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2019 DALHOUSIE ENGINEERING
CAPSTONE CONFERENCE
Presented by
Showcasing senior year engineering Capstone projects: The integration of course work and design skills to provide innovative
solutions to local industrial partners.
Westin Nova Scotian, Halifax NS
April 5th, 2019
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Welcome to the 2019 Dalhousie Engineering Capstone Conference
presented by PepsiCo We are excited to be hosting the third annual senior design engineering conference today and thank you for your participation. The capstone program in the Faculty of Engineering at Dal gives students the opportunity to draw together all of their previous years’ studies and apply their knowledge to solve a design problem. All engineering students participate in an eight-month capstone project in their final year of studies. Most of our capstone projects are sponsored by clients from industry who have presented a current problem of theirs which requires a technical solution. Capstone is a meaningful program to both students and industry because it integrates students' course work and engineering design skills, while providing innovative solution for many local industrial partners. The Dalhousie Engineering Capstone Conference (DECC) celebrates the hard work of our graduating engineering students through formal presentations and a poster exposition. Today, students will present the technical details of their projects throughout the venue. Each team has prepared a project poster summarizing their work and these are on display in the Commonwealth Ballroom. Over the lunch break, volunteer judges representing various industries will visit teams at their poster booths, evaluating students’ visual and verbal communication skills. A winning team from each discipline will be announced at 1:00 pm. The DECC would not be possible without the support of Capstone instructors, faculty advisors, technical and administrative staff, industry project sponsors and advisors, event sponsors and the organizing committee. The time and energy that has been dedicated to this event is highly appreciated. Schedule:
7:30 am – 8:30 am Registration
8:30 am – 10:30 am Project presentations: see following room schedules
10:30 am – 11:00 am Coffee break in the Mezzanine
11:00 am – 11:15 am Opening remarks
11:15am – 1:00 pm Poster presentations in the Commonwealth Ballroom
(11:15 am – 12:35 pm Poster judging)
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Closing remarks, poster winners announced
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Project presentations: see following room schedules
We hope that you enjoy the DECC and wish the best of luck to all of our senior year engineering students for today, and in the future.
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Layout of Engineering Student Team Poster Exposition
Thank you to our industry and academic project supporters!
Engineering Student Team Index
Team ID Booth Poster Title Industry Client
CHEE01 18Reduction of Arsenic from Effluent Gangue At Atlantic Gold
Corporation – Moose River Gold Mine
Atlantic Gold Corporation
CHEE02 17Development of an Improved Separation Process for an Oil
Sands Processing Wastewater Stream
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
CHEE03 16Colour My Sight: Development of a Confined Impingement Jet
Mixer in the Production of Contact Lenses for the Colourblind
Coloursmith Labs
CHEE04 15Development of a Quantitative Dissolved Gas Extraction Module
for Seawater Analysis
Dalhousie Department of Oceanography
CHEE05 26Extraction of Protein from Defatted Hempseeds to Produce
Hemp Protein Isolate
Giffin Technologies
CHEE Chemical Engineering CIVL Civil Engineering ECED Electrical & Computer Engineering ENVE Environmental Engineering
IENG Industrial Engineering MECH Materials & Mechanical Engineering MINE Mineral Resource Engineering
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Engineering Student Team Index (Continued)
Team ID Booth Poster Title Industry Client
CHEE06 25Low Viscosity Epoxy Resin Production Graphite Innovation and Technologies
(GIT)
CHEE07 24 Design of a Continuous Distillation Column
CHEE08 23 Plastic Lined Paper Separation and Recycling Divert Nova Scotia
CHEE09 86The Production of Biodiesel Using Brewery’s Spent Grains as a
Feedstock
CHEE10 87 Physical Refinement Process for Crude Salmon Oil Scotia Garden Seafood Inc.
CHEE11 88Design of an Anaerobic Digester to Replace Current Composting
Operations in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Regional Municipality
CHEE12 89 CO2 Capture and Treatment in Small Capacity Breweries TUNS Brewing (Sexton Campus)
CHEE13 98PIPEN: An Apparatus for Delivering Cultured Cells used in Wound
Healing Application
CHEE14 99Design of a modular facility for the extraction of a chitosan-
based biostimulant from crab shell waste
Acadian Seaplants Ltd.
CHEE15 100Waste Heat Recovery of Bitumen for Power Production using an
Organic Rankine Cycle
Suncor Energy
CIVL01 10 Beaver Bank Connector Intersection Redesign Halifax Regional Municipality
CIVL02 9 Quinpool Road Functional Study Halifax Regional Municipality
CIVL03 5Northwest Arm Pedestrian Bridge Mr. David McCusker and Dr. Nouman
Ali
CIVL04 6Modifications to Hammonds Plains Road to Alleviate Drainage-
Induced Flooding Problems
Devin Bell, WSP
CIVL05 8East Lake Dam Structures Upgrade Mitchelmore Engineering Company Ltd
(MECO)
CIVL06 7 Mary's Harbour Hydroelectric Plant
CIVL07 34 Design of a mini hydroelectric plant for Mary’s Harbour region Dr. Ian Hill
CIVL08 33 Varner #2 Bridge Replacement CBCL Ltd.
CIVL09 63 Offshore Supply Base CBCL Limited
CIVL10 64 Dalhousie Fitness Center Addition CBCL
CIVL11 65York County Medium-Span Bridge New Brunswick Department of
Transportation (Dr. Hany El Naggar)
CIVL12 66 Design of a Tailings Storage Facility BGC Engineering Inc.
