Upcoming Events:
MacEng Capstone Expo 2021
- Location:
vFairs Virtual Event
- Event Contact:
Janet Delsey
delsey@mcmaster.ca
There is no cost to attend the event, but registration is required to access the platform. Registration will remain open throughout the event and the platform will be accessible for browsing until May 8, 2021.
Overview
The live event was held on Thursday, April 8 but you can still access the platform and browse the project videos and publications.
Come see innovative projects and meet the students behind these great ideas!
Each spring, our final-year engineering students showcase the ultimate work of their undergraduate years: the capstone project.
For the first time ever, we are bringing all of these amazing and innovative design projects together and presenting them during one mega-event called the McMaster Engineering Capstone Expo, which will be held on Thursday, April 8th from 10 am to 2 pm. See agenda below.
The virtual expo will feature 200 capstone groups (approx. 1,000 students) from across all departments and schools, presenting their engineering designs in an exciting trade-show booth-style format complete with high-quality videos and real-time demos showing the functionality of a design.
Projects will be divided into industry-relevant themes — which are also the cornerstone of McMaster’s applied research — including Advanced Manufacturing, Digital & Smart Systems, Energy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Environment, Health & Bio-innovation, Infrastructure, Micro-Nano Systems and Transportation.
In previous years, several projects have gone on to become companies or win accolades, most notably sKan, which won the James Dyson Award for innovation.
We invite you to join the McMaster community, employers, industry representatives, alumni and others in this celebration of student innovation and the next generation of problem-solvers who will change our world.
Projects by Academic Program
You can see these projects at the expo by visiting each project booth, watching a video and chatting live with the student project team members. The projects will be grouped in the exhibition halls according to the Research Theme.
| Academic Program | Research Theme |
Project Title | Keywords | Project Description | Project Team |
| Bachelor of Technology Program | Energy | Dynamic Stability Analysis of a proposed McMaster University Campus Microgrid | microgrid, transient disturbances, transient stability, gas and diesel generators | Analyzing the dynamic stability of the McMaster microgrid with and without additional proposed distributed generation. We propose a new additional gas generator to McMaster's microgrid that will help McMaster supply power during island mode. This project helps give a better understanding of transient disturbances, microgrid, transient instabilities and working of Gas and diesel generators. | Ekjot Mann Rupinder Singh Janki Shah |
| Bachelor of Technology Program | Energy | MAC Microgrid - Network Model and Analysis in PSS/E Format | microgrid, analysis, PSS/E | This project will be focused on the construction and analysis of the microgrid network model that is currently in place at McMaster University through the use of SIEMENS PSS/E Xplore software for power system simulation. This model will specifically focus on the 13.8 kV feeder lines and their corresponding load requirements. | Ben Ryan Anthony Belcamino Owais Mulla |
| Bachelor of Technology Program | Energy | Micro Grid Generator Financial Evaluation | microgrid, generator, financial evaluation | This project will demonstrate that McMaster university has the potential to reduce energy costs. The project will use 2018 and 2019 monthly power flow data from McMaster university database. By figuring out the 5 peak hours of power consumption, we can estimate the global adjustment fines and modify the peak hours power consumption in the future years. Thus, we can define generator unit capacity and financial analysis. | Fu Qing Huang Hang Yin Tenzin Norlha |
| Bachelor of Technology Program | Energy | Modelling and Analysis of the McMaster Microgrid using OpenDSS | openDSS, modelling, McMaster microgrid | Electrical system modelling and simulation is an important tool in any electric power engineer’s toolkit. Using these models, studies on power flow, fault analysis, system stability, harmonic and quality analysis and protection and control can have greater depth and accuracy, leading to better decision making when it comes time to choose where to spend capital to upgrade the power system.
OpenDSS, developed by EPRI, is an open-source electric power distribution system simulator designed to support distributed energy resources, microgrids, and other modern electrical grid features. It is used throughout the industry by utilities, research labs, and universities to model and simulate distribution networks. This project will model the microgrid at McMaster University and simulate various load flow and fault analysis studies on it to demonstrate the functionality of the model. |
Cameron Harding Eric Bijsterveld Allan Luu |
| Bachelor of Technology Program | Energy | Oxmead Distribution Station Feeder Study | protection and coordination, asset management, investment planning | Load flow, short-circuit, protection and coordination of the Oxmead Feeder using ETAP software | Syam Abdin Jwel Hossian |
| Bachelor of Technology Program | Energy | Power Protection to the MAC grid feeder line | Comtrade file, overcurrent relay, emtp | Since there has always been a high interest in testing protective relaying system, the main objective of this report is to design the EMTP model to test the OC fault analysis across the feeder line along McMaster University campus. This project team is writing this report with the purpose to propose the Overcurrent fault analysis and a detailed description of the Comtrade data file generated by the EMPT- RV Software.
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Shahnaz Kauser Melvyn Mungroo Serena Malick |
| Bachelor of Technology Program | Digital & Smart Systems | Solving Sudoku using Machine Learning and Genetic Algorithms | machine learning,AI, software | We have used machine learning to train AI to successfully solve any sudoku puzzle board. We utilized a genetic algorithm, which uses a process similar to natural selection to select the best performing AI to move forward. After repeating this process and comparing against success criteria, the result is AI that is very effective at playing sudoku! | Matthew Stringer Baljit Bharaj Mohammad Qureshi |
| Bachelor of Technology Program | Infrastructure | Sustainable & Affordable Infill Development | development, affordable housing, green building design | Our group (SEO Development and Engineering) embarked on an urban land development and detailed engineering design of a mix-use multi-residential condominium on the existing infill site located at 178 Barton Street West. The proposed design and development serve to address three prevailing issues that have been identified in the City of Hamilton: - The lack of affordable housing within the area of Ward 2, - The under-utilization of the advantageously located developable land, and - Revitalization of the neighbourhood. The project scope entails site plan development, substructure and superstructure design, LEED analysis, Traffic Impact Assessment, development staging/phasing, and energy pile foundation |
Steve Rensen Eva Seo Omar Shams Joseph Malu |
| Chemical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Acetone Production | acetone, cumene process, isopropyl alcohol | We simulated the current phenol process to make acetone as our main product, and isopropyl alcohol and phenol as our by-products. We are trying to improve the purity and throughput of the final products by optimizing production process. We are also taking into consideration the current COVID-19 pandemic and its future impact by producing highly desirable products to reduce the cost of operations. | Mathusan Sadheeshan Shuzhiqin Li Feyisayo Enuiyin |
| Chemical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Ammonium Nitrate Production - Plant Improvement | process engineering, chemical industry production, manufacturing | For this project, an ammonium nitrate production plant is simulated using process and chemical engineering concepts. The goal of this project was to improve sustainability by reducing emissions and improving energy use and conservation. Ammonium nitrate in this plant is being manufactured using bought ammonia and manufactured nitric acid. | Sa'ida Shdaifat Nikol Budisa Matthew McClure Ayza Alam |
| Chemical Engineering | Energy | Biomass to Electricity | electricity, biomass, energy | The project focuses on generating electricity from biomass materials in Ontario using an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) process pathway. The project includes market research, plant design, an economic analysis, material and energy balances, and other key aspects included in designing and implementing an energy plant. | Emily Martin Prabhjot Burmy Aadesh Harakh Solange Thomas-Dowden |
| Chemical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Design of a Continuous BioProcess for Monoclonal Antibody Production. | bioprocessing, pharmaceuticals, chromatography | Currently, batch processing is being used in the biopharmaceutical industry, however, continuous processing has shown to be more favorable. Sartorius, as a biopharmaceutical supplier, is leading efforts to improve their process platform by introducing continuous processes and developing methods for model scaleup. Continuous processing has the ability to increase productivity and lower overall production costs, as unit operations can be parallelized in continuous mode and enable faster and greater output of continuous batches per year. With these advantages in mind, a continuous simulation model, including a bioreactor and multi-column-chromatography, has been created in Aspen Chromatography (TM) to support model-based approaches for continuous production of monoclonal antibodies. The simulation will be used to generate the required process specifications to achieve the desired scale up parameters. | Jacqueline Powichrowski Lauren Weir Natalie Ifraimov Angela Battista |
| Chemical Engineering | Energy | Design of Packed-Bed Column Heating Configurations | computational fluid dynamics (CFD), heat transfer, transient models | Tasked by Zeton Inc. to design optimal heating configurations for the regeneration of packed-bed adsorbent columns. This was done by producing transient temperature distribution profiles and justified by validated simulation results. The analysis is conducted on various column sizes, along with economic analyses for each heating configuration. A set of recommendations is presented to Zeton Inc. for each column size. | Kevin Da Alexander Sotra Lukas Lenarczyk Han Lin |
| Chemical Engineering | Energy | Emerson Air-to-Water Heat Pump | heat pump, home heating, residential | This is an applied engineering design project to address accessible and clean energy by transforming traditional technology in modern applications. The Project Team will spend part of the term in the research phase (comprehensive understanding of heat pump processes), and the remainder in the development and design phase (draw upon technical skills to design a heat pump to utilize waste heat). New designs are to maintain high-efficiency ratings as per Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and the Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI). | Joseph Pavkovic John Liakakos Shrujal Patel Michel Syriani |
| Chemical Engineering | Energy | Ethylene Production Plant | ethane, ethylene, steam cracking | This project aims to further understand, identify, and implement any possible improvements to the process used to make ethylene from a feedstock of ethane gas. This is an important area of study as our world uses a wide variety of products made from materials derived from ethylene, and this is unlikely to change. Using the triple bottom line of sustainability, the hope is to determine the true costs of using these materials well into the future. | Reese Curiale Alessandra Castro Lauren Hooper Ruha Khan |
| Chemical Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Hydrogel-Coated Woven Fabric for Oil-Water Separation | wastewater, separation, green | Oil contamination of water is, unfortunately, a common occurrence with industrial process streams, storm drainage, and even environmental oil spills. These scenarios pose a risk to the global ecosystem, and consequently, to human health. While commercially viable separation products exist, they still face numerous challenges including required separation time, poor separation efficiency, elevated operating costs, and poor treatment of emulsions. This represents an opportunity for technological improvement that our capstone project aims to address through the use of superwetting materials. The objective of our capstone project is to build off of results reported in literature to design a guar gum hydrogel-coated woven fabric filter for oil-water separation and evaluate its potential to achieve industrial-scale, commercial viability. | Maddison Kargus Kristen Abels Ana Arezina Patrick Hehl Cassandra Stothers |
| Chemical Engineering | Energy | Implementation of an Emerson Scroll Compressor as an Expander in the Organic Rankine Cycle to Address Accessible & Clean Energy | sustainable energy, waste heat recovery, organic Rankine cycle | This project involved transforming an Emerson Copeland scroll compressor to an expander of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for the recovery of low-grade waste heat. Low global warming potential (GWP) working fluids for the reversed compressor were explored along with varying fluid properties and system parameters to optimize the system. This project tested how other energy-efficient solutions can be used in various applications while addressing the need for energy production from sustainable sources. To assess the viability of the design and the overall system, the efficiency, cost, operability, and safety, were evaluated and an environmental analysis was performed. | Marina Manoraj Mariam Sidawi Chloe Dawson Jillian Ma Shane Park |
| Chemical Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Implementation of Green Hydrogen Technologies in the Iron Industry | green hydrogen, iron, carbon dioxide reduction | Steel production currently accounts for approximately 8% of total global carbon dioxide emissions. One method to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is by integrating green hydrogen technologies in the ironmaking process. The most promising technology to do this is the H2 DRI route. For our project, an H-DRI plant was simulated and assessed for carbon emission reductions and long-term feasibility. | Aemon Shariq Phoebe Barrion Kenna Chai Andrew Vleming Christine Huh |
| Chemical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Lactide Plant Design for a 50,000 tonne/yr of polylactic acid (PLA) plant | lactide production, PLA, biodegradable polymer | PLA is one of a few commercial biopolymers available today. Lactide is the key intermediate used in the production of PLA. This project describes plant design comparing a traditional batch process for lactide production and an intensified process using a wiped-film evaporator (WFE). All the preliminary engineering drawings and mass balances have been prepared and will be shared. Our design basis is a commercial process believed to be used by NatureWorks, a US-based company that currently operates a PLA plant with a capacity of 140 kton/yr of PLA. WFE concept is showing a promise to intensify the oligomerization step of the process and to reduce its footprint. | Lu Ning Gan Vishrut Panchal Kyle Seymour Chuchi Chen Zhen Hu |
| Chemical Engineering | Energy | Next Methanol Inc. Pilot Plant Feasibility Study | renewable energy, waste-to-fuel, biofuel, sustainability | Ecolene is a carbon-neutral bio-methanol utilizing biomass, water, and surplus energy in which Next Methanol Incorporated has been licensed to develop a process for, as a means to generate renewable energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions. Next Methanol Inc. is in the process of developing a pilot plant and the objective of this Capstone project is to conduct a feasibility study including technical, economical, and environmental assessments for the Ecolene plant. | Yang Chen Zaid Alnasseri Beatrice Benigno Selena Fahim Eric Pioli |
| Chemical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | PBAT Commercial Plant Design, capacity 20,000 tone/yr | biodegradable polymers, PBAT manufacturing, polymers | The project is focusing on the design of a commercial size PBAT Polymer Processing Plant capable of producing 20,000 tonnes/year. Unlike many biopolymers derived from bio-renewable feedstock, the PBAT polymer is derived from oil-based commodity raw materials. Our preliminary plant design includes considerations for every step of the production process, preparation of engineering drawings (BFD, PFD and P&ID), safety/HAZOP studies, and plant economic analysis. An entire plant has been designed from procurement of raw materials through to a release of the final product for this process. PBAT is a biodegradable alternative to low-density polyethylene with generally desirable flexibility and toughness for a wide variety of applications. | Khadin Nathoo Areeb Sufi Esha Shamim Daniel D'Souza Abbas Chaudary |
| Chemical Engineering | Transportation & Environment | PHA Commercial Plant Design, capacity of 50,000 tonne/yr | biodegradable polymers, PHA, chemical plant | PHA has been known as a promising biodegradable polymer for over 30 yrs yet there are no significant commercial plants in operation. This project is a preliminary design of a PHA Commercial Plant with an intended capacity of 50,000 tonnes/year. Desing basis is a recent US patent issued to Toronto start-up, Genecis Bioindustries Inc. Patent describes a process that uses food waste as feedstock and as such presents us with some huge promise but also some interesting engineering challenges for process desing and scale-up | Arleen Pandher Winnie Truong Rumaina Khalid Matthew Parnham Ryan Tong |
| Chemical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Process improvements for copper removal in the steel industry | process design, HCL purification, Brownfield Engineering | Redesigning and optimizing an existing copper removal process at ArcelorMittal Dofasco to better meet customer throughput and quality key performance indicators (KPIs). Modifications included process and piping rerouting based on lab data and theoretical sizing calculations. | Kugenthini Tharmakulasekaram Husain Tapia Ibrahim Awan Aayush Pokhrel Daniel Pourkhatai |
| Chemical Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Producing PHA From Organic Waste - Demonstration Scale Plant Design, capacity 5,000 tonne/yr | PHA, waste, organic, biopolymer | Design of a 5,000 tonne/year demonstration scale PHA production plant using food waste collected from restaurants and city waste. Food waste is fermented, producing volatile fatty acids that can be converted by bacteria into biodegradable PHA polymer. Process desing basis is a recent US patent issued to Toronto start-up Genecis Bioindustries Inc. Our project describes process scale-up from 0.5 kg as patented, all the way to a demonstration scale of 5,000 tonne/yr. | Felix Gross Jeremy Vierhout Amim Hasan Monica Czechowski Joshua Umali |
| Chemical Engineering | Energy | Production of Bioethanol from Corn Via a Dry Milling Process | energy, process control, manufacturing | Our project aims to produce bioethanol from corn using a dry-milling process. The project entails a full design basis and process simulation of the process, plant siting and safety requirements, economic analysis, and environmental impact studies. | Rama Arafa Pooja Menon Elliot Wong Arin Nag |
| Chemical Engineering | Energy | Transitioning from a Natural Gas to Hydrogen Market | hydrogen, carbon capture, energy | Design of an industrial hydrogen power plant from existing natural gas power plant infrastructure, while analyzing the sustainability impacts for economic, environmental, and social applications. | Lindsay Kuyltjes Sebastian Simic Graham Van Every Bryan Mitchell Jordan Sullivan |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Amazon Fulfillment Center | city infrastructure, commercial space, timber design | The project captures the design of an Amazon Warehouse in Hamilton, Ontario, focusing on utilizing sustainable lumber throughout the project. | Jonathan Henderson Matthew Northey Justin Liu Jessie Liang Edwin Tan Nolan Mckeownn |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Argyle Street Bridge, Caledonia | bridge, transportation | Argyle Street Bridge is an important historical landmark for the town of Caledonia. It embodies the town’s rich history and serves as a critical traffic route. SAMJAK Inc. will be reconstructing this bridge since it can no longer sustain the traffic demand load. SAMJAK will also be implementing modern design touches to better suit the need of the growing community. | Ann Huynh Aiden Hirasawa Mufrad Saleh Jaspreet Parmar Kaloyan Naydenov Stefania Abbatangelo |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Brian Baetz Residential Building, McMaster University | structural, water resources, transportation | The Brian Baetz Residential Building is a seven-storey residence building proposed at McMaster University’s campus. The residence will contain a four-storey greenhouse, containing a vertical farm system and a bridge connecting the two wings of the building. This will create safe, reliable, and affordable housing for McMaster University students on campus. Once designed, the building will have a gym, retail space, restaurant, and a lounge accessible to all McMaster University staff and students. | Keegan Amy Aly Al Samouly Lauren McGregor Thomas Siuda Maya Ritcey-Thorpe Emma Howlett |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Brookview Community Centre | community, new development, infrastructure | Brookview Community Centre will be a newly constructed community centre located in Brooklin, Whitby of Ontario. The purpose of this building is to provide an inviting social space for the rapidly growing population of Brooklin. | Dain Na Richard Hu Giang Nguyen Mathew Scullion Peter Song Edward Zhao |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | City Centre Automatic Parking Facility, Mississauga | infrastructure, structural, smart systems | Nimbus will be designing a state-of-the-art automated parking facility to service the bustling Mississauga Downtown Core - the City Centre. With so many future projects in development within this area, a heavy influx of vehicle traffic is expected and will require accommodation. This automated valet parking system will provide drivers with a convenient and luxurious experience bringing ease and comfort to their daily commute. | Ryan Park Youssef Heikal Jiwoo Heo Alisha Suthakaran Nardine Wasef Kailey Zeran |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Hamilton Nursing Home | nursing home, residence, construction | The aging population gradually increases every year. The main objective of the project is to remit this situation. As there are many private caring institutions in the area, new public (governmental) nursing home with a large number of resident places is needed. | Zihang Wang Bocheng Zhang Jason Duong Michael Quan Zhijie Liu Jun Yu |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Heritage Green Recreation Centre, Stoney Creek | city infrastructure, sustainable design, recreation | Heritage Green Recreation Centre is a proposed multi-use complex and community hub that will serve the population of Stoney Creek by providing a space for sports-related and other activities. The recreation centre has an innovative design that includes elements such as a greenhouse and green roof which will contribute to the building's overall environmental sustainability. | Kate Giuliani Ihfaz Alam Lauren Cope Jesse Hildebrand Prithvi Kohli Jessica Neves Zahra Khan |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Hope Condos-Affordable Apartment Complex | low-income housing | We provide Hamilton, ON, with a solution for the homelessness crisis. | Amir Rofail Wanting Su Shengwei Zhang Lianji Li Baowen Liang Ali Riaz |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Kitchener High Rise Project | structural design, high-rise construction, city infrastructure | Our team is dedicated to developing an efficient structure that boosts productivity and integrates advanced technology and architecture without compromising sustainability. High rise construction is becoming more prevalent as the population is rapidly increasing, and society is encountering a lack of space to develop. The Kitchener high rise project will provide residential and commercial spaces to support the city’s growth as more universities and companies are developing in Kitchener. As a team, we go through the typical civil engineering project life, from developing a feasibility study to final structural and architectural designs. |
Travis Sagar Ma'moon Ayesh Brandon Jo Yegor Ovcharov Nusruth Chowdhury Hubert Kopec |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Lego Town, City of Mississauga | mixed-use building, hybrid high-rise building, urban development | HK BEAMS has been retained by RioCan REIT to facilitate the proposed development of a mixed-use building. The hybrid high rise building will integrate office, residential, and commercial areas to promote easy access to a wide range of amenities. This project incorporates the principles of planned urbanization and will advocate for an integrated development that aligns with the fundamentals of sustainability. Mississauga fosters a Smart City identity that values the social, cultural, and economic implications of digital technologies and how they support the intensification of local communities with urban growth. HK BEAMS Ltd. has proposed this development in an effort to reduce the ecological footprint, improve quality of life, and meet the demand of urban communities. | Samarapreet Singh Faizan Amir Jonathan Boddie Ruba Alsayed Hasan Abdulkhalig Matus James Elsley Yassein Keshty |
| Civil Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Lincoln Lakeshore Eco-Park | parks & recreation, structural design, low impact design | The Lincoln Lakeshore Eco-Park is a proposed recreational and tourist area in Lincoln, Ontario. Designed by EcoLogic Engineering & Design, the Eco-Park is based on the idea of creating a low-impact, publicly accessible greenspace on the Lake Ontario shoreline. The features of the Eco-Park include an observation tower, hydroponics wall, and outdoor skating rink. The goal of this project is to promote healthy living and social interaction, while supporting the local economy and incorporating the environment into infrastructure using modern, innovative methods. | Kassandra Bot Brendan Tomaiuolo Bradley Stephen Brandon Boles Christa Luckasavitch Vanessa Weremi |
| Civil Engineering | Transportation & Environment | McMaster Multi-purpose Student Facility | transportation, structural, campus infrastructure | Our project consists of constructing a multipurpose student facility building with a Go bus station within the McMaster University. The building will be located between Mary Keyes and Thode Library, replacing the existing go bus station. The building will include a gymnasium, a student center and the bus station will be located on the ground floor under it. Due to the vast population of students on campus, there was a great need for an additional student center as well as gymnasium as the current ones are very crowded. This will help tackle the overcrowding issue and will also provide shelter for students waiting for the busses. | Luke Insanalli Firhaj Bahadur Ridhwan Khan Abdul Stott Sukhman Kalkat Ahmad Kamal |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | McMaster Off-Campus Residential Building | infrastructure, residence, construction | QEC has an objective of designing and constructing McMaster University's newest and first off-campus residential building. The project will strive to create a well-nurturing environment while being green and cost-efficient. From the many innovations the building will include to the environmentally friendly design, it is certain that this project will benefit many future generations and graduating classes at the profound McMaster University institution. The building usage will range from classrooms, to a dorm-style residence, to study space, grocery stores, restaurants and much more. This project has a focus of encompassing the large population of staff and students who will be benefiting from everyday life in this new facility. | Stefan Vlatkovic Jakub Szeliga Andrew Korie Amir Salama Ivan Misic Gabriel Anderson |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | McMaster Transportation Center | transportation, infrastructure, public transit | To safely accommodate the growing demand for GO buses, a new on-campus GO Bus Terminal is proposed. The one-story terminal will be located in the existing Parking Lot I by the Information Technology Building (ITB), and will aim to be sustainable by using various innovative technologies. The modern steel and glass GO terminal will offer both indoor and outdoor waiting areas, washrooms, a service desk, and food and beverages. | Florence Yip Judy (Weijia) Zhao Joe (Weiming) Lin Junwei Xie Reuben Cheeramvelil Abanoub Gaber |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Niagara Region Community Center (St. Catharines) | structural design, geotechnical design, transportation | A community center proposed in St. Catharines, Ontario. The community center will hold ice rinks and additional facilities, and is expected to host the next Canada Summer Games. The building's infrastructure consists of some innovative design aspects such as glued laminated timber structural members, recycled asphalt pavement materials, along with additional environmental considerations. | Sami Zaki Kevin Kwon Michael Tyler Marco Albanese Zach Barber Kainat Qayyum Tong Xiao |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | North Oakville Transportation Corridor-Burnhamthorpe Road Extension | transportation, urban planning, bridge | For the purpose of relieving the east-west travel burden in the Town of Oakville, the project will be tackling a new 3.2km road segment connecting the Burnhamthorpe Rd. W & Fourth Line intersection and the William Halton Pkwy & Third Line intersection, including a bridge that crosses Sixteen Mile Creek. | Jumana Al Haideri Karim El Khatib Ray Hoyos Youjia Liu Yunxi He Jelena Dong |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Queen City Complex, City of Hamilton | commercial, retail, development | A six-storey mixed use structure with two commercial floors and four floors of hotel suites on Queen Street and Barton Street. It features underground parking, greenhouse roof, energy/water-saving systems, and small-scale renewable energy production. | Karas Kerolos Richard Weiss Zhenze Wei John Heneinn Joseph Campoli Danielle Mota Khaled Elgebaly |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Roberta Bondar Educational Centre, McMaster University | building, infrastructure, sustainable | This project involves the design of a five-storey educational facility for McMaster University on its Burlington campus. The building is meant to be innovative and environmentally friendly. The scope of this design project includes the building and its associated parking lot. | Marcus Rizzuti Heather Daigle Anthony Kozic Brenden Lie Liam Sykes Jordan Weening |
| Civil Engineering | Infrastructure | Syl Apps Recreational Arena, McMaster University | innovative, community engagement, infrastructure | Ikigai One is designing a multistory recreational arena located behind Ivor Wynne Centre. The structure will contain a full-sized ice rink with seating and multipurpose areas for students to use. The rink will promote relations between schools through hockey games, and community engagement with community skate nights. With ample parking and pedestrian walkways, the arena will serve as a social hub for students and faculty. The steel-framed building will have an innovative rainwater collection system, excess heat diversion and promote social inclusivity. | Hassan Alokaily Jacob Glasek Kevin Glasek Meshael Rahman Lucas Tkachyk Ashley Wohl |
| Computer Science | Digital & Smart Systems | ConAssist | conferencing, event planning, event advertising | Software solution for small event organizers to build the digital infrastructure for their local or medium-scale events. The ConAssist project aims to provide software solutions for registering, managing, and logging statistics regarding event attendees while providing tools for distributing schedule and event information to them. | Ethan Johnston Rico Florentino Steven Luu Gabriel Gebril Jaison Loodu Nathan Brown |
| Computer Science | Health & Bio-innovation | Cyclescapes - Drawbridge | health, fitness, community engagement | Cyclescape is a Google maps-based VR cycling game aimed to test the feasibility of incorporating VR cycling for children undergoing dialysis. Patients undergoing dialysis usually spend a disproportionate amount of time in the hospital, and this can negatively impact their physical and mental health. In Cyclescape, players can use a stationary bike to navigate around a virtual world that mimics the terrain of real-world locations. By incorporating real-world maps, patients can interact with the external environment while being treated in the hospital. Factors such as fitness, QoL, and mood will be assessed during this process. | Erik Kredatus Dave Gumba Enrico Palmese Matthew Sordo Erik Kredatus |
| Computer Science | Health & Bio-innovation | Cyclescapes - Tour de Vrance | health, video game, virtual reality | Cyclescapes is a cycling-based VR game designed to provide children with End-Stage Renal Disease undergoing dialysis with an enjoyable and unique method of physical exercise, designed and developed by two graduate students and capstone teams in conjunction with the McMaster Children’s Hospital. The project aims to better promote exercise during dialysis to children via gamification, alleviating the physical and psychosocial burden of chronic hospital visits by immersing them in a new and enjoyable digital environment. | Gregory Kitching Anthony Lou Zhehao Long |
| Computer Science | Digital & Smart Systems | Erukumesi North America | community, culture, social media | A platform to connect people from the Eruku village in Nigeria and preserve their rich cultural heritage through digital means. This mobile application for iOS and Android serves as a central hub for news and noteworthy content, community events, instant messaging, and much more. Tech Stack: React Native, MongoDB, Express, Node.js | Sujan Kandeepan Darren Tu Ji Who Choi Immanuel Odisho |
| Computer Science | Health & Bio-innovation | G-ScalE Mini-Game Battery Project | ludus, mini-games, cognitive psychology | Our capstone group is developing the G-ScalE Mini-Game Battery Project, a project composed of five single-player mini games designed in Unity, to measure six out of 46 identified human cognitive and psychomotor skills. Each game will take players approximately 30 - 50 seconds to play, and will be used to establish player competencies in a specific cognitive or psychomotor group. The games will be accessible by the players through a web application that runs on a web server, and collects input through the keyboard and mouse. | Alice Ip Jack Buckley Meijing Li Shuo He Yunfei Yang |
| Computer Science | Digital & Smart Systems | Ingenuity Incubator | blockchain, cryptocurrency, community | Often traded on par with the national currency, community-specific currencies encourage community development and provide local identity in their transactions, and stimulate the local exchange of goods and services by circulating and maintaining wealth within particular communities to reduce poverty and achieve social goals Thus, this is a currency that is traded, much like dollars but it stays in the community where it originates. Think of a shared economy issue like Airbnb or Uber, but where the payment is in a currency that is exchanged with others from that community. So, someone driving you might get currency dollars, and they might use them to pay for someone else to mow their lawn or make them dinner. What we want to do is establish a block-chain oriented community currency that we can use with our virtual incubator in Canada, the USA, and Brazil. | Aly Imtiaz Charles Zhang Nimalan Chandrasekara Daniel Wu |
| Computer Science | Digital & Smart Systems | James: Examining the Evolution of Ideas Using Machine Learning | machine learning, topic modelling, sentiment analysis | This project combines LDA topic modelling and sentiment analysis to analyze the philosopher William Jame's attitudes towards certain topics and contemporaries over time. The project seeks to further Dr. Alexander Klein's research on William James as well as any other researcher in the humanities looking to analyze large corpora using text mining tools. With James, we provide a simple and intuitive web app combined with a backend powered by machine learning and natural language processing. The result is an accessible tool with the capability of providing interesting data and insights about an author or text. | Andrew Mitchell Indika Wijesundera Esam Haris Robert Vardy Samuel Alderson |
| Computer Science | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Measure 2.0 | accreditation, engineering faculty, automation & standardization | Measure is an in-house tool to improve the annual accreditation process for the faculty of engineering. Measure aims to ease gathering CEAB related data, improve data and analysis visibility to faculty, and generate compliance to CEAB standards. | Trevor Ngo Michael Yohannes Christina Mudarth Seda Mete Song Tao (Declan) Wu |
| Computer Science | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Mini-Games For G-ScalE Project - Mactivision | games, psychology, research | Video games are experienced at many different levels; however, all games by nature of being playable have some form of mechanical experience that serves as the first contact with the player. The mechanical experience of a game is understood through the concepts of mechanical achievability. That is to say, is it possible, given a player’s profile of cognitive and motor abilities, that they can complete the game’s challenges?
