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Identifying species and planting conditions to revegetate mixed mine tailings at the Whabouchi site operated by Nemaska Lithium in Northern Québec

The long term objective of this project is to develop methods of revegetating mine tailings sites (in this case, a very large tailing mound in northern Quebec) using natural vegetation, and without transporting soil long distances. The specific objective of this project over the next year is to (i) conduct field trials to determine the causes of mortality of transplanted tree saplings using our method and (ii) to identify easily-measured traits of naturally growing plant species that increase the likelihood of such species surviving in these harsh environment. When successful, this will allow our partner organization (Nemaska Lithium) to fulfil its legal obligation to revegetate the site using a cost-effective method.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Shipley

Student:

Chiara Chelo

Partner:

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Modelling And Experimental Measurement Of Solution Gas / Solvent Dissolution And Exsolution In Heavy Oil

Foamy oil is commonly observed phenomenon during cold primary production of heavy oil reservoirs. Along with the pressure depletion, a type of anomalous flow of oil and gas phases appears when pressure is lower than the thermodynamic saturation pressure. Foamy oil is believed to bring positive effects to heavy oil recovery and well productivity by promoting favored fluid properties and oil swelling. The proposed study focuses on the description of the complex phase behavior of foamy oil systems to examine equilibrium versus non-equilibrium behaviour at different depressurization rates. It will provide deeper insight of the fundamental mechanisms associated with foamy oil evolution process, verify the influence of “supersaturation” of foamy oil on recovery performance, and establish a methodology to accurately determine the true thermodynamic bubble point pressure. Finally, numerical models which consider the thermodynamic and dynamic aspects for foamy oil phase behavior will be developed for field scale simulation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Na Jia

Student:

Acer Helali

Partner:

Petroleum Technology Research Centre

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Other

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Productivity Tracking and Analysis of Earthmoving Operations

Monitoring and control earthmoving operations such as highways and dams construction; require the collection of large amounts of data. Collecting this data manually is time-consuming and it lacks accuracy, so there is a necessity for using automated data collection systems in such operations. Most of nowadays available data acquisition systems are costly back boxes, where the user can not use it based on his/her customised needs. The proposed model allows the customization of the data acquisition system using open source and low cost technologies, in which some sensors are selected to acquire data related to the different factors that could influence the productivity of earthmoving operations. The collected data will be transmitted to a server (cloud) instantly using communication protocols like WiFi. This data is usually collected in a raw format where it has no meaning, so should be processed to have meaningful information that helps in efficiently managing the projects. The proposed model process the collected data using cloud computing to allow higher security and flexibility. The results from data proccing could be retrieved using internet browsers by accessing a secure designated webpage using a user name and password. TBC

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Faculty Supervisor:

Osama Moselhi

Student:

Ashraf Salem

Partner:

Pomerleau

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Security protocols for cloud-based noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers (NISQ): development and implementation.

AgnostiQ Labs is looking to develop immediately applicable encryption/obfuscation techniques for quantum computing. At present, encryption protocols developed in academia are unsuitable for real-world applications because they largely depend on quantum hardware that do not yet exist. Research into encryption techniques that will be useful on today’s (primarily cloud-based) quantum hardware will allow AgnostiQ Labs to develop solutions that will serve to advance the field of quantum computing and help propel its commercial viability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aephraim Steinberg

Student:

Weng-Kian Tham

Partner:

AgnostiQ Labs

Discipline:

Visual arts

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a novel plant biostimulant made of encapsulated Rhodopseudomonas palustris

The agricultural sector is currently facing a conundrum, whereas the needs to produce more (food, fiber, bioenergy) are ever increasing, the land and resources needed to produce them are diminishing. Furthermore, consumers and legislators pressure for environmentally friendly products are increasing accordingly, the development of sustainable alternatives such as the use of plant growth-promoting rhyzobacteria (PGPR) for improving agriculture production is gaining interest. Bio-inoculants thus represents an open and growing market.
The overarching goal of this work will be to isolate and select potential bacteria and develop a microcapsule formulation for the development of a commercial bio-inoculant formulations by Ulysse Biotech in the near future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hugo Germain

Student:

Mathias Bisaillon

Partner:

Biotechnologies Ulysse Inc

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Lake Melville Oceanography Study

The research will establish a hydrodynamic numerical model of the forces which exert influences on the circulation and the residence time (amount of time water spends in a given body of water) of Lake Melville, Labrador. The study seeks to understand the water properties in the lake, and how the development of nearby hydroelectric projects and climate change affect the oceanography of the lake. The research helps to analyze the effects of industrial activities on the hydrodynamics of this particular water body, which may help in current and future projects concerning similar oceanography.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brad de Young

Student:

Zhaoshi Lu

Partner:

Oceans Ltd.