CIVL13 78 6-Storey Mixed Use Concrete Building
CIVL14 79 Penhorn Lake Area Pedestrian Arch Bridge
CIVL15 80 VRH Hospital Foundation and Geotechnical Design
CIVL16 81 Confined Disposal Facility Design
ECED0001 1 Dal-VOS System Controller
ECED0002 2Sensor Network with Remote Interface for Aquatic Research
Facility
Dalhousie Aquatron Laboratory
ECED0003 19 Lithium-ion Battery Tester Elcora Advanced Materials
ECED0004 22 Liquid Level Sensor Visimetrics Incorporated
ECED0005 21 Automated Excluder for Reducing Hive Infestation Peter Bragg
ECED0006 20 Impedance Spectroscopy of Epithelial Cell Tissue
ECED0007 27 Passive Radar
ECED0008 28Miniaturized Fluorescence Sensor for Determination of
Phytoplankton Abundance
Micro Sensors Laboratory
ECED0009 14 Force Myography Interface
ECED0101 42ROS enabled Unmanned Surface Vessel Dalhousie's Oceans Engineering Hub Lab
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Engineering Student Team Index (Continued)
Team ID Booth Poster Title Industry Client
ECED0102 43 ROBO-RAD Tartan Rehab
ECED0103 44 Sensor For Sleep Apnea Treatment NovaResp
ECED0104 53
Software Control of a Random-Access Acousto-Optic Deflector-
Based Laser Scanning Microscope for Monitoring of Neural
Network Activity
Alan Fine
ECED0105 54 Lab on Chip for Nitrite Sensor Micro Sensors Laboratory
ECED0106 55 Operations Platform Ontario Power Generation
ECED0107 56 High Voltage Pulse Generator for Histotripsy Transducer Adamson Lab
ECED0108 13Image Quality Improvement in Middle Ear Optical Coherence
Tomograph
Adamson Lab
ECED0109 3Real-frequency technique impedance matching tool for
ultrasound transducer matching circuit design
Adamson Lab
ECED0110 4 Peaceful Gardening Peter Woolsey
ECED0111 11IoT-Enabled Wireless Transmission System for Structural Health
Monitoring
David Chen
ECED0112 12 Microfluidic Pump Design Micro Sensors Laboratory
ECED0113 41 Vacuum Microwave Produce Dryer Beyond Food Inc.
ECED0114 29 32 Channel Pulser for Histotripsy NSHA/Dalhousie
ECED0115 30 Linux SoC Hardware Security Investigation NewAE Technology Inc.
ECED0116 31 Embedded Control of a Compact Gas Chromatography System Marimetrics Technologies
ECED0117 32 Smart Battery Monitor for Solar Energy Storage AltoSolar
ENVE01 52 Oil Decanting from Marine Oil Spill Operations
ENVE02 51Resilient Groundwater Supply for Rural Homeowners and Small
Communities
ENVE03 50Design of Passive Wastewater Treatment System for Baker Lake,
Nunavut
ENVE04 49Evaluation of Regulations and Technologies for Oily Solid Waste
Management from Marine Oil Spill Operations
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
ENVE05 48Design of Algae and Cyanotoxin Treatment for the City of
Moncton, NB
CBCL Limited
ENVE06 47 Restoration Design for Lake Banook
ENVE07 46Design of a Rainwater Harvesting & Treatment System for Non-
Potable Use
Dalhousie University
ENVE08 45 Optimizing Pre-Treatment Design of Surface Drinking Water
IENG01 72An Analysis of the Ambulance Offload Team at Dartmouth
General Hospital
Nova Scotia Health Authority
IENG02 71NSHA Mental Health and Addictions - Resource Capacity Analysis Nova Scotia Health Authority
IENG03 70 Improvement of the Pallet Auditing Process at Loblaw Loblaw
IENG04 69 Bracing for Change: Inventory Planning and Risk Management Spring Loaded Technology
IENG05 76Systematic Analysis and Improvement Recommendations for
HRFE Turnout Times
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency
IENG06 75 Embassy Towers Maintenance Planning Embassy Towers
IENG07 74 Optimizing Resource Utilization in a Mental Health Unit IWK Health Centre
IENG08 73 C3LR Workflow Analysis and Improvement
IENG09 35Improvement of Inspection Process NS Dept. of Labour & Advanced
Education
IENG10 36 NSHA Diagnostic Imaging Nova Scotia Health Authority
IENG11 37 Handling Consignment Items Designer Craft Shop
IENG12 38Improving Processes Related to Required Organizational
Practices in Acute Medicine and Perioperative Services
Nova Scotia Health Authority
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Engineering Student Team Index (Continued)
Team ID Booth Poster Title Industry Client
IENG13 59 Halifax International Airport Departures Process Analysis Halifax International Airport Authority
IENG14 60Supply Chain and Inventory Management at Dalhousie's Centre
for Collaborative Clinical Learning and Research (C3LR)
Dalhousie University
IENG15 61Quality Improvement Activities in the IWK's Oncology
Ambulatory Clinic
Department of Oncology, IWK
IENG16 62 Data Management Improvement at Heritage Gas Ltd. Heritage Gas Ltd.
MECH01 113 Improvements to the Process of Cutting Plastic Lumber LakeCity Works
MECH02 112Underwater Towbody Docking System International Submarine Engineering
(ISE) Ltd.