The Games Scalability Environment (G-ScalE) is a research team that focuses on understanding the fundamental science behind video games. Our capstone team (Mactivision) has developed various cognitive tests disguised as mini-games which will measure users’ strengths and weaknesses in performing various atomic challenges (game tasks), each corresponding to different cognitive and motor abilities. Each test is a play-through of a series of mini-games, called a Mini-game Battery. After each mini-game, data is recorded of the user’s gameplay, which can then be processed, by researchers, to measure the user’s performance in the cognitive and motor abilities being measured. Each Battery can be tailored to the researcher’s specifications, and thus can be used to measure the change in a user’s performance when using different mini-game parameters. |
Bryan Chiu David Hospital Michael Tee Sijie Zhou Kunyuan Cao |
| Computer Science | Transportation & Environment | Python Practice Engine | code, education, Python | A web-based Python programming practice application with dynamic difficulty adjustment based on a concept graph. The application continuously presents programming problems to a student to solve, and depending on how the student was doing, the difficulty would be scaled up or down. A concept graph would be used to keep track of what concepts the student is likely to have learned based on past performance. Therefore, if they understand variables, conditionals and a basic if, then something requiring an if-else or if-elif-else next. Once precursor concepts are strong enough, a new concept is considered good to be introduced.
*Description taken from Dr. Browne's project proposal |
Noa Barsky Afzal Chishti Akram Elwazani Connor Hewick Razi Syed |
| Computer Science | Digital & Smart Systems | Reframery Marketplace Using Community Currency | ecommerce platform, online-stores, community currency | The Reframery Community Currency (RCC) is an electronic commerce software supporting product, service, and knowledge trade using the Reframery currency within a community. This system is expected to support several functions for both users(buyers and sellers) and the system administrator, and implement the client-server model. | Fang Ye Liyang Wang Weijie Liang Kexin Liu Shanghong Shen |
| Computer Science | Digital & Smart Systems | ToeFX | toenail, health, machine learning | An application to help patients of ToeFX keep track of theIr fungal treatment. It uses machine learning to calculate the coverage of fungus at various intervals in a patient's treatment, allowing them to visualize their improvement. | Shlomo-Eli Schweitzer Behdad Khamneli Behzad Khamneli |
| Computer Science | Health & Bio-innovation | Triage Capacity Planning | scheduling, healthcare, machine learning | The product is designed to eliminate the guesswork involved in scheduling patients by estimating the amount of urgent, semi-urgent and standard patients that will arrive in a given time period to determine the minimum number of slots are needed to see a required percentage of patients within the required amount of time; in essence, a schedule. Currently, wait times for urgent and semi-urgent patients are longer than target wait times, potentially causing increased health risks in patients. Hopefully, our scheduling prediction will help give hospitals a clearer target to reach. | Sam Cymbaluk Kristie Tom Nikhail Singh Shawn Esseltine Daniel Rubinstein |
| Computer Science | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Unity Runtime Importer | unity, animation, 3d objects, useful tools | As the name suggests, this project aims to bring a useful add-on tool to the Artspark Project -- to provide simple animation import with Unity in runtime (Applying animations for 3D objects in a Unity projects at runtime).
The project consists of 2 parts, 1. A Series of C# scripts are to be compiled into an existing Unity project to achieve runtime animation import with a specific animation format that has a similar data structure to a CSV file. 2. A simple animation editor and previewer, that should be easy enough to use, to edit and preview this specific animation file. |
Shawn Li Hongguang Zhou Xinyang Guo |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Assistive device for patients with Alzheimer's disease | face recognition, Alzheimer's disease, Raspberry Pi | We want there to be a device that can tell the Alzheimer's disease people who are in front of them. The project that we will deliver to a large group of Alzheimer's disease people is a device that can recognize human faces and speaker will pronounce the name of the known person to the user.
For designing this device, we will have a Pi camera to capture photos, then raspberry pi sends them to PC, after that PC will abstract information from sent pictures then send instructions back to Raspberry Pi and a speaker will display the desired message to the user. |
Hengli Zhu Shuao Wu Tony Shen Haotian Zhou |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Athletic Tracking Assistant | smart camera, biomedical tracking, object tracking | A smart capturing gimbal used for recording and analyzing a player's biometric data and performance throughout a sporting session. The device is centered towards tracking the action or a player using object tracking and an athletic vest worn by a player. The video footage and player vitals are captured during the session to be used for strategy development, player performance and training analysis, or measures for injury prevention. | John Lui Hussain Fathi Masood Idries Keith Cheng |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Auto Recycler | environment, waste, recycle | This project aims to design a device that can automate the process of sorting garbage from recycling and thus decrease the number of recyclable items that end up in landfills. The device also has additional capabilities such as customizing the sorting algorithm to accommodate scenarios like changes in the recycling scheme. | Shanon Lo Miranda Harrison Ziyi Wang |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Automated Note Taker | machine learning, speech-to-text, text summarization | The product should provide windows system users a software interface where they can upload pre-recorded audio/video files, and a summarized rich-text transcript will be generated. From here the user can either use the notes as is or use them as a base for developing more sophisticated notes. | Ruoke Sun Ke Chen Adam Barta Zishu Wu |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Awakening: EEG Sleep Detector | biomedical, EEG, safety | Our product warns drivers when it recognizes the shift from being awake to drowsy by measuring the EEG signal using a baseball cap, which has 3 tin electrodes on the inside. The device records the EEG information from the electrodes on the forehead and relays that information to the user’s electronic device. When drowsiness is detected based on the increase of alpha activity, the user’s electronic device provides audio alerts to wake the user up. There is also an LED display on the user's electronic device to show their level of consciousness. This is a user-friendly and affordable product. | Helen Zhu Shiyue Zhang Sijie Zhang Yifan Cai |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | BraiNected | health monitoring, data processing/analysis, smart device | BraiNected is an electronic HeadBand that utilizes an EEG sensor to accurately provide sleep pattern data to your phone while also setting a dynamic alarm to wake up the user at an optimal time. | Faris Youssef Kamel Dabbagh Omar Qawasmi Areeb Syed |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | BravEye | firefighting, signal processing, digital systems | The goal of BravEye is to assist firefighters by visualizing their surroundings and warning them of potential hazards such as fire hotspots. This will be done with a Raspberry Pi, thermal camera, LIDAR sensor, and our own signal processing software. The output of which will be shown on a wearable display over the user's right eye. | Adam Woodill Faisal Mustafa Mohammed Raza Ryan Perera |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Bubble Me Up | bubble tea, milk tea, Arduino | Self-serving bubble tea machine that can communicate via wifi. | Jason Li Alen Babu David Wang john lee Rentian Zhang |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Cave Explorer | robotics, exploration, camera control | For our capstone project, our group has decided to create a robot that will go into settings such as that of a “cave” to explore and collect information that can be used to clear a lot of uncertainties that might be involved in working in such undiscovered areas. When the robot does so, it will detect any obstacles that come in its way and will give an alert to the user. A camera will be attached to the robot to provide a real-life picture of the surroundings. The mining industry is a large industry and is one connected to the most deaths and workers being injured every year. Being large importers of numerous minerals that are mined in small developing countries it is important to ensure that the workers being sent to work in these settings are safe, or at least as safe as can be made possible. This robot can be used for many other purposes as well. Our idea can be extended to deep ocean exploration, where the robot is waterproof, and can “swim” into narrow spaces such as coral reefs where humans would have a hard time getting into. This robot would also have environmental benefits because it would be less disruptive to the environment it’s sent into, because it has a smaller footprint than a human. | Zaina Quraishi Imsha Liaqat Mariyam Naeem Elena Zhang |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Cloud Based Home Automation | cloud, automation, IoT | The objective of this capstone project is to develop a Cloud-Based Home Automation system in collaboration with the industry sponsor, Gentiam Canada LLC, that will help reduce the energy usage in the home. However, to reduce the scope of the project, energy usage is assumed to be minimized based on efficient methods of in-home temperature regulation, which result in minimal HVAC system on-time. The system is composed of wireless sensors and actuators connected to a cloud-based backend that will automatically make actuation decisions based on the user’s settings and current temperature data. The system will also be connected to a web app that makes it easy for analyzing performance and adding new devices to the system. | Reza Shahriari Matthew Ruigrok Ryan Shortt Christopher Poyser |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | CONCAP | biomedical devices, brain injury, athletic performance | The CONCAP is a wearable device similar to a skull cap designed to be worn underneath the helmet in contact sports. Using an accelerometer to measure the rotational acceleration of the user's head, significant impacts to the head are measured and recorded during athletic activity. The analytics provided by the device can be used by the athlete to gauge the possibility of brain injury in both one match and over time. | Kycheung Kwan Eugene Lee Edwin Gnananadchtheram Gurpreet Ghuman |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Converscribe | medical assistive device, embedded system, machine learning | The Converscribe is a live transcribing system that promotes a higher quality of communication between medical personnel and hearing-impaired patients. It can be worn as a necklace and accurately transcribe speech to text and display the results clearly on a touchable screen. - High-quality speech to text transcription. - Lightweight, small-sized, highly portable. - Cost-efficient device constructed with low-cost, high-performing electronic modules. - Durable, and robust chassis to protect the internal circuit from abuse and liquid intrusion. |
Kevin Fan Amr Shakour Eric Steffler Shivam Teeluckdharry |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | COVID Cam | image processing, digital communication, facial recognition | The purpose of this project is to create a COVID-19 prevention detection system that will recognize people who are wearing masks, analyze whether the mask is worn properly or not and flag those who are not wearing masks. | Arso Vukojicic Nancy Ikladous Mohamad Elsawi George Ghobrial |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Cycle Safe | bike, safety, awareness, lidar | A system which provides increased spatial awareness for cyclist by alerting them of oncoming vehicles using various sensors and a display. | Charlie LoPresti Jefin John Avish Bhatt Siddesh Bist |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Infrastructure | Driver Shield | transportation, awareness, technology | A software program that detects the colors of traffic lights through the laptop’s camera and alerts the driver on the state of the light visually through an LED and verbally through a speaker. | Nora Asad Vlad Musat Norfazleen Rosley Menatalla Ibrahim Youssef Asham |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Droomba | environment , AI, waste collection | A drone that will make the garbage collection process in public areas autonomous using machine learning and image recognition, we can make the process as efficient as possible. | Steven Fu Karthik Kaushik Hamza Rahmani Akram Eldamaty Shivam Vyas |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Dynamic Arm | auto-tracking robotic arm | Use computer vision to track an object and pick it up. | Honglin Wang Xiao Zhang Zhourui Chen Xiaokun Hou Yuxuan Yang |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Energy | E-Route: Dynamic Wireless Charging System for EVs | wireless power transfer, dynamic wireless charging, electric vehicle | Nowadays, EVs cannot support long-range driving due to their limited battery capacity and limited charging stations. E-Route is a dynamic wireless charging system designed for electrical vehicles. It enables charging while driving on the road. | Fengyang Sun Shang Gao Yuhao Wang Rui Zhong |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Eat & Save | machine learning, environment, cost saving, household food waste | This project is aimed at developing a camera mount product that uses ML to identify food products going in the Fridge and notify users about the approaching expiration date, so the food is either consumed or disposed of in the least wasteful manner. It is geared towards minimizing food wastage in households. | Aman Goswami Derek Chiu Ameen Al-khudhairy David Murga |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Transportation & Environment | EcoScope | environment, climate change, digital cameras | The world is facing unprecedented levels of climate change, and many rural and wild ecosystems are under threat by forces such as wildfires and invasive species. However, these environmental challenges prove difficult to resolve due to the lack of proper technologies to help monitor them. As a result, our engineering design project focuses on creating a drone compatible computer vision platform for real time autonomous detection and tracking of environmental threats such as invasive species and wildfires. | Damien Sabljak Omar A Sulaiman Sulaiman Bawa Justin Amin |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Eye-controlled Wheelchair | wheelchair, EOG, sensory system | A modified eye-controlled wheelchair capable of traversing, sensing obstacles, and moving automatically with the aim of increasing the autonomy of quadriplegic patients who cannot propel their wheelchairs due to loss of motor function. | Oluwadamilola Orole Emily (Jeongmin) Ham Suvetha Balraj Lelna Gwet |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Face Up! | security, technology, identification | We propose a door guard device that automatically position and collect faces sample, train face recognition model and recognize the face on a portable ARM-based development board to determine whether the person is allowed to enter the gate. | Rongxuan Du Mingyang Wang Zhuoran Liu Yu Feng |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | FaceWallet | facial recognition, digital transaction, internet of things | We propose to design a device that will allow customers to complete a payment or transaction by just showing the customer's face, aiming to expedite the checkout process, bringing a more convenient and safer way of payment for the customer. | Haolin Ma Weike Shi Bohui Yu Yunan Zhou |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Flo. : The Automated Song Mixer | music, software, entertainment | Flo. is a server hosted algorithm geared towards music enthusiasts that allows for users to experience music as if it were mixed by experienced disk jockeys. Users will be able to input a set of songs and Flo. will analyze said songs in order to determine the song order, a suitable transition between the songs, and will provide the user with a completed mix that compiles all of the songs that the user has provided. | Chray Zhang Dennis Kwong Christopher Sinanan |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | FollowBot | Arduino, robot, tracking sensor | The FollowBot is a robot powered by batteries and controlled using a microcontroller called Arduino. This robot has the simple task to follow someone through Bluetooth connection while avoiding/sensing other objects in the way. | Ginushanth Suriyakumaran David Hoang Alysha Li Omatara Saka |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | GarageEye | internet of things, smart home, computer vision | GarageEye is a smart garage opener that focuses on preventing package theft. It is a device that uses computer vision, cloud computing and the internet of things to authorize package deliveries and verify residents/license plates to open the garage. It consists of a smart camera compatible with any garage door, and a mobile app for end-users. | Sahaj Singh Amitesh Thind Paramveer Nihal Maaz Azam |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Gesture-based Virtual Interaction System (GVI System) | virtual interaction, computer vision, machine learning | Gesture-based Virtual Interaction System (GVIS) is a human-computer interaction interface that extends the existing interaction methods. It provides a natural and touchless operating experience. The system is extensible, allowing users to customize functions based on their requirements. GVIS also comes with several sample programs that will introduce the concept to guide new users. | Zhenhuan Sun Haotian Zhu Xuanyu Liu Ao Wang |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Healthband | healthcare, biotechnology, aging | Healthband is a resident monitoring and management system which aims to address the issue of understaffing at long-term care home facilities. It does so by eliminating inefficiencies and delays in hopes of relieving the stress of employees and increasing the quality of life of residents. Healthband works by sharing data from a tracking bracelet worn by residents to an iOS application accessible to staff. | Harshdeep Guraya Ahmed Hassan Aqeel Awadia Joshua George Manpreet Gill |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Inflo: COVID-19 data inflow system | COVID-19, Android, computer vision | Inflo helps restaurants abide by new regulations put into place during COVID-19 so that they can remain open and profitable. It streamlines the process by which restaurants collect the data that is now required by the government: the number of people currently in their establishment and the information to contact them in the case of a COVID-19 outbreak. The system includes an intuitive Android application, a computer vision-based pedestrian counter, and a realtime database to easily manage the information. | Liam Taylor Frank Terpak Michael Roasa Emad Hassan |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | InForm | biomedical, health innovation, ergonomics | A lightweight wearable device that accurately monitors users' posture and provides real-time correction via vibration feedback and wireless notifications from the accompanying web app. The interactive web app allows users to customize device features and track their data trends. | Sherry Wang Troy Umolac Xinyi Wang Xiaoyu Zhai |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Look and Go Wheelchair | eye-tracking, Raspberry Pi, Python | The project is aiming to develop a smart wheelchair control system and simplify the direction control. The system can extract users’ eyesight movement data and calculate the direction users preferred to move towards. | Kieran Ecclestone Chenhe Zhang Kevin Chen |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Mimic-Me | biomedical engineering, machine learning, robotics | This project uses Electromyography (EMG) to control a remote robotic arm through machine learning, which classifies the input EMG signal into various output commands which control the device's motors. | Kevin Gilmore Michael Vairo Marwan Mekhemer Estelle Chan |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Modular Prosthetic Devices | prosthetic, 3D printing, filter | A flexible prosthetic platform for people with at-elbow or below-elbow amputations, designed to allow amputees with 3d printer access to more easily build powered activity-specific prosthetics. A base unit manages power and signal acquisition, and supports mounting custom attachments. | Jonathan Demmer Joshua Pugsley Vitaliy Mazur Menglin Song |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | MüvMat - Smart Fitness Mat | exercise, fitness, health | MüvMat is an embedded pressure sensor fitness mat that tracks your reps and sets for various home workouts. Our mission is to revolutionize home workouts through MüvMat, helping users achieve their fitness goals in a safe and time-effective manner while promoting healthy, active living. | Gunnar Schulz Tiffany Tse Alexis Ng Nicholas Sansalone |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Netflip | health, mental wellness, data acquisition | This device is designed for adults who spend a considerable amount of time in front of a PC, whether for work or educational purposes. It monitors their heart rate and movement to give active feedback on when to take breaks. The device is connected to the user's PC through an application that has a screen timeout activated if the user's heart rate and movement remain low during a certain amount of time. Screen access for the user is blocked till they display some amount of activity level which is reflected through a healthy heart rate and movement. | Ayesha Siddiqi Vaibhav Ariyur Areeb Khawaja Thananjai Sothivannan Ahmad Riaza |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | PetGuardian Auto Feeder | smart house, digital system, remote control | Automatic pet feeder/dispenser integrated with database and remote control. | Lizhe Liu Yuelei Li Xinhan Yang |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Pi-Fi People Counter | digital & smart systems, environment, energy | The Pi-Fi can be employed to analyze, estimate, and transmit occupancy data wherever it is placed using Wi-Fi monitoring and analyzing changes in the Wi-Fi channel state. Utilizing an artificial neural network (ANN), we hope to accurately detect and estimate the occupancy of a given area and transmit via Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol; a publish and subscribe system. A MQTT broker will receive data from a Pi-Fi device and can relay that info to control smart IoT devices (e.g., smart lights, thermostat, etc.). Many services can subscribe using MQTT and have continuous, real time access to this data. With this system, people will have the ability to track occupancy history, and get an estimate of any area of their choosing. Many Pi-Fi devices can be utilized at once as well to cover many rooms/locations since the MQTT protocol is extremely scalable and secure. | Jatin Patel Andrew Power |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Plant Condo | automation, agriculture, robotic | Plant Condo is a fully automated farming solution designed for a commercial growth environment such as a greenhouse as well as a residential growth environment. The device focuses on expandability and precise control of the plant’s growth cycle. It uses a computer algorithm The device will also lower the space unitization and maximize growth area by stacking different layers of growth platforms on top of each other. | Haoran Liu Chengxin Liu Rudy Liu Tony Yang Wenbo Zeng |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Progressive Lens Identifier (PLI) | image processing, machine learning, machine vision, eyewear | PLI aids in the detection and recognition of laser etchings on eyewear lenses. Our product offers a trained machine learning classification algorithm that detects these lens engravings, maps them to the corresponding lens information, and displays that information to the user in a web-based interface. | Alina Morales Zahra Abid Victoria Duarte Geoffrey Shaw |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Q&Air | environment, gas detector, health | The Q&Air is a portable gas detector that is embedded in a silicon-based material and mounted to the user's phone case. Upon sensing carbon monoxide or methane gases within close proximity, the users will be notified with a buzzer and a text message, indicating the presence of these odorless gases. The goal is to alert users in closed environments of colorless and odorless gases. | Amrit Clair Nour-Eddin Issa Brravein Puvaneswararajan Sayon Kathirgamanathan |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Risk Ray | medicine, image processing, bio-tech | Risk Ray is an AI-driven model that assists doctors with determining the risk of hip fracture with their elderly patients.
By analyzing broken and nonbroken hips, Risk Ray is able to determine a percentage likelihood of fracture by utilizing machine learning models. The current method of accessing the risk of hip fracture is dated and is expensive. Risk Ray will use X-Rays which will make hip fracture detection more accessible, cheaper, and simpler. |
Khang Nguyen Lucas Mcdonald Adam Zalzal Daniel Jabbour |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Safe Send | package delivery, security, home appliance | Safe Send is a package delivery security system that allows carriers to securely deliver packages due to a device that is installed on the recipients' door. The device is a locked small panel that opens one-way and large enough for parcels to be placed through. The device is also accompanied by the Safe Send companion mobile app to enhance its features. | Nasar Khan Liban Ahmed Haseeb Siddiqui Yassir Alli |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Salut - Virtual Doctor's Assistant | software, machine learning, healthcare | Salut is a virtual physician's assistant aimed at revolutionizing the medical industry.
Intended for use by primary care physicians, Salut sits in the Doctor's office and transcribes every appointment that a clinician has in a day. It then displays these transcriptions in a easy-to-read web format, that is accessible via both desktop and mobile phone. In addition to transcribing each appointment, Salut provides automated insights for each patient, showing key information like demographic info, medication history, and comorbidities. These key insights help create a summarization file for each patient that allows clinicians to get the facts about each patient quickly. Salut also provides the ability to schedule follow-up appointments ("Hey Salut, schedule a follow-up in two weeks"), or automatically send prescriptions to pharmacies ("Hey Salut, fill a prescription for 2 refills of Ventolin"). With Salut, physicians no longer have to take notes, or worry about understanding the key facts of each patient visit, freeing them up to focus on what they do best; interacting with their patients. Salut enables quality patient interaction, where each patient feels heard and cared for. |
Fuad Ali Aravin Sivakumar Ryan Deus Tristan Wedderburn Isaac Cho |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Self-Balancing Motorcycle | automation, innovation, transportation | We aim to create a self-balancing motorcycle that will improve the safety of riding a motorcycle and in the future allow us to have driver assist systems for the mode of transportation. | Matthew Mione Jayraj Sheth Juan Molina Calderon Amreen Khan |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Siren Sense | machine learning, siren, alert | This project will produce an application that will detect when a certain sound or tone is heard, and then mute any audio being produced from the users' headphones. This will be useful in real-world scenarios, like if someone unknowingly walks behind a truck or construction vehicle in reverse, or when a siren of an emergency vehicle is played. The goal of this application is to make the user aware of what is happening around them, and to alert them to potentially dangerous situations. | Syed Aamir Tahir Devin Klepp Mathuran Sadagopan Vithuran Sadagopan Varun Ramanathan |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Smart Drone | drone, upcycling, Bluetooth | Our objective is to create a cheaper drone that gives purpose to old smartphones that are no longer being used. The smartphone would replace the need for a new accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS and camera. We utilized an Arduino Uno, basic drone components and upcycled a smart phone to test feasibility. | Meet Patel Vinith Rajaretnam Nirujan Kumarakuruparan |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Smart Home Appliances | smart home, human health, energy saving | In the field of quality of life, plenty of people find it difficult to get up in the morning or fall asleep at night in this fast-paced society. For this problem, rather than an annoying alarm sound, the smart lamp will simulate sunrise and sunset to help people to wake up and sleep.
