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Characterization of a senescence response that occurs during androgen-depletion therapy in prostate cancer ce

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Canadian men and the third deadliest. If the majority of PCa are well treated using first line treatments like surgery, radiation and/or androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a proportion of cases (10%) progress to metastatic cancer resulting in more than 4 000 deaths annually in Canada. Improving the efficacy of first line treatments is a challenge to prevent the apparition of more aggressive PCa metastatic stage. Cancer therapies do not necessarily trigger simple cancer cell death. For example, if PCa cells simply “died” following treatment, tumors should shrink and disappear in a few days, which is not the case. In reality, cancer cells can initiate multiple different responses to treatment varying from rapid programmed cell death to a viable permanent growth arrest reminiscent of cellular aging in normal cells. We now know that this “senescence” response is broadly triggered following cancer therapy in normal and cancer tissues and that these senescent cells can persist for long periods of time (months). Moreover, senescent cells are very active in their host tissue and actively communicate with resident cells, tumor cells and immune cells. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francis Rodier

Student:

Nicolas MALAQUIN

Partner:

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Deep learning for tooth wear monitoring of mining shovels

The main objective of this project is using deep learning algorithm to enhance the current state of the art tooth wear monitoring system used in mining shovels. Unlike the current approach, the proposed deep learning method operates by building a model from input images in order to make data-driven predictions. We use deep learning approach to identify the pixels that belong to the teeth-line in each video frame taken by camera located on the mining device. Consequently, the extracted teeth will be registered to a template in order to compute all the changes happened to the teeth length during time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Parvin Mousavi

Student:

Sahar Ghavidel

Partner:

Motion Metrics International Corp

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Agent-based scheduling in community health care

In this project, the intern will design a community health care scheduling system for the allocation of home visits to care givers in community health care. The system adopts an agent-based distributed system architecture which take patients scheduling preferences on time, location and care givers into account when assigning care givers to home visit appointments. In addition, the system will also provide care givers with the opportunity to express their preferences and availability constraints in taking service appointments. Home visiting schedule is generated through negotiation between patients, care givers and the agency. An iterative bidding mechanism is embedded into the system as the negotiation protocol. Once integrated with mobile devices, the proposed scheduling system will enable system users to update their preferences and constraints in a real time manner. The system will enhance patients’ and care givers’ experience by optimizing their preferences and accommodating their constraints in the schedule execution process and, at the same time, reduce the overall costs incurred in providing community health care services.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chun Wang

Student:

Mustafa Ibrahim

Partner:

Medialpha

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of An Alternative Landfill Barrier Material From Treatment Plant Residual Solids

This project will take existing waste material(s), blended with a stabilization agent and create a useful material that can be used as a cover material for a landfill. The waste materials will consist of residual material from municipal water or waste water treatment plants, pulp and paper plants combined with waste materials that are residual from industrial processes such as cement manufacturing, energy generation, etc. The material to be created will be engineered to have desirable properties to act as a suitable cover material replacement for clay in a landfill. These desired properties will include strength, low permeability while also ensuring it is environmentally safe.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Craig Lake

Student:

Xiaofei Song

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Appreciating, Empowering, Motivating and Managing Workplace Diversity

This project will aim to improve the effectiveness of the delivery of cultural competency training programs to London Cross Cultural Learner Centre’s clients. In order to achieve this goal, the interns will be involved in clarifying employer needs and preferences, and the marketing mechanism that would be needed to improve delivery efficiency. The research process will involve interviews, focus groups, and reviews of the literature. The project will lay out a coherent, evidence-based set of ideas and propositions to be used by London Cross Cultural Learner Centre to construct an effective delivery system of diversity training programs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Victoria Esses

Student:

Stelian Medianu

Partner:

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

RF Characterization of High Frequency Channels for 5G Dense Indoor Small Cells

The NSERC Strategic Network for Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructures is a five-year partnership between Canadian industry, universities, researchers, research and education (R&E) networks, and high performance computing centres to investigate the design of future application platforms that will deliver software applications of greater capability and intelligence. These application platforms will be supported by an extended computing cloud, encompassing a virtual converged infrastructure and control software that also serves as a live testbed for exploring novel concepts in application-oriented networking, cloud computing, integrated wired/wireless access, and smart applications. Novel software applications will build on advanced services provided by the platform, including context, mobility, location, identity, social network, media recognition, and intelligence. The SAVI network will involve the academic community in the creation of new content and novel applications.
This MITACS proposal is to support a SAVI internship program that will strengthen the Canadian industrial base in information and communications technology through the preparation of highly qualified manpower with expertise in the design and operation of globally competitive ICT infrastructure and the creation of innovative and disruptive products, services, and applications. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Marsland

