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New High Precision GNSS Positioning and Navigation System Using Triple-frequency GNSS Signals

Precise Point Positioning (PPP) is a next generation precise positioning technology using GNSS and is expected to be adopted in more and more applications. To date, all PPP systems available on the market are dual-frequency based systems and long positioning convergence time has limited its wide applications. With the progress of the GNSS modernization, triple-frequency signals are becoming available, which will shed light to overcome this challenge. It is expected all GNSS satellites will broadcast triple-frequency signals by 2020, which offer opportunities for technology innovation and new product development. This project aims to develop a real-time triple-frequency GNSS PPP system with fast positioning convergence capability. The major tasks include the investigation of triple-frequency signal bias variations, the development of processing strategies for observable-specific signal bias (OSB) determination, and fast triple-frequency PPP ambiguity resolution. A prototype system will be developed to assess the performance of the system for product development.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abu Sesay

Student:

Partner:

Profound Positioning Inc;University of Calgary

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Elevate

Innovating towards the Circular Economy

The Canadian paint and coating industry had long established programs to collect residual paint from the household and recycle it into marketable products. By doing so, the industry protects the environment by recycling a significant amount of resources which used to end up in landfills as waste. However, such programs are currently costly for both the companies and consumers, due to extra costs of collecting and recycling. Despite the leadership of the industry in waste management programs, the industry intends to remain at the forefront of such programs.
This project aims to acquire an in-depth understanding of how different companies can pool their resources and capabilities and take actions that not only save the environment, but can also be efficient and economically viable. Such group actions are beyond the capabilities of any single company. By doing so, firms can collectively create a “circular economy;” a waste-free economy that minimizes the impact of manufacturing on the environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pratima Bansal

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Paint and Coatings Association;Western University

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Rich Qualitative Assessment of the Whytecliff Learning Centres’ Therapeutic, Whole-School Approach to Early Intervention

The Whytecliff Learning Centres, managed by The Focus Foundation, have been proven successful in providing a learning environment for vulnerable students who were at risk of not graduating high school due to complex combinations of factors such as mental health issues, addiction, behavioural problems, special needs, and family circumstances. As part of a grant the Centres received from the BC Ministry of Education, the Foundation will report on the Whytecliff schools’ performance in terms of student outcomes, mental health, and the centres’ unique integrated approach to education. This project investigates how the unique learning environment achieves the results as quantitatively measured in student outcomes (such as attendance, course completion, and graduation rates), and qualitatively reflected in student and staff interviews. Detailed, data-driven documentation of the Centres’ successes may lead to continued support for the Focus Foundation, and could
support the translation of elements of its unique approach for implementation in other schools.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wanda Cassidy

Student:

Partner:

Focus Foundation of British Columbia

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Metal oxide Nanomaterial electrolytes for all-solid-state sodium-Ion battery – Year 2

Batteries are ideally suited for energy storage application due to their pollution-free operation, high efficiency, flexible energy and power characteristics to meet different grid functions, cycle life, and low maintenance. The proposed project aims to develop a non-explosive, non-toxic, non-flammable all-solid-state sodium-ion battery with a commercially competitive business case for applications in grid-scale battery storage, the electric vehicle industry, and consumer electronics. Switching to abundant sodium based solid-state batteries will be a solution to the existing issues with the current batteries in terms of safety and cost. Geometric Energy Corporation will get the benefit of patenting new battery technology starting from the material preparation to the commercialization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Venkataraman Thangadurai

Student:

Partner:

Geometric Energy Corporation

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Elevate

Solid electrolyte sodium-ion conductors for energy storage

Batteries are ideally suited for energy storage due to their pollution-free operation, high efficiency, flexible energy and power characteristics to meet different grid functions, cycle life, and low maintenance. The collaboration between the Thangadurai Group and Geometric Energy Corporation aims to develop a non-explosive, non-toxic, non-flammable all-solid-state sodium-ion battery using nanotechnology with a commercially competitive business case for applications in grid-scale battery storage, the electric vehicle industry, and consumer electronics. A solution is to instead use sustainable Earth-abundant and Earth-friendly materials by utilizing a highly abundant element, Na, instead of Li. Using a solid electrolyte, as opposed to a flammable liquid electrolyte, promises to improve the stability and thus the safety of battery technology. Highlights of the project include the extensive application of nanotechnology to aid in attaining a high performance, high stability next generation all-solid-state sodium-ion battery. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Venkataraman Thangadurai

