2019 DALHOUSIE ENGINEERING CAPSTONE CONFERENCE · All engineering students participate in an eight-month capstone project in their final year of studies. Most of our capstone projects

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)


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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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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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


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


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


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)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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.

19

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


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


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


3:10 pm – 3:40 pm

ECED0108

Image Quality Improvement in Middle Ear Optical Coherence Tomography

Matthew Townsend - Chen Su - Jun Wan


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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2019 DALHOUSIE ENGINEERING CAPSTONE CONFERENCE · All engineering students participate in an eight-month capstone project in their final year of studies. Most of our capstone projects