MECH03 95 Vision System for Marine Animal Identification Nova Spectrum Analytics
MECH04 92 Autonomous UAV Landing Platform Pleiades Robotics
MECH05 93 Subsea Cleaning Tool Indexer Welaptega Marine Limited
MECH06 94 Soap Packaging Mechanism Seafoam Lavender Ltd.
MECH07 111 Patient Transfer Chair
MECH08 96 BathBomb Automation Duckish Natural Skin Care
MECH09 110 Biomechanical Arm Assist Shell
MECH10 109 Cricket Packaging Ovipost
MECH11 108 Hydro Homes Mitchell Owens
MECH12 97 Tubeless Portable CPAP Machine NovaResp
MECH13 90 Water Pumping System at National Gypsum’s Milford Quarry National Gypsum
MECH14 91Contact Lens Manufacturing System for Colourblindness
Correction
Coloursmith Labs
MECH15 101Evaluation of antifouling properties in a marine corrosion
prevention system
Copsys Corrosion Management
MECH16 102Preventing the Transmission of Invasive Species via Boating
Infrastructure
Beyond Attitude Consulting
MECH17 103 Gouging Abrasion Testing Apparatus Deep Cryogenics International
MECH18 85Heat Management To Improve Worker Comfort at Neocon
Manufacturing Plant
Neocon
MECH19 107 CubeSat ADCS Testbed Dr. Rob Bauer
MECH20 106 Autonomous Ground Vehicle for Farming Applications Dr. Yajun Pan
MECH21 104 Aboiteau Fish Passage Gate Nova Scotia Deparment of Agriculture
MECH22 105 Development of Adhesive Patch for Children's Rainwear Faire Child
MECH23 82 Brass Snap Removal Tool Faire Child
MECH24 83 Assembly of a Core Module Process DMF Medical
MECH25 84Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Adaptive Sampling for Source
Localization
Intelligent Systems Laboratory
MINE01 77 Pre-feasibility Study of the Cowan Lake Zone Au, Ag, Cu Deposit
MINE02 67Pre-Economic Assessment of a Lead-Zinc-Silver Deposit in NWT,
Sparrow Lake
MINE03 68Preliminary Economic Assessment of a Disseminated Cu-Au-Ag
Deposit, Dean River, British Columbia
MINE04 58
Preliminary Feasibility and Technical Assessment of a Cu-Pb-Zn-
Ag Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) Deposit, Katodawa
Creek, Ontario
MINE05 57Preliminary Feasibility and Technical Assessment of a Cu-Au-Pb
Skarn Deposit, Bull Pond, Grand Bank, Newfoundland & Labrador
MINE06 40Preliminary Technical and Economic Evaluation of a Cu-Pb-Au
VMS Deposit, Costley Lake, Guysborough area, Nova Scotia
MINE07 39Preliminary Feasibility Assessment of Au-Ag Carlin-type
Disseminated Deposit, Churchill River, Manitoba
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Judging Committee
A special thank you to all our industry judges for volunteering their time to review and evaluate our students’ poster presentations.
Allison Coffin, P.Eng. Heritage Gas Krista Hogan. P.Eng. HRM
Brian Pyke, P.Eng. NSCC - Middleton Lance Taylor, B. Eng. Bell Canada
Chris Davis, P.Eng. HRM Laura White, P.Eng.
Chris MacAulay, P.Eng. Heritage Gas Maggie MacKay, P.Eng. Klohn Crippen Berger
(KCB)
Chris Zinck, P.Eng. Zinck Computer Services
LtdMark Andrew, P.Eng.
Colin Jim, P.Eng. CBCL Martha Myers, P.Eng. MaRTHA Myers
Consulting Services
Crysta Cumming, P. Eng. Michelle MacAulay, P.Eng. DavisPier
Dan Khan, P.Eng. Nova Scotia Department
of Energy and MinesMike Morris, P.Eng Ultra-MS
David Arsenault, P.Eng NS Power Pat Lewis, P.Eng. WSP
David Swan, Ph.D., P.Eng. DHS Engineering Inc. Patrick Hannon, P.Eng. Mine Tech International
Derek Bent, P.Eng. Encanex Patrick McKenna, P.Eng. Heritage Gas
Donald James, P.Eng. NS Dept. of Energy &
MinesPattie Reynolds, P.Eng.
Errol Pierce, P.Eng. Herring Cove Metalworks Peter Lewis, P.Eng., CMT IDS Consulting
George Dickey, P.Eng. Peter Oram GHD
George Goad, FEC, P.Eng. Phil Nash, P.Eng. CNSOPB
Gilles Comeau, P.Eng. Campbell Comeau
EngineeringRob Hudson, P.Eng. Nova Scotia Health
Authority
Janice Johnston, P.Eng. Nova Scotia Health
AuthoritySarah Devereaux, P.Eng. Dillon
Jean Quirion, P.Eng. Innovasea Scott Bishop, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. Saint Mary's University
Jeff Knapp, FEC, P.Eng. Halifax Water Sheila Paterson, P.Eng. IORE
Jeff Spares, P.Eng. Halifax Regional
MunicipalitySteve Taylor John Crane
Jennifer Richardson, P.Eng. Heritage Gas Susan Campbell, P.Eng., MBA NSCC - Dartmouth
Waterfront
Jim Fletcher, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. Bluenose Engineering Suvir Pursnani, P.Eng. CBCL
Jordan McDade, P.Eng. Nova Scotia Power Tertius Baard, P.Eng. CBCL
Joshua Green, B.Eng. Mysa Thomas Giovannetti, P.Eng.,
NSLS
CivTech Engineering &
Surveying
Kenda MacKenzie, P.Eng. Halifax Water Tyler Hughes, P.Eng. Smith and Anderson
Kevin Spencer, MD,
CCFP(EM), P.Eng.
