due to their cost effectiveness and significantly higher energy density compared to typical LIB. This novel LIZ battery system is very well suited for electrical energy storage (EES) application. For operating and install necessary infrastructure such as flanges and fittings in remote project locations, the industrial partner Pro-Flange Ltd., demands uninterrupted supply of electricity for power tools and equipment. However, the current power supply usually suffers either from unstable grid supply or unavailable grid at the project sites. To address this, LIZ battery technology can be effectively utilized to provide power for off-grid sites and improve power reliability and utilization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zhongwei Chen

Student:

Ali Ghorbani Kashkooli

Partner:

Pro-Flange Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Using Augmented Reality to Improve Quality in a Discreet Component Assembly Process

Quality control in manufacturing can be a challenge. While many use AR (Augmented Reality) to reduce error in training processes or to assist with the assembly process, this research will introduce AR as a means of performing quality checks while the worker is assembling, thus allowing him or her to do two jobs at once. DAQRI will be used as a smart visor/helmet to provide visual cues to the worker, eliminating the need to check a status screen for updates, as well as identifying any assembly errors and providing a means to fix the problem. The goal is to use AR to make an employee both an assembler and quality controller simultaneously. Effectiveness will be measured by assessing number of defected finished products before and after implementing the system, as well as how soon the defects were detected, and how quickly they were corrected compared to traditional means.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xiaobo Yuan

Student:

Caitlin Facchina

Partner:

DataRealm Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Sea Lettuce to Biocarbon and Biogas with Recovery of Nutrients

Human activity in PEI contributes to over 90% of nitrates in island waterways. These nitrates are responsible for the growth of plants and algae including sea lettuce that chokes ponds and waterways, discolor water and create an anoxic event, which is harmful to the marine ecosystem. The proposed research investigates an integrated process for the conversion of sea lettuce into hydrochar and biogas with recycling of nutrients that could justify the harvesting of sea lettuce. The proposed research will create opportunities for the growth of new industries in the area of harvesting, processing and utilization of final products while providing sustainable solution to growing environmental problem. The system can than be applied to other areas having similar problems, thereby creating additional prospects for exporting know-how.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bishnu Acharya

Student:

Ankita Shrestha

Partner:

Transcontinental International Sales & Services Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Bidirectional seismic site response analysis of granular soil deposits

Seismic response analysis are evaluations that aim to capture how the geological and geotechnical properties of soil deposits at a particular site affect earthquake motions at ground level. Commonly, this type of analysis is performed by assuming the soil layers are horizontal and that the earthquake motion travels in only one direction. However, in reality soil layers are heterogeneous and earthquake motions travel in three directions: two horizontals and one vertical. This combined effect is known as multidirectional loading. Recent research has shown that these characteristics may be of importance for the design of major structures, in particular for coarse-grained materials such as sands. The objective of this research is to evaluate how this multidirectional loading affects the response of coarse-grained soil deposits and sloping ground. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mahdi Taiebat

Student:

Andres Reyes

Partner:

BGC Engineering

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Program:

Accelerate

The Scale-up Challenge for Canada? Obstacles to High-Growth Technology-based Firms and the Policy Response

Digitally-enabled technology firms will assume greater significance for Canada’s future economic growth and prosperity. The ability to grow digitally-enabled firms from the startup phase to globally competitive scaled up firms will be a critical part of this challenge. Among the advanced industrial economies, Canada ranks second only to the United States in terms of entrepreneurship, but most Canadian start-ups do not scale successfully. Available data indicates that less than 3 percent of Canadian service firms beyond the five-year mark qualify as “high-growth.” Canadian firms simply aren’t scaling, but why? In cooperation with its industry partner, this project seeks to address this puzzling outcome through a rigorous, empirical investigation of the obstacles to scaling-up and the policy supports needed to overcome them. The project’s industry partner and the broader Canadian policy community will benefit from the project’s insights into what works and what doesn’t for firms looking to scale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Wolfe

Student:

Steven Denney

Partner:

Delvinia

Discipline:

Political science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Synchronization of ovulation to improve the efficiency of an in vitro embryo production/embryo transfer program in commercial operations in cattle – Year two

In vitro embryo production and embryo transfer (IVP/ET) is a technique that has been developed in cattle for genetic selection to enable rapid improvement in commercially important traits. Technological advances have resulted in a significant increase in the commercial use of IVP/ET in recent years, and have made this one of the fastest growing sectors in the dairy industries. However, pregnancy rates following the transfer of IVP embryos are lower than that of in vivo produced embryos. Asynchrony between the recipient and embryo stage at the time of transfer may be affecting pregnancy rates in IVP/ET programs. In commercial operations, less than 65% of recipients are optimally synchronized to receive an embryo. Preparation of recipients by using heat detection after synchronization with a single dose of prostaglandin may be a limiting factor. 

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Faculty Supervisor:

Student:

Partner:

L'Alliance Boviteq

Discipline:

Animal science

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Elevate

Alberta High Resolution Wetland Inventory Methodology Development – Year two

This project aims to operationalize innovative methods for developing cost effective wetland inventories across Alberta by use of numerous sources of remote sensing data, namely light detection and ranging (LiDAR), synthetic aperture Radar (SAR), and optical imagery. The project will formalize a mapping specification, develop training and validation datasets (available in-kind from the academic supervisor and industry partner), and review literature to identify candidate data platforms and mapping methodologies that have the potential to meet the requirements of the Alberta Wetland Classification System (AWCS) and the Canadian Wetland Inventory (CWI) data model. A workflow will be developed to integrate candidate data sources and methodologies to yield high resolution wetland mapping and attribution. Project deliverables will support the implementation of Alberta Wetland Policy and North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) Habitat Restoration and mitigation programs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Hopkinson

Student:

Craig Mahoney

Partner:

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

Program:

Elevate

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