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Techno-economic analysis of the viability of thermal energy storage within Hamilton’s Bayfront Industrial Area

Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems are emerging technologies with the ability to capture, store and redistribute heat. TES technologies are described as a critical component of low-carbon energy systems as they overcome temporal and geographic barriers for the use of excess energy within an energy grid. Hamilton Community Enterprises (HCE) is currently investigating the parameters required to implement a resilient thermal corridor with the ability to capture excess thermal energy from industrial processes, and redistribute the energy for use in space heating by surrounding buildings. HCE and the Centre for Climate Change Management at Mohawk College are completing a techno-economic analysis of TES solutions to determine the viability, and best use-case, of TES for deployment within Hamilton’s Bayfront Industrial Area to support consistent thermal supply. TES solutions will be analyzed based on technical system requirements, environmental impacts and socio-economic benefits. Research findings will support HCE’s thermal corridor R&D efforts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicolai Strabac

Student:

Partner:

Hamilton Community Enterprises

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Régulation de la vitesse d’un véhicule lourd par la pédale d’accélération

E-SMART développe un contrôleur de vitesse dynamique qui impose une limite de vitesse maximale sécuritaire pour des véhicules. Le système s’interface au bus de communication du véhicule et modifie les signaux de la pédale d’accélération, afin d’en réduire l’accélération et par extension, la vitesse. Cependant, l’implémentation actuelle est loin d’être efficace, donc ce projet vise à mettre en place un contrôleur dynamique, qui permettra à un véhicule d’atteindre la limite de vitesse maximale sécuritaire, sans toutefois la dépasser. De plus, les oscillations de vitesse doivent idéalement être non perceptibles par le chauffeur. En plus d’accomplir ces deux fonctions, le contrôleur devrait pouvoir s’ajuster automatiquement aux variables hors de son contrôle, telles que le changement de charge, le changement de commande de vitesse, etc. Ce projet propose d’atteindre cet objectif en développant une modélisation et une simulation, suivies d’une implémentation réelle sur microcontrôleur, qui est la principale interface entre la pédale d’accélération et le chauffeur.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Georges Ghazi

Student:

Partner:

E-SMART Control Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Parkland Manufacturing: Software Implementation for Process Improvement

This project is to implement an Enterprise Resource Management software suite for Parkland Manufacturing Ltd. to improve business processes and position the business to manage future expansion and increased business.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gwen Machnee

Student:

Partner:

Parkland Manufacturing Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Suncrest College

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Linguistic Analysis Meets Artificial Intelligence: Developing Discourse Parsing Solutions for Dialogue Understanding

In recent years, there has been a noticeable surge in the prevalence of dialogues across various domains. The widespread adoption of dialogues, also facilitated by technologies such as ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude, underscores the considerable significance of comprehending their intricate structures. The analysis of dialogue structures offers invaluable benefits, particularly in sectors like healthcare, where analyzing patient-doctor dialogues can enhance diagnoses and treatments. Similarly, in legal proceedings, parsing courtroom dialogues can boost the justice system’s efficiency. However, the complex organizational structure underlying dialogic interactions poses a challenge for computational modeling. Notably, previous automated tools, primarily designed for monologues, have struggled to adapt to the nuances of dialogues. Handling dialogues requires parsing not only the individual contributions but also the dynamic interplay between speakers, involving shifts in perspectives and topic transitions. This project aims to develop solutions capable of extracting pragmatic and semantic relationships between discourse units within unformatted written or oral dialogues. Natural language processing and machine learning techniques will be employed to analyze lexical, syntactic, and semantic information, thereby identifying discourse segments and classifying the nature of connections between them. The expected outcomes include analytical tools for deeper linguistic examination and improved machine comprehension of idea progression.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Giuseppe Carenini

Student:

Partner:

University of Salerno

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence; Information and Communications Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Canadian Scientists Network

Despite the drive to create a more diverse and inclusive science and engineering community in Canada – there is, remarkably, no central platform or easily accessible database that highlights natural sciences, engineering and allied health sciences scientists from different disciplines. In contrast, several other speakers bureau-type platforms enable searching for attributes and expertise. Imogen Coe Consulting, under the leadership of Dr. Imogen Coe, seeks to address this gap in our national fabric of science by developing an easy-to-access platform that houses a database of academics from a variety of disciplines and diverse equity groups to enable and facilitate the recruitment of experts for events, conferences, boards, media, etc. As an acknowledged expert in the field of inclusive excellence in science, Dr. Coe and the partnering academic institution (interns and academic partner Dr. Mustafiz) are well-positioned to help bring an EDI and accessibility lens to the development of a platform dedicated to highlighting diverse Canadian scientists from across Canada and facilitating a higher profile for their expertise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sadaf Mustafiz

Student:

Partner:

Imogen Coe Consulting Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Food Systems Literacy – A Framework of Competencies for the Canadian Context