KDS Medical Engineering Vicki McKenna, P.Eng. McKenna Ries Inc.
Kris Dove, P.Eng. Engineers NS
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Presentation Schedule see floor plan on page 1 locate rooms
Atlantic
Ballroom
Harbour
Suite A
Harbour
Suite BSeaport Tradewinds Maritime
Northum-
berlandLunenburg Fundy Bedford
Level 2 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2
8:30
8:35
8:40
8:45
8:50
8:55
9:00
9:05
9:10
9:15
9:20
9:25
9:30
9:35
9:40
9:45
9:50
9:55
10:00
10:05
10:10
10:15
10:20
10:25
10:30 BREAK
11:00 OPENING REMARKS
11:15 JUDGING BEGINS
12:00 LUNCH SERVED
1:00 ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS and CLOSING REMARKS
13:30
13:35
13:40
13:45
13:50
13:55
14:00
14:05
14:10
14:15
14:20
14:25
14:30
14:35
14:40
14:45
14:50
14:55
15:00 BREAK15:05
15:10 BREAK BREAK15:15
15:20 CHEE12
15:25
15:30
15:35
15:40 CHEE08
15:45
15:50
15:55
16:00
16:05
16:10
16:15
ECED0114
ECED0107ECED0106
ECED0101 ECED0109
ECED0111 ECED0108
ECED0117ECED0104
ECED0102ECED0112
ECED0110 ECED0103
MINE06
CHEE07
CHEE09
CHEE04
CHEE10
CHEE11
CHEE01
CHEE05
CHEE06
CHEE13
CHEE14
CHEE03
CHEE15
CHEE02
MINE01
MINE02
MINE05
MINE04
MINE03
CIVL14
ENVE03
ENVE06
ENVE02
ENVE01
ENVE04
ENVE08
ENVE07
ENVE05
MECH23
CIVL04 CIVL01
CIVL05 CIVL02
CIVL03CIVL12
CIVL06 CIVL10
CIVL11CIVL07
CIVL15
CIVL16
CIVL08
CIVL09
CIVL13
MECH01 MECH06
MECH16 MECH12
MECH04 MECH07
MECH24 MECH08
MECH17 MECH18
MECH09 MECH19
IENG15
IENG05
IENG16
IENG11
MECH13 MECH11
MECH21 MECH10
MECH15 MECH22
MECH02 MECH03
MECH25 MECH20
MECH05 MECH14
IENG06
IENG07
IENG14
IENG08
IENG02
IENG01
IENG13
IENG12
IENG03
IENG09
7:30 REGISTRATION OPENS
IENG04
IENG10
MINE07ECED0113 ECED0116
ECED0115ECED0105
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Chemical Engineering Sponsored by Campbell Comeau
Lunenburg Room - First Floor
8:30 am – 8:50 am
CHEE07
Design of a Continuous Distillation Column
Nigel Nizam - Sareh Negahban - Brandon Marsh - Konstantin Petrov
8:50 am – 9:10 am
CHEE09
The Production of Biodiesel Using Brewery’s Spent Grains as a Feedstock
E.J. Concepcion - Hwijin Kim - Miranda Parker - Zhiyuan Zong
9:10 am – 9:30 am
CHEE04
Development of a Quantitative Dissolved Gas Extraction Module for Seawater Analysis
Adam Steeves - Jaimas McMullin - Corey Lipman - David McKinnon
sponsored by Dalhousie Department of Oceanography
9:30 am – 9:50 am
CHEE10
Physical Refinement Process for Crude Salmon Oil
Andrew Salah - Aayush Mashruwala - Shannon LeDrew - Ali Albaghdadi
sponsored by Scotia Garden Seafood Inc.
9:50 am – 10:10 am
CHEE11
Design of an Anaerobic Digester to Replace Current Composting Operations in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Rachel Hirtle - Nicole Langille - Emily Chaisson - Robyn van Zutphen
sponsored by Cape Breton Regional Municipality
10:10 am – 10:30 am
CHEE01
Reduction of Arsenic from Effluent Gangue At Atlantic Gold Corporation – Moose River Gold Mine
Keith Leadbeater - Braydon Hart - Julia Hart - Jill Handbury
sponsored by Atlantic Gold Corporation
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm
CHEE05
Extraction of Protein from Defatted Hempseeds to Produce Hemp Protein Isolate
Mohammed Alqassab - Yagmur Duranoglu - Mohsen Shahryari - Grace Shammas
sponsored by Giffin Technologies
1:50 pm – 2:10 pm
CHEE06
Low Viscosity Epoxy Resin Production
Kaitlyn Dewey - Saad Manzoor - Omar Fahmy - Ahmed ElGhanam
sponsored by Graphite Innovation and Technologies (GIT)
2:10 pm – 2:30 pm
CHEE13
PIPEN: An Apparatus for Delivering Cultured Cells used in Wound Healing Application
Diane Farah - Sara Jaber - Tyler Jenkins - Artem Soroka
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm
CHEE14
Design of a modular facility for the extraction of a chitosan-based biostimulant from crab shell waste
Amanda MacLean - Gabriella Makarious - Mandy MacRae - Cathleen Lupien
sponsored by Acadian Seaplants Ltd.