Student:

Partner:

Geometric Energy Corporation;University of Calgary

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Elevate

Effects of Ultrasonic Pretreatment on Biogas Production through Anaerobic Digestion; a Study of the Feedstock Characteristics on Overall Energy Efficiency and Methane Yield

The involve company requires improvements to alternate energy systems, such as biogas production by anaerobic production. The present team work for a common front to expand the present knowledge for increasing the present profitability of the process. Recently, the idea of pretreating the sludge with ultrasonic wave to allow an increase of biogas production and a lower retention time in biodigester as creates a new infatuation for biogas production through anaerobic digestion. The following research proposal is to answer several questions concerning the ultrasonic pretreatment of biodigester feedstock characteristic (biomass and waste). The variable of interest here is feedstock characteristic through overall energy efficiency and methane yield changes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Animesh Dutta

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Informing Indigenous Marine Protection in Gitga’at Territory

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a popular strategy for ocean conservation in Canada and several
options are available to pursue this type of protection. However, the current federal and provincial processes for
MPA development involve engagement in lengthy multi-stakeholder processes that can overwhelm local
communities and their conservation objectives. An alternative strategy is the establishment of MPAs led by
individuals or organizations in a community. This type of community-led conservation effort has shown great
success in some settings in the world, and has been pursued by Indigenous communities to protect areas that
are culturally, ecologically and economically important. In Canada, there is little experience with community-led
MPAs in First Nation communities. This research project will examine the establishment and management of a
community-led MPA from the perspective of a First Nation. The research will be conducted in partnership with
the Gitga’at First Nation and WWF-Canada, and will generate a set of recommendations that can be used by the
Gitga’at to produce a management plan for a community-led MPA in their territory.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Murray B. Rutherford

Student:

Partner:

World Wildlife Fund Canada (Toronto, ON)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Natural Resources; Aboriginal Affairs; Water

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Les défis de l’intégration professionnelle des autistes ayant des compétences clés

L’autisme correspond à un handicap caractérisé par un ensemble de troubles du développement humain qui entraîne des interactions et des communications interpersonnelles inhabituelles et des comportements particuliers. Le taux d’emploi des personnes atteintes d’autisme est très faible alors que leur nombre d’autismes augmente, engendrant des coûts importants pour la société. Toutefois, certains employeurs misent sur l’importance et les atouts d’embaucher des personnes autistes. Ce stage permettra d’interroger des employeurs canadiens, américains et européens reconnus comme avant-gardistes en la matière afin de mieux comprendre les facteurs qui favorisent l’attraction, l’intégration et la rétention en emplois de personnes autistes. Les retombées économiques et humaines de ce stage sur les plans sociétal, organisationnel et individuel sont importantes. Ce stage sera mené en partenariat avec le Centre d’innovation pour l’autisme et les déficiences intellectuelles dont la mission vise à favoriser l’intégration des autistes dans le milieu du travail.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvie St-Onge

Student:

Partner:

Centre d’innovation pour l’autisme et les déficiences intellectuelles;ADLG inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Amélioration de la digestibilité des fourrages et diminution de la production deméthane chez les ruminants par l’optimisation de l’efficacité des protozoairesdu rumen