In the aspect of the convenience of life, lamps that people use nowadays usually have only one lamp holder, which can only illuminate one place in the room. However, our project can automatically adjust the direction according to the position of customers. In the field of energy-saving, humans pay more attention to energy-consuming and our project can manually and automatically adjust the brightness level of the lamp based on the ambient light intensity using a photodiode. |
Wenbo Liu Yin Fu Yu Wang Yixing Tang Jiayi Mao |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Smart Home Security System | home protection, facial recognition, internet of things | The Smart Home Security System is a cheap but reliable home security system involving a camera and door lock to provide seamless home entry and protection. The camera implements facial recognition software to provide a key-less unlocking to authorized users. | Kieran Ward Sam Guo Samuel Agok Harry Wang |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Smart Trolley | trolley, auto-follow, image processing | An auto-following trolley that can track a worker's route and follow him. It can do image processing to determine the direction and distance it goes. | Minghao Li Kun Yan Gaici Lin Kaihua Yang |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | SmartFan | smart technology, energy efficient, automation | Our project is based on developing a smaller scaled smart home cooling system with tons of user intervention elimination features. The primary goal for this product is to conserve energy and automate the cooling system inside the user’s home tailored for their comfort. | Omer Rezk Joshua Levey Emmanuel Hector |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Snipe-E: The Automated Air Hockey Robot | robot, AI, game | Snipe-E is an air hockey robot that can be mounted onto any air hockey table and configured to play against a human or AI. The user is physically present at the air hockey table and plays against a friend who virtually controls the robot striker through a smartphone app. | Samrudh Bangalore Ali Tawfik Noubar Nakhnikian Siddharth Bedekar |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Transportation & Environment | SRM Powertrain Integration - Electrical | electric vehicle, board design, Camaro | From an electrical viewpoint, our team is proving the feasibility of a switched reluctance motor in a fully electric vehicle architecture through the use of modelling simulations, wire harnessing design, and board development. Our design and research are being done with the intention to be implemented and tested in a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro in future years. | Aya Aboughanem Samuel Thurston Jackson Brown |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Swish Guitar | music, portable, innovation | Swish guitar is an air guitar system that consists of an embedded system and a web application. It serves to eliminate many of the issues that come with playing the guitar, making it a more accessible and portable way to enjoy this activity. | Vivek Patel Nisarg Parekh Alejandro Aviles |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | The Arcimuse Unit | electronic test equipment, education, DIY, hobbyist electronics | The Arcimuse is a handheld electronics workstation with the key functionality of test equipment such as oscilloscopes. This project extends the functionality of the Arcimuse by enclosing it in an all-in-one unit that allows for communication with a mobile app and enhanced data visualization. Applications of the project include uses in general electronics testing and in electronics education. | Matthew Zarowny Duy Ngo Liming Liu |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | The Cough Helper | signal processing, cough monitor, machine learning | Coughing is a symptom of many diseases such as COVID-19, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Cystic Fibrosis and even the common cold. The design of portable cough monitoring devices is relatively new and only a handful of products exist. Moreover, existing devices either do not have sufficient accuracy for detecting coughs, or are not fully automated and require refinement from an operator. The device we are proposing counts a patient's coughs automatically, as well as models their cough characteristics. This will help clinicians in formulating treatment plans and monitoring progress for patients with coughing pathologies. | Monika Jara Emilija Ilijevska Kaylie Lau Brooklyn Schmidt Kristina Stepanic |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | The Stalker | agriculture, traverse, crop counter | The project is meant for agricultural use so that the designed robot would be able to go through rows of crops in an acre and count the number of crops on both sides instead of manual counting. This is to help avoid human errors and give a more accurate representation of the data for any adjustments required. | Daniel Pach Anujan Premkumar Mille Petrevski Sifath Ar-Rafi |
| Engineering Physics | Digital & Smart Systems | LiLAC (Litter Lifting Automated Cleaner)" | automation, app control, self-clean | Automated Litter Box that targets owners with back problems. It is self cleaning and ensures the cat's safety through multiple sensors located within the litter box. A moving mechanism is used to lift the waste bag to reduce the need for lower back flection. | Noah Sambo Caroline Marrelli Emmanuel Rajendran Yuchen Shu |
| Engineering Physics | Digital & Smart Systems | Colour Code | colour-blind, art, light | It is a device to help a colour blind artist identify colours of objects exposed to different lighting effects, and produce those colours by mixing acrylic paints. | Hadeel Al-Zubaidi Amanda Huang |
| Engineering Physics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | CookIt! | heat transfer, simulation, app development | CookIt! is an easy-to-use phone app solution for home cooks to make perfectly cooked meals every time. The app uses heat transfer simulations based on the mass and type of the cut of meat being cooked to return optimized cooking parameters (temperature, time, etc.) to the user. The model takes the chemistry of cooking into consideration, including the different thermal properties of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates contained within the muscle and the denaturing of proteins with temperature. The model matches results obtained with a thermocouple testing apparatus, and the application has been designed for speed, ease-of-use and aesthetics. | Alexander Parent Shawn Joubran Pedro Oliveira Joshua Eizenga |
| Engineering Physics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Multi-Functional Covert Imaging | infrared imaging, DSLR camera | Our group has developed an innovative approach to modify a standard digital camera to enable it to covertly take high-quality images in the dark, while also preserving the camera’s original ability to take photographs during the day. | Stephen Chupil Damom Geelen Kean Foy Nathaniel Webster |
| Engineering Physics | Digital & Smart Systems | Graphos - Texture Scanning Technology | computer graphics, optics, photorealistic rendering | Graphos is a device meant to facilitate the non-destructive digitization of material textures for 3D graphics. This device is capable of recording visual parameters of a surface and conveying it to computer graphics software which, by employing physically based rendering techniques, can produce photorealistic media. The main competitive advantages of Graphos are its low cost, tabletop form-factor, portability features, accessibility, and the overall independence it can provide to artists and designers. | Arthur Mendez-Rosales Adam Otto Colin Mohr Dylan Genuth-Okon |
| Engineering Physics | Digital & Smart Systems | Jane's Gardens | automation, cannabis, smart systems | Jane's Gardens is a fully automated greenhouse capable of producing high-quality cannabis. The design consists of a compact, controlled environment in which temperature, humidity, soil moisture, and light exposure are all constantly monitored and regulated. Intended for individual use to grow cannabis from the privacy of your home while adhering to provincial legislation and restrictions. This system is adaptable and can be used both indoors and outdoors. Equipped with a mobile application, the user can monitor the response systems, interact with the equipment, track progress, and even learn about the various growing stages. | Abdullah Mir Karam Ghanem Julia Bauer Haider Rahmani Joseph Campanella |
| Engineering Physics | Health & Bio-innovation | Motion Health | rehabilitation, physiotherapy, ankle | Motion Health's socks track biometric data for the user and report the data back to the user via a cell phone application. Specifically, the dorsiflexion angle range of motion is tracked continuously while the user is walking. This data is relevant to users recovering from ankle sprains, as they lose their range of motion and risk long-term ankle instability if their recovery is poor. Physiotherapists are typically consulted when recovering from ankle sprains and they provide feedback on the progress of the recovery. The biometric data provided by Motion Health socks will provide much more feedback for the user while also giving the physiotherapist additional information to make assessments with. | Harrison Tratnik Keara Wilson Malav Patel Ronan Garrison |
| Engineering Physics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Q-Link 1064 | quantum communication, quantum key distribution, communication, laser, electronics, space, satellite, spacecraft | Our team has partnered with the quantum key distribution (QKD) satellite company QEYnet to develop a space-based laser beacon module to act as a guide for their Quantum Satellite Rekeying Module (QSRM).
The laser beacon sends a beam down to Earth from the satellite targeted at a ground station which then can be used to locate the satellite in orbit. While the ground station is receiving the beam from the laser beacon, it is assumed the ground station and the QSRM are aligned allowing quantum rekeying data transfer to commence. Since the laser beacon and QSRM are coaligned, if the ground station receives the beam from the laser beacon, the QSRM will also be in proper position to receive the quantum rekeying data. Throughout the development of this project our team has been responsible for creating requirement specifications, integrated component documentation, and the engineering design of the module. |
Diana Dumitrescu Alexander Barovier David Hammond Malcolm Hodgins |
| Engineering Physics | Digital & Smart Systems | The Perfect Spiral-ator | computer vision, health, fitness tech | American football is one of the most popular sports in the US school system. Every year, thousands of coaches hold tryouts, hoping to find players with the potential to be star quarterbacks. But there’s a lot of technique that goes into a good throw. And during a busy tryout coaches could lose track and players with good form could be missed.
The Perfect Spiral-ator is a video analysis tool that uses form estimation and computer vision techniques to scan through football tryout footage. The software evaluates players based on 3 criteria; form, ball trajectory, spin rate. The coach would simply record the throwing portion of the tryout and upload it to the Spiralator website for analysis. With The Perfect Spiralator, you can be confident that your roster will be filled with nothing but the best. |
Zainab Husain Krishtee Dyuti Rashik Shahjahan |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Infrastructure | Computational modelling of fatigue crack-growth for hydro turbine steels | fatigue, finite element analysis, crack propagation | Our capstone group has teamed up with Hydro-Quebec to improve the service life of hydro-electric turbines. We have created computational models using finite element analysis to predict fatigue crack growth behavior of turbine steels. Creation and simulation of our models were performed using ANSYS. Our group has overcome many obstacles with model meshing and boundary constraints. Gradual progression from our linear-elastic models to our 3D fatigue crack growth models can be observed. | Rav Badwal Betty Huang Zak Bilal Frank Klobucar |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Development of a Tensile Tester for 3D imaging of Materials at the Canadian Light Source | Canadian Light Source, computed tomography, microstructural evolution | CLS-BMIT has need of a tensile stage in order to follow microstructure evolution under controlled environmental conditions. Students participating in this Capstone would be given the challenge of creating a custom stage to deform a 2 mm dia. aluminum sample while a set of 3D images is captured in order to capture how microstructures evolve during the process. | William Parkes Benjamin Stubina Chintan Dave Zhuo Zhang |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Evaluation and Optimization of Bending Properties of Dual-Phase 980 (DP980) | steel, process development, microstructure | Stelco is producing a galvannealed DP980 steel for automotive applications which is currently encountering low bendability results during in-house VDA Bend testing. Through characterization of the steel microstructure and other tests, reasons for poor VDA Bend Test performance are determined and processing parameters are provided to improve microstructure and bending performance for this grade of steel. | Diego Vargas-Avila Cyrus Tenzif Mahmoud Diab Michael Jaansalu |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Faster parameter development for Laser Powder Bed Fusion | additive manufacturing, optimization, mechanical properties | This project will focus on increasing the layer thickness of the additive manufacturing of a titanium alloy, Ti 6Al-4V using laser powder bed fusion methods (LPBF), which is an additive manufacturing process. LPBF uses a laser to fuse and form parts by selectively melting a pre-coated powder bed. Process parameters that are crucial in the LPBF process are laser power, scanning speed, and hatch distance. These three parameters will be varied through the use of statistical methods in order to increase the layer thickness of the additively manufactured parts without compromising on mechanical property performance. | Youssef Salib Yuki Ando Tomisin Olomi Talha Aziz |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Implementing Biodegradable Plastic On-Shelf | biodegradable, plastic, materials | To find biodegradable plastic alternatives to the current plastics used by Spin Master in their highly successful product Kumi Kreator and Go-Glam Nail Studio | Mitchell Albert Abhinav Shamnani Quinn Millum Alyssa Haas |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Optimizing the Properties of High Entropy Alloys by Combining Density Functional Theory and Machine Learning | machine learning, high entropy alloy, density functional theory | High entropy alloys are a new and exciting class of metal alloys whereby multiple elements are mixed in similar proportions to form a solid solution. This project aims to predict the phase stability of HEAs by combining machine learning with thermodynamic phase stability and density functional theory. | Katya Lemos Coulton Boucher Nick Beetham Oscar Cuellar |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Process Development of Nano-Surface Patterning the Inside of Vascular Catheters | biomaterials, vascular catheter, nanoparticles | The goal of our capstone project was to design a method to apply a pattern to the inner diameter of a vascular catheter to increase biocompatibility while maintaining acceptable mechanical properties. Our method used nanoparticles to create a nanoscale pattern on PDMS. By coating a titanium wire or stent, nanoparticles may be integrated with the surface, or can be used to imprint the surface. Our project has also been generously supported by Abbott Medical Devices who donated balloon stents valued at $6000. We welcome you to come to our booth and find out more about the process and outcomes of our method! | Jennifer Tsui Kayla Baker Ryan Lee Chan Amy Gullins |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Steel Master - A virtual MSE lab software | virtual learning, steel, simulation | Software that predicts the phase fraction of steel, as well as the subsequent bulk mechanical properties based on the heat treatment parameters entered by the user. | Dalue Tang Youzhi Xie Yi Nor Kuo Yosra Khaky |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Synthesis and Process Optimization of Novel Flame Retardant Materials for Applications in Thermal Insulation | fabrication methods, non-toxic materials, aerospace | Flame Retardant Materials (FRMs) play a critical role as thermal insulation for flight data recorders (commonly referred to as ""black boxes"") and other aerospace applications. In partnership with Advanced Ceramics Corporation, this Capstone Project has optimized a novel synthesis method for a new non-toxic FRM that possesses improved properties over currently-available materials. The microstructure of the new FRMs have been characterized using XRD and SEM testing. The flame retardant performance has been analyzed via DTA and TGA testing. | Nikita Palagnyuk Aisha Isiaka Sheldon Doreleyers Sasha Furtado |
| Mechanical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | A crash test dummy foot to investigate regional injury risk | biomechanics, anthropometric test device, frontal impact | Currently, automotive crash studies have focused primarily on damages to the neck, spine, and pelvis where most serious injuries occur. The lower leg is one of the most frequently injured parts of the body and has not received much attention. Commercially available Anthropomorphic Test Devices (ATD) only have a gross representation of the human foot. This project involves the design of a more realistic ATD foot that is going to be attached to the THOR-LX. The foot should exhibit similar characteristics of the foot of a 50th percentile male, in size, mass, range of motion, and impact loading distribution. | Hamed Mikati Anthony Trung Nguyen Sina Pedram Ethan Sun |
| Mechanical Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Affordable Localization System Design for Mobile Robots | automation, autonomy, localization | The primary goal of this project is to develop an affordable, reliable, and accurate outdoor localization system, primarily for the applications of autonomous robotic lawn mowing and snow blowing. As the system is meant for outdoor use, a housing structure for the various electronics needs to be able to minimize environmental disturbances such as rain. A combination of low-cost Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) sensors will be used to achieve these targets. From a high-level perspective, sensor fusion produces effective localization by leveraging the strengths of each sensor, while compensating for their shortcomings. | Joey Yang Chris Parker Neil Virani |
| Mechanical Engineering | Energy | Automated Exhaust Gas Control System for the POWER System - A | food industry, waste energy recovery, environmental | The purpose of this project is to design an automated bypass duct for the Pizza Oven Waste Energy Recovery (POWER) system. The POWER system is a heat exchanger unit that can be placed directly into the flow of cooking appliance exhaust products in order to recover wasted energy lost to excess heat in the exhaust flow. With this project, the team aims to safeguard POWER in the event it needs to shut down by automatically re-routing hot exhaust gases around POWER and back into the existing chimney. | Lennert Niewels Janderic Del Rosario Rachel Lai |
| Mechanical Engineering | Energy | Automated Exhaust Gas Control System for the POWER system - B | HVAC, waste heat recovery, mechatronic design | The design of a bypass system to divert natural convection exhaust gasses around the TEG POWER system (Thermal Electrical Generator Pizza Oven Waste Energy Recovery). The TEG POWER system is an integrated component within a commercial pizza oven that functions to recover waste heat from exhaust gasses. In the event of a pump failure or other adverse conditions, the exhaust gas bypass system should safely and effectively divert exhaust gasses around the TEG POWER system’s heat reclaimer. This bypass will ultimately prevent damage to the TEG POWER system and allow the oven to continue normal operation. | Reuben Haklander Liam Irwin Aleksa Klasnic |
| Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Autonomous 3D Printer Farm: A demonstration of flexible, lean, and agile manufacturing | additive manufacturing, flexible manufacturing, 3D printing, AGV, robotics | DEMO - https://youtu.be/a8_sCKVJG2w
Initially used as a means for rapid prototyping, 3D printing is rapidly becoming a genuine manufacturing option for end use products. While traditional manufacturing methods are still ideal for mass production, additive manufacturing (AM) offers several significant benefits for certain applications. Injection molding, die casting, and other traditional manufacturing methods require large initial costs to setup production lines. Moreover, these facilities need excessive time and expertise to modify later on. These constraints inhibit Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from accessing the technology and discourages design iteration/innovation. In this project, we attempt to build an autonomous 3D printing farm; which offers a flexible, lean, and agile manufacturing solution. The proposed 3D printing farm is fully autonomous, via a mobile robot that automates each 3D printer. The 3D printing farm is intended to provide a cheap easy-to-access, quick-to-start manufacturing option. |
Swaleh Owais John Wang Parth Patel |
| Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Autonomous Electric Lawnmower | autonomous, electric, lawnmower | Our autonomous lawnmower (Yard-2-D-2) provides all of the benefits of a conventional lawnmower without the physical strain of pushing a mower. Unlike other robot mowers on the market, our autonomous solution does not require a perimeter wire to be installed on the edge of the property, which means that you can move our mower anywhere and start cutting in an instant! With enough power to cut the toughest residential yards, our mower is the perfect grass cutting solution for the modern age! | Akshyn Biman-Telang Eric Bilan |
| Mechanical Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Autonomous Rail Road Crack Detection Device | rail systems, NDT, autonomy | Designing an autonomous rail road vehicle that can identify and locate cracks along railway tracks. This device will be equipped with existing, market available ultrasonic detection equipment. The project will be focused on creating the mini autonomous rail road vehicle that will house this equipment and designing a retraction system to allow the device to fall in-between the rail tracks to avoid being damaged from on coming trains. | Onella Narangoda Methusha Jeyalingam Nilani Sivarajah |
| Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Autonomous Snowblower | snow removal, BLDC motors, electrical power | Designing a two-stage snowblower utilizing electric power and BLDC motors capable of autonomous function. | Yves Daniel Umar Mohammed Arun Thankarajah Wesley Chou |
| Mechanical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Bariatric Patient Lifting Device: The Bari-Lift | patient care, ergonomics, health and safety | The Problem:
Mechanical patient lifting devices are used widely in hospitals around the world. These devices assist healthcare professionals in adjusting and moving patients that are incapable of performing these actions independently. This project focuses on designing an improved mechanical patient lifting device that would support the needs of healthcare workers in re-positioning and transitioning bariatric patients. Our Design: The Bari-Lift The proposed final design for this project is an optimized mobile mechanical patient lift and an accompanying semi-permanent patient transfer sling, and together all the components come together to form the Bari-Lift. The chosen optimized mechanical lift design takes inspiration from current mechanical lifting systems that are utilized in Canadian hospitals. This design incorporates features that improve upon the industry standard by reducing the manual handling steps, and exertion required by healthcare workers. |
Kevin Perera Christos Liaconis Nicolas Gonzalez Thomas Dubeckyj |
| Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | BioHex Chewing/Measuring Device V2 | implant testing, dental, strength test | The purpose of the project is to design and manufacture an apparatus that will test an assembly of novel dental implants (consisting of four to six implants) developed by practicing dentist, Dr. Kwan. The main value proposition of the project is offering Dr. Kwan the ability to test a full arch of implants, along with providing solutions to issues present with the Version 1 testing machine. For example, Version 2 will aim to increase accessibility and ensure consistency across samples | Walter Siegmund Blaire Pauli Jacquelyn Spadzinski |
| Mechanical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | CQ03: A test sled to characterize oblique impact neck response | safety, crash test, vehicle | This capstone project involves the design and optimization of a low-speed vehicle crash test system focused on simulating oblique impacts and their consequences for human neck response. The project focuses on the mechanical design of this test system and would incorporate the use of a live test subject within the test vehicle. | Matt MacGrath Parham Soozandeh Jun Woo Choi Nicholas Silverton |
| Mechanical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | CQ04 | simulator, robotic leg, cerebral palsy | A robotic leg that simulates the foot path of the walking gait cycle to help test PROVA Innovation's cerebral palsy rehabilitation footwear product. The footwear is used to detect irregular walking movements in the gait cycle and give corrective cues through software data. The robotic leg is able to mimic the movements of the ankle and translate horizontally and vertically. | Damian Godlewski Yuvrajvir Sidhu Ryan Hunter Quentin Wang |
| Mechanical Engineering | Infrastructure | Design & Operation Changes of an HVAC System to Reduce Exposure to Airborne COVID-19 in a Public-School Building. | design modifications, HVAC system, public school building | This project is focused on the investigation and development of necessary design and operating modifications of an HVAC system used in a public-school building to reduce the probability of infection of COVID-19. Modifications include increasing the outdoor air intake into the HVAC system, increasing the ventilation system to run for two hours before and after occupancy of the building, and upgrading the filters throughout the ducting system to mitigate the spread. | Pasquale Frappa Benoit Le Maitre Jacob Thomsen Jake Sutherland |
| Mechanical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Design and Operation Changes of an HVAC System to Reduce Exposure to Airborne Concentration of COVID-19 in a Hospital Building | COVID-19, HVAC, healthcare buildings | This project is focused on investigating the necessary design and operating modifications of an HVAC system used in a hospital building. The main objective of such changes is to reduce exposure to COVID-19 and thus the risk of transmission through the air within the hospital building. | Yousuf Fouda Mariam ElSheikh Daniel Policelli |
| Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Design and Optimization of Conventional Marciniak Formability Test Specimen Geometry and Tool Geometric Parameters Using FEA | FEA, manufacturing, formability test, FLD | This project is a research-based project. The goal is to simulate the Marciniak Test with the FEA method to optimize the tool and specimen geometries. With the optimized geometries, the most evenly spread Forming Limit Diagram could be obtained. | Yaodong (Xavier) Xu Tianzhi (Terry) Tang Daokuan (Jason) Yang Tongzhuo (Tobby) Hu |
| Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Design and Optimization of Out-of-Plane Biaxial Cruciform Test Specimen Geometry Using Finite Element Method | metal forming, manufacturing, material characterization | This project uses finite element analysis to optimize a modified version of the conventional Marciniak test, commonly used in the automotive industry, to reduce the number of test specimens required during testing to construct a forming limit diagram for material AA7075 at elevated temperatures. | Greg Lech James Morgan Fiona Lombardo Borui Hu |
| Mechanical Engineering | Energy | Design of a Hardening-Off Greenhouse with Integrated Heat Capture and Storage | sustainability, greenhouse, solar thermal | Our project was to design a greenhouse from a shipping container that integrates a sustainable heat capture system to slowly acclimate (harden-off) seedlings for a Hamilton-based non-for-profit. | Seraj Singh Arrin Falk-Dotan James Finch Jessica Radko |
| Mechanical Engineering | Infrastructure | Design of a Pneumatially Powered Bicycle Rack | infrastructure, environment, transportation | This project entails the design of a bike rack capable of storing a multitude of bikes simultaneously while requiring minimal user effort. This design is specifically targeting the employees of the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI), and no design build is required at this time. To limit the user effort, pneumatic cylinders were implemented to reduce the force needed by the user to store the bicycle. | Matthew De Cesare Vivekdeep Padam Adnan Chowdhury Alireza Aghajafari |
| Mechanical Engineering | Energy | Design of Multi-Cell Hydrogen Storage Devices with Extra Volumetric Capacity | energy, transportation, sustainability | The storage of hydrogen is a major challenge to the future hydrogen economy. Currently, pressurized containers are the best method for storing hydrogen, however they pose safety risks should they fail, and require exotic and expensive materials and processes to manufacture. In this project, multi-cell structures are proposed to improve safety and strength through clever arrangement and shape optimization. This could lead to hydrogen fuel cells that are more portable, modular, and safer than existing solutions.