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm
CHEE03
Colour My Sight: Development of a Confined Impingement Jet Mixer in the Production of Contact Lenses for the Colourblind
Melanie Renn - Melissa Renn - Danica Josefchak - Kate Melanson
sponsored by Coloursmith Labs
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Chemical Engineering (Continued) Sponsored by Campbell Comeau
Lunenburg Room - First Floor
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
CHEE15
Waste Heat Recovery of Bitumen for Power Production using an Organic Rankine Cycle
Charles Tremblay - Audrey-Anne St-Denis - Rahul Velagapudi - Mitchell Stadnyk
sponsored by Suncor Energy
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm
CHEE02
Development of an Improved Separation Process for an Oil Sands Processing Wastewater Stream
Nicolas Hirschfeld - Luke Hodgson - John Jackson - Connor Jordan
sponsored by Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Tradewinds - Ground Floor
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
CHEE12
CO2 Capture and Treatment in Small Capacity Breweries
Alberto Serracin-Pitti - Matthew Donovan - Olivia Reid - Katelynn Cook
sponsored by TUNS Brewing (Sexton Campus)
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm
CHEE08
Plastic Lined Paper Separation and Recycling
Akuei K. Diing - Shamus MacDonald Brawn - Samuel Crompton - Haithm Al-Sultan
sponsored by Divert Nova Scotia
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Mechanical Engineering Sponsored by Neocon
Harbour Suite A - Ground Floor
8:30 am – 8:50 am
MECH13
Water Pumping System at National Gypsum’s Milford Quarry
Jonathan Loder - Matthew Mayer - Bryan Ellis - Nathan Best
sponsored by National Gypsum
8:50 am – 9:10 am
MECH21
Aboiteau Fish Passage Gate
Robert Mayhew - Elliot Pitter - Matthew Thomas - Xiaoming Zhu
sponsored by Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture
9:10 am – 9:30 am
MECH15
Evaluation of antifouling properties in a marine corrosion prevention system
Shannon Clemens - Benjamin Lengkeek - Abdelrahman Abdelaziz - Renfei Ge
sponsored by Copsys Corrosion Management
9:30 am – 9:50 am
MECH02
Underwater Towbody Docking System
Eric Akpan - Adam Currie - Darcy Smith - Peter Svidler
sponsored by International Submarine Engineering (ISE) Ltd.
9:50 am – 10:10 am
MECH25
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Adaptive Sampling for Source Localization
Rayne Schwinghammer - Franz Heubach - Erin Wetter - Chris Newton
sponsored by Intelligent Systems Laboratory
10:10 am – 10:30 am
MECH05
Subsea Cleaning Tool Indexer
Jeff Miles - Alexander Murray - Kaleb Sanford - Yuchuan Yang
sponsored by Welaptega Marine Limited
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm
MECH24
Assembly of a Core Module Process
Jake Barron - Lucas Wan - Mostafa Sarhan - Stuart Mills
sponsored by Duckish DMF Medical
1:50 pm – 2:10 pm
MECH17
Gouging Abrasion Testing Apparatus
Matt Putnam - Ryley LeBlanc - Nick Gosse - Xingyu Bai
sponsored by Deep Cryogenics International
2:10 pm – 2:30 pm
MECH09
Biomechanical Arm Assist
Shaymus Veinotte - Ben Galbraith - William Parsons - Arvin Rahimzadeh
sponsored by Shell
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm
MECH01
Improvements to the Process of Cutting Plastic Lumber
Aaron Hodges-Boyle - Dave McConnell - Kaden Mior - Neil Symington
sponsored by LakeCity Works
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm
MECH16
Preventing the Transmission of Invasive Species via Boating Infrastructure
Brette Holland - Emily Merks - Charlotte Nauss - Courtney McCardle
sponsored by Beyond Attitude Consulting
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
MECH04
Autonomous UAV Landing Platform
Kyle Newman - Derek Grozinger - Liam McCully - Connor Martin
sponsored by Pleiades Robotics
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm
MECH23
Brass Snap Removal Tool
Steven Kingdon – Keith Kingdon - Adam Mitchell - Zach Mawhinney
sponsored by Faire Child
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Mechanical Engineering Sponsored by NSERC Chair in Design Engineering
Harbour Suite B - Ground Floor
8:30 am – 8:50 am
MECH11
Hydro Homes
Krista Tuerk - Elvardo Pinder - Brian Tan - Brett Wagner
sponsored by Mitchell Owens
8:50 am – 9:10 am
MECH10
Cricket Packaging
Bassem Mikhail - Cohen Poirier - Adam Saule - George Shannon
sponsored by Ovipost
9:10 am – 9:30 am
MECH22
Development of Adhesive Patch for Children's Rainwear
Ryan Ley - James McNeil - Haoruo Sun - Margaret Wilson
sponsored by Faire Child
9:30 am – 9:50 am
MECH03
Vision System for Marine Animal Identification
Zach Furlotte - Thomas Rose - Linden Smith - Yuanxu Yang
sponsored by Nova Spectrum Analytics
9:50 am – 10:10 am
MECH20
Autonomous Ground Vehicle for Farming Applications
Hua Tai - Dima Morelly - David Kiefte - Ivan Calnan
sponsored by Dr. Yajun Pan
10:10 am – 10:30 am
MECH14
Contact Lens Manufacturing System for Colourblindness Correction
Jeff Fulmore - John McPartland - Hassan Abou Adma
sponsored by Coloursmith Labs
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm
MECH08
BathBomb Automation
Eliran Penkar - Justin Glenn - Evan Partridge - Willem Slauenwhite
sponsored by Duckish Natural Skin Care
1:50 pm – 2:10 pm
MECH18
Heat Management To Improve Worker Comfort at Neocon Manufacturing Plant
Bolat Ikhsanov - Muhammad Syazwan Bin Mohiadin - Ben MacNeil - Byrne Campbell
sponsored by Neocon
2:10 pm – 2:30 pm
MECH19
CubeSat ADCS Testbed
Daniel Campbell - Matthew Montgomery - Andrew Montgomery - Zaid Al Rayyes
sponsored by Dr. Rob Bauer
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm
MECH06
Soap Packaging Mechanism
Andrew Gregg - Alex MacLean - Jingzhao Huang - Zhengchao Li
sponsored by Seafoam Lavender Ltd.
