Sediment-laden agricultural runoff in Prince Edward Island watersheds is a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems. The Wilmot River was chosen as a representative watershed, where it was determined that the management of agricultural practices coupled with streamside management techniques is the optimal approach to reduce sediment. KA2L has created a holistic remedial action plan that addresses this problem in similar agriculturally impacted watersheds in PEI. The final design minimizes socioeconomic impacts, while improving the health of fish and their habitat.

Faculty Advisor: Bill Annable

Terralog Technologies Inc. has developed a method of hydrocarbon well stimulation, called “Slow and Easy” Hydraulic Fracturing. As the geotechnical world lacks software that can handle document format data, the shear amount of unstructured data produced from this method makes it challenging to analyze and evaluate its efficacy. To solve this problem, NRG aims to develop an application that can store, query, and display the varying data types acquired for easier analysis using cloud-based data storage and through the development of a UI framework.

Faculty Advisor: Maurice Dusseault

Within a given year, Pakistan experiences both droughts and extreme flooding events due to the mismanagement of water resources. The prevalence of agriculture throughout the region has led to widespread water scarcity and an over reliance on groundwater pumping. Rainge4Change aims to address water scarcity by improving the efficiency of the existing hill torrent conveyance infrastructure. This will be achieved by altering the surface water distribution system in D.G. Khan to minimize sediment accumulation and redistribute the water evenly amongst farmers.

Faculty Advisor: Bill Annable

Many off-grid remote communities in North America rely on diesel to generate electricity. A transition to clean energy sources can provide cost savings, economic growth, health benefits, and environmental conservation in these communities. The City of Iqaluit, Nunavut, has a population of nearly 8,000 people and is diesel dependent. SAKE Consulting will design a sustainable microgrid configuration for Iqaluit, with the goal of greatly reducing diesel fuel consumption. The microgrid will combine wind and solar renewable energy generation with pumped hydro or battery energy storage.

Faculty Advisor: James Craig