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Reductive defunctionalization of biomass-derived polyols and lignin models using environmentally friendly silane reductants and a new and stable boron-based catalyst

There is a need for alternative and renewable methods to produce liquid fuels and commodity chemicals and decrease the world’s dependence on fossil resources. In this regard, the modification of simple, non-food (plant) biomass-derived chemicals is an important goal towards providing a sustainable access to high-energy molecules as potential fuels and other starting materials for the synthesis of drugs, agrochemicals, and other high-value commodity chemicals. The objective of this project is to apply and optimize a novel stable catalyst developed in the Hall Laboratory towards the breakdown of biomass-derived polyols like monosaccharides and lignin models, and evaluate its reactivity and selectivity to afford value-added chemicals under various reaction parameters. In particular, to maximize atom-economy, we will aim to optimize the reductive deoxygenation of unprotected monosaccharides. Hand in hand with this optimization, with the Oestreich Laboratory we will study the potential mechanism of action of any transformation that provides product in acceptable yield and selectivities, which will guide future improvements. This collaboration exploits recent fundamental discoveries towards applications of great importance to Canada and Germany.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dennis Hall

Student:

Partner:

Technische Universität Berlin

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Green/Alternative Energy; Sustainability & the Environment; Manufacturing and Construction

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Intermodal container allocation problem in rail yards

In this project, we propose to develop innovative methods to improve the efficiency of yard operations in intermodal terminals where containers awaiting to be loaded on the trains are temporarily stored. The management of yard operations involves allocating storage space to containers on the yard, and assigning cranes and/or other handling equipment to transfer the containers to the rail cars. The lack of proper planning and mishandling of containers can lead to large delays and significant rise in the operating costs. Thus a major challenge for the terminal managers, which we plan to address in this study, is to plan and co-ordinate the yard practices in accordance with the planned train schedules, and re-plan their operations quickly in events of last minute changes in the trains’ scheduled times.
Canadian National provides transport and logistics services through large intermodal terminals, and thus the proposed problem is very relevant for their operations. The main objective of the proposed study is to minimize the yard processing time and operating cost involved in the storage and transfer of containers, using sophisticated optimization based methods.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emma Frejinger

Student:

Partner:

Canadian National;Université de Montréal

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Application of AI for industrial Lidar object recognition

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Faculty Supervisor:

Terry Peckham

Student:

Partner:

Antea Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Program:

Accelerate

The process of embedding sustainability throughout a global organization

This project aims to explore how organizations with global operations implement change initiatives for greater environmental and social sustainability. Specifically, we are interested in how employees from various company sites make sense of these change and enact initiatives and whether there are different patterns of sensemaking and enactment among the company’s global subsidiaries. When completed we expect this research to better equip companies pursuing major changes around sustainability issues by identifying potential sources of resistance or divergent interpretations

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephanie Bertels

Student:

Partner:

Celestica

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Laser stripping of Polyamide coating over Platinum thin wire conductors

Laser wire stripping is an emerging technology, and this project aims to develop a laser process to achieve adequate stripping of the polyamide insulation from the platinum wire. To optimize the process, the laser parameters (speed, power, and focus) must be fine-tuned. Post stripping, the project focus will shift to identifying the characteristics of the platinum owing to the thermal influence of laser processing. For this, Scanning Electron Microscopy shall be used to study the effectiveness of soldering. Also, tensile testing will be conducted on both pure platinum, and wire stripped platinum to benchmark the properties for the laser stripping process. Additionally, there is a need to design a Jig/Fixture together with a machine vision system to simplify the stripping process that can be operated by anyone at the partner organization with out requiring specialized skill set.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sivakumar Narayanswamy

Student:

Partner:

Instrumentation Dynatherm

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Recherche exploratoire sur les modèles innovants en agriculture appliquée au contexte de Saint-Camille.

L’agriculture conventionnelle présente plusieurs problèmes. Pour arriver à la transformer, il faut expérimenter des modalités alternatives. Un motel agricole est l’une de ces modalités. Elle permet de louer des terres sur petites
parcelles à différents agriculteurs qui bénéficient également d’équipements et de bâtiments mis en commun.
Dans le village de Saint-Camille, l’idée intéresse certains leaders de la communauté. Le village compte sur des atouts qui semblent favoriser ce type de structure. Entre autres, la municipalité aura accès à une terre et les agriculteurs pourraient utiliser un centre de transformation du petit fruit. Avant d’implanter le projet, les différentes parties prenantes souhaitent s’assurer que la viabilité d’un tel modèle soit réelle. Cette recherche permettra de répertorier des initiatives similaires afin d’analyser les obstacles potentiels et d’émettre des recommandations, en
plus de permettre de mesurer le niveau de désirabilité d’un ou plusieurs scénarios envisagés auprès de la clientèle cible.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Juan-Luis Klein

Student:

Partner:

Corporation De Développement Socio-Économique De Saint-Camille

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Projet ESG

Notre recherche s’intéresse aux impacts sur la performance des projets suite à l’intégration des critères ESG (Environnement, Social et Gouvernance) au processus de gestion de grands projets d’infrastructure. Dû aux pressions exercées par les investisseurs, l’intégration des critères ESG et leur divulgation par les firmes sont devenues des incontournables. Ces grands projets d’infrastructure sont complexes et génèrent des impacts environnementaux et sociaux positifs et négatifs importants. Vu leur complexité, ils présentent également des défis de gouvernance et de transparence tout au long du cycle de vie. Aussi, ce projet de recherche répondra à la question suivante : Quel est l’impact sur la performance des grands projets d’infrastructure de l’intégration des critères ESG tout au long du cycle de vie des grands projets d’infrastructure? Pour répondre à cette question de recherche, trois études de cas seront effectuées en collaboration avec l’Administration Portuaire de Montréal, partenaire de cette proposition.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathalie Drouin

Student:

Partner:

Administration Portuaire de Montréal

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Personalized user engagement based on activity insights

This project aims to integrate a chat interface into the UpBeing app to allow users to engage more deeply with their insights. It consists of informing a large language model (LLM) of a user’s most recent insights, which will give it real time ground truth a users’ recent experience, thereby empowering the LLM to provide extremely nuanced interactions. The project will result in providing better insights to the user, involve in more naturally occurring interactions and increase the user’s time on the application.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hassan Sajjad

Student:

Partner:

UpBeing Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

EEPO – An Extended Reality Social-Emotional Development Companion Agent Framework and Parental Support for Children: Phase 2 Continuation and Evaluation of Prototype

Parenting is challenged by the pace of change in information technology, impacting child development and parent-child relationships. Children learn and grow in online environments and their development, perspectives and
understanding of the world are impacted by multiple communities, which creates risks to safety, relationships and experiences. Supporting technologies will help bridge this gap, intervening with an extended reality and internet-of-
things, Social Emotional Development Companion Agent Framework and Parental Support for Children is proposed. Objectives for this companion system: i) To design conceptual frameworks for exploring the parent-child needs based on the state of the art emerging technologies and deriving requirements for companion agent systems that support parents and children; and ii) To develop early prototype smart-home conversational frameworks with mixed reality interfaces as future companion systems, designed from ideation sprints with stakeholders. These will contribute to systems that support growth, development, and healthy parenting in a rapid technological environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexis Morris;Nikki Martyn

Student:

Partner:

SZID Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Ontario College of Art & Design University

Program:

Accelerate

Inclusive Economic Development in Toronto: A 20-Year Retrospective and Comparative Analysis with Policy Recommendations

The goal is to support inclusive economic development in Toronto through understanding current gaps and providing an evidence-based approach to monitoring progress over time. This research aims to assess the degree to which Toronto’s economic growth has been ‘inclusive’ in the past 20 years, assess how Toronto compares to other peer jurisdictions, and provide policy recommendations to support equity in economic opportunities and outcomes across Toronto. To attain these objectives, we will use mixed research methods including scoping review and ecosystem mapping, retrospective longitudinal analysis, and qualitative comparative analysis. We will leverage a qualitative analysis to assess how Toronto compares to other peer jurisdictions. By combining these research methods, the research team will provide a comprehensive assessment of inclusive economic development in Toronto as well as provide actionable insights to the City of Toronto on how inclusivity measures can be improved through policy development and other initiatives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wendy Cukier

Student:

Partner:

City of Toronto

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration; Utilities

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Braided carbon fiber composites for high-pressure hydrogen storage tanks: static and fatigue testing

Linamar aims to advance the development of computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools for the design of highpressure hydrogen storage cylinders in transportation applications. This research project focuses on characterizing the deformation behavior and fracture characteristics of two specific two-dimensional (2D) biaxially braided carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kazem Fayazbakhsh

Student:

Partner:

Linamar Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Asymmetric Cross-Coupling via Photoredox Catalysis

The proposed project is to develop a method to cross-couple organic feedstock molecules using base metals and photocatalysts. The method will utilize photocatalysts to convert inert C-H bonds into highly reactive radicals that can be captured using a base metal catalyst. The hydrogen atom is an ideal coupling handle, considering its abundance in organic molecules and its availability for functionalization at almost any stage in a synthetic sequence. This strategy would that avoid the need for substrate prefunctionalization, selectively converting C(sp3)–H bonds directly into C–C bonds. The ability to directly couple these aliphatic C-H bonds with two of the most abundant alkyl sources (carboxylic acids and amines) would grant rapid access to sp3-rich products in a single-step, facilitating a practical synthesis of aliphatic motifs that would be exceedingly difficult to access with traditional methods.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Lautens

Student:

Partner:

University of Bologna

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals; Life Sciences (not health); Agriculture and Food

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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