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm
MECH12
Tubeless Portable CPAP Machine
Ben McClintock - Brandon Dulong - Terrell Giorgis-Jeffrey - Yan Jiang
sponsored by NovaResp
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
MECH07
Patient Transfer Chair
Hind Ababou - Mason Carragher - Susan Scobie - Tessa Wearmouth
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Civil Engineering Sponsored by NSTIR
Tradewinds Room – Ground Floor
8:30 am – 8:55 am
CIVL01
Beaver Bank Connector Intersection Redesign
Jonathan Arab - Chrissy Duggan - Nick Miller - Shakeel Siddique - Rufeng Wang
sponsored by Halifax Regional Municipality
8:55 am – 9:20 am
CIVL02
Quinpool Road Functional Study
Mohamed Bendary - Nick Kozevnikov - Nathanial MacKenzie - Simon Pellerin
sponsored by Halifax Regional Municipality
9:20 am – 9:45 am
CIVL03
Northwest Arm Pedestrian Bridge
Ali Nazzal - Brandon Martheleur - Carrie Gilbert - Maria Morcos - Matt Glynn
sponsored by Mr. David McCusker and Dr. Nouman Ali
9:45 am – 10:10 am
CIVL10
Dalhousie Fitness Center Addition
Hannah O'Brien - Patrick Lemal - Jonny Houston - Hamzeh Khammash
sponsored by CBCL
10:10 am – 10:35 am
CIVL11
York County Medium-Span Bridge
Justin Thomas - Austin Kennedy - Ahmed Abdullah - Yuyuan Wang - Zhiyuan Yang
sponsored by New Brunswick Department of Transportation (Dr. Hany El Naggar)
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 1:55 pm
CIVL08
Varner #2 Bridge Replacement
Kelly Hines - James Wang - Brian Howell - Banghe Yue
sponsored by CBCL Ltd.
1:55 pm – 2:20 pm
CIVL09
Offshore Supply Base
Brady Rodgers - Oscar Wanli Jiang - Shuyi Yang - Mathew Walker - Abdullah Kassem
sponsored by CBCL Ltd.
2:20 pm – 2:45 pm
CIVL13
6-Storey Mixed Use Concrete Building
Alex Place - Omar El-Ajou - Mohamed Sherif - Zibin He
2:45 pm – 3:10 pm
CIVL14
Penhorn Lake Area Pedestrian Arch Bridge
Ryan Power - Cedric Rosemond - Omar Yousef - Will Nelson
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Civil Engineering Sponsored by CISC
Seaport Room – Ground Floor
8:30 am – 8:55 am
CIVL04
Modifications to Hammonds Plains Road to Alleviate Drainage-Induced Flooding Problems
Margaux McLean - Bailey Strong - Cole MacIsaac - Tieghan Williams
sponsored by Devin Bell, WSP
8:55 am – 9:20 am
CIVL05
East Lake Dam Structures Upgrade
Ahmed Nasir - Oscar Moyles - Jaclyn McClelland - Liaoyuan Zhou - Soanlys Santiago Garcia
sponsored by Mitchelmore Engineering Company Ltd (MECO)
9:20 am – 9:45 am
CIVL12
Design of a Tailings Storage Facility
Ahmed Hamad - Sam Balcom - Jeremy Wyatt - David Quinn
sponsored by BGC Engineering Inc.
