Current ammonia production methods heavily rely on fossil fuels and are carbon-intensive. Additionally, wind power is an underutilized resource, with offshore wind representing a significant potential source for power generation. This sector will have opportunities for expansion and development over the coming years. We have conceptually designed a process to harness offshore wind power and produce cleaner ammonia using electrolysis and a modified Haber-Bosch system. This ammonia can be used for applications such as fertilizer manufacturing and energy storage applications.

Faculty Advisor: Michael Fowler

Designed a chemical plant to sustainably process a waste stream into a valuable product in a novel setting. Prepared a basic engineering package including BFD, PFD, mass and energy balance, major equipment list, CAPEX & OPEX, economic analysis, and EH&S considerations (GHG emissions, HAZOP). Progressed into detailed engineering (e.g. control schemes, P&IDs, vendor selection) in preparation for plant construction and operation after concluding the plant outperforms alternative options from an economic and sustainability standpoint.

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Gostick, Mark Pritzker

Design and upscaling of decellularized plant-based scaffolding to be used for the growth of fish tissue cells in the cultivated meat industry.

Faculty Advisor: Marc Aucoin

Motivated by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC)’s commitment to high standards of safety, quality, and environmental sustainability, our team has partnered with TMMC to improve their plastic bumper painting process. The existing bumper painting process poses an opportunity to improve the purge solvent that is used to clean the paint lines. Therefore, a new purge solvent will be selected through lab-scale experimentation and production trials to ensure process safety, vehicle quality, and environmental impacts are optimally balanced.

Industry Partner: TMMC

Project Supervisor: Leonardo Simon Industrial Advisor: Ryan Slute

Currently, the process of extracting and infusing cannabis oil in your own home is time consuming and inconvenient for the average cannabis consumer. The goal of our project is to eliminate this by offering an all-in-one appliance to allow for an automated hands off experience. This will reduce the overall safety concerns for the consumer and mitigate human error that could result from a manual approach, while providing high quality cannabis oil.

Faculty Advisors: Jason Grove, Lena Ahmadi