Student:

Mohamad Alkadamani

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an advanced modeling platform for assessing chemical and mechanicalmembrane durability in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells – Year Two

Hydrogen powered polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are a clean energy technology that generates electricity without harmful emissions at the point of use. To accelerate commercialization, current R&D efforts mainly target reduced cost and increased lifetime. The proposed research project addresses both aspects by developing a unified chemical and mechanical modeling platform for evaluating membrane durability in PEMFCs. The core validation is based on extensive test and field data provided by our industry partner, Ballard Power Systems. The validated modeling platform will be integrated into Ballard’s modeling portfolio and applied to predict membrane life as a function of fuel cell design, materials, and operating conditions, which is critical in facilitating and accelerating the development of enhanced membrane durability PEMFC products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erik Kjeang

Student:

Ka Hung Wong

Partner:

Ballard Power Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

Development and Assessment of Vitamin-Enriched Granule Extracts from Egg Yolk

The chicken egg represents an excellent source of nutrients, and the composition of the egg yolk can further be enhanced through modifications to the laying hen diet. While enhanced shell eggs are primarily sold as specialty eggs, an opportunity exists to add further value through the use of novel extraction technologies. The proposed research project will combine existing expertise in egg yolk enhancement with expertise in liquid/protein processing and extraction techniques. The project will benefit Egg Farmers of Canada through development of unique capacity for the establishment of novel egg biologically active components for use in the food and natural health product sectors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James House

Student:

Nassim Naderi

Partner:

Egg Farmers of Canada

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Three-dimensional numerical simulation tool for the optimization of electromagnetic force feedback actuators

In applications, such as pilot training, the cost and risk of injury can be reduced by using simulation tools. Recently, Iris Dynamics Ltd. has developed a competitively priced controller for aircraft simulation that produces force feedback on the user. Their products are currently used in both pilot training and gaming. When scaling their technology to larger forces they encounter problems of severe heating and requiring large magnets that are unsafe and difficult to handle. To solve these problems, this project will develop the mathematical theory needed for optimization of heat management. Increasing heat efficiency will also enable the use of smaller and easier to handle magnet sizes. The project will contribute to future product designs by increasing their performance and it will contribute to the general knowledge base of the engineering profession.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kenneth Chau

Student:

Max Bethune-Waddell

Partner:

Iris Dynamics Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Rethinking Seafood Production: Developing Sustainable Communities with Land-Raised Fish

Tides Canada strives to connect researchers and initiatives across the Canada to take on tough social and environmental challenges. The program support of Tides Canada will bring high-level research from the three interns under the guidance of Mark Roseland, an expert in sustainable community development. Our collaboration will unveil new resources for Tides Canada?s community based aquaculture projects and provide innovative solutions to implement aquaculture technology with community development as the primary focus.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Roseland

Student:

Jake Bastedo

Partner:

Tides Canada Initiatives Society

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Increasing support for posthumous organ donation in Canada: Preaching to the Unconverted

Our project will investigate reasons for and against posthumous organ donation, and aims to better understand the motives and deterrents for becoming, or not becoming, a registered organ donor. The results of this study will inform the development of public awareness campaigns designed to address the concerns and viewpoints of the Canadian public and have a lasting impact on increasing organ donation registration. This project is relevant to the intern?s doctoral research on public trust in posthumous organ donation, and will further Lashbrook Marketing and Public Relations? goal to be a leader in the design of public education campaigns that have widespread social impact and contribute to the public good.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jacquelyn Burkell

Student:

Anita Slominska

Partner:

Lashbrook Marketing & Public Relations

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Media and communications

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Integrated pathogen management of co-infection in Atlantic salmon

The partner in this project is EWOS Canada, a producer of salmon feed. Salmon feed is made with sustainable and Canadian Food Inspection Agency approved ingredients. A major challenge in feed manufacturing is to support maximal growth and health of fish. This project addresses a health challenge which has received little attention in academic programs: that salmon in sea farms often have several infectious agents such as skin lice and bacterial infection. In this project we will develop indicators of this type of infection at salmon farms and determine how to treat the condition with feed additives. The Interns will work at both the industry and academic partner institutions, learning laboratory techniques to help identify health biomarkers (i.e., genes that turn on and off in response to different feeds and salmon health status), and also experience how industry functions in testing for and treating salmon health issues.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matthew Rise

Student:

Albert Caballero Solares

Partner:

EWOS Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Oceanography

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

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