Basic practical concerns for manufacturing and use cases are considered in this project as well. |
Andrew Aslanidis Carter McCormick Tina Hoang Jesse Wang |
| Mechanical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Electrically Actuated Robotic Arm for Assisting at Home | robotic arm, mechatronics, home assistance | This project focused on designing a robotic arm that can be used to assist older adults with day-to-day tasks while optimizing cost and useability, and ensuring safety. These tasks can include picking up clothes, turning knobs on machines, cleaning, food preparation, and picking up heavy items from the fridge such as a jug of milk. | Harit Babbar Ryan Zhang Nikhil Jaura Christopher Burley |
| Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Electrically-actuated Climbing Robot for Inspecting Pipes | pipe inspection, environment, electrically-actuated | This project is to design an electrically-actuated climbing robot for pipe inspection about the leak and crack of the pipes in the facilities such as nuclear power plants and chemical plants. The robot should be capable of climbing the exteriors of vertical and horizontal plastic or metal pipes (including ones with slippery or uneven surfaces) that include straight sections, changes in diameter, joints, and bends. It should carry sensors for inspecting the pipe (e.g. ultrasonic sensor (for internal crack detection), camera, temperature and humidity sensors). The robot should be designed to be self-contained and battery-operated. It should be actuated using electric motors with gearboxes. So it can be operated for extended periods, the motors, gearboxes and other components should be chosen such that the robot can move at a speed of 25 mm/s with minimum power consumption. | Shenxian Wu Chuzi Fan Huanran Sun Zhenhua Shi |
| Mechanical Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Electro-Hydrostatic Actuator Control System Design | control system, electro-hydrostatic actuator, dual actuator | The primary objective of this project is to develop and simulate the non-linear mathematical model of the dual EHA prototype previously built by McMaster for research and experimentation. In addition, the normal operation and fault conditions are to be defined and simulated in Simulink and Simscape. A control strategy is then developed to mitigate the effects of the fault condition by taking advantage of the dual redundancy. | Wenlin Zhang Zexin Shan Yip Yau Humza Rao |
| Mechanical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Expandable Catheter - RS02 | artery, medical, angioplasty | This project involves the design of an expandable catheter that allows for blood flow during expansion and has sectional expansion capabilities. This project is seeking to assist in the process of coronary angioplasty. | Abhimunya Paul Nidhin Varghese Hammad Saleem Minay Patel |
| Mechanical Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Female Crash Test Dummy Neck | biomechanics, crash test, neck | Designing a 50th percentile female neck to be used in a crash test dummy for a rear-end collision. | Oakley Brown Joseph Wong Nathan Yun Colin Chiu |
| Mechanical Engineering | Transportation & Environment | FY04: Fuel Injection System Optimization | engine, fuel injector, cylinder | The main objective of the project was to convert the single stroke engine from a carburetor fuel system to fuel injector system. More specifically, a fuel injector for the fuel injector system was selected through experimental testing. A cylinder head and cap were also designed to incorporate a fuel injector and spark plug without requiring modifications to be made to the existing engine cylinder. | Caroline Mahut Sierra Pak Patricia Ostrowski Claire Neaven |
| Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Hands-Free Removal & Donning of Hand Gloves | healthcare, PPE, automated, prototype | The team has designed a device that aids with the donning of disposable medical hand gloves. The device automatically loads a pair of gloves and inflates them, allowing users to easily don their gloves in seconds. The device can also store up to 100 pairs of gloves before it must be refilled. | Michael Sangiorgio Andrew Koshyk Andreas Oetomo Nathan Maaskant |
| Mechanical Engineering | Energy | Heat Exchanger Distribution Manifold and Jet Design and Optimization for Jet Array Liquid Cooling Waste Heat Recovery Heat Exch | energy, cooling, injection molding | The objective of modification is to produce a manifold design alternative which minimizes the pump power used by reducing coolant loop pressure drop across fittings and the interior manifold. With additional pressure drop analysis provided in collaboration with JC02A, refinement to the existing manifold for improved manufacturing through injection molding is explored. | Harshdeep Dhunna Connor Gordan Connor Lawrence |
| Mechanical Engineering | Energy | Heat Transfer Surface Optimization for Jet-Array Liquid Cooling Heat Exchanger | energy, environment, sustainability | This project will entail the design and analysis of multiple configurations of submerged jet cooling heat exchanger surface and jet array design for a heat exchanger used to recover waste heat in pizza ovens. The objective is to optimize overall heat transfer by modification of the surface itself to maximize heat flux in liquid cooling and minimize pumping power through pressure drop. | Sara Noordam Ethan Chariandy Kenneth Noronha Russell Moellerr |
| Mechanical Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Instrumentation of a Kite Airfoil | kite, aerodynamics, instrumentation | Design and development of instrumentation for a kite airfoil, which includes position and orientation, angle of attack, slip angle, and stall point. | Thomas Lobert Edgar So Johnathan Prestwich |
| Mechanical Engineering | Infrastructure | Manufacturing Facility Design and Operation Enhancement | planning, design, vibrations | The objective of this project is to design the best layout of the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI), to optimize efficiency and to improve the overall aesthetics of the lab. The final layout was designed by our team after receiving feedback from experts, as well as by running various layouts through many equations developed to quantify the results. | Abbey Veneman Ahmed Ghaly |
| Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Motorized Bicycle Storage System | design, storage, transportation | Design of a novel solution of a motorized bicycle storage system for the clients from McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) that does not resemble a traditional bike rack and displays engineering creativity. | Rickey Chan David Jiang Wisam Saleh Janice Shabudin |
| Mechanical Engineering | Energy | Numerical Investigation of Thermal Performance Enhancements of Self-contained Drive Motor Systems | thermal, CFX, motor | Using CFX to model oil flow and heat transfer within a rotating annulus. | Vikramjit Sahota Brett Van Halteren Karanbir Virk |
| Mechanical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Operating room airflow modeling and design | operating room airflow, flow visualization, flow optimization | Our project involves the design of a small-scale operating room. Our model will be used as an experimental rig to test the effect that changing supply vent parameters have on the airflow pattern inside the room. Such parameters include supply vent size, shape, and position in the room. Airbourne contaminates that are present in an operating room are directly affected by the airflow pattern which can be optimized to reduce the risk of surgical site infections. | Calvin Williams Abdelrahman Abdelmouti |
| Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Orthopaedic Plate and Rod Contouring Device | medical, process improvement, health | Pre-contoured plates are frequently used by orthopaedic surgeons to closely match the curvature of the bone. However, many of these pre-contoured plates do not fit all patients due to differences in anatomy. As a result, orthopaedic surgeons will often deform the plates using a special set of tools to modify the rod/plate contour and better fit the patient. The deformation is performed by hand in the operating suite during surgery and requires skills and expertise. This project involves the design of a device that will assist a surgeon in bending and contouring a metal plate or rod to match the curvature of the bone where the plate or rod will be used. This device would take in a 3D contour map of the bone or a surface of interest, and as output would deform the orthopaedic plate to match the desired surface profile. |
Gabriel Marais Nimish Hegde Stephanie Civiero Luis Tallavo |
| Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Pneumatically Actuated Pipe Climbing and Inspecting Robot | pneumatic, robot, pipe | A pneumatically actuated pipe inspecting robot was designed to traverse the exterior of pipes in the range of 150-200 mm diameter. Our goal was to enable the robot to move successfully around a variety of pipe layouts such as T-joints, elbows, as well as a variety of pipe fittings while also climbing vertically and horizontally at a moving speed of 25 mm/s. This pipe inspection robot uses components that reduce the power requirement and maximize operation time. The robot also supports on-board inspection instrumentation to be able to adequately diagnose pipe damage. | Amir Kheir Leena Karima Nour Hawa Mahmoud Abu Samra |
| Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Pneumatically-actuated Robotic Arm for Assisting at Home | robot arm, pneumatic, senior | This project is aimed to design an assistive robotic arm that helps elderly people pick up and carry objects. | Shuo Liu Zijie Mi Meng Liang Run Zhang |
| Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Programmable Robotic Tool for Glove Testing | mechanism, manufacturing, robotics | Design of a mechanism that flexes a glove several times on a production line in order to break it in. This glove is to be made up of a novel nanocomposite material that can prevent penetration of sharp objects and yet be flexible. | Nali Amin Nadeem Talaat Mohamad Mkalled Rohan Jain |
| Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | PWO1 - Designing Planar Simple Shear Test for Characterizing Large Strain Behavior of Sheet Metals | sheet metal, stress, strain | Simulated design of a sheet metal test specimen, for a simple shear test, that enables the retrieval of homogeneous stress and strain data at high strains. | Asser El Sharkawy Donggyu Han |
| Mechanical Engineering | Infrastructure | Redesign of a Vibro Probe | construction, city, building | Vibro Probe is equipment used to build columns of stones as a foundation stage before the construction of a building. This project has been picked up from a co-op where our group is aiming to track down the cause and redesign the Vibro Probe in order to mitigate crack propagations in the field. | Hoonsun Hong Minseok Kweon Gareth da Silva |
| Mechanical Engineering | Infrastructure | Redesign of Mechanical Bulkhead | bulkhead, structural, HVAC | The renovation of the UPenn Museum presents an opportunity to redesign the Pre-Treatment Unit and its associated components located in the courtyard – this would optimize mechanical performance, improve energy efficiency and reduce costs. The objective is three-fold: to improve the design of the attached HVAC system, to increase noise attenuation performance for visitor comfort, and to optimize manufacturability and energy efficiency of the bulkhead structure. | Maximilian Aoki Patrick Gurczak Ryan Chishti Nate D'Hoine Evan Meredith |
| Mechanical Engineering | Digital & Smart Systems | Rowing Oar Instrumentation and Real Time Athlete Display | performance monitoring, sport instrumentation, real time feedback | This project explores the instrumentation of rowing oars for research and blade design purposes. It also encompasses interpreting the data from the oar to display useful information in real-time to an athlete via a Graphical User Interface(GUI). | Michael Kriz Patricia Munro Maaz Khalid Francisco Alfaro- Iturrino |
| Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing | Skatescribe: Figure Skate Clamping Mechanism | CNC machining, sharpening, skates | To design a clamping mechanism for figure skates to be sharpened using a Tormach 1100M CNC Milling machine. The mechanism is to be placed inside the CNC machine where the user can easily load and unload the skates. | Adam Lefebvre Anthony Sabljak Zachary Sofia Youssof Fahmy |
| Mechanical Engineering | Transportation & Environment | SRM Powertrain Integration - Mechanical | electric vehicle, mount design, control strategy | Our team's project is to design and model an electric powertrain that will be integrated into a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro using a switch reluctance motor (SRM). Currently, the SRM is not used in the automotive field but they perform well in high-speed applications while maintaining a low cost, a robust design, and an ability to be constructed without the use of rare earth magnets. The mechanical scope of work consists of designing, packaging, and modelling an SRM powered drivetrain. The objective of this project is to design and validate mounting and cooling systems for each powertrain component, as well as the creation of a MATLAB Simulink model and control strategy of the vehicle. | Marc Godin Matthieu Orr Ethan Pereira |
| Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Stretch Tech | home stretching machine, gym equipment, fitness | Stretching is an essential routine that should be followed after every workout to reduce the risk of injury, but it is often overlooked because there are very few viable in-home stretching machine options that assist with stretching and measuring progress. The objective of the design is to create a stretching machine suitable for an average home that encourages stretching and incorporates all the major muscle group stretches. | Avantik Sharma Jonathan Benmordecai Kiro Ziada Kevin Wang |
| Mechanical Engineering | Health & Bio-innovation | Universal Muscle Stretching Equipment | stretching, gym equipment, fitness | This project was created with the goal of having one machine (with multiple stations) that could be used in a gym for performing stretches. The stations target key areas of the body and guide the user through them in an appropriate order. The stations were designed to give users a mechanical advantage, but also to limit range of motion in order to prevent over stretching. | Upmanyu Sharma Earl Lockwood Michael Farquharson Julia Wickens |
| Mechanical Engineering | Transportation & Environment | Wastewater Filtration Maintenance Optimization | wastewater, filtration, maintenance, optimization | The project aims to optimize operator safety and decrease maintenance time for Suez’s ZeeWeed 500 filtration cassettes by creating a hands-free, self-locking mechanism that automatically secures the cassettes in place. | Timothy Yeung Guillaume Hesketh Jacob Dicarlo Patrick Enman |
| Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Watercraft Launcher | mechanical design, transportation, innovation | The objective of this project is to design a mobile watercraft launcher that can transport a personal watercraft from ground level into the water. The device is being modelled for use at Spencer Smith Park in Burlington, Ontario. The launcher must be capable of translating watercraft 3.5m horizontally and a minimum of 4m vertically to overcome the primary and secondary seawalls. Beyond the environmental requirements, the device must keep the watercraft 2m away from the seawall during the lowering process to prevent waves from pushing the craft against the seawall. The device will be designed to accommodate small boats and personal watercraft weighing a maximum of 400kg.
For the operation of the device, one of the objectives that have been set out is that the launcher is capable of being operated by a single person. Furthermore, the task of lowering the watercraft should take less than 5 minutes. Finally, the device must be removable from its location within an hour. |
Jordan Van Leeuwen Joshua Van Leeuwen John Vairo Liam Burrows Amir Shufani |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Adver | advertising, SAAS, automation | Adver is a self-serving advertising platform that seeks to make out-of-home advertising quick, simple, and affordable on a low budget.
Adver allows monitor owners to take advantage of their under-utilised screen space by allowing others to display advertisements on them. Business owners and interested individuals can upload their advertisements through Adver and drop the ads to monitors of their choice based on factors such as location, time slot, and price. This gives them an avenue to connect directly, a process traditionally requiring a middle man. It lowers the barrier of individuals to run an advertisement platform on a low budget, as long as one gets exposure to the public. It can replace the traditional poster advertisements, and offers a centralized platform for existing billboard businesses. |
Shengxu Quan Robin Fan Jingfan Ai Bingchen Ji |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | Auto-cart | contactless shopping, automation, community infrastructure | The project establishes an automated curbside pick-up system to improve user experience by maximizing contactless shopping efficiency. Due to the current environment of COVID-19, contactless shopping, such as curbside pick-up, enhances the future trend of the retail market. Considering the shortage of staff during peak hours, "Auto-cart" can wait to be loaded and it then delivers to the designated area without any human intervention while keeping the entire process contactless. | Yang Xiong Yifeng Ge Tianxing Li Yangming Yu Shibo Yang Liang Xu Zefeng Wang |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Health & Bio-innovation | Automated Pill Strip Dispenser | healthcare, pharmacy, pill dispenser | This unique system automates the dispensing of a person's medication from a standard sized pill strip pack that is inserted by the user. This dispensing occurs at times set by the user within the specified ranges of the pill strip pack (Breakfast, Lunch, Supper, Bed). The device also collects dispensing statistics for review by the user along with any other health professional. | Brodie Bresette Joel Bates Justin Ballaro Daniel Pietrangelo Nicholas D'Angelo |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | CESLA - Classification Engine for Sound Localization Algorithm | machine learning, sound localization, classification, binaural, sound, algorithm, audio, processing, feature extraction | Our device is a sound event monitoring system. It operates by taking in sound inputs from microphones to determine whether they could be harmful to the user. The application is a passive monitoring system that warns the user of potentially dangerous sounds. The device works by first classifying the sound source to determine whether it could be of danger to the user, then uses a machine learning model and feature extraction to determine the origin and direction of the sound, which is then conveyed to the user. | Sashaank Bharadwaaj Kampan Ananthamoorthy Michael Kehinde Jason Tsui Ryan Schnekenburger |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | CodeBee | education, gamification, computer science | CodeBee is an interactive web application which gamifies the process of teaching young children aged 10-16 about programming. The application focusses on dragging and dropping certain blocks in a required order to solve a challenge. These challenges require knowledge of concepts like loops, operations, comparisons and storing values. In contrast to the complexity of today’s so called ‘simple’ languages, we have developed a simple and intuitive custom-made language and compiler. | Shivaansh Prasann Sida Wang Yachen Wu Jason Nagy Weidong Yang Hongqing Cao |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Infrastructure | CommUnity | city infrastructure, community engagement, logistics | CommUnity is a platform that allows citizens of local municipalities to report issues regarding city infrastructure to government authorities. All reported issues within a user's community are displayed on a map to allow other community members to upvote and downvote relevant issues. Special users working on behalf of respective local governments, called community maintainers, are responsible for resolving, commenting, and updating the status of issues around the city. CommUnity's goal is to create cleaner and safer city streets while giving local authorities the opportunity to be more transparent in addressing issues. | Pratyush Bhandari Vaibhav Chadha Saad Ali Muhammad Irfan Muhammadfaisal Jaffer Gazenfar Syed |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Dolphin Dive | phone application, community engagement, digital system | There is a growing global interest in diving. The USA alone has around 2.8 million divers based on SFIA reports in 2018. Dolphin Dive is an Android application that provides a one-stop platform with the majority of diving support tools. It presents an excellent and convenient platform for all divers worldwide and provide an easier solution to complete a dive trip than ever before. The product has the capability to book trips, share experiences, manage dive logs, and communicate with other divers. |
Ziyang Huang Yijun Chen Shuying Chen Zhanyi Yan Xingjian Ke |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Transportation & Environment | drivr - Boost Your Driving | driving, computer vision, safety | Ever since the invention of automobiles, the safety and well-being of the driver has been a major concern around the globe. Our device enforces safer driving behaviour by providing drivers with real time feedback. Driving behaviours that we have targeted to improve include harsh braking, rapid acceleration, harsh turning, and tailgating. | Mark Draaistra Bishr Habib Mitchell Schoffro Timothy Tenhage Yash Jain |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | ElmJrMetal | computer graphics, compilers, GPU acceleration, projectional editor, optimization | This is a reimplementation of the iPad app ElmJr application https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elmjr/id1335011478, which is a code editor and simulator for use in education to add 3D support and accelerate 2D graphics via GPU, support recursive functions and compiler-type optimizations in the interpreter. | Lucas Dutton Michael Le Wyatt Wismer Saad Khan Thomas Armena |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Health & Bio-innovation | FitForm | exercise, health, portable | FitForm provides a generalized portable solution for self-improving how one carries out exercises. By providing real-time feedback on how a user carries out exercises and allowing them to track statistics related to their performance, users can perfect their exercise form. | Rohan Thakral Jordan Levy Othman Mullick Cassandra Nicolak Hahd Khan Rohit Saily |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Health & Bio-innovation | Focus Pocus | education, attention, e-learning | Focus Pocus is an Attention detecting device with a focus on providing students with feedback on how they pay attention in lecture. The Focus Pocus headset tracks its wearer's behavior to determine their level of attention during lecture and let them know when they become dazed or distracted. | Peter O'Neill Bruce Hynd Siyam Ali Siddhant Sapru Declan Mullane Jiacheng Zhang |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Health & Bio-innovation | GI Voice Annotation | transcription, endoscope, annotation | This system records an endoscope procedure’s video and users’ voices and annotates the audio and video based on medical keywords provided by gastroenterologists. Currently, during and after the endoscope procedure, the gastroenterologist analyzes the disease and generates a report written manually by the doctor or by a nurse, which increases both time and human resources. GI-voice-annotation automates this note-taking procedure, using only the gastroenterologist’s voice during the endoscope procedure. | Boyu Jiang Mengshan Cui Guiye Wu Haoyuan Fu |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | GitCollabin | collaboration, innovation, community | GitCollabin is a platform where individuals can find each other with similar experience levels and development interests to collaborate on cool projects! This platform is most useful for aspiring tech professionals who are trying to break into the industry by building out their portfolios and networking with each other through project building. | Ray Liu Matthew Chan Brandon Watada Thomas Shang Eric Thai |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | GroceryMate | retail, shopping, consumer | GroceryMate is a “smart” shopping cart that helps free customers’ hands. It is able to track and follow a designated customer while maintaining an appropriate distance between it and the customer. It is able to navigate between aisles and turn around the corners swiftly without losing the target customer. It scans the products put in by the customer and immediately updates the estimated bill to prevent over-buying. It also has a Siri-like voice assistant that can direct customers to the products they want to buy. Last but not least, it works with a mobile app that helps customers connect to shopping carts and share their shopping lists. | Hongjian Li Zixuan Pan Mingmin Cheng Yihang Xu Yi Zhou Tianyu Hu |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | Hand Motion Support Device (HMSD) | hand disability rehabilitation, robotic hands, intelligence control | The purpose of this project is to create a hand motion support device that helps disabled patients to do their hands rehabilitation exercise. The system implemented is one that enables the patients to do their rehabilitation exercise independently without external support. The patients are allowed to select the mode of the HMSD based on their personal situations. There are two different modes supported for patients in HMSD during the rehabilitation process. One mode is suitable for those patients who have difficulty in clenching, the HMSD applies certain stress supporting patients to complete the action of fist clench. The other mode is suitable for patients who are able to clench on their own, but their hands are not powerful enough to achieve daily tasks. In this case the HMSD applies a customized force for patients to adapt and to strengthen them. | Zhikun Gan Yiming Zheng Lingting Chen Weicong Yuan Ziyi (Kyrie) Xu |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | MacForum | social media, communication, web-based application | MacForum is an online platform that helps students share their opinions with anyone who is interested in a topic. MacForum can also help students improve their study life at their schools, regardless of which post-secondary school they are attending. | Doris(Xiuting) Yu Xiangxin Kong Shihao Fu Xu Wang Jiahao Zhou Shuo Zhang |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Transportation & Environment | MeetApp | social, navigation, meeting | Meeting up with friends on time can be a difficult task due to unexpected delays that can occur at any moment. MeetApp is a social navigation app that helps all participants to arrive at a designated location at roughly the same time. After choosing a meeting time and location, MeetApp informs each participant of the optimal time they should depart, factoring in their mode of transportation and starting location. It keeps participants informed about delays other participants face and continuously updates arrival times so users can view everybody's progress. MeetApp uses real-time navigation and public transportation data to update departure times so that participants who have not yet left can arrive at the same time as their late friends. | Somar Aani Tasin Ahmed Navroop Singh Zi (Edward) Liu Arshan Khan |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Transportation & Environment | Motorcycle Smart Helmet | smart helmet, safety, navigation | Smart Helmet helps improves the safety of motorcyclists by aiding the user with their navigation needs. This reduces the time that the driver spends looking at instruments or devices instead of the road. It greatly increases the rider’s safety as they are able to focus on driving conditions and better able to take in their surroundings instead of shifting focus all the time. The system also adds features present in the standard car navigation system (like secondary auditory cues) to the motorcycle rider’s navigation experience. This eliminates the need for the rider to rely on visual cues and creates a more comprehensive and safer experience. | Mina Samy Poula Basaly Mark Danial Mohammed Abdulmunem Daniel Bortolussi Bishoy Sefin |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Pairrot Solutions | drone, autonomy, tracking | Pairrot solutions aim to expand on functionality for lightweight drones, allowing them to autonomously position themselves at a fixed distance to a desired object, and to maintain this distance, even while the object is in motion. Not unlike a parrot, following around his pirate friend as they walk along the bow of their ship. | Parker Kary Colleen Lam Tiffany Yeung Mehedi Khan Oscar Yeung Aseem Malhotra |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Piano Performance Pal (PP-Pal) | robot, piano, mechatronics, autonomous, innovation, music, novelty | PP-Pal is an autonomous robotic device able to perform music from digital files on a physical 88-key piano | Kirill Teplov Hank Bae Nathan Lam Katrina Ma Hrydaya Gohil Gurpinder Sandhu |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | QuickLib | library management, hardware, software | One of the most used on-campus facilities at universities is the library, and as most students have encountered, finding space can be difficult, and finding available computers is even more troublesome. QuickLib is a library facilities management system that alleviates this problem. QuickLib uses sensors and customized algorithms to determine the availability of library resources. It allows students to check the availability of library resources and make reservations, and helps library staff to better manage the library's facilities. | Leo Shi Jiamin Zhou Man Lu Shahroz Siddiqi Ahmad Gharib |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | Raccoon Lock | innovation, smart systems, raccoon | Raccoon Lock is a lightweight, portable device that can be easily installed on the trash can. The main purpose of Raccoon Lock is to keep raccoons away from the trash can in order to prevent them from getting into the can and make a mess. It can automatically detect raccoons when they are approaching and initiate alerts that will deter the raccoons. A web app is available for the users to check the status of the device and see the time raccoons came over. | Yumeng Yu Shengchen Zhou Ruile Wu David Liu Yanting Cao |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Rogue-Game | video game, procedural generation, roguelike | A Rogue-like game is a game that uses similar mechanics to those of the 1980s DOS game called Rogue. Rogue was innovative for its time, implementing procedural dungeon generation for the player to explore and overcome. This use of procedural generation, along with permadeath, made for an experience that was fresh and unique on each playthrough. RogueGame uses similar concepts to create a more modern version of Rogue which improves upon older concepts and creates new features as well. | Michael Thomson (Torja) Md Nasif Istiaque Sandeep Arumainayagam Saad Khan Francis Bajamunde Daniel Lu |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | Roomabot | mapping robot, automation, localization | This robot utilizes various sensors in order to accurately localize itself and create a 2-D map of the surrounding environment. The Roomabot (Room mapping robot) is controlled by the end-user through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) which also provides an interactive interface to easily extract the necessary measurement data from the constructed map. | Nithin Chemmanoor Abilash Perinparasa Omar Elemary Shardool Patel Suban Sri |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | SAM Looks After You | mental health, well-being, therapy | SAM is a device that checks in on its user from time to time and tracks relevant metrics related to mental health such as sleep time, exercise time and hydration. Using this data, SAM displays charts with all these metrics for the past month and the user is then able to identify on what days they had a good or bad day mentally and why. | Mohamad Osseili Hesham Nimri Brian (Ho) Chiu Christian Mavely Jatan Bhatt |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | ScreenIt | business management, COVID-19, contact tracing | With recent developments in the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have reopened to the public with required safety measures in place. Temperature checks and contact tracing have become common practice as the core safety protocols to reduce the spread. ScreenIt provides non-contact screening of customers entering safety-critical places, while supplying admins with an interface to aid in contact tracing and management of the screening process. | Gurnain Saini Andy Hameed Max Mercer Christian Hallgrimson Tasmiha Hassan |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | Strain Characterization Testing Apparatus | This project is in partnership with MesoMat Inc.. The purpose of this project is to create a custom testing apparatus that MesoMat can use to test their product. MesoMat’s main product is a stretchable conductive fibre that can be used to measure strain globally along the entire length of a material. This is in comparison to typical strain sensing devices, which measure strain at a single localized point.