9:45 am – 10:10 am
CIVL06
Mary's Harbour Hydroelectric Plant
Mitch Abbott - Thomas Bucher - Enrique Lorenzo - Julian Loveless - Zehao Yan
10:10 am – 10:35 am
CIVL07
Design of a Mini Hydroelectric Plant for Mary’s Harbour Region
Ahammed Latif - Allan Beaton - Joshua Takenaka - Rishab Verma
sponsored by Dr. Ian Hill
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 1:55 pm
CIVL15
VRH Hospital Foundation and Geotechnical Design
Riley Guest - Mitchell Maynard - Joshua Whitfield - Isaac Zyto-Klassen
1:55 pm – 2:20 pm
CIVL16
Confined Disposal Facility Design
Kathryn Smith - Paolo Mont - Jeffrey Leonard - Nicole Deveau - Alex Ayton
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Environmental Engineering Sponsored by WSP
Maritime Room - First Floor
8:30 am – 8:55 am
ENVE03
Design of Passive Wastewater Treatment System for Baker Lake, Nunavut
Hannah Jenkins - Katherine MacCaull - Huzefa Hussain - Gerry Holle - Cheng Chang
8:55 am – 9:20 am
ENVE06
Restoration Design for Lake Banook
Sophie Boutilier - Greg Simms - Joseph Francis - Tianjian Yu - Qike Li
9:20 am – 9:45 am
ENVE02
Resilient Groundwater Supply for Rural Homeowners and Small Communities
Perry Amon - Ceilidh Auclair - Easton Dunkley - Sam Fox - Yunpeng Xu - Ahmed Alsaeed
9:45 am – 10:10 am
ENVE01
Oil Decanting from Marine Oil Spill Operations
Katie Fillmore - Naomi McKay - Conor Acton - JP Alphonce - Jacob Davis
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 1:55 pm
ENVE04
Evaluation of Regulations and Technologies for Oily Solid Waste Management from Marine Oil Spill Operations
Rasheeda Slater - Lauren Boudreau - Simon Burwell - Heyao Wang - Yifan Xu
sponsored by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
1:55 pm – 2:20 pm
ENVE08
Optimizing Pre-Treatment Design of Surface Drinking Water
Michael Breski - Kimlee Tomlinson - Yousef Rayes - Zhaocheng Gui - Randy Wadden
2:20 pm – 2:45 pm
ENVE07
Design of a Rainwater Harvesting & Treatment System for Non-Potable Use
Martin Earle - Chengxuan Zhang - Corey McNamara - Stephen Belyea - Zelin Li
sponsored by Dalhousie University
2:45 pm – 3:10 pm
ENVE05
Design of Algae and Cyanotoxin Treatment for the City of Moncton, NB
Caitlyn Peddigrew - Sean Thornton - Mahmoud Istanbouli - Yichen Bai - Ren Tang
sponsored by CBCL Limited
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Mineral Resource Engineering Sponsored by CBCL Limited
Lunenburg Room - First Floor
8:30 am – 9:10 am
MINE07
Preliminary Feasibility Assessment of Au-Ag Carlin-type Disseminated Deposit, Churchill River, Manitoba
Mohammed AlMukhtar - Chengbo Li - Lucas Kennie - Megan Maggie
9:10 am – 9:50 am
MINE01
Pre-feasibility Study of the Cowan Lake Zone Au, Ag, Cu Deposit
Sebastian Widjaja - Jonathan Chao - Wei Jie Gan - Osama Tashman
9:50 am – 10:30 am
MINE02
Pre-Economic Assessment of a Lead-Zinc-Silver Deposit in NWT, Sparrow Lake
Jocelyn Manley - Steven Hefler - Laura MacEachern - Ramin Nauman - Shaozian Wang
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 2:10 pm
MINE05
Preliminary Feasibility and Technical Assessment of a Cu-Au-Pb Skarn Deposit, Bull Pond, Grand Bank, Newfoundland & Labrador
Ross Bagnell - Cody Gollan - Moe Al-Hachim - Robert Barrett - Lloyd McCormack
2:10 pm – 2:50 pm
MINE04
Preliminary Feasibility and Technical Assessment of a Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) Deposit, Katodawa Creek, Ontario
Yalin Li - Ivan Zhang - Sibo Wang - Haiyuan Zhang
2:50 pm – 3:30 pm
MINE03
Preliminary Economic Assessment of a Disseminated Cu-Au-Ag Deposit, Dean River, British Columbia
Cole Denovan - Derek MacArthur - Cameron Malcolm - Bill Dimitropoulos - Sam Rolfe
3:30 pm – 4:10 pm
MINE06
Preliminary Technical and Economic Evaluation of a Cu-Pb-Au VMS Deposit, Costley Lake, Guysborough area, Nova Scotia
Catherine Theriault - Bailee Williams - Josh Ryan - Isaias Peraza
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Industrial Engineering Sponsored by Davis Pier
Atlantic Ballroom - First Floor
8:30 am – 8:50 am
IENG04
Bracing for Change: Inventory Planning and Risk Management
Sarah Abdoon - Tessa Bulmer - John Campbell - Jacob Saunders
sponsored by Spring Loaded Technology
8:50 am – 9:10 am
IENG10
NSHA Diagnostic Imaging
Catherine MacDonald - Megan Cornelius - Laura Trider - Connor McLean
sponsored by Nova Scotia Health Authority
9:10 am – 9:30 am
IENG01
An Analysis of the Ambulance Offload Team at Dartmouth General Hospital
Jonathan Au - Ashley MacDonald - Lauren Schafer - Ashlee Wheaton
sponsored by Nova Scotia Health Authority
9:30 am – 9:50 am
IENG13
Halifax International Airport Departures Process Analysis
Mazen Chit - Yousef Alami - Karl Obame-Ondo - Brae Rod-Gaudreau
sponsored by Halifax International Airport Authority
9:50 am – 10:10 am
IENG12
Improving Processes Related to Required Organizational Practices in Acute Medicine and Perioperative Services
Natalie Ash - Daniel R. Campbell - Krista Vey - Brittany Carter
sponsored by Nova Scotia Health Authority
10:10 am – 10:30 am
IENG03
Improvement of the Pallet Auditing Process at Loblaw
Nicholas Lor - Cédric Sanogo - Mohamed El Amir - Talah Al Sharkawi
sponsored by Loblaw
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm
IENG09
Improvement of Inspection Process
Guanjie Liu - Maiqi Li - Haoran Mo - Guanzhen Zhao
sponsored by NS Dept. of Labour & Advanced Education
1:50 pm – 2:10 pm
IENG06
Embassy Towers Maintenance Planning
Zhiyuan Liu - Gerald Petrash - Zach Parent - Rohullah Hashemi
sponsored by Embassy Towers
2:10 pm – 2:30 pm
IENG07
Optimizing Resource Utilization in a Mental Health Unit
Kenneth Dolson - Taylor Robinson - Hossam Yassin - Oliver Smith
sponsored by IWK Health Centre
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm
IENG14
Supply Chain and Inventory Management at Dalhousie's Centre for Collaborative Clinical Learning and Research (C3LR)
Shane Fraser - Adnan Hamam - Cali Kehoe - Metin Can Yigit
sponsored by Dalhousie University
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm
IENG08
C3LR Workflow Analysis and Improvement
Heyan Qi - Xinyang Hu - Lulu Chen - Yilei Liang
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Industrial Engineering (Continued) Sponsored by Davis Pier
Atlantic Ballroom - First Floor
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
IENG02
NSHA Mental Health and Addictions - Resource Capacity Analysis
Dax Conrad - Chelsea Hansen-Batten - Angus MacIntosh - Sebastian Young
sponsored by Nova Scotia Health Authority
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm
IENG15
Quality Improvement Activities in the IWK's Oncology Ambulatory Clinic Liam Gribbon - Ben McKenna - Layne Patton - Josh Rector
sponsored by Department of Oncology, IWK
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm
IENG05
Systematic Analysis and Improvement Recommendations for HRFE Turnout Times
Connell Steers - Ian McCallum - Kenneth Stronach - Erik Kimbley
sponsored by Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency
Maritime Room – First Floor
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
IENG11
Handling Consignment Items
Amit Malik - Isfan Satrya
sponsored by Designer Craft Shop
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm
IENG16
Data Management Improvement at Heritage Gas Ltd.