Les camélidés partagent certaines caractéristiques anatomiques et physiologiques avec les ruminants. Bien que
les camélidés ont une particularité microbienne telle que la présence d’un type de protozoaire spécifique à eux
‘’type B’’ et un genre spécifique nommé Butchlia permettant une meilleure digestibilité des fourrages par rapport
aux protozoaires ‘’type A’’ chez les ruminants, on dispose aujourd’hui des éléments scientifiques fiables qui ont
permis d’éclaircir certains phénomènes se rapportant à l’ingestion. Il faut souligner aussi que les travaux de
recherche scientifique sur le système microbien et la composition de la biomasse microbienne des camélidés
demeurent rares et en particulier la protozoologie par comparaison à la bactériologie. Les protozoaires de type B
n’ont pas été identifiés génétiquement et les recherches en accordent moins d’importance bien qu’ils
représentent des particularités de l’espèce cameline et jouent aussi un rôle important dans la production de
méthane en plus de la digestibilité, tels que les camélidés produisent moins de méthane que les ruminants
classiques et ce genre de protozoaire pourrait être une piste pour diminuer la production de méthane chez les
ruminants. Toutefois, les problématiques se révèlent dans la caractérisation de la population des protozoaires
du rumen chez l’espèce cameline et bovine et leur survie dans le rumen bovin. TO BE CONT.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dany Cinq-Mars

Student:

Partner:

Institut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Education; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Measuring the carbon footprint of soy bean in Brazil

World population is expected to increase between 8 and 11 billion people by 2050. This growth will be accompanied by an increasing demand in food. Additionally, climate change is expected to have consequences on crop productivity because there will be changes in temperature and precipitation patterns. For that reason, there is an increasing concern over food security and farmers must make use of all available technologies to meet future food needs but also make sure that the environmental impact is reduced. This research will make direct field measurements of the carbon footprint of rain-fed soybean, or the amount of carbon dioxide that is released from food production. Results will provide key parameters regarding the carbon budget of soybean in the region and will help in future research regarding adaptation to the effects of climate change on agriculture.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Johnson

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Fine-scale habitat use by juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Salish Sea

Juvenile Pacific Salmon survival in the Salish Sea has declined dramatically since the 1980s. Our work is part of the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project (SSMSP), an initiative which seeks to understand this decline. We have been developing an economical, small vessel-based method to study how juvenile Chinook Salmon use their habitat in more detail than was previously possible. We are also developing methods to identify high quality juvenile salmon habitat using freely available satellite images. We propose to synthesize the information we are collecting, and combine it with the work of other SSMSP partners, to reveal how habitat use influences juvenile Chinook Salmon growth and their risk of being eaten by predators. The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) is the Canadian SSMSP lead agency. Our work will benefit the PSF by contributing to the key SSMSP objective of identifying primary factors controlling juvenile salmon survival in the Salish Sea.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francis Juanes

Student:

Partner:

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

La conception centrée utilisateur au service de la SST : le cas d’une aide àla manutention pour les opérateurs d’un département du formage

La manutention de plusieurs types de pièces pesant jusqu’à 70 lbs est une opération
récurrente dans le département du formage de l’usine OI Canada Corp de Montréal,
spécialisée dans la fabrication de contenant de verre. Pour prévenir l’apparition de troubles
musculosquelettiques liée à cette activité, plusieurs aides à la manutention ont été proposées
aux travailleurs de ce département. Seul un outil est utilisé aujourd’hui, mais pas à son
maximum. Pour répondre aux besoins réels de ces travailleurs, la démarche ergonomique
entreprise veut transposer l’approche de conception centrée utilisation dans le département
du formage pour concevoir un outil d’aide à la manutention qui puissent être utilisé lors des
changements de production pour l’ensemble des pièces pesant plus de 35 lbs. Les objectifs
de ce projet sont :
1.Analyser l’activité de travail des opérateurs de changes chez OI Montréal dans le but
d’identifier les situations critiques en termes de santé-sécurité et d’efficacité, particulièrement
dans la manutention des différentes pièces d’une machine de formage.
2. Identifier les situations d’actions caractéristiques de l’activité de travail servant à
l’élaboration des repères de conception qui seront transmis aux concepteurs chargés de la
conception de l’aide à la manutention
3. Expérimenter le processus de conception centrée utilisateur pour la conception d’une aide
à la manutention adaptée aux exigences particulières de manutention du département de
formage

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Faculty Supervisor:

Élise Ledoux

Student:

Partner:

OI Canada Corp

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

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