Our apparatus can bend given samples while simultaneously measuring the resistance in the fibres. This allows MesoMat to easily and accurately test and characterize their fibres. |
Alexander Dingwall Armaan Panthaki Lawrence Chung Alexander Lo Patrick He Adam Nelson |
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| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Student Housing Board | housing, rental properties, community | A one-stop shop web application for student tenants and landlords allowing for chats, reviews, ranking, and viewing/posting of rental properties and more! | Jinesh Patel Sankar Renganathan Paul Heys Alex Kingsland Archit Shah Mohammed Mirajkar |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Health & Bio-innovation | TeamFill | sports, social media | TeamFill is a mobile application that allows for a group of users to organize, discover and participate in pickup sports matches. TeamFill removes the hassles associated with trying to find players to play with by delivering an excellent UI experience that minimizes the effort required from the user. This application allows users to discover pickup sports events organized by other users that are happening in their area. Using a well-tuned recommendation algorithm, players (teams) are able to find the best available team (player) for the sport they would like to play. | Karim El Shenawy Kabir Kenth Kajoban Kuhaparan Ninos Yomo Pranav Panchal |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Transportation & Environment | Third Wheel: A Lane Centering Human Machine Interface | human machine interface, automotive, driver education | Driver assistance technology is rapidly evolving as automotive manufacturers strive to include autonomous features with their own unique designs. This calls for more driver education and engagement with autonomous vehicle features. Third Wheel is a Human Machine Interface, or, HMI, that connects the driver to the autonomous safety features of their vehicle through an interactive in-car tutorial. With Third Wheel, drivers can learn how to operate and interpret the unique Lane Centering feature in their car upon vehicle entry. A touchscreen interface displays the status of the Lane Centering system. A unique LED strip mounted across the vehicle’s dashboard gives the driver real-time feedback on where the Lane Centering system has detected their vehicle to be within the lanes. Third Wheel is the future of driver education for autonomous features of vehicles. | Erin Puersten Aurora Brydon Michelle Monte Simon Gyorkos Daniel Rooks Sachin Samarasinghe Shrey Mittal |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Transportation & Environment | Trash Talking | IoT, sustainability, innovation | Trash Talking is a digital smart home system that allows users to be able to measure and track their garbage production. Our garbage bin system senses trash thrown into the garbage bin and updates the user’s profile with their current trash output. Users are able to use their smartphone to view their waste production with a timeframe of their choice, compare their output to previous months, and then compare and share their waste production with their friends to help motivate users to decrease their waste production. All in all, our project assists the environmentally conscious user to limit their waste production by tracking and showing them how much they produce on a regular basis. | Natasha Varghese Alexie McDonald Hareem Arif Illya Pilipenko Ian Currie Xin Su |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Uplift | fitness, social media, feedback | Uplift is a social media application designed around weightlifting and fitness. Its goal is to provide a centralized location where individuals can do everything from obtaining and providing form and diet feedback to finding workout plans and sharing general updates with their community. | Matthew Dombrady Amit Binu Ardhendu Barge Dinesh Balakrishnan Sagar Thomas Mohamed Bengezi |
| Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Digital & Smart Systems | WatchNext | entertainment, media, social | Deciding what to watch on Netlifx with your friends can be a tedious process with lots of searching, arguing, and indecisiveness. WatchNext is a mobile application that solves this problem by providing users' recommendations of movies and TV shows on Netflix tailored to their personal taste using machine learning. Users swipe right or left one at a time based on if they want to watch it or not, similar to existing dating apps. Users can connect with other users in matching sessions, where any recommendation multiple people have liked is saved to a list. | Mohammad Hussain Moziah San Vicente Giacomo Loparco Bilal Jaffry Jacob Gordon Eoin Lynagh |
Projects by Research Theme
You can see these projects at the expo by visiting each project booth, watching a video and chatting live with the student project team members. The projects will be grouped in the exhibition halls according to the Research Theme.
| Research Theme |
Academic Program | Project Title | Keywords | Project Description | Project Team |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Chemical Engineering | Acetone Production | acetone, cumene process, isopropyl alcohol | We simulated the current phenol process to make acetone as our main product, and isopropyl alcohol and phenol as our by-products. We are trying to improve the purity and throughput of the final products by optimizing production process. We are also taking into consideration the current COVID-19 pandemic and its future impact by producing highly desirable products to reduce the cost of operations. | Mathusan Sadheeshan Shuzhiqin Li Feyisayo Enuiyin |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Chemical Engineering | Ammonium Nitrate Production - Plant Improvement | process engineering, chemical industry production, manufacturing | For this project, an ammonium nitrate production plant is simulated using process and chemical engineering concepts. The goal of this project was to improve sustainability by reducing emissions and improving energy use and conservation. Ammonium nitrate in this plant is being manufactured using bought ammonia and manufactured nitric acid. | Sa'ida Shdaifat Nikol Budisa Matthew McClure Ayza Alam |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | Autonomous 3D Printer Farm: A demonstration of flexible, lean, and agile manufacturing | additive manufacturing, flexible manufacturing, 3D printing, AGV, robotics | DEMO - https://youtu.be/a8_sCKVJG2w
Initially used as a means for rapid prototyping, 3D printing is rapidly becoming a genuine manufacturing option for end use products. While traditional manufacturing methods are still ideal for mass production, additive manufacturing (AM) offers several significant benefits for certain applications. Injection molding, die casting, and other traditional manufacturing methods require large initial costs to setup production lines. Moreover, these facilities need excessive time and expertise to modify later on. These constraints inhibit Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from accessing the technology and discourages design iteration/innovation. In this project, we attempt to build an autonomous 3D printing farm; which offers a flexible, lean, and agile manufacturing solution. The proposed 3D printing farm is fully autonomous, via a mobile robot that automates each 3D printer. The 3D printing farm is intended to provide a cheap easy-to-access, quick-to-start manufacturing option. |
Swaleh Owais John Wang Parth Patel |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | Design and Optimization of Conventional Marciniak Formability Test Specimen Geometry and Tool Geometric Parameters Using FEA | FEA, manufacturing, formability test, FLD | This project is a research-based project. The goal is to simulate the Marciniak Test with the FEA method to optimize the tool and specimen geometries. With the optimized geometries, the most evenly spread Forming Limit Diagram could be obtained. | Yaodong (Xavier) Xu Tianzhi (Terry) Tang Daokuan (Jason) Yang Tongzhuo (Tobby) Hu |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | Design and Optimization of Out-of-Plane Biaxial Cruciform Test Specimen Geometry Using Finite Element Method | metal forming, manufacturing, material characterization | This project uses finite element analysis to optimize a modified version of the conventional Marciniak test, commonly used in the automotive industry, to reduce the number of test specimens required during testing to construct a forming limit diagram for material AA7075 at elevated temperatures. | Greg Lech James Morgan Fiona Lombardo Borui Hu |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Materials Science & Engineering | Evaluation and Optimization of Bending Properties of Dual-Phase 980 (DP980) | steel, process development, microstructure | Stelco is producing a galvannealed DP980 steel for automotive applications which is currently encountering low bendability results during in-house VDA Bend testing. Through characterization of the steel microstructure and other tests, reasons for poor VDA Bend Test performance are determined and processing parameters are provided to improve microstructure and bending performance for this grade of steel. | Diego Vargas-Avila Cyrus Tenzif Mahmoud Diab Michael Jaansalu |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Materials Science & Engineering | Faster parameter development for Laser Powder Bed Fusion | additive manufacturing, optimization, mechanical properties | This project will focus on increasing the layer thickness of the additive manufacturing of a titanium alloy, Ti 6Al-4V using laser powder bed fusion methods (LPBF), which is an additive manufacturing process. LPBF uses a laser to fuse and form parts by selectively melting a pre-coated powder bed. Process parameters that are crucial in the LPBF process are laser power, scanning speed, and hatch distance. These three parameters will be varied through the use of statistical methods in order to increase the layer thickness of the additively manufactured parts without compromising on mechanical property performance. | Youssef Salib Yuki Ando Tomisin Olomi Talha Aziz |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Gesture-based Virtual Interaction System (GVI System) | virtual interaction, computer vision, machine learning | Gesture-based Virtual Interaction System (GVIS) is a human-computer interaction interface that extends the existing interaction methods. It provides a natural and touchless operating experience. The system is extensible, allowing users to customize functions based on their requirements. GVIS also comes with several sample programs that will introduce the concept to guide new users. | Zhenhuan Sun Haotian Zhu Xuanyu Liu Ao Wang |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Chemical Engineering | Lactide Plant Design for a 50,000 tonne/yr of polylactic acid (PLA) plant | lactide production, PLA, biodegradable polymer | PLA is one of a few commercial biopolymers available today. Lactide is the key intermediate used in the production of PLA. This project describes plant design comparing a traditional batch process for lactide production and an intensified process using a wiped-film evaporator (WFE). All the preliminary engineering drawings and mass balances have been prepared and will be shared. Our design basis is a commercial process believed to be used by NatureWorks, a US-based company that currently operates a PLA plant with a capacity of 140 kton/yr of PLA. WFE concept is showing a promise to intensify the oligomerization step of the process and to reduce its footprint. | Lu Ning Gan Vishrut Panchal Kyle Seymour Chuchi Chen Zhen Hu |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | Orthopaedic Plate and Rod Contouring Device | medical, process improvement, health | Pre-contoured plates are frequently used by orthopaedic surgeons to closely match the curvature of the bone. However, many of these pre-contoured plates do not fit all patients due to differences in anatomy. As a result, orthopaedic surgeons will often deform the plates using a special set of tools to modify the rod/plate contour and better fit the patient. The deformation is performed by hand in the operating suite during surgery and requires skills and expertise. This project involves the design of a device that will assist a surgeon in bending and contouring a metal plate or rod to match the curvature of the bone where the plate or rod will be used. This device would take in a 3D contour map of the bone or a surface of interest, and as output would deform the orthopaedic plate to match the desired surface profile. |
Gabriel Marais Nimish Hegde Stephanie Civiero Luis Tallavo |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Chemical Engineering | PBAT Commercial Plant Design, capacity 20,000 tone/yr | biodegradable polymers, PBAT manufacturing, polymers | The project is focusing on the design of a commercial size PBAT Polymer Processing Plant capable of producing 20,000 tonnes/year. Unlike many biopolymers derived from bio-renewable feedstock, the PBAT polymer is derived from oil-based commodity raw materials. Our preliminary plant design includes considerations for every step of the production process, preparation of engineering drawings (BFD, PFD and P&ID), safety/HAZOP studies, and plant economic analysis. An entire plant has been designed from procurement of raw materials through to a release of the final product for this process. PBAT is a biodegradable alternative to low-density polyethylene with generally desirable flexibility and toughness for a wide variety of applications. | Khadin Nathoo Areeb Sufi Esha Shamim Daniel D'Souza Abbas Chaudary |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | Pneumatically Actuated Pipe Climbing and Inspecting Robot | pneumatic, robot, pipe | A pneumatically actuated pipe inspecting robot was designed to traverse the exterior of pipes in the range of 150-200 mm diameter. Our goal was to enable the robot to move successfully around a variety of pipe layouts such as T-joints, elbows, as well as a variety of pipe fittings while also climbing vertically and horizontally at a moving speed of 25 mm/s. This pipe inspection robot uses components that reduce the power requirement and maximize operation time. The robot also supports on-board inspection instrumentation to be able to adequately diagnose pipe damage. | Amir Kheir Leena Karima Nour Hawa Mahmoud Abu Samra |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | Pneumatically-actuated Robotic Arm for Assisting at Home | robot arm, pneumatic, senior | This project is aimed to design an assistive robotic arm that helps elderly people pick up and carry objects. | Shuo Liu Zijie Mi Meng Liang Run Zhang |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Chemical Engineering | Process improvements for copper removal in the steel industry | process design, HCL purification, Brownfield Engineering | Redesigning and optimizing an existing copper removal process at ArcelorMittal Dofasco to better meet customer throughput and quality key performance indicators (KPIs). Modifications included process and piping rerouting based on lab data and theoretical sizing calculations. | Kugenthini Tharmakulasekaram Husain Tapia Ibrahim Awan Aayush Pokhrel Daniel Pourkhatai |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | Programmable Robotic Tool for Glove Testing | mechanism, manufacturing, robotics | Design of a mechanism that flexes a glove several times on a production line in order to break it in. This glove is to be made up of a novel nanocomposite material that can prevent penetration of sharp objects and yet be flexible. | Nali Amin Nadeem Talaat Mohamad Mkalled Rohan Jain |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | PWO1 - Designing Planar Simple Shear Test for Characterizing Large Strain Behavior of Sheet Metals | sheet metal, stress, strain | Simulated design of a sheet metal test specimen, for a simple shear test, that enables the retrieval of homogeneous stress and strain data at high strains. | Asser El Sharkawy Donggyu Han |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | Skatescribe: Figure Skate Clamping Mechanism | CNC machining, sharpening, skates | To design a clamping mechanism for figure skates to be sharpened using a Tormach 1100M CNC Milling machine. The mechanism is to be placed inside the CNC machine where the user can easily load and unload the skates. | Adam Lefebvre Anthony Sabljak Zachary Sofia Youssof Fahmy |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Mechanical Engineering | Affordable Localization System Design for Mobile Robots | automation, autonomy, localization | The primary goal of this project is to develop an affordable, reliable, and accurate outdoor localization system, primarily for the applications of autonomous robotic lawn mowing and snow blowing. As the system is meant for outdoor use, a housing structure for the various electronics needs to be able to minimize environmental disturbances such as rain. A combination of low-cost Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) sensors will be used to achieve these targets. From a high-level perspective, sensor fusion produces effective localization by leveraging the strengths of each sensor, while compensating for their shortcomings. | Joey Yang Chris Parker Neil Virani |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Assistive device for patients with Alzheimer's disease | face recognition, Alzheimer's disease, Raspberry Pi | We want there to be a device that can tell the Alzheimer's disease people who are in front of them. The project that we will deliver to a large group of Alzheimer's disease people is a device that can recognize human faces and speaker will pronounce the name of the known person to the user.
For designing this device, we will have a Pi camera to capture photos, then raspberry pi sends them to PC, after that PC will abstract information from sent pictures then send instructions back to Raspberry Pi and a speaker will display the desired message to the user. |
Hengli Zhu Shuao Wu Tony Shen Haotian Zhou |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Athletic Tracking Assistant | smart camera, biomedical tracking, object tracking | A smart capturing gimbal used for recording and analyzing a player's biometric data and performance throughout a sporting session. The device is centered towards tracking the action or a player using object tracking and an athletic vest worn by a player. The video footage and player vitals are captured during the session to be used for strategy development, player performance and training analysis, or measures for injury prevention. | John Lui Hussain Fathi Masood Idries Keith Cheng |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechatronics | Auto-cart | contactless shopping, automation, community infrastructure | The project establishes an automated curbside pick-up system to improve user experience by maximizing contactless shopping efficiency. Due to the current environment of COVID-19, contactless shopping, such as curbside pick-up, enhances the future trend of the retail market. Considering the shortage of staff during peak hours, "Auto-cart" can wait to be loaded and it then delivers to the designated area without any human intervention while keeping the entire process contactless. | Yang Xiong Yifeng Ge Tianxing Li Yangming Yu Shibo Yang Liang Xu Zefeng Wang |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Engineering Physics | LiLAC (Litter Lifting Automated Cleaner) | automation, app control, self-clean | Automated Litter Box that targets owners with back problems. It is self cleaning and ensures the cat's safety through multiple sensors located within the litter box. A moving mechanism is used to lift the waste bag to reduce the need for lower back flection. | Noah Sambo Caroline Marrelli Emmanuel Rajendran Yuchen Shu |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Automated Note Taker | machine learning, speech-to-text, text summarization | The product should provide windows system users a software interface where they can upload pre-recorded audio/video files, and a summarized rich-text transcript will be generated. From here the user can either use the notes as is or use them as a base for developing more sophisticated notes. | Ruoke Sun Ke Chen Adam Barta Zishu Wu |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | BravEye | firefighting, signal processing, digital systems | The goal of BravEye is to assist firefighters by visualizing their surroundings and warning them of potential hazards such as fire hotspots. This will be done with a Raspberry Pi, thermal camera, LIDAR sensor, and our own signal processing software. The output of which will be shown on a wearable display over the user's right eye. | Adam Woodill Faisal Mustafa Mohammed Raza Ryan Perera |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Bubble Me Up | bubble tea, milk tea, Arduino | Self-serving bubble tea machine that can communicate via wifi. | Jason Li Alen Babu David Wang john lee Rentian Zhang |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Cave Explorer | robotics, exploration, camera control | For our capstone project, our group has decided to create a robot that will go into settings such as that of a “cave” to explore and collect information that can be used to clear a lot of uncertainties that might be involved in working in such undiscovered areas. When the robot does so, it will detect any obstacles that come in its way and will give an alert to the user. A camera will be attached to the robot to provide a real-life picture of the surroundings. The mining industry is a large industry and is one connected to the most deaths and workers being injured every year. Being large importers of numerous minerals that are mined in small developing countries it is important to ensure that the workers being sent to work in these settings are safe, or at least as safe as can be made possible. This robot can be used for many other purposes as well. Our idea can be extended to deep ocean exploration, where the robot is waterproof, and can “swim” into narrow spaces such as coral reefs where humans would have a hard time getting into. This robot would also have environmental benefits because it would be less disruptive to the environment it’s sent into, because it has a smaller footprint than a human. | Zaina Quraishi Imsha Liaqat Mariyam Naeem Elena Zhang |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | CESLA - Classification Engine for Sound Localization Algorithm | machine learning, sound localization, classification, binaural, sound, algorithm, audio, processing, feature extraction | Our device is a sound event monitoring system. It operates by taking in sound inputs from microphones to determine whether they could be harmful to the user. The application is a passive monitoring system that warns the user of potentially dangerous sounds. The device works by first classifying the sound source to determine whether it could be of danger to the user, then uses a machine learning model and feature extraction to determine the origin and direction of the sound, which is then conveyed to the user. | Sashaank Bharadwaaj Kampan Ananthamoorthy Michael Kehinde Jason Tsui Ryan Schnekenburger |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Cloud Based Home Automation | cloud, automation, IoT | The objective of this capstone project is to develop a Cloud-Based Home Automation system in collaboration with the industry sponsor, Gentiam Canada LLC, that will help reduce the energy usage in the home. However, to reduce the scope of the project, energy usage is assumed to be minimized based on efficient methods of in-home temperature regulation, which result in minimal HVAC system on-time. The system is composed of wireless sensors and actuators connected to a cloud-based backend that will automatically make actuation decisions based on the user’s settings and current temperature data. The system will also be connected to a web app that makes it easy for analyzing performance and adding new devices to the system. | Reza Shahriari Matthew Ruigrok Ryan Shortt Christopher Poyser |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Engineering Physics | Colour Code | colour-blind, art, light | It is a device to help a colour blind artist identify colours of objects exposed to different lighting effects, and produce those colours by mixing acrylic paints. | Hadeel Al-Zubaidi Amanda Huang |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Computer Science | ConAssist | conferencing, event planning, event advertising | Software solution for small event organizers to build the digital infrastructure for their local or medium-scale events. The ConAssist project aims to provide software solutions for registering, managing, and logging statistics regarding event attendees while providing tools for distributing schedule and event information to them. | Ethan Johnston Rico Florentino Steven Luu Gabriel Gebril Jaison Loodu Nathan Brown |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Converscribe | medical assistive device, embedded system, machine learning | The Converscribe is a live transcribing system that promotes a higher quality of communication between medical personnel and hearing-impaired patients. It can be worn as a necklace and accurately transcribe speech to text and display the results clearly on a touchable screen. - High-quality speech to text transcription. - Lightweight, small-sized, highly portable. - Cost-efficient device constructed with low-cost, high-performing electronic modules. - Durable, and robust chassis to protect the internal circuit from abuse and liquid intrusion. |
Kevin Fan Amr Shakour Eric Steffler Shivam Teeluckdharry |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | COVID Cam | image processing, digital communication, facial recognition | The purpose of this project is to create a COVID-19 prevention detection system that will recognize people who are wearing masks, analyze whether the mask is worn properly or not and flag those who are not wearing masks. | Arso Vukojicic Nancy Ikladous Mohamad Elsawi George Ghobrial |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Dynamic Arm | auto-tracking robotic arm | Use computer vision to track an object and pick it up. | Honglin Wang Xiao Zhang Zhourui Chen Xiaokun Hou Yuxuan Yang |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Eat & Save | machine learning, environment, cost saving, household food waste | This project is aimed at developing a camera mount product that uses ML to identify food products going in the Fridge and notify users about the approaching expiration date, so the food is either consumed or disposed of in the least wasteful manner. It is geared towards minimizing food wastage in households. | Aman Goswami Derek Chiu Ameen Al-khudhairy David Murga |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Mechanical Engineering | Electro-Hydrostatic Actuator Control System Design | control system, electro-hydrostatic actuator, dual actuator | The primary objective of this project is to develop and simulate the non-linear mathematical model of the dual EHA prototype previously built by McMaster for research and experimentation. In addition, the normal operation and fault conditions are to be defined and simulated in Simulink and Simscape. A control strategy is then developed to mitigate the effects of the fault condition by taking advantage of the dual redundancy. | Wenlin Zhang Zexin Shan Yip Yau Humza Rao |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Computer Science | Erukumesi North America | community, culture, social media | A platform to connect people from the Eruku village in Nigeria and preserve their rich cultural heritage through digital means. This mobile application for iOS and Android serves as a central hub for news and noteworthy content, community events, instant messaging, and much more. Tech Stack: React Native, MongoDB, Express, Node.js | Sujan Kandeepan Darren Tu Ji Who Choi Immanuel Odisho |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Face Up! | security, technology, identification | We propose a door guard device that automatically position and collect faces sample, train face recognition model and recognize the face on a portable ARM-based development board to determine whether the person is allowed to enter the gate. | Rongxuan Du Mingyang Wang Zhuoran Liu Yu Feng |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | FaceWallet | facial recognition, digital transaction, internet of things | We propose to design a device that will allow customers to complete a payment or transaction by just showing the customer's face, aiming to expedite the checkout process, bringing a more convenient and safer way of payment for the customer. | Haolin Ma Weike Shi Bohui Yu Yunan Zhou |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | GarageEye | internet of things, smart home, computer vision | GarageEye is a smart garage opener that focuses on preventing package theft. It is a device that uses computer vision, cloud computing and the internet of things to authorize package deliveries and verify residents/license plates to open the garage. It consists of a smart camera compatible with any garage door, and a mobile app for end-users. | Sahaj Singh Amitesh Thind Paramveer Nihal Maaz Azam |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | GitCollabin | collaboration, innovation, community | GitCollabin is a platform where individuals can find each other with similar experience levels and development interests to collaborate on cool projects! This platform is most useful for aspiring tech professionals who are trying to break into the industry by building out their portfolios and networking with each other through project building. | Ray Liu Matthew Chan Brandon Watada Thomas Shang Eric Thai |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Engineering Physics | Graphos - Texture Scanning Technology | computer graphics, optics, photorealistic rendering | Graphos is a device meant to facilitate the non-destructive digitization of material textures for 3D graphics. This device is capable of recording visual parameters of a surface and conveying it to computer graphics software which, by employing physically based rendering techniques, can produce photorealistic media. The main competitive advantages of Graphos are its low cost, tabletop form-factor, portability features, accessibility, and the overall independence it can provide to artists and designers. | Arthur Mendez-Rosales Adam Otto Colin Mohr Dylan Genuth-Okon |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Hand Motion Support Device (HMSD) | hand disability rehabilitation, robotic hands, intelligence control | The purpose of this project is to create a hand motion support device that helps disabled patients to do their hands rehabilitation exercise. The system implemented is one that enables the patients to do their rehabilitation exercise independently without external support. The patients are allowed to select the mode of the HMSD based on their personal situations. There are two different modes supported for patients in HMSD during the rehabilitation process. One mode is suitable for those patients who have difficulty in clenching, the HMSD applies certain stress supporting patients to complete the action of fist clench. The other mode is suitable for patients who are able to clench on their own, but their hands are not powerful enough to achieve daily tasks. In this case the HMSD applies a customized force for patients to adapt and to strengthen them. | Zhikun Gan Yiming Zheng Lingting Chen Weicong Yuan Ziyi (Kyrie) Xu |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Inflo: COVID-19 data inflow system | COVID-19, Android, computer vision | Inflo helps restaurants abide by new regulations put into place during COVID-19 so that they can remain open and profitable. It streamlines the process by which restaurants collect the data that is now required by the government: the number of people currently in their establishment and the information to contact them in the case of a COVID-19 outbreak. The system includes an intuitive Android application, a computer vision-based pedestrian counter, and a realtime database to easily manage the information. | Liam Taylor Frank Terpak Michael Roasa Emad Hassan |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Computer Science | Ingenuity Incubator | blockchain, cryptocurrency, community | Often traded on par with the national currency, community-specific currencies encourage community development and provide local identity in their transactions, and stimulate the local exchange of goods and services by circulating and maintaining wealth within particular communities to reduce poverty and achieve social goals Thus, this is a currency that is traded, much like dollars but it stays in the community where it originates. Think of a shared economy issue like Airbnb or Uber, but where the payment is in a currency that is exchanged with others from that community. So, someone driving you might get currency dollars, and they might use them to pay for someone else to mow their lawn or make them dinner. What we want to do is establish a block-chain oriented community currency that we can use with our virtual incubator in Canada, the USA, and Brazil. | Aly Imtiaz Charles Zhang Nimalan Chandrasekara Daniel Wu |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Mechanical Engineering | Instrumentation of a Kite Airfoil | kite, aerodynamics, instrumentation | Design and development of instrumentation for a kite airfoil, which includes position and orientation, angle of attack, slip angle, and stall point. | Thomas Lobert Edgar So Johnathan Prestwich |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Computer Science | James: Examining the Evolution of Ideas Using Machine Learning | machine learning, topic modelling, sentiment analysis | This project combines LDA topic modelling and sentiment analysis to analyze the philosopher William Jame's attitudes towards certain topics and contemporaries over time. The project seeks to further Dr. Alexander Klein's research on William James as well as any other researcher in the humanities looking to analyze large corpora using text mining tools. With James, we provide a simple and intuitive web app combined with a backend powered by machine learning and natural language processing. The result is an accessible tool with the capability of providing interesting data and insights about an author or text. | Andrew Mitchell Indika Wijesundera Esam Haris Robert Vardy Samuel Alderson |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Engineering Physics | Jane's Gardens | automation, cannabis, smart systems | Jane's Gardens is a fully automated greenhouse capable of producing high-quality cannabis. The design consists of a compact, controlled environment in which temperature, humidity, soil moisture, and light exposure are all constantly monitored and regulated. Intended for individual use to grow cannabis from the privacy of your home while adhering to provincial legislation and restrictions. This system is adaptable and can be used both indoors and outdoors. Equipped with a mobile application, the user can monitor the response systems, interact with the equipment, track progress, and even learn about the various growing stages. | Abdullah Mir Karam Ghanem Julia Bauer Haider Rahmani Joseph Campanella |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | MacForum | social media, communication, web-based application | MacForum is an online platform that helps students share their opinions with anyone who is interested in a topic. MacForum can also help students improve their study life at their schools, regardless of which post-secondary school they are attending. | Doris(Xiuting) Yu Xiangxin Kong Shihao Fu Xu Wang Jiahao Zhou Shuo Zhang |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Mimic-Me | biomedical engineering, machine learning, robotics | This project uses Electromyography (EMG) to control a remote robotic arm through machine learning, which classifies the input EMG signal into various output commands which control the device's motors. | Kevin Gilmore Michael Vairo Marwan Mekhemer Estelle Chan |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Materials Science & Engineering | Optimizing the Properties of High Entropy Alloys by Combining Density Functional Theory and Machine Learning | machine learning, high entropy alloy, density functional theory | High entropy alloys are a new and exciting class of metal alloys whereby multiple elements are mixed in similar proportions to form a solid solution. This project aims to predict the phase stability of HEAs by combining machine learning with thermodynamic phase stability and density functional theory. | Katya Lemos Coulton Boucher Nick Beetham Oscar Cuellar |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | PetGuardian Auto Feeder | smart house, digital system, remote control | Automatic pet feeder/dispenser integrated with database and remote control. | Lizhe Liu Yuelei Li Xinhan Yang |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Pi-Fi People Counter | digital & smart systems, environment, energy | The Pi-Fi can be employed to analyze, estimate, and transmit occupancy data wherever it is placed using Wi-Fi monitoring and analyzing changes in the Wi-Fi channel state. Utilizing an artificial neural network (ANN), we hope to accurately detect and estimate the occupancy of a given area and transmit via Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol; a publish and subscribe system. A MQTT broker will receive data from a Pi-Fi device and can relay that info to control smart IoT devices (e.g., smart lights, thermostat, etc.). Many services can subscribe using MQTT and have continuous, real time access to this data. With this system, people will have the ability to track occupancy history, and get an estimate of any area of their choosing. Many Pi-Fi devices can be utilized at once as well to cover many rooms/locations since the MQTT protocol is extremely scalable and secure. | Jatin Patel Andrew Power |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Plant Condo | automation, agriculture, robotic | Plant Condo is a fully automated farming solution designed for a commercial growth environment such as a greenhouse as well as a residential growth environment. The device focuses on expandability and precise control of the plant’s growth cycle. It uses a computer algorithm The device will also lower the space unitization and maximize growth area by stacking different layers of growth platforms on top of each other. | Haoran Liu Chengxin Liu Rudy Liu Tony Yang Wenbo Zeng |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Progressive Lens Identifier (PLI) | image processing, machine learning, machine vision, eyewear | PLI aids in the detection and recognition of laser etchings on eyewear lenses. Our product offers a trained machine learning classification algorithm that detects these lens engravings, maps them to the corresponding lens information, and displays that information to the user in a web-based interface. | Alina Morales Zahra Abid Victoria Duarte Geoffrey Shaw |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | QuickLib | library management, hardware, software | One of the most used on-campus facilities at universities is the library, and as most students have encountered, finding space can be difficult, and finding available computers is even more troublesome. QuickLib is a library facilities management system that alleviates this problem. QuickLib uses sensors and customized algorithms to determine the availability of library resources. It allows students to check the availability of library resources and make reservations, and helps library staff to better manage the library's facilities. | Leo Shi Jiamin Zhou Man Lu Shahroz Siddiqi Ahmad Gharib |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Raccoon Lock | innovation, smart systems, raccoon | Raccoon Lock is a lightweight, portable device that can be easily installed on the trash can. The main purpose of Raccoon Lock is to keep raccoons away from the trash can in order to prevent them from getting into the can and make a mess. It can automatically detect raccoons when they are approaching and initiate alerts that will deter the raccoons. A web app is available for the users to check the status of the device and see the time raccoons came over. | Yumeng Yu Shengchen Zhou Ruile Wu David Liu Yanting Cao |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Computer Science | Reframery Marketplace Using Community Currency | ecommerce platform, online-stores, community currency | The Reframery Community Currency(RCC) is an electronic commerce software supporting product, service, and knowledge trade using the Reframery currency within a community. This system is expected to support several functions for both users(buyers and sellers) and the system administrator, and implement the client-server model. | Fang Ye Liyang Wang Weijie Liang Kexin Liu Shanghong Shen |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Roomabot | mapping robot, automation, localization | This robot utilizes various sensors in order to accurately localize itself and create a 2-D map of the surrounding environment. The Roomabot (Room mapping robot) is controlled by the end-user through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) which also provides an interactive interface to easily extract the necessary measurement data from the constructed map. | Nithin Chemmanoor Abilash Perinparasa Omar Elemary Shardool Patel Suban Sri |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Mechanical Engineering | Rowing Oar Instrumentation and Real Time Athlete Display | performance monitoring, sport instrumentation, real time feedback | This project explores the instrumentation of rowing oars for research and blade design purposes. It also encompasses interpreting the data from the oar to display useful information in real-time to an athlete via a Graphical User Interface(GUI). | Michael Kriz Patricia Munro Maaz Khalid Francisco Alfaro- Iturrino |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Safe Send | package delivery, security, home appliance | Safe Send is a package delivery security system that allows carriers to securely deliver packages due to a device that is installed on the recipients' door. The device is a locked small panel that opens one-way and large enough for parcels to be placed through. The device is also accompanied by the Safe Send companion mobile app to enhance its features. | Nasar Khan Liban Ahmed Haseeb Siddiqui Yassir Alli |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | SAM Looks After You | mental health, well-being, therapy | SAM is a device that checks in on its user from time to time and tracks relevant metrics related to mental health such as sleep time, exercise time and hydration. Using this data, SAM displays charts with all these metrics for the past month and the user is then able to identify on what days they had a good or bad day mentally and why. | Mohamad Osseili Hesham Nimri Brian (Ho) Chiu Christian Mavely Jatan Bhatt |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | ScreenIt | business management, COVID-19, contact tracing | With recent developments in the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have reopened to the public with required safety measures in place. Temperature checks and contact tracing have become common practice as the core safety protocols to reduce the spread. ScreenIt provides non-contact screening of customers entering safety-critical places, while supplying admins with an interface to aid in contact tracing and management of the screening process. | Gurnain Saini Andy Hameed Max Mercer Christian Hallgrimson Tasmiha Hassan |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Siren Sense | machine learning, siren, alert | This project will produce an application that will detect when a certain sound or tone is heard, and then mute any audio being produced from the users' headphones. This will be useful in real-world scenarios, like if someone unknowingly walks behind a truck or construction vehicle in reverse, or when a siren of an emergency vehicle is played. The goal of this application is to make the user aware of what is happening around them, and to alert them to potentially dangerous situations. | Syed Aamir Tahir Devin Klepp Mathuran Sadagopan Vithuran Sadagopan Varun Ramanathan |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Smart Home Appliances | smart home, human health, energy saving | In the field of quality of life, plenty of people find it difficult to get up in the morning or fall asleep at night in this fast-paced society. For this problem, rather than an annoying alarm sound, the smart lamp will simulate sunrise and sunset to help people to wake up and sleep.