Jack Lawen - Ran Ran - Abdelrahman Bendary
sponsored by Heritage Gas Ltd.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Sponsored by Nautel
Fundy Room - First Floor
8:30 am – 9:00 am
ECED0113
Vacuum Microwave Produce Dryer
Hailin Wang - Mishika Hannedige - Nicole Rzadkowski
sponsored by Beyond Food Inc.
9:00 am – 9:30 am
ECED0105
Lab on Chip for Nitrite Sensor
Ben Hatfield - Josh Creelman - Diwei Zhao - Ben Murphy
sponsored by Micro Sensors Laboratory
9:30 am – 10:00 am
ECED0104
Software Control of Random-Access Acousto-Optic Deflector-Based Laser Scanning Microscope for Ultrafast Nanostereolithography and Monitoring
of Neural Network Activity
Chuyu Zhou - Kexin Wen - Mason Butler - Dylan Bastin-DeCoste
sponsored by Alan Fine, Dalhousie University
10:00 am – 10:30 am
ECED0112
Microfluidic Pump Design
Junzhe Wang - Gregory Begin - Caleb Lo
sponsored by Micro Sensors Laboratory
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
ECED0110
Peaceful Gardening
Ming Yan - John McInnis - Brett MacIsaac - Yang Ge
sponsored by Peter Woolsey
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
ECED0106
Operations Platform
Ruomeng Xi - Ling Li - Matthew MacCormack
sponsored by Ontario Power Generation
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
ECED0101
ROS enabled Unmanned Surface Vessel
Sean Spears - Robert Hector - Frank Gembesh - Oakley Feltmate
sponsored by Dalhousie's Oceans Engineering Hub Lab
3:10 pm – 3:40 pm
ECED0111
IoT-Enabled Wireless Transmission System for Structural Health Monitoring
Xiang Fu - Xu Zhang - Listia Nadira
sponsored by David Chen
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Sponsored by NSERC Chair in Design Engineering
Bedford Room - First Floor
8:30 am – 9:00 am
ECED0116
Embedded Control of a Compact Gas Chromatography System
Nicholas Barrett - Shamus MacDonald - Zach McQuaid
sponsored by Marimetrics Technologies
9:00 am – 9:30 am
ECED0115
Linux SoC Hardware Security Investigation
Emran Billah - Aria Murray - Charlemagne Tremblay - Jeff Westwood
sponsored by NewAE Technology Inc.
9:30 am – 10:00 am
ECED0117
Smart Battery Monitor for Solar Energy Storage
Camelia Salem - Irfan Maulana - Janat Nansubuga - Tharika Thiruchelvarajan
sponsored by AltoSolar
10:00 am – 10:30 am
ECED0102
ROBO-RAD
Kaartikeya Pandey - Brett Matthew Leard - Mike Evelyn - Sung Kwan Ahn
sponsored by Tartan Rehab
Poster Presentations and Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
ECED0103
Sensor for Sleep Apnea Treatment
Kejd Marika - Xiaoting Huang - SongKai Guan
sponsored by NovaResp
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
ECED0107
High Voltage Pulse Generator for Histotripsy Transducer
Isaac Wright - Mohamed Alyousuf - Nikan Fakhari - Liam Kidson
sponsored by Adamson Lab
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
ECED0109
Real-frequency technique impedance matching tool for ultrasound transducer matching circuit design
Meng Zhang - Yichen Zou - Xiyuan Liu - Rui Xiao
sponsored by Adamson Lab
3:10 pm – 3:40 pm
ECED0108
Image Quality Improvement in Middle Ear Optical Coherence Tomography
Matthew Townsend - Chen Su - Jun Wan
sponsored by Adamson Lab
3:40 pm – 4:10 pm
ECED0114
32 Channel Pulser for Histotripsy
Emily Napier - Sandra Gorgey - Taha Take
sponsored by NSHA/Dalhousie
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Thank you to our Gold Sponsors:
Dalhousie University – President’s Office
Thank you to our Media Sponsor:
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