As sustainability is increasingly being questioned from an environmental, social and economic standpoint for food systems, and food insecurity rates are persisting globally, there is a need to improve citizen knowledge about food and food systems to transform them. A primary angle to improve knowledge is through education. Farm to Cafeteria Canada is a key stakeholder in Canada that provides and supports food-related education, however there are still many gaps regarding the education of food systems since there is predominantly a focus on nutrition-related food education. Thus the goal for this project will be to make accessible a forthcoming framework for food systems literacy competencies in a report for Farm to Cafeteria Canada and other food-education focused organizations in Canada. More specifically, this project will include taking the findings from a 3-round food systems literacy Delphi study that sought to identify competencies for food systems literacy with experts through ranking and translate this into a detailed report that will be useful for Farm to Cafeteria Canada’s Farm to School programming. This report will also help to inform the development of the Farm to School Institute. Such a document will also be helpful for other non-academic organizations in Canada who wish to consult a framework for food systems literacy education and evaluation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Evan Fraser

Student:

Partner:

Farm to Cafeteria Canada

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Fall Internship – Business Strategy

Penrose Partners is a blockchain startup firm that provides transactional, educational, and corporate consulting/material production services to businesses, institutional investors, and disruptive tech companies in the blockchain space. We are the trusted advisor that bridges the gap between businesses with great ideas and blockchain adoption. In April 2023, Penrose Partners hosted the 4th annual International Tech Summit in sunny Bermuda. The summit featured sponsors and speakers from industry-leading firms and government officials. The associate cohort for Fall 2023 will work together to plan the sponsorship outreach, speakers panels, and logistics for the 5th summit in April 2024. Additionally, the interns will work alongside the Partners to assist in client work for various web3 companies. The tasks for these clients will include industry research, organizational duties, sales efforts, and pitch deck building.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Staples

Student:

Partner:

Penrose Partners

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Patient decision aid for musculoskeletal injuries in Mild Hemophilia

Hemophilia is a genetic bleeding disorder in which the blood flow is impaired from clotting. If you have hemophilia, you may bleed for a longer time than others after an injury. The primary goal of our work is to enable patients with the condition to make effective decisions when injuries occur. For instance, our proposed application will aid the patient to seek either immediate attention from a healthcare provider if the injury is a major one. Moreover, if the injury is not severe, then the patient will be guided to perform some activities that will lead to other decisions as to whether the patient is well or needs some self-assessment. This research puts the partner organization in a strategic position to broaden out their campaigns and services to patients with the condition of mild hemophilia

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ralph Deters

Student:

Partner:

Saskatoon Health Region;SAKINA Information Sciences

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Mortiers à retrait compensé avec des sables de recyclage

Afin de limiter l’impact environnemental de l’industrie de la construction, le recyclage des bétons sous forme de granulats recyclés pour la production de nouveau béton est une pratique de plus en plus courante. Néanmoins, il n’existe pas de marché pour les particules les plus fines, notamment en raison des réglementations strictes en vigueur. L’option proposée ici vise à étudier la possibilité d’utiliser des sables de recyclage dans la composition de mortiers avec agents compensateurs de retrait. Le travail consistera en l’étude de l’influence de ces sables sur l’effet des agents (chaux, magnésie ou C3A) au travers de mesures de retrait (endogène et de séchage) mais aussi :
• Caractérisation physico-mécanique des fines de recyclage ;
• Réalisation de mélanges (mortiers) et évaluation des retraits et des propriétés rhéologiques ;
• Mesures des propriétés mécaniques à échéances.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benoit Bissonnette

Student:

Partner:

Université de Liège

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Enhancing Energy Solutions: Empowering Partnerships and Innovations – ON-834

The Partner organization, TROES, is an established leader in the energy storage sector serving renewable and microgrid battery energy storage solutions within the commercial, industrial, and institutional fields. Over the past few years, the company has seen rapid growth and built a portfolio of over 30 projects globally. Building on this momentum, TROES is now launching this innovation project to:
• Fortify TROES’ partnerships model and process, including building strategic channel partnerships to expand market reach within and beyond Canada
• Extend TROES’ business model by building ‘microgrid-as-a-service’ (MaaS) as a new revenue stream; MaaS has seen massive growth over the past few years and TROES has a unique advantage of expanding into this sector by evolving its existing microgrid-in-a-box offering
• Other related strategic priorities, e.g.: estimate and plan the investment of a US

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Staples

Student:

Partner:

TROES

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Cartographie de la transformation numérique de l’écosystème territorial de Mitis Lab

Accélérateur de la transformation numérique dans un esprit de co-création et de collaboration pluridisciplinaire, Mitis Lab contribue au positionnement stratégique de la Mitis dans l’écosystème d’innovation. Cette étude de cartographie répond aux enjeux de pérennisation des activités du Mitis Lab et a pour but de présenter des recommandations pour favoriser un positionnement stratégique adapté au contexte territorial et aux changements qui impactent l’offre de service du Mitis Lab et la demande.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Cohendet

Student:

Partner:

Mitis Lab

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Fostering compassionate care in long-term care settings

Providing compassionate care is essential to the delivery of high quality health care and services, and supports positive health outcomes. Providing compassionate care is an important goal for health care organizations, and
to evaluate continuous quality improvement activities we require questionnaires to measure compassionate care. In the long-term care environment, some residents may experience severe cognitive impairment, preventing them from responding to questionnaires about the care they receive. In such situations, relying on care-partners to gather information about the care received is necessary. We identified the need for a questionnaire to measure compassionate care from the perspective of the care-partners. The main aim of this study is to develop such a questionnaire. This questionnaire will be invaluable to engage in future compassion research and to measure the impact of interventions to improve compassionate care.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michel Bédard

Student:

Partner:

St.Joseph’s Care Group

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Accelerate

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