In the aspect of the convenience of life, lamps that people use nowadays usually have only one lamp holder, which can only illuminate one place in the room. However, our project can automatically adjust the direction according to the position of customers. In the field of energy-saving, humans pay more attention to energy-consuming and our project can manually and automatically adjust the brightness level of the lamp based on the ambient light intensity using a photodiode. |
Wenbo Liu Yin Fu Yu Wang Yixing Tang Jiayi Mao |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Smart Home Security System | home protection, facial recognition, internet of things | The Smart Home Security System is a cheap but reliable home security system involving a camera and door lock to provide seamless home entry and protection. The camera implements facial recognition software to provide a key-less unlocking to authorized users. | Kieran Ward Sam Guo Samuel Agok Harry Wang |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Smart Trolley | trolley, auto-follow, image processing | An auto-following trolley that can track a worker's route and follow him. It can do image processing to determine the direction and distance it goes. | Minghao Li Kun Yan Gaici Lin Kaihua Yang |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | SmartFan | smart technology, energy efficient, automation | Our project is based on developing a smaller scaled smart home cooling system with tons of user intervention elimination features. The primary goal for this product is to conserve energy and automate the cooling system inside the user’s home tailored for their comfort. | Omer Rezk Joshua Levey Emmanuel Hector |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Snipe-E: The Automated Air Hockey Robot | robot, AI, game | Snipe-E is an air hockey robot that can be mounted onto any air hockey table and configured to play against a human or AI. The user is physically present at the air hockey table and plays against a friend who virtually controls the robot striker through a smartphone app. | Samrudh Bangalore Ali Tawfik Noubar Nakhnikian Siddharth Bedekar |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Bachelor of Technology Program | Solving Sudoku using Machine Learning and Genetic Algorithms | machine learning,AI, software | We have used machine learning to train AI to successfully solve any sudoku puzzle board. We utilized a genetic algorithm, which uses a process similar to natural selection to select the best performing AI to move forward. After repeating this process and comparing against success criteria, the result is AI that is very effective at playing sudoku! | Matthew Stringer Baljit Bharaj Mohammad Qureshi |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Materials Science & Engineering | Steel Master - A virtual MSE lab software | virtual learning, steel, simulation | Software that predicts the phase fraction of steel, as well as the subsequent bulk mechanical properties based on the heat treatment parameters entered by the user. | Dalue Tang Youzhi Xie Yi Nor Kuo Yosra Khaky |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Strain Characterization Testing Apparatus | This project is in partnership with MesoMat Inc.. The purpose of this project is to create a custom testing apparatus that MesoMat can use to test their product. MesoMat’s main product is a stretchable conductive fibre that can be used to measure strain globally along the entire length of a material. This is in comparison to typical strain sensing devices, which measure strain at a single localized point.
Our apparatus can bend given samples while simultaneously measuring the resistance in the fibres. This allows MesoMat to easily and accurately test and characterize their fibres. |
Alexander Dingwall Armaan Panthaki Lawrence Chung Alexander Lo Patrick He Adam Nelson |
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| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | The Arcimuse Unit | electronic test equipment, education, DIY, hobbyist electronics | The Arcimuse is a handheld electronics workstation with the key functionality of test equipment such as oscilloscopes. This project extends the functionality of the Arcimuse by enclosing it in an all-in-one unit that allows for communication with a mobile app and enhanced data visualization. Applications of the project include uses in general electronics testing and in electronics education. | Matthew Zarowny Duy Ngo Liming Liu |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Engineering Physics | The Perfect Spiral-ator | computer vision, health, fitness tech | American football is one of the most popular sports in the US school system. Every year, thousands of coaches hold tryouts, hoping to find players with the potential to be star quarterbacks. But there’s a lot of technique that goes into a good throw. And during a busy tryout coaches could lose track and players with good form could be missed.
The Perfect Spiral-ator is a video analysis tool that uses form estimation and computer vision techniques to scan through football tryout footage. The software evaluates players based on 3 criteria; form, ball trajectory, spin rate. The coach would simply record the throwing portion of the tryout and upload it to the Spiralator website for analysis. With The Perfect Spiralator, you can be confident that your roster will be filled with nothing but the best. |
Zainab Husain Krishtee Dyuti Rashik Shahjahan |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Electrical & Computer Engineering | The Stalker | agriculture, traverse, crop counter | The project is meant for agricultural use so that the designed robot would be able to go through rows of crops in an acre and count the number of crops on both sides instead of manual counting. This is to help avoid human errors and give a more accurate representation of the data for any adjustments required. | Daniel Pach Anujan Premkumar Mille Petrevski Sifath Ar-Rafi |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Computer Science | ToeFX | toenail, health, machine learning | An application to help patients of ToeFX keep track of theIr fungal treatment. It uses machine learning to calculate the coverage of fungus at various intervals in a patient's treatment, allowing them to visualize their improvement. | Shlomo-Eli Schweitzer Behdad Khamneli Behzad Khamneli |
| Digital & Smart Systems | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | WatchNext | entertainment, media, social | Deciding what to watch on Netlifx with your friends can be a tedious process with lots of searching, arguing, and indecisiveness. WatchNext is a mobile application that solves this problem by providing users' recommendations of movies and TV shows on Netflix tailored to their personal taste using machine learning. Users swipe right or left one at a time based on if they want to watch it or not, similar to existing dating apps. Users can connect with other users in matching sessions, where any recommendation multiple people have liked is saved to a list. | Mohammad Hussain Moziah San Vicente Giacomo Loparco Bilal Jaffry Jacob Gordon Eoin Lynagh |
| Energy | Mechanical Engineering | Automated Exhaust Gas Control System for the POWER System - A | food industry, waste energy recovery, environmental | The purpose of this project is to design an automated bypass duct for the Pizza Oven Waste Energy Recovery (POWER) system. The POWER system is a heat exchanger unit that can be placed directly into the flow of cooking appliance exhaust products in order to recover wasted energy lost to excess heat in the exhaust flow. With this project, the team aims to safeguard POWER in the event it needs to shut down by automatically re-routing hot exhaust gases around POWER and back into the existing chimney. | Lennert Niewels Janderic Del Rosario Rachel Lai |
| Energy | Mechanical Engineering | Automated Exhaust Gas Control System for the POWER system - B | HVAC, waste heat recovery, mechatronic design | The design of a bypass system to divert natural convection exhaust gasses around the TEG POWER system (Thermal Electrical Generator Pizza Oven Waste Energy Recovery). The TEG POWER system is an integrated component within a commercial pizza oven that functions to recover waste heat from exhaust gasses. In the event of a pump failure or other adverse conditions, the exhaust gas bypass system should safely and effectively divert exhaust gasses around the TEG POWER system’s heat reclaimer. This bypass will ultimately prevent damage to the TEG POWER system and allow the oven to continue normal operation. | Reuben Haklander Liam Irwin Aleksa Klasnic |
| Energy | Chemical Engineering | Biomass to Electricity | electricity, biomass, energy | The project focuses on generating electricity from biomass materials in Ontario using an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) process pathway. The project includes market research, plant design, an economic analysis, material and energy balances, and other key aspects included in designing and implementing an energy plant. | Emily Martin Prabhjot Burmy Aadesh Harakh Solange Thomas-Dowden |
| Energy | Mechanical Engineering | Design of a Hardening-Off Greenhouse with Integrated Heat Capture and Storage | sustainability, greenhouse, solar thermal | Our project was to design a greenhouse from a shipping container that integrates a sustainable heat capture system to slowly acclimate (harden-off) seedlings for a Hamilton-based non-for-profit. | Seraj Singh Arrin Falk-Dotan James Finch Jessica Radko |
| Energy | Mechanical Engineering | Design of Multi-Cell Hydrogen Storage Devices with Extra Volumetric Capacity | energy, transportation, sustainability | The storage of hydrogen is a major challenge to the future hydrogen economy. Currently, pressurized containers are the best method for storing hydrogen, however they pose safety risks should they fail, and require exotic and expensive materials and processes to manufacture. In this project, multi-cell structures are proposed to improve safety and strength through clever arrangement and shape optimization. This could lead to hydrogen fuel cells that are more portable, modular, and safer than existing solutions.
Basic practical concerns for manufacturing and use cases are considered in this project as well. |
Andrew Aslanidis Carter McCormick Tina Hoang Jesse Wang |
| Energy | Chemical Engineering | Design of Packed-Bed Column Heating Configurations | computational fluid dynamics (CFD), heat transfer, transient models | Tasked by Zeton Inc. to design optimal heating configurations for the regeneration of packed-bed adsorbent columns. This was done by producing transient temperature distribution profiles and justified by validated simulation results. The analysis is conducted on various column sizes, along with economic analyses for each heating configuration. A set of recommendations is presented to Zeton Inc. for each column size. | Kevin Da Alexander Sotra Lukas Lenarczyk Han Lin |
| Energy | Bachelor of Technology Program | Dynamic Stability Analysis of a proposed McMaster University Campus Microgrid | microgrid, transient disturbances, transient stability, gas and diesel generators | Analyzing the dynamic stability of the McMaster microgrid with and without additional proposed distributed generation. We propose a new additional gas generator to McMaster's microgrid that will help McMaster supply power during island mode. This project helps give a better understanding of transient disturbances, microgrid, transient instabilities and working of Gas and diesel generators. | Ekjot Mann Rupinder Singh Janki Shah |
| Energy | Electrical & Computer Engineering | E-Route: Dynamic Wireless Charging System for EVs | wireless power transfer, dynamic wireless charging, electric vehicle | Nowadays, EVs cannot support long-range driving due to their limited battery capacity and limited charging stations. E-Route is a dynamic wireless charging system designed for electrical vehicles. It enables charging while driving on the road. | Fengyang Sun Shang Gao Yuhao Wang Rui Zhong |
| Energy | Chemical Engineering | Emerson Air-to-Water Heat Pump | heat pump, home heating, residential | This is an applied engineering design project to address accessible and clean energy by transforming traditional technology in modern applications. The Project Team will spend part of the term in the research phase (comprehensive understanding of heat pump processes), and the remainder in the development and design phase (draw upon technical skills to design a heat pump to utilize waste heat). New designs are to maintain high-efficiency ratings as per Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and the Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI). | Joseph Pavkovic John Liakakos Shrujal Patel Michel Syriani |
| Energy | Chemical Engineering | Ethylene Production Plant | ethane, ethylene, steam cracking | This project aims to further understand, identify, and implement any possible improvements to the process used to make ethylene from a feedstock of ethane gas. This is an important area of study as our world uses a wide variety of products made from materials derived from ethylene, and this is unlikely to change. Using the triple bottom line of sustainability, the hope is to determine the true costs of using these materials well into the future. | Reese Curiale Alessandra Castro Lauren Hooper Ruha Khan |
| Energy | Mechanical Engineering | Heat Exchanger Distribution Manifold and Jet Design and Optimization for Jet Array Liquid Cooling Waste Heat Recovery Heat Exch | energy, cooling, injection molding | The objective of modification is to produce a manifold design alternative which minimizes the pump power used by reducing coolant loop pressure drop across fittings and the interior manifold. With additional pressure drop analysis provided in collaboration with JC02A, refinement to the existing manifold for improved manufacturing through injection molding is explored. | Harshdeep Dhunna Connor Gordan Connor Lawrence |
| Energy | Mechanical Engineering | Heat Transfer Surface Optimization for Jet-Array Liquid Cooling Heat Exchanger | energy, environment, sustainability | This project will entail the design and analysis of multiple configurations of submerged jet cooling heat exchanger surface and jet array design for a heat exchanger used to recover waste heat in pizza ovens. The objective is to optimize overall heat transfer by modification of the surface itself to maximize heat flux in liquid cooling and minimize pumping power through pressure drop. | Sara Noordam Ethan Chariandy Kenneth Noronha Russell Moellerr |
| Energy | Chemical Engineering | Implementation of an Emerson Scroll Compressor as an Expander in the Organic Rankine Cycle to Address Accessible & Clean Energy | sustainable energy, waste heat recovery, organic Rankine cycle | This project involved transforming an Emerson Copeland scroll compressor to an expander of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for the recovery of low-grade waste heat. Low global warming potential (GWP) working fluids for the reversed compressor were explored along with varying fluid properties and system parameters to optimize the system. This project tested how other energy-efficient solutions can be used in various applications while addressing the need for energy production from sustainable sources. To assess the viability of the design and the overall system, the efficiency, cost, operability, and safety, were evaluated and an environmental analysis was performed. | Marina Manoraj Mariam Sidawi Chloe Dawson Jillian Ma Shane Park |
| Energy | Bachelor of Technology Program | MAC Microgrid - Network Model and Analysis in PSS/E Format | microgrid, analysis, PSS/E | This project will be focused on the construction and analysis of the microgrid network model that is currently in place at McMaster University through the use of SIEMENS PSS/E Xplore software for power system simulation. This model will specifically focus on the 13.8 kV feeder lines and their corresponding load requirements. | Ben Ryan Anthony Belcamino Owais Mulla |
| Energy | Bachelor of Technology Program | Micro Grid Generator Financial Evaluation | microgrid, generator, financial evaluation | This project will demonstrate that McMaster university has the potential to reduce energy costs. The project will use 2018 and 2019 monthly power flow data from McMaster university database. By figuring out the 5 peak hours of power consumption, we can estimate the global adjustment fines and modify the peak hours power consumption in the future years. Thus, we can define generator unit capacity and financial analysis. | Fu Qing Huang Hang Yin Tenzin Norlha |
| Energy | Bachelor of Technology Program | Modelling and Analysis of the McMaster Microgrid using OpenDSS | openDSS, modelling, McMaster microgrid | Electrical system modelling and simulation is an important tool in any electric power engineer’s toolkit. Using these models, studies on power flow, fault analysis, system stability, harmonic and quality analysis and protection and control can have greater depth and accuracy, leading to better decision making when it comes time to choose where to spend capital to upgrade the power system.
OpenDSS, developed by EPRI, is an open-source electric power distribution system simulator designed to support distributed energy resources, microgrids, and other modern electrical grid features. It is used throughout the industry by utilities, research labs, and universities to model and simulate distribution networks. This project will model the microgrid at McMaster University and simulate various load flow and fault analysis studies on it to demonstrate the functionality of the model. |
Cameron Harding Eric Bijsterveld Allan Luu |
| Energy | Chemical Engineering | Next Methanol Inc. Pilot Plant Feasibility Study | renewable energy, waste-to-fuel, biofuel, sustainability | Ecolene is a carbon-neutral bio-methanol utilizing biomass, water, and surplus energy in which Next Methanol Incorporated has been licensed to develop a process for, as a means to generate renewable energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions. Next Methanol Inc. is in the process of developing a pilot plant and the objective of this Capstone project is to conduct a feasibility study including technical, economical, and environmental assessments for the Ecolene plant. | Yang Chen Zaid Alnasseri Beatrice Benigno Selena Fahim Eric Pioli |
| Energy | Mechanical Engineering | Numerical Investigation of Thermal Performance Enhancements of Self-contained Drive Motor Systems | thermal, CFX, motor | Using CFX to model oil flow and heat transfer within a rotating annulus. | Vikramjit Sahota Brett Van Halteren Karanbir Virk |
| Energy | Bachelor of Technology Program | Oxmead Distribution Station Feeder Study | protection and coordination, asset management, investment planning | Load flow, short-circuit, protection and coordination of the Oxmead Feeder using ETAP software | Syam Abdin Jwel Hossian |
| Energy | Bachelor of Technology Program | Power Protection to the MAC grid feeder line | Comtrade file, overcurrent relay, emtp | Since there has always been a high interest in testing protective relaying system, the main objective of this report is to design the EMTP model to test the OC fault analysis across the feeder line along McMaster University campus. This project team is writing this report with the purpose to propose the Overcurrent fault analysis and a detailed description of the Comtrade data file generated by the EMPT- RV Software.
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Shahnaz Kauser Melvyn Mungroo Serena Malick |
| Energy | Chemical Engineering | Production of Bioethanol from Corn Via a Dry Milling Process | energy, process control, manufacturing | Our project aims to produce bioethanol from corn using a dry-milling process. The project entails a full design basis and process simulation of the process, plant siting and safety requirements, economic analysis, and environmental impact studies. | Rama Arafa Pooja Menon Elliot Wong Arin Nag |
| Energy | Chemical Engineering | Transitioning from a Natural Gas to Hydrogen Market | hydrogen, carbon capture, energy | Design of an industrial hydrogen power plant from existing natural gas power plant infrastructure, while analyzing the sustainability impacts for economic, environmental, and social applications. | Lindsay Kuyltjes Sebastian Simic Graham Van Every Bryan Mitchell Jordan Sullivan |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Adver | advertising, SAAS, automation | Adver is a self-serving advertising platform that seeks to make out-of-home advertising quick, simple, and affordable on a low budget.
Adver allows monitor owners to take advantage of their under-utilised screen space by allowing others to display advertisements on them. Business owners and interested individuals can upload their advertisements through Adver and drop the ads to monitors of their choice based on factors such as location, time slot, and price. This gives them an avenue to connect directly, a process traditionally requiring a middle man. It lowers the barrier of individuals to run an advertisement platform on a low budget, as long as one gets exposure to the public. It can replace the traditional poster advertisements, and offers a centralized platform for existing billboard businesses. |
Shengxu Quan Robin Fan Jingfan Ai Bingchen Ji |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Autonomous Electric Lawnmower | autonomous, electric, lawnmower | Our autonomous lawnmower (Yard-2-D-2) provides all of the benefits of a conventional lawnmower without the physical strain of pushing a mower. Unlike other robot mowers on the market, our autonomous solution does not require a perimeter wire to be installed on the edge of the property, which means that you can move our mower anywhere and start cutting in an instant! With enough power to cut the toughest residential yards, our mower is the perfect grass cutting solution for the modern age! | Akshyn Biman-Telang Eric Bilan |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Autonomous Snowblower | snow removal, BLDC motors, electrical power | Designing a two-stage snowblower utilizing electric power and BLDC motors capable of autonomous function. | Yves Daniel Umar Mohammed Arun Thankarajah Wesley Chou |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Mechanical Engineering | BioHex Chewing/Measuring Device V2 | implant testing, dental, strength test | The purpose of the project is to design and manufacture an apparatus that will test an assembly of novel dental implants (consisting of four to six implants) developed by practicing dentist, Dr. Kwan. The main value proposition of the project is offering Dr. Kwan the ability to test a full arch of implants, along with providing solutions to issues present with the Version 1 testing machine. For example, Version 2 will aim to increase accessibility and ensure consistency across samples | Walter Siegmund Blaire Pauli Jacquelyn Spadzinski |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | CodeBee | education, gamification, computer science | CodeBee is an interactive web application which gamifies the process of teaching young children aged 10-16 about programming. The application focusses on dragging and dropping certain blocks in a required order to solve a challenge. These challenges require knowledge of concepts like loops, operations, comparisons and storing values. In contrast to the complexity of today’s so called ‘simple’ languages, we have developed a simple and intuitive custom-made language and compiler. | Shivaansh Prasann Sida Wang Yachen Wu Jason Nagy Weidong Yang Hongqing Cao |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Engineering Physics | CookIt! | heat transfer, simulation, app development | CookIt! is an easy-to-use phone app solution for home cooks to make perfectly cooked meals every time. The app uses heat transfer simulations based on the mass and type of the cut of meat being cooked to return optimized cooking parameters (temperature, time, etc.) to the user. The model takes the chemistry of cooking into consideration, including the different thermal properties of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates contained within the muscle and the denaturing of proteins with temperature. The model matches results obtained with a thermocouple testing apparatus, and the application has been designed for speed, ease-of-use and aesthetics. | Alexander Parent Shawn Joubran Pedro Oliveira Joshua Eizenga |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Engineering Physics | Covert Low Light Imaging for DSLR Camera | infrared imaging, DSLR camera | Our group has developed an innovative approach to modify a standard digital camera to enable it to covertly take high-quality images in the dark, while also preserving the camera’s original ability to take photographs during the day. | Stephen Chupil Damom Geelen Kean Foy Nathaniel Webster |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Materials Science & Engineering | Development of a Tensile Tester for 3D imaging of Materials at the Canadian Light Source | Canadian Light Source, computed tomography, microstructural evolution | CLS-BMIT has need of a tensile stage in order to follow microstructure evolution under controlled environmental conditions. Students participating in this Capstone would be given the challenge of creating a custom stage to deform a 2 mm dia. aluminum sample while a set of 3D images is captured in order to capture how microstructures evolve during the process. | William Parkes Benjamin Stubina Chintan Dave Zhuo Zhang |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Dolphin Dive | phone application, community engagement, digital system | There is a growing global interest in diving. The USA alone has around 2.8 million divers based on SFIA reports in 2018. Dolphin Dive is an Android application that provides a one-stop platform with the majority of diving support tools. It presents an excellent and convenient platform for all divers worldwide and provide an easier solution to complete a dive trip than ever before. The product has the capability to book trips, share experiences, manage dive logs, and communicate with other divers. |
Ziyang Huang Yijun Chen Shuying Chen Zhanyi Yan Xingjian Ke |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Electrically-actuated Climbing Robot for Inspecting Pipes | pipe inspection, environment, electrically-actuated | This project is to design an electrically-actuated climbing robot for pipe inspection about the leak and crack of the pipes in the facilities such as nuclear power plants and chemical plants. The robot should be capable of climbing the exteriors of vertical and horizontal plastic or metal pipes (including ones with slippery or uneven surfaces) that include straight sections, changes in diameter, joints, and bends. It should carry sensors for inspecting the pipe (e.g. ultrasonic sensor (for internal crack detection), camera, temperature and humidity sensors). The robot should be designed to be self-contained and battery-operated. It should be actuated using electric motors with gearboxes. So it can be operated for extended periods, the motors, gearboxes and other components should be chosen such that the robot can move at a speed of 25 mm/s with minimum power consumption. | Shenxian Wu Chuzi Fan Huanran Sun Zhenhua Shi |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | ElmJrMetal | computer graphics, compilers, GPU acceleration, projectional editor, optimization | This is a reimplementation of the iPad app ElmJr application https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elmjr/id1335011478, which is a code editor and simulator for use in education to add 3D support and accelerate 2D graphics via GPU, support recursive functions and compiler-type optimizations in the interpreter. | Lucas Dutton Michael Le Wyatt Wismer Saad Khan Thomas Armena |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Flo. : The Automated Song Mixer | music, software, entertainment | Flo. is a server hosted algorithm geared towards music enthusiasts that allows for users to experience music as if it were mixed by experienced disk jockeys. Users will be able to input a set of songs and Flo. will analyze said songs in order to determine the song order, a suitable transition between the songs, and will provide the user with a completed mix that compiles all of the songs that the user has provided. | Chray Zhang Dennis Kwong Christopher Sinanan |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | FollowBot | Arduino, robot, tracking sensor | The FollowBot is a robot powered by batteries and controlled using a microcontroller called Arduino. This robot has the simple task to follow someone through Bluetooth connection while avoiding/sensing other objects in the way. | Ginushanth Suriyakumaran David Hoang Alysha Li Omatara Saka |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | GroceryMate | retail, shopping, consumer | GroceryMate is a “smart” shopping cart that helps free customers’ hands. It is able to track and follow a designated customer while maintaining an appropriate distance between it and the customer. It is able to navigate between aisles and turn around the corners swiftly without losing the target customer. It scans the products put in by the customer and immediately updates the estimated bill to prevent over-buying. It also has a Siri-like voice assistant that can direct customers to the products they want to buy. Last but not least, it works with a mobile app that helps customers connect to shopping carts and share their shopping lists. | Hongjian Li Zixuan Pan Mingmin Cheng Yihang Xu Yi Zhou Tianyu Hu |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Hands-Free Removal & Donning of Hand Gloves | healthcare, PPE, automated, prototype | The team has designed a device that aids with the donning of disposable medical hand gloves. The device automatically loads a pair of gloves and inflates them, allowing users to easily don their gloves in seconds. The device can also store up to 100 pairs of gloves before it must be refilled. | Michael Sangiorgio Andrew Koshyk Andreas Oetomo Nathan Maaskant |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Chemical Engineering | Hydrogel-Coated Woven Fabric for Oil-Water Separation | wastewater, separation, green | Oil contamination of water is, unfortunately, a common occurrence with industrial process streams, storm drainage, and even environmental oil spills. These scenarios pose a risk to the global ecosystem, and consequently, to human health. While commercially viable separation products exist, they still face numerous challenges including required separation time, poor separation efficiency, elevated operating costs, and poor treatment of emulsions. This represents an opportunity for technological improvement that our capstone project aims to address through the use of superwetting materials. The objective of our capstone project is to build off of results reported in literature to design a guar gum hydrogel-coated woven fabric filter for oil-water separation and evaluate its potential to achieve industrial-scale, commercial viability. | Maddison Kargus Kristen Abels Ana Arezina Patrick Hehl Cassandra Stothers |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Computer Science | Measure 2.0 | accreditation, engineering faculty, automation & standardization | Measure is an in-house tool to improve the annual accreditation process for the faculty of engineering. Measure aims to ease gathering CEAB related data, improve data and analysis visibility to faculty, and generate compliance to CEAB standards. | Trevor Ngo Michael Yohannes Christina Mudarth Seda Mete Song Tao (Declan) Wu |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Computer Science | Mini-Games For G-ScalE Project - Mactivision | games, psychology, research | Video games are experienced at many different levels; however, all games by nature of being playable have some form of mechanical experience that serves as the first contact with the player. The mechanical experience of a game is understood through the concepts of mechanical achievability. That is to say, is it possible, given a player’s profile of cognitive and motor abilities, that they can complete the game’s challenges?