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Impact of Repeated Vaccination on 2017-2018 Influenza Vaccines Effectiveness – A Retrospective Study

Influenza causes seasonal illness characterized by fever, myalgia and respiratory symptoms which can lead to hospitalization and death. Although it is a vaccine preventable disease, influenza contributes directly and indirectly to a large number of hospitalizations and outpatient visits. More specifically, influenza causes every year approximately 12,000 hospitalizations and 3,500 deaths in Canada, of which 90% occur in people 65 years and older. Recently, numerous studies have investigated the impact of repeated vaccination on its effectiveness reporting a large variety of results. Our goal is to evaluate the impact of repeated vaccination on influenza vaccine effectiveness to reduce the risk of laboratory-confirmed infection, healthcare utilization, antimicrobial use and cardiovascular events in vaccinated individuals compared to unvaccinated individuals. Therefore, our results will inform policy decision makers on the effectiveness of the vaccination program to reduce public health burden during influenza season.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Caroline Quach-Thanh

Student:

Paméla Doyon-Plourde

Partner:

Seqirus Canada Inc

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Automated Risk Identification in Modular and Offsite Construction

Modular and offsite construction, where a module of project or complete house is manufactured in a factory, requires a large upfront capital (working capital) investment in order to procure materials in advance of manufacturing and to deliver modules on time and on schedule. Thus, modular fabricators need to receive deposit and progress payment before the assembly process. In the eyes of a bank, a prefab house is “just materials”. It is not a house until it is finished and progress payments are only due when the building delivered onsite indicating the difference between the associated risk factors in modular construction and conventional type of construction. The objective of this research is to develop an automated electronic checklist of items that are likely to give rise to risk on modular and offsite construction, as a risk is identified can be quantified, controlled, transferred, or managed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Osama Moselhi

Student:

Mohammadjavad Arabpour Roghabadi

Partner:

Pomerleau

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Research and Experimental Testing of Liquid-Injection Thrust Vector Control Actuator (LITVC)

Reaction Dynamics is a small-satellite launch vehicle company aiming to build a launch vehicle using a revolutionary type of rocket propulsion. Launch vehicles rely on a sophisticated Guidance, Navigation, and Control algorithm to precisely navigate and stabilize their vehicle during flight. The company requires an innovative method to accurately deflect the thrust force of the engines, and a previous literature review has led them to proceed with a Liquid-Injection Thrust Vector Control (LITVC) mechanism. Reaction Dynamics seeks to gain an understanding of the phenomena at hand and develop a small-scale prototype of the mechanism’s actuator. By using experiments to tune a mathematical model, the company requires the assistance of a full-time intern to research, design, implement and analyze hot-fire tests of the control actuator.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Forbes

Student:

Julien Otis-Laperrière

Partner:

Reaction Dynamics Lab

Discipline:

Engineering - other

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Pure-sine GaN-based motor inverter

This project applies wide-bandgap (WBG) transistors to voltage level multiplier module (VLMM) topology in motor inverter applications. It is expected that this approach can yield the benefits of WBG motor inverters (high motor efficiency, fast control response, lower motor torque ripple, close to ideal sinusoidal motor current waveform, smaller filter size, lower cost filter, etc.) while leveraging the benefits of VLMM (lower component cost, high frequency switching only at low voltage, filter-less output signal) to yield a commercially viable highly-efficient pure-sine motor inverter.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamal Al-Haddad

Student:

Anaïs Fallon

Partner:

SmartD

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Enhanced Techniques for History Matching and Forecasting of Petroleum Reservoir Data – Year Two

History matching refers to calibrating numerical or analytical models by the observed data. However, this task can be very challenging in presence of complex geology and/or many unknown data .
The purpose of this project is to introduce and apply the new techniques for efficient creation of predictive history-matched models for reservoir characterization of conventional and unconventional reservoirs, which can be used for probabilistic forecast and uncertainty quantification. It is expected to implement as set of code and introduce new workflows that can enhance the history matching task in various problems. This include the use and applications of the state-of-the-arts methods that can represent the geology and can efficiently and accurately calibrate the dynamic models by minimizing the computational cost.
This postdoctoral program provides a unique opportunity to further my studies in history matching and uncertainty quantification to a new level within Rock Flow Dynamics (RFD). This project helps me utilize interactions with industry and receive industrial feedback on the practicality of my algorithms.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mario Costa Sousa

Student:

Hamidreza Hamdi

Partner:

Rock Flow Dynamics Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

Program:

Elevate

Phase 1 of Enhanced Measurement-Based Care Effectiveness for Depression (EMBED): A Canada-China Implementation Project (Salary Support for Postdoctoral Research Fellow) – Year two

EMBED (Enhanced Measurement-Based Care Effectiveness for Depression) is a multistage collaboration between mental health researchers and advocates based in Canada, China, USA, and Australia. Jointly funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, this 5-year program is the first major research initiative of the APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health (http://mentalhealth.apec.org), which is hosted at the University of British Columbia in partnership with University of Alberta and the Mood Disorders Society of Canada, along with over 15 core partners from ministries of health and academic institutions across the Asia-Pacific region. This project will develop a novel, evidence-based implementation strategy for improving clinical care for depression in Shanghai, China, based on technology-enhanced measurement-based care (eMBC) tools developed by Canadian team members. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raymond Lam

Student:

Gillian Murphy

Partner:

Canadian Mental Health Association

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

Program:

Elevate

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