The Games Scalability Environment (G-ScalE) is a research team that focuses on understanding the fundamental science behind video games. Our capstone team (Mactivision) has developed various cognitive tests disguised as mini-games which will measure users’ strengths and weaknesses in performing various atomic challenges (game tasks), each corresponding to different cognitive and motor abilities. Each test is a play-through of a series of mini-games, called a Mini-game Battery. After each mini-game, data is recorded of the user’s gameplay, which can then be processed, by researchers, to measure the user’s performance in the cognitive and motor abilities being measured. Each Battery can be tailored to the researcher’s specifications, and thus can be used to measure the change in a user’s performance when using different mini-game parameters. |
Bryan Chiu David Hospital Michael Tee Sijie Zhou Kunyuan Cao |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Motorized Bicycle Storage System | design, storage, transportation | Design of a novel solution of a motorized bicycle storage system for the clients from McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) that does not resemble a traditional bike rack and displays engineering creativity. | Rickey Chan David Jiang Wisam Saleh Janice Shabudin |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Pairrot Solutions | drone, autonomy, tracking | Pairrot solutions aim to expand on functionality for lightweight drones, allowing them to autonomously position themselves at a fixed distance to a desired object, and to maintain this distance, even while the object is in motion. Not unlike a parrot, following around his pirate friend as they walk along the bow of their ship. | Parker Kary Colleen Lam Tiffany Yeung Mehedi Khan Oscar Yeung Aseem Malhotra |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Piano Performance Pal (PP-Pal) | robot, piano, mechatronics, autonomous, innovation, music, novelty | PP-Pal is an autonomous robotic device able to perform music from digital files on a physical 88-key piano | Kirill Teplov Hank Bae Nathan Lam Katrina Ma Hrydaya Gohil Gurpinder Sandhu |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Engineering Physics | Q-Link 1064 | quantum communication, quantum key distribution, communication, laser, electronics, space, satellite, spacecraft | Our team has partnered with the quantum key distribution (QKD) satellite company QEYnet to develop a space-based laser beacon module to act as a guide for their Quantum Satellite Rekeying Module (QSRM).
The laser beacon sends a beam down to Earth from the satellite targeted at a ground station which then can be used to locate the satellite in orbit. While the ground station is receiving the beam from the laser beacon, it is assumed the ground station and the QSRM are aligned allowing quantum rekeying data transfer to commence. Since the laser beacon and QSRM are coaligned, if the ground station receives the beam from the laser beacon, the QSRM will also be in proper position to receive the quantum rekeying data. Throughout the development of this project our team has been responsible for creating requirement specifications, integrated component documentation, and the engineering design of the module. |
Diana Dumitrescu Alexander Barovier David Hammond Malcolm Hodgins |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Rogue-Game | video game, procedural generation, roguelike | A Rogue-like game is a game that uses similar mechanics to those of the 1980s DOS game called Rogue. Rogue was innovative for its time, implementing procedural dungeon generation for the player to explore and overcome. This use of procedural generation, along with permadeath, made for an experience that was fresh and unique on each playthrough. RogueGame uses similar concepts to create a more modern version of Rogue which improves upon older concepts and creates new features as well. | Michael Thomson (Torja) Md Nasif Istiaque Sandeep Arumainayagam Saad Khan Francis Bajamunde Daniel Lu |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Stretch Tech | home stretching machine, gym equipment, fitness | Stretching is an essential routine that should be followed after every workout to reduce the risk of injury, but it is often overlooked because there are very few viable in-home stretching machine options that assist with stretching and measuring progress. The objective of the design is to create a stretching machine suitable for an average home that encourages stretching and incorporates all the major muscle group stretches. | Avantik Sharma Jonathan Benmordecai Kiro Ziada Kevin Wang |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Student Housing Board | housing, rental properties, community | A one-stop shop web application for student tenants and landlords allowing for chats, reviews, ranking, and viewing/posting of rental properties and more! | Jinesh Patel Sankar Renganathan Paul Heys Alex Kingsland Archit Shah Mohammed Mirajkar |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Swish Guitar | music, portable, innovation | Swish guitar is an air guitar system that consists of an embedded system and a web application. It serves to eliminate many of the issues that come with playing the guitar, making it a more accessible and portable way to enjoy this activity. | Vivek Patel Nisarg Parekh Alejandro Aviles |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Computer Science | Unity Runtime Importer | unity, animation, 3d objects, useful tools | As the name suggests, this project aims to bring a useful add-on tool to the Artspark Project -- to provide simple animation import with Unity in runtime (Applying animations for 3D objects in a Unity projects at runtime).
The project consists of 2 parts, 1. A Series of C# scripts are to be compiled into an existing Unity project to achieve runtime animation import with a specific animation format that has a similar data structure to a CSV file. 2. A simple animation editor and previewer, that should be easy enough to use, to edit and preview this specific animation file. |
Shawn Li Hongguang Zhou Xinyang Guo |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Uplift | fitness, social media, feedback | Uplift is a social media application designed around weightlifting and fitness. Its goal is to provide a centralized location where individuals can do everything from obtaining and providing form and diet feedback to finding workout plans and sharing general updates with their community. | Matthew Dombrady Amit Binu Ardhendu Barge Dinesh Balakrishnan Sagar Thomas Mohamed Bengezi |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Watercraft Launcher | mechanical design, transportation, innovation | The objective of this project is to design a mobile watercraft launcher that can transport a personal watercraft from ground level into the water. The device is being modelled for use at Spencer Smith Park in Burlington, Ontario. The launcher must be capable of translating watercraft 3.5m horizontally and a minimum of 4m vertically to overcome the primary and secondary seawalls. Beyond the environmental requirements, the device must keep the watercraft 2m away from the seawall during the lowering process to prevent waves from pushing the craft against the seawall. The device will be designed to accommodate small boats and personal watercraft weighing a maximum of 400kg.
For the operation of the device, one of the objectives that have been set out is that the launcher is capable of being operated by a single person. Furthermore, the task of lowering the watercraft should take less than 5 minutes. Finally, the device must be removable from its location within an hour. |
Jordan Van Leeuwen Joshua Van Leeuwen John Vairo Liam Burrows Amir Shufani |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Mechanical Engineering | A crash test dummy foot to investigate regional injury risk | biomechanics, anthropometric test device, frontal impact | Currently, automotive crash studies have focused primarily on damages to the neck, spine, and pelvis where most serious injuries occur. The lower leg is one of the most frequently injured parts of the body and has not received much attention. Commercially available Anthropomorphic Test Devices (ATD) only have a gross representation of the human foot. This project involves the design of a more realistic ATD foot that is going to be attached to the THOR-LX. The foot should exhibit similar characteristics of the foot of a 50th percentile male, in size, mass, range of motion, and impact loading distribution. | Hamed Mikati Anthony Trung Nguyen Sina Pedram Ethan Sun |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Automated Pill Strip Dispenser | healthcare, pharmacy, pill dispenser | This unique system automates the dispensing of a person's medication from a standard sized pill strip pack that is inserted by the user. This dispensing occurs at times set by the user within the specified ranges of the pill strip pack (Breakfast, Lunch, Supper, Bed). The device also collects dispensing statistics for review by the user along with any other health professional. | Brodie Bresette Joel Bates Justin Ballaro Daniel Pietrangelo Nicholas D'Angelo |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Awakening: EEG Sleep Detector | biomedical, EEG, safety | Our product warns drivers when it recognizes the shift from being awake to drowsy by measuring the EEG signal using a baseball cap, which has 3 tin electrodes on the inside. The device records the EEG information from the electrodes on the forehead and relays that information to the user’s electronic device. When drowsiness is detected based on the increase of alpha activity, the user’s electronic device provides audio alerts to wake the user up. There is also an LED display on the user's electronic device to show their level of consciousness. This is a user-friendly and affordable product. | Helen Zhu Shiyue Zhang Sijie Zhang Yifan Cai |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Bariatric Patient Lifting Device: The Bari-Lift | patient care, ergonomics, health and safety | The Problem:
Mechanical patient lifting devices are used widely in hospitals around the world. These devices assist healthcare professionals in adjusting and moving patients that are incapable of performing these actions independently. This project focuses on designing an improved mechanical patient lifting device that would support the needs of healthcare workers in re-positioning and transitioning bariatric patients. Our Design: The Bari-Lift The proposed final design for this project is an optimized mobile mechanical patient lift and an accompanying semi-permanent patient transfer sling, and together all the components come together to form the Bari-Lift. The chosen optimized mechanical lift design takes inspiration from current mechanical lifting systems that are utilized in Canadian hospitals. This design incorporates features that improve upon the industry standard by reducing the manual handling steps, and exertion required by healthcare workers. |
Kevin Perera Christos Liaconis Nicolas Gonzalez Thomas Dubeckyj |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | BraiNected | health monitoring, data processing/analysis, smart device | BraiNected is an electronic HeadBand that utilizes an EEG sensor to accurately provide sleep pattern data to your phone while also setting a dynamic alarm to wake up the user at an optimal time. | Faris Youssef Kamel Dabbagh Omar Qawasmi Areeb Syed |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | CONCAP | biomedical devices, brain injury, athletic performance | The CONCAP is a wearable device similar to a skull cap designed to be worn underneath the helmet in contact sports. Using an accelerometer to measure the rotational acceleration of the user's head, significant impacts to the head are measured and recorded during athletic activity. The analytics provided by the device can be used by the athlete to gauge the possibility of brain injury in both one match and over time. | Kycheung Kwan Eugene Lee Edwin Gnananadchtheram Gurpreet Ghuman |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Mechanical Engineering | CQ03: A test sled to characterize oblique impact neck response | safety, crash test, vehicle | This capstone project involves the design and optimization of a low-speed vehicle crash test system focused on simulating oblique impacts and their consequences for human neck response. The project focuses on the mechanical design of this test system and would incorporate the use of a live test subject within the test vehicle. | Matt MacGrath Parham Soozandeh Jun Woo Choi Nicholas Silverton |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Mechanical Engineering | CQ04 | simulator, robotic leg, cerebral palsy | A robotic leg that simulates the foot path of the walking gait cycle to help test PROVA Innovation's cerebral palsy rehabilitation footwear product. The footwear is used to detect irregular walking movements in the gait cycle and give corrective cues through software data. The robotic leg is able to mimic the movements of the ankle and translate horizontally and vertically. | Damian Godlewski Yuvrajvir Sidhu Ryan Hunter Quentin Wang |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Computer Science | Cyclescapes - Drawbridge | health, fitness, community engagement | Cyclescape is a Google maps-based VR cycling game aimed to test the feasibility of incorporating VR cycling for children undergoing dialysis. Patients undergoing dialysis usually spend a disproportionate amount of time in the hospital, and this can negatively impact their physical and mental health. In Cyclescape, players can use a stationary bike to navigate around a virtual world that mimics the terrain of real-world locations. By incorporating real-world maps, patients can interact with the external environment while being treated in the hospital. Factors such as fitness, QoL, and mood will be assessed during this process. | Erik Kredatus Dave Gumba Enrico Palmese Matthew Sordo Erik Kredatus |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Computer Science | Cyclescapes - Tour de VRance | health, video game, virtual reality | Cyclescapes is a cycling-based VR game designed to provide children with End-Stage Renal Disease undergoing dialysis with an enjoyable and unique method of physical exercise, designed and developed by two graduate students and capstone teams in conjunction with the McMaster Children’s Hospital. The project aims to better promote exercise during dialysis to children via gamification, alleviating the physical and psychosocial burden of chronic hospital visits by immersing them in a new and enjoyable digital environment. | Gregory Kitching Anthony Lou Zhehao Long |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Design and Operation Changes of an HVAC System to Reduce Exposure to Airborne Concentration of COVID-19 in a Hospital Building | COVID-19, HVAC, healthcare buildings | This project is focused on investigating the necessary design and operating modifications of an HVAC system used in a hospital building. The main objective of such changes is to reduce exposure to COVID-19 and thus the risk of transmission through the air within the hospital building. | Yousuf Fouda Mariam ElSheikh Daniel Policelli |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Chemical Engineering | Design of a Continuous BioProcess for Monoclonal Antibody Production. | bioprocessing, pharmaceuticals, chromatography | Currently, batch processing is being used in the biopharmaceutical industry, however, continuous processing has shown to be more favorable. Sartorius, as a biopharmaceutical supplier, is leading efforts to improve their process platform by introducing continuous processes and developing methods for model scaleup. Continuous processing has the ability to increase productivity and lower overall production costs, as unit operations can be parallelized in continuous mode and enable faster and greater output of continuous batches per year. With these advantages in mind, a continuous simulation model, including a bioreactor and multi-column-chromatography, has been created in Aspen Chromatography (TM) to support model-based approaches for continuous production of monoclonal antibodies. The simulation will be used to generate the required process specifications to achieve the desired scale up parameters. | Jacqueline Powichrowski Lauren Weir Natalie Ifraimov Angela Battista |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Electrically Actuated Robotic Arm for Assisting at Home | robotic arm, mechatronics, home assistance | This project focused on designing a robotic arm that can be used to assist older adults with day-to-day tasks while optimizing cost and useability, and ensuring safety. These tasks can include picking up clothes, turning knobs on machines, cleaning, food preparation, and picking up heavy items from the fridge such as a jug of milk. | Harit Babbar Ryan Zhang Nikhil Jaura Christopher Burley |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Expandable Catheter - RS02 | artery, medical, angioplasty | This project involves the design of an expandable catheter that allows for blood flow during expansion and has sectional expansion capabilities. This project is seeking to assist in the process of coronary angioplasty. | Abhimunya Paul Nidhin Varghese Hammad Saleem Minay Patel |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Eye-controlled Wheelchair | wheelchair, EOG, sensory system | A modified eye-controlled wheelchair capable of traversing, sensing obstacles, and moving automatically with the aim of increasing the autonomy of quadriplegic patients who cannot propel their wheelchairs due to loss of motor function. | Oluwadamilola Orole Emily (Jeongmin) Ham Suvetha Balraj Lelna Gwet |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | FitForm | exercise, health, portable | FitForm provides a generalized portable solution for self-improving how one carries out exercises. By providing real-time feedback on how a user carries out exercises and allowing them to track statistics related to their performance, users can perfect their exercise form. | Rohan Thakral Jordan Levy Othman Mullick Cassandra Nicolak Hahd Khan Rohit Saily |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Focus Pocus | education, attention, e-learning | Focus Pocus is an Attention detecting device with a focus on providing students with feedback on how they pay attention in lecture. The Focus Pocus headset tracks its wearer's behavior to determine their level of attention during lecture and let them know when they become dazed or distracted. | Peter O'Neill Bruce Hynd Siyam Ali Siddhant Sapru Declan Mullane Jiacheng Zhang |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Computer Science | G-ScalE Mini-Game Battery Project | ludus, mini-games, cognitive psychology | Our capstone group is developing the G-ScalE Mini-Game Battery Project, a project composed of five single-player mini games designed in Unity, to measure six out of 46 identified human cognitive and psychomotor skills. Each game will take players approximately 30 - 50 seconds to play, and will be used to establish player competencies in a specific cognitive or psychomotor group. The games will be accessible by the players through a web application that runs on a web server, and collects input through the keyboard and mouse. | Alice Ip Jack Buckley Meijing Li Shuo He Yunfei Yang |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | GI Voice Annotation | transcription, endoscope, annotation | This system records an endoscope procedure’s video and users’ voices and annotates the audio and video based on medical keywords provided by gastroenterologists. Currently, during and after the endoscope procedure, the gastroenterologist analyzes the disease and generates a report written manually by the doctor or by a nurse, which increases both time and human resources. GI-voice-annotation automates this note-taking procedure, using only the gastroenterologist’s voice during the endoscope procedure. | Boyu Jiang Mengshan Cui Guiye Wu Haoyuan Fu |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Healthband | healthcare, biotechnology, aging | Healthband is a resident monitoring and management system which aims to address the issue of understaffing at long-term care home facilities. It does so by eliminating inefficiencies and delays in hopes of relieving the stress of employees and increasing the quality of life of residents. Healthband works by sharing data from a tracking bracelet worn by residents to an iOS application accessible to staff. | Harshdeep Guraya Ahmed Hassan Aqeel Awadia Joshua George Manpreet Gill |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | InForm | biomedical, health innovation, ergonomics | A lightweight wearable device that accurately monitors users' posture and provides real-time correction via vibration feedback and wireless notifications from the accompanying web app. The interactive web app allows users to customize device features and track their data trends. | Sherry Wang Troy Umolac Xinyi Wang Xiaoyu Zhai |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Look and Go Wheelchair | eye-tracking, Raspberry Pi, Python | The project is aiming to develop a smart wheelchair control system and simplify the direction control. The system can extract users’ eyesight movement data and calculate the direction users preferred to move towards. | Kieran Ecclestone Chenhe Zhang Kevin Chen |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Modular Prosthetic Devices | prosthetic, 3D printing, filter | A flexible prosthetic platform for people with at-elbow or below-elbow amputations, designed to allow amputees with 3d printer access to more easily build powered activity-specific prosthetics. A base unit manages power and signal acquisition, and supports mounting custom attachments. | Jonathan Demmer Joshua Pugsley Vitaliy Mazur Menglin Song |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Engineering Physics | Motion Health | rehabilitation, physiotherapy, ankle | Motion Health's socks track biometric data for the user and report the data back to the user via a cell phone application. Specifically, the dorsiflexion angle range of motion is tracked continuously while the user is walking. This data is relevant to users recovering from ankle sprains, as they lose their range of motion and risk long-term ankle instability if their recovery is poor. Physiotherapists are typically consulted when recovering from ankle sprains and they provide feedback on the progress of the recovery. The biometric data provided by Motion Health socks will provide much more feedback for the user while also giving the physiotherapist additional information to make assessments with. | Harrison Tratnik Keara Wilson Malav Patel Ronan Garrison |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | MüvMat - Smart Fitness Mat | exercise, fitness, health | MüvMat is an embedded pressure sensor fitness mat that tracks your reps and sets for various home workouts. Our mission is to revolutionize home workouts through MüvMat, helping users achieve their fitness goals in a safe and time-effective manner while promoting healthy, active living. | Gunnar Schulz Tiffany Tse Alexis Ng Nicholas Sansalone |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Netflip | health, mental wellness, data acquisition | This device is designed for adults who spend a considerable amount of time in front of a PC, whether for work or educational purposes. It monitors their heart rate and movement to give active feedback on when to take breaks. The device is connected to the user's PC through an application that has a screen timeout activated if the user's heart rate and movement remain low during a certain amount of time. Screen access for the user is blocked till they display some amount of activity level which is reflected through a healthy heart rate and movement. | Ayesha Siddiqi Vaibhav Ariyur Areeb Khawaja Thananjai Sothivannan Ahmad Riaza |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Operating room airflow modeling and design | operating room airflow, flow visualization, flow optimization | Our project involves the design of a small-scale operating room. Our model will be used as an experimental rig to test the effect that changing supply vent parameters have on the airflow pattern inside the room. Such parameters include supply vent size, shape, and position in the room. Airbourne contaminates that are present in an operating room are directly affected by the airflow pattern which can be optimized to reduce the risk of surgical site infections. | Calvin Williams Abdelrahman Abdelmouti |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Materials Science & Engineering | Process Development of Nano-Surface Patterning the Inside of Vascular Catheters | biomaterials, vascular catheter, nanoparticles | The goal of our capstone project was to design a method to apply a pattern to the inner diameter of a vascular catheter to increase biocompatibility while maintaining acceptable mechanical properties. Our method used nanoparticles to create a nanoscale pattern on PDMS. By coating a titanium wire or stent, nanoparticles may be integrated with the surface, or can be used to imprint the surface. Our project has also been generously supported by Abbott Medical Devices who donated balloon stents valued at $6000. We welcome you to come to our booth and find out more about the process and outcomes of our method! | Jennifer Tsui Kayla Baker Ryan Lee Chan Amy Gullins |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Risk Ray | medicine, image processing, bio-tech | Risk Ray is an AI-driven model that assists doctors with determining the risk of hip fracture with their elderly patients.
By analyzing broken and nonbroken hips, Risk Ray is able to determine a percentage likelihood of fracture by utilizing machine learning models. The current method of accessing the risk of hip fracture is dated and is expensive. Risk Ray will use X-Rays which will make hip fracture detection more accessible, cheaper, and simpler. |
Khang Nguyen Lucas Mcdonald Adam Zalzal Daniel Jabbour |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Salut - Virtual Doctor's Assistant | software, machine learning, healthcare | Salut is a virtual physician's assistant aimed at revolutionizing the medical industry.
Intended for use by primary care physicians, Salut sits in the Doctor's office and transcribes every appointment that a clinician has in a day. It then displays these transcriptions in a easy-to-read web format, that is accessible via both desktop and mobile phone. In addition to transcribing each appointment, Salut provides automated insights for each patient, showing key information like demographic info, medication history, and comorbidities. These key insights help create a summarization file for each patient that allows clinicians to get the facts about each patient quickly. Salut also provides the ability to schedule follow-up appointments ("Hey Salut, schedule a follow-up in two weeks"), or automatically send prescriptions to pharmacies ("Hey Salut, fill a prescription for 2 refills of Ventolin"). With Salut, physicians no longer have to take notes, or worry about understanding the key facts of each patient visit, freeing them up to focus on what they do best; interacting with their patients. Salut enables quality patient interaction, where each patient feels heard and cared for. |
Fuad Ali Aravin Sivakumar Ryan Deus Tristan Wedderburn Isaac Cho |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | TeamFill | sports, social media | TeamFill is a mobile application that allows for a group of users to organize, discover and participate in pickup sports matches. TeamFill removes the hassles associated with trying to find players to play with by delivering an excellent UI experience that minimizes the effort required from the user. This application allows users to discover pickup sports events organized by other users that are happening in their area. Using a well-tuned recommendation algorithm, players (teams) are able to find the best available team (player) for the sport they would like to play. | Karim El Shenawy Kabir Kenth Kajoban Kuhaparan Ninos Yomo Pranav Panchal |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Electrical & Computer Engineering | The Cough Helper | signal processing, cough monitor, machine learning | Coughing is a symptom of many diseases such as COVID-19, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Cystic Fibrosis and even the common cold. The design of portable cough monitoring devices is relatively new and only a handful of products exist. Moreover, existing devices either do not have sufficient accuracy for detecting coughs, or are not fully automated and require refinement from an operator. The device we are proposing counts a patient's coughs automatically, as well as models their cough characteristics. This will help clinicians in formulating treatment plans and monitoring progress for patients with coughing pathologies. | Monika Jara Emilija Ilijevska Kaylie Lau Brooklyn Schmidt Kristina Stepanic |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Computer Science | Triage Capacity Planning | scheduling, healthcare, machine learning | The product is designed to eliminate the guesswork involved in scheduling patients by estimating the amount of urgent, semi-urgent and standard patients that will arrive in a given time period to determine the minimum number of slots are needed to see a required percentage of patients within the required amount of time; in essence, a schedule. Currently, wait times for urgent and semi-urgent patients are longer than target wait times, potentially causing increased health risks in patients. Hopefully, our scheduling prediction will help give hospitals a clearer target to reach. | Sam Cymbaluk Kristie Tom Nikhail Singh Shawn Esseltine Daniel Rubinstein |
| Health & Bio-innovation | Mechanical Engineering | Universal Muscle Stretching Equipment | stretching, gym equipment, fitness | This project was created with the goal of having one machine (with multiple stations) that could be used in a gym for performing stretches. The stations target key areas of the body and guide the user through them in an appropriate order. The stations were designed to give users a mechanical advantage, but also to limit range of motion in order to prevent over stretching. | Upmanyu Sharma Earl Lockwood Michael Farquharson Julia Wickens |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Amazon Fulfillment Center | city infrastructure, commercial space, timber design | The project captures the design of an Amazon Warehouse in Hamilton, Ontario, focusing on utilizing sustainable lumber throughout the project. | Jonathan Henderson Matthew Northey Justin Liu Jessie Liang Edwin Tan Nolan Mckeownn |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Argyle Street Bridge, Caledonia | bridge, transportation | Argyle Street Bridge is an important historical landmark for the town of Caledonia. It embodies the town’s rich history and serves as a critical traffic route. SAMJAK Inc. will be reconstructing this bridge since it can no longer sustain the traffic demand load. SAMJAK will also be implementing modern design touches to better suit the need of the growing community. | Ann Huynh Aiden Hirasawa Mufrad Saleh Jaspreet Parmar Kaloyan Naydenov Stefania Abbatangelo |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Brian Baetz Residential Building, McMaster University | structural, water resources, transportation | The Brian Baetz Residential Building is a seven-storey residence building proposed at McMaster University’s campus. The residence will contain a four-storey greenhouse, containing a vertical farm system and a bridge connecting the two wings of the building. This will create safe, reliable, and affordable housing for McMaster University students on campus. Once designed, the building will have a gym, retail space, restaurant, and a lounge accessible to all McMaster University staff and students. | Keegan Amy Aly Al Samouly Lauren McGregor Thomas Siuda Maya Ritcey-Thorpe Emma Howlett |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Brookview Community Centre | community, new development, infrastructure | Brookview Community Centre will be a newly constructed community centre located in Brooklin, Whitby of Ontario. The purpose of this building is to provide an inviting social space for the rapidly growing population of Brooklin. | Dain Na Richard Hu Giang Nguyen Mathew Scullion Peter Song Edward Zhao |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | City Centre Automatic Parking Facility, Mississauga | infrastructure, structural, smart systems | Nimbus will be designing a state-of-the-art automated parking facility to service the bustling Mississauga Downtown Core - the City Centre. With so many future projects in development within this area, a heavy influx of vehicle traffic is expected and will require accommodation. This automated valet parking system will provide drivers with a convenient and luxurious experience bringing ease and comfort to their daily commute. | Ryan Park Youssef Heikal Jiwoo Heo Alisha Suthakaran Nardine Wasef Kailey Zeran |
| Infrastructure | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | CommUnity | city infrastructure, community engagement, logistics | CommUnity is a platform that allows citizens of local municipalities to report issues regarding city infrastructure to government authorities. All reported issues within a user's community are displayed on a map to allow other community members to upvote and downvote relevant issues. Special users working on behalf of respective local governments, called community maintainers, are responsible for resolving, commenting, and updating the status of issues around the city. CommUnity's goal is to create cleaner and safer city streets while giving local authorities the opportunity to be more transparent in addressing issues. | Pratyush Bhandari Vaibhav Chadha Saad Ali Muhammad Irfan Muhammadfaisal Jaffer Gazenfar Syed |
| Infrastructure | Materials Science & Engineering | Computational modelling of fatigue crack-growth for hydro turbine steels | fatigue, finite element analysis, crack propagation | Our capstone group has teamed up with Hydro-Quebec to improve the service life of hydro-electric turbines. We have created computational models using finite element analysis to predict fatigue crack growth behavior of turbine steels. Creation and simulation of our models were performed using ANSYS. Our group has overcome many obstacles with model meshing and boundary constraints. Gradual progression from our linear-elastic models to our 3D fatigue crack growth models can be observed. | Rav Badwal Betty Huang Zak Bilal Frank Klobucar |
| Infrastructure | Mechanical Engineering | Design & Operation Changes of an HVAC System to Reduce Exposure to Airborne COVID-19 in a Public-School Building. | design modifications, HVAC system, public school building | This project is focused on the investigation and development of necessary design and operating modifications of an HVAC system used in a public-school building to reduce the probability of infection of COVID-19. Modifications include increasing the outdoor air intake into the HVAC system, increasing the ventilation system to run for two hours before and after occupancy of the building, and upgrading the filters throughout the ducting system to mitigate the spread. | Pasquale Frappa Benoit Le Maitre Jacob Thomsen Jake Sutherland |
| Infrastructure | Mechanical Engineering | Design of a Pneumatially Powered Bicycle Rack | infrastructure, environment, transportation | This project entails the design of a bike rack capable of storing a multitude of bikes simultaneously while requiring minimal user effort. This design is specifically targeting the employees of the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI), and no design build is required at this time. To limit the user effort, pneumatic cylinders were implemented to reduce the force needed by the user to store the bicycle. | Matthew De Cesare Vivekdeep Padam Adnan Chowdhury Alireza Aghajafari |
| Infrastructure | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Driver Shield | transportation, awareness, technology | A software program that detects the colors of traffic lights through the laptop’s camera and alerts the driver on the state of the light visually through an LED and verbally through a speaker. | Nora Asad Vlad Musat Norfazleen Rosley Menatalla Ibrahim Youssef Asham |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Hamilton Nursing Home | nursing home, residence, construction | The aging population gradually increases every year. The main objective of the project is to remit this situation. As there are many private caring institutions in the area, new public (governmental) nursing home with a large number of resident places is needed. | Zihang Wang Bocheng Zhang Jason Duong Michael Quan Zhijie Liu Jun Yu |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Heritage Green Recreation Centre, Stoney Creek | city infrastructure, sustainable design, recreation | Heritage Green Recreation Centre is a proposed multi-use complex and community hub that will serve the population of Stoney Creek by providing a space for sports-related and other activities. The recreation centre has an innovative design that includes elements such as a greenhouse and green roof which will contribute to the building's overall environmental sustainability. | Kate Giuliani Ihfaz Alam Lauren Cope Jesse Hildebrand Prithvi Kohli Jessica Neves Zahra Khan |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Hope Condos-Affordable Apartment Complex | low-income housing | We provide Hamilton, ON, with a solution for the homelessness crisis. | Amir Rofail Wanting Su Shengwei Zhang Lianji Li Baowen Liang Ali Riaz |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Kitchener High Rise Project | structural design, high-rise construction, city infrastructure | Our team is dedicated to developing an efficient structure that boosts productivity and integrates advanced technology and architecture without compromising sustainability. High rise construction is becoming more prevalent as the population is rapidly increasing, and society is encountering a lack of space to develop. The Kitchener high rise project will provide residential and commercial spaces to support the city’s growth as more universities and companies are developing in Kitchener. As a team, we go through the typical civil engineering project life, from developing a feasibility study to final structural and architectural designs. |
Travis Sagar Ma'moon Ayesh Brandon Jo Yegor Ovcharov Nusruth Chowdhury Hubert Kopec |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Lego Town, City of Mississauga | mixed-use building, hybrid high-rise building, urban development | HK BEAMS has been retained by RioCan REIT to facilitate the proposed development of a mixed-use building. The hybrid high rise building will integrate office, residential, and commercial areas to promote easy access to a wide range of amenities. This project incorporates the principles of planned urbanization and will advocate for an integrated development that aligns with the fundamentals of sustainability. Mississauga fosters a Smart City identity that values the social, cultural, and economic implications of digital technologies and how they support the intensification of local communities with urban growth. HK BEAMS Ltd. has proposed this development in an effort to reduce the ecological footprint, improve quality of life, and meet the demand of urban communities. | Samarapreet Singh Faizan Amir Jonathan Boddie Ruba Alsayed Hasan Abdulkhalig Matus James Elsley Yassein Keshty |
| Infrastructure | Mechanical Engineering | Manufacturing Facility Design and Operation Enhancement | planning, design, vibrations | The objective of this project is to design the best layout of the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI), to optimize efficiency and to improve the overall aesthetics of the lab. The final layout was designed by our team after receiving feedback from experts, as well as by running various layouts through many equations developed to quantify the results. | Abbey Veneman Ahmed Ghaly |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | McMaster Off-Campus Residential Building | infrastructure, residence, construction | QEC has an objective of designing and constructing McMaster University's newest and first off-campus residential building. The project will strive to create a well-nurturing environment while being green and cost-efficient. From the many innovations the building will include to the environmentally friendly design, it is certain that this project will benefit many future generations and graduating classes at the profound McMaster University institution. The building usage will range from classrooms, to a dorm-style residence, to study space, grocery stores, restaurants and much more. This project has a focus of encompassing the large population of staff and students who will be benefiting from everyday life in this new facility. | Stefan Vlatkovic Jakub Szeliga Andrew Korie Amir Salama Ivan Misic Gabriel Anderson |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | McMaster Transportation Center | transportation, infrastructure, public transit | To safely accommodate the growing demand for GO buses, a new on-campus GO Bus Terminal is proposed. The one-story terminal will be located in the existing Parking Lot I by the Information Technology Building (ITB), and will aim to be sustainable by using various innovative technologies. The modern steel and glass GO terminal will offer both indoor and outdoor waiting areas, washrooms, a service desk, and food and beverages. | Florence Yip Judy (Weijia) Zhao Joe (Weiming) Lin Junwei Xie Reuben Cheeramvelil Abanoub Gaber |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Niagara Region Community Center (St. Catharines) | structural design, geotechnical design, transportation | A community center proposed in St. Catharines, Ontario. The community center will hold ice rinks and additional facilities, and is expected to host the next Canada Summer Games. The building's infrastructure consists of some innovative design aspects such as glued laminated timber structural members, recycled asphalt pavement materials, along with additional environmental considerations. | Sami Zaki Kevin Kwon Michael Tyler Marco Albanese Zach Barber Kainat Qayyum Tong Xiao |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | North Oakville Transportation Corridor-Burnhamthorpe Road Extension | transportation, urban planning, bridge | For the purpose of relieving the east-west travel burden in the Town of Oakville, the project will be tackling a new 3.2km road segment connecting the Burnhamthorpe Rd. W & Fourth Line intersection and the William Halton Pkwy & Third Line intersection, including a bridge that crosses Sixteen Mile Creek. | Jumana Al Haideri Karim El Khatib Ray Hoyos Youjia Liu Yunxi He Jelena Dong |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Queen City Complex, City of Hamilton | commercial, retail, development | A six-storey mixed use structure with two commercial floors and four floors of hotel suites on Queen Street and Barton Street. It features underground parking, greenhouse roof, energy/water-saving systems, and small-scale renewable energy production. | Karas Kerolos Richard Weiss Zhenze Wei John Heneinn Joseph Campoli Danielle Mota Khaled Elgebaly |
| Infrastructure | Mechanical Engineering | Redesign of a Vibro Probe | construction, city, building | Vibro Probe is equipment used to build columns of stones as a foundation stage before the construction of a building. This project has been picked up from a co-op where our group is aiming to track down the cause and redesign the Vibro Probe in order to mitigate crack propagations in the field. | Hoonsun Hong Minseok Kweon Gareth da Silva |
| Infrastructure | Mechanical Engineering | Redesign of Mechanical Bulkhead | bulkhead, structural, HVAC | The renovation of the UPenn Museum presents an opportunity to redesign the Pre-Treatment Unit and its associated components located in the courtyard – this would optimize mechanical performance, improve energy efficiency and reduce costs. The objective is three-fold: to improve the design of the attached HVAC system, to increase noise attenuation performance for visitor comfort, and to optimize manufacturability and energy efficiency of the bulkhead structure. | Maximilian Aoki Patrick Gurczak Ryan Chishti Nate D'Hoine Evan Meredith |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Roberta Bondar Educational Centre, McMaster University | building, infrastructure, sustainable | This project involves the design of a five-storey educational facility for McMaster University on its Burlington campus. The building is meant to be innovative and environmentally friendly. The scope of this design project includes the building and its associated parking lot. | Marcus Rizzuti Heather Daigle Anthony Kozic Brenden Lie Liam Sykes Jordan Weening |
| Infrastructure | Bachelor of Technology Program | Sustainable & Affordable Infill Development | development, affordable housing, green building design | Our group (SEO Development and Engineering) embarked on an urban land development and detailed engineering design of a mix-use multi-residential condominium on the existing infill site located at 178 Barton Street West. The proposed design and development serve to address three prevailing issues that have been identified in the City of Hamilton: - The lack of affordable housing within the area of Ward 2, - The under-utilization of the advantageously located developable land, and - Revitalization of the neighbourhood. The project scope entails site plan development, substructure and superstructure design, LEED analysis, Traffic Impact Assessment, development staging/phasing, and energy pile foundation |
Steve Rensen Eva Seo Omar Shams Joseph Malu |
| Infrastructure | Civil Engineering | Syl Apps Recreational Arena, McMaster University | innovative, community engagement, infrastructure | Ikigai One is designing a multistory recreational arena located behind Ivor Wynne Centre. The structure will contain a full-sized ice rink with seating and multipurpose areas for students to use. The rink will promote relations between schools through hockey games, and community engagement with community skate nights. With ample parking and pedestrian walkways, the arena will serve as a social hub for students and faculty. The steel-framed building will have an innovative rainwater collection system, excess heat diversion and promote social inclusivity. | Hassan Alokaily Jacob Glasek Kevin Glasek Meshael Rahman Lucas Tkachyk Ashley Wohl |
| Transportation & Environment | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Auto Recycler | environment, waste, recycle | This project aims to design a device that can automate the process of sorting garbage from recycling and thus decrease the number of recyclable items that end up in landfills. The device also has additional capabilities such as customizing the sorting algorithm to accommodate scenarios like changes in the recycling scheme. | Shanon Lo Miranda Harrison Ziyi Wang |
| Transportation & Environment | Mechanical Engineering | Autonomous Rail Road Crack Detection Device | rail systems, NDT, autonomy | Designing an autonomous rail road vehicle that can identify and locate cracks along railway tracks. This device will be equipped with existing, market available ultrasonic detection equipment. The project will be focused on creating the mini autonomous rail road vehicle that will house this equipment and designing a retraction system to allow the device to fall in-between the rail tracks to avoid being damaged from on coming trains. | Onella Narangoda Methusha Jeyalingam Nilani Sivarajah |
| Transportation & Environment | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Cycle Safe | bike, safety, awareness, lidar | A system which provides increased spatial awareness for cyclist by alerting them of oncoming vehicles using various sensors and a display. | Charlie LoPresti Jefin John Avish Bhatt Siddesh Bist |
| Transportation & Environment | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | drivr - Boost Your Driving | driving, computer vision, safety | Ever since the invention of automobiles, the safety and well-being of the driver has been a major concern around the globe. Our device enforces safer driving behaviour by providing drivers with real time feedback. Driving behaviours that we have targeted to improve include harsh braking, rapid acceleration, harsh turning, and tailgating. | Mark Draaistra Bishr Habib Mitchell Schoffro Timothy Tenhage Yash Jain |
| Transportation & Environment | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Droomba | environment , AI, waste collection | A drone that will make the garbage collection process in public areas autonomous using machine learning and image recognition, we can make the process as efficient as possible. | Steven Fu Karthik Kaushik Hamza Rahmani Akram Eldamaty Shivam Vyas |
| Transportation & Environment | Electrical & Computer Engineering | EcoScope | environment, climate change, digital cameras | The world is facing unprecedented levels of climate change, and many rural and wild ecosystems are under threat by forces such as wildfires and invasive species. However, these environmental challenges prove difficult to resolve due to the lack of proper technologies to help monitor them. As a result, our engineering design project focuses on creating a drone compatible computer vision platform for real time autonomous detection and tracking of environmental threats such as invasive species and wildfires. | Damien Sabljak Omar A Sulaiman Sulaiman Bawa Justin Amin |
| Transportation & Environment | Mechanical Engineering | Female Crash Test Dummy Neck | biomechanics, crash test, neck | Designing a 50th percentile female neck to be used in a crash test dummy for a rear-end collision. | Oakley Brown Joseph Wong Nathan Yun Colin Chiu |
| Transportation & Environment | Mechanical Engineering | FY04: Fuel Injection System Optimization | engine, fuel injector, cylinder | The main objective of the project was to convert the single stroke engine from a carburetor fuel system to fuel injector system. More specifically, a fuel injector for the fuel injector system was selected through experimental testing. A cylinder head and cap were also designed to incorporate a fuel injector and spark plug without requiring modifications to be made to the existing engine cylinder. | Caroline Mahut Sierra Pak Patricia Ostrowski Claire Neaven |
| Transportation & Environment | Chemical Engineering | Implementation of Green Hydrogen Technologies in the Iron Industry | green hydrogen, iron, carbon dioxide reduction | Steel production currently accounts for approximately 8% of total global carbon dioxide emissions. One method to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is by integrating green hydrogen technologies in the ironmaking process. The most promising technology to do this is the H2 DRI route. For our project, an H-DRI plant was simulated and assessed for carbon emission reductions and long-term feasibility. | Aemon Shariq Phoebe Barrion Kenna Chai Andrew Vleming Christine Huh |
| Transportation & Environment | Materials Science & Engineering | Implementing Biodegradable Plastic On-Shelf | biodegradable, plastic, materials | To find biodegradable plastic alternatives to the current plastics used by Spin Master in their highly successful product Kumi Kreator and Go-Glam Nail Studio | Mitchell Albert Abhinav Shamnani Quinn Millum Alyssa Haas |
| Transportation & Environment | Civil Engineering | Lincoln Lakeshore Eco-Park | parks & recreation, structural design, low impact design | The Lincoln Lakeshore Eco-Park is a proposed recreational and tourist area in Lincoln, Ontario. Designed by EcoLogic Engineering & Design, the Eco-Park is based on the idea of creating a low-impact, publicly accessible greenspace on the Lake Ontario shoreline. The features of the Eco-Park include an observation tower, hydroponics wall, and outdoor skating rink. The goal of this project is to promote healthy living and social interaction, while supporting the local economy and incorporating the environment into infrastructure using modern, innovative methods. | Kassandra Bot Brendan Tomaiuolo Bradley Stephen Brandon Boles Christa Luckasavitch Vanessa Weremi |
| Transportation & Environment | Civil Engineering | McMaster Multi-purpose Student Facility | transportation, structural, campus infrastructure | Our project consists of constructing a multipurpose student facility building with a Go bus station within the McMaster University. The building will be located between Mary Keyes and Thode Library, replacing the existing go bus station. The building will include a gymnasium, a student center and the bus station will be located on the ground floor under it. Due to the vast population of students on campus, there was a great need for an additional student center as well as gymnasium as the current ones are very crowded. This will help tackle the overcrowding issue and will also provide shelter for students waiting for the busses. | Luke Insanalli Firhaj Bahadur Ridhwan Khan Abdul Stott Sukhman Kalkat Ahmad Kamal |
| Transportation & Environment | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | MeetApp | social, navigation, meeting | Meeting up with friends on time can be a difficult task due to unexpected delays that can occur at any moment. MeetApp is a social navigation app that helps all participants to arrive at a designated location at roughly the same time. After choosing a meeting time and location, MeetApp informs each participant of the optimal time they should depart, factoring in their mode of transportation and starting location. It keeps participants informed about delays other participants face and continuously updates arrival times so users can view everybody's progress. MeetApp uses real-time navigation and public transportation data to update departure times so that participants who have not yet left can arrive at the same time as their late friends. | Somar Aani Tasin Ahmed Navroop Singh Zi (Edward) Liu Arshan Khan |
| Transportation & Environment | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Motorcycle Smart Helmet | smart helmet, safety, navigation | Smart Helmet helps improves the safety of motorcyclists by aiding the user with their navigation needs. This reduces the time that the driver spends looking at instruments or devices instead of the road. It greatly increases the rider’s safety as they are able to focus on driving conditions and better able to take in their surroundings instead of shifting focus all the time. The system also adds features present in the standard car navigation system (like secondary auditory cues) to the motorcycle rider’s navigation experience. This eliminates the need for the rider to rely on visual cues and creates a more comprehensive and safer experience. | Mina Samy Poula Basaly Mark Danial Mohammed Abdulmunem Daniel Bortolussi Bishoy Sefin |
| Transportation & Environment | Chemical Engineering | PHA Commercial Plant Design, capacity of 50,000 tonne/yr | biodegradable polymers, PHA, chemical plant | PHA has been known as a promising biodegradable polymer for over 30 yrs yet there are no significant commercial plants in operation. This project is a preliminary design of a PHA Commercial Plant with an intended capacity of 50,000 tonnes/year. Desing basis is a recent US patent issued to Toronto start-up, Genecis Bioindustries Inc. Patent describes a process that uses food waste as feedstock and as such presents us with some huge promise but also some interesting engineering challenges for process desing and scale-up | Arleen Pandher Winnie Truong Rumaina Khalid Matthew Parnham Ryan Tong |
| Transportation & Environment | Chemical Engineering | Producing PHA From Organic Waste - Demonstration Scale Plant Design, capacity 5,000 tonne/yr | PHA, waste, organic, biopolymer | Design of a 5,000 tonne/year demonstration scale PHA production plant using food waste collected from restaurants and city waste. Food waste is fermented, producing volatile fatty acids that can be converted by bacteria into biodegradable PHA polymer. Process desing basis is a recent US patent issued to Toronto start-up Genecis Bioindustries Inc. Our project describes process scale-up from 0.5 kg as patented, all the way to a demonstration scale of 5,000 tonne/yr. | Felix Gross Jeremy Vierhout Amim Hasan Monica Czechowski Joshua Umali |
| Transportation & Environment | Computer Science | Python Practice Engine | code, education, Python | A web-based Python programming practice application with dynamic difficulty adjustment based on a concept graph. The application continuously presents programming problems to a student to solve, and depending on how the student was doing, the difficulty would be scaled up or down. A concept graph would be used to keep track of what concepts the student is likely to have learned based on past performance. Therefore, if they understand variables, conditionals and a basic if, then something requiring an if-else or if-elif-else next. Once precursor concepts are strong enough, a new concept is considered good to be introduced.
*Description taken from Dr. Browne's project proposal |
Noa Barsky Afzal Chishti Akram Elwazani Connor Hewick Razi Syed |
| Transportation & Environment | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Q&Air | environment, gas detector, health | The Q&Air is a portable gas detector that is embedded in a silicon-based material and mounted to the user's phone case. Upon sensing carbon monoxide or methane gases within close proximity, the users will be notified with a buzzer and a text message, indicating the presence of these odorless gases. The goal is to alert users in closed environments of colorless and odorless gases. | Amrit Clair Nour-Eddin Issa Brravein Puvaneswararajan Sayon Kathirgamanathan |
| Transportation & Environment | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Self-Balancing Motorcycle | automation, innovation, transportation | We aim to create a self-balancing motorcycle that will improve the safety of riding a motorcycle and in the future allow us to have driver assist systems for the mode of transportation. | Matthew Mione Jayraj Sheth Juan Molina Calderon Amreen Khan |
| Transportation & Environment | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Smart Drone | drone, upcycling, Bluetooth | Our objective is to create a cheaper drone that gives purpose to old smartphones that are no longer being used. The smartphone would replace the need for a new accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS and camera. We utilized an Arduino Uno, basic drone components and upcycled a smart phone to test feasibility. | Meet Patel Vinith Rajaretnam Nirujan Kumarakuruparan |
| Transportation & Environment | Electrical & Computer Engineering | SRM Powertrain Integration - Electrical | electric vehicle, board design, Camaro | From an electrical viewpoint, our team is proving the feasibility of a switched reluctance motor in a fully electric vehicle architecture through the use of modelling simulations, wire harnessing design, and board development. Our design and research are being done with the intention to be implemented and tested in a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro in future years. | Aya Aboughanem Samuel Thurston Jackson Brown |
| Transportation & Environment | Mechanical Engineering | SRM Powertrain Integration - Mechanical | electric vehicle, mount design, control strategy | Our team's project is to design and model an electric powertrain that will be integrated into a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro using a switch reluctance motor (SRM). Currently, the SRM is not used in the automotive field but they perform well in high-speed applications while maintaining a low cost, a robust design, and an ability to be constructed without the use of rare earth magnets. The mechanical scope of work consists of designing, packaging, and modelling an SRM powered drivetrain. The objective of this project is to design and validate mounting and cooling systems for each powertrain component, as well as the creation of a MATLAB Simulink model and control strategy of the vehicle. | Marc Godin Matthieu Orr Ethan Pereira |
| Transportation & Environment | Materials Science & Engineering | Synthesis and Process Optimization of Novel Flame Retardant Materials for Applications in Thermal Insulation | fabrication methods, non-toxic materials, aerospace | Flame Retardant Materials (FRMs) play a critical role as thermal insulation for flight data recorders (commonly referred to as "black boxes") and other aerospace applications. In partnership with Advanced Ceramics Corporation, this Capstone Project has optimized a novel synthesis method for a new non-toxic FRM that possesses improved properties over currently-available materials. The microstructure of the new FRMs have been characterized using XRD and SEM testing. The flame retardant performance has been analyzed via DTA and TGA testing. | Nikita Palagnyuk Aisha Isiaka Sheldon Doreleyers Sasha Furtado |
| Transportation & Environment | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Third Wheel: A Lane Centering Human Machine Interface | human machine interface, automotive, driver education | Driver assistance technology is rapidly evolving as automotive manufacturers strive to include autonomous features with their own unique designs. This calls for more driver education and engagement with autonomous vehicle features. Third Wheel is a Human Machine Interface, or, HMI, that connects the driver to the autonomous safety features of their vehicle through an interactive in-car tutorial. With Third Wheel, drivers can learn how to operate and interpret the unique Lane Centering feature in their car upon vehicle entry. A touchscreen interface displays the status of the Lane Centering system. A unique LED strip mounted across the vehicle’s dashboard gives the driver real-time feedback on where the Lane Centering system has detected their vehicle to be within the lanes. Third Wheel is the future of driver education for autonomous features of vehicles. | Erin Puersten Aurora Brydon Michelle Monte Simon Gyorkos Daniel Rooks Sachin Samarasinghe Shrey Mittal |
| Transportation & Environment | Software Engineering/ Mechactronics | Trash Talking | IoT, sustainability, innovation | Trash Talking is a digital smart home system that allows users to be able to measure and track their garbage production. Our garbage bin system senses trash thrown into the garbage bin and updates the user’s profile with their current trash output. Users are able to use their smartphone to view their waste production with a timeframe of their choice, compare their output to previous months, and then compare and share their waste production with their friends to help motivate users to decrease their waste production. All in all, our project assists the environmentally conscious user to limit their waste production by tracking and showing them how much they produce on a regular basis. | Natasha Varghese Alexie McDonald Hareem Arif Illya Pilipenko Ian Currie Xin Su |
| Transportation & Environment | Mechanical Engineering | Wastewater Filtration Maintenance Optimization | wastewater, filtration, maintenance, optimization | The project aims to optimize operator safety and decrease maintenance time for Suez’s ZeeWeed 500 filtration cassettes by creating a hands-free, self-locking mechanism that automatically secures the cassettes in place. | Timothy Yeung Guillaume Hesketh Jacob Dicarlo Patrick Enman |