Spotlight type: Student Project
A recipe for a 3D chocolate printer
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Our projectOur goal was to design and build a chocolate 3D printer extruder that uses off-the-shelf, food-safe components and is compatible with FDM printers. We wanted to enable hobbyists and the public to build a competitively priced, yet…
ForestFolio: Mapping below the forest canopy
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Our projectWe worked with Korotu Technology, a sustainable finance technology start-up, to develop ForestFolio, an application that enables non-technical users to quickly map the area below the forest canopy. The app captures data on tree location,…
Capturing carbon using pressure swing adsorption for point-source emitters
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Our projectThe pulp industry generates CO2 emissions, primarily as a result of burning fossil fuels to generate the high heat required to manufacture pulp. Finding ways to reduce these emissions is a top priority.
Designing a machine shop for BC Ferries
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Our projectBC Ferries is building a new facility in Richmond to repair and upgrade its vessels.
Designing an aeroponic smart grow cabinet
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Our projectWe designed a high-end consumer product to grow microgreens in your home, using aeroponics and featuring our client’s innovative lighting technology. Our client, Genoptic, has developed lighting technology that can be used in everything…
Building a rig to make smart swim goggles smarter
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The challengeIn 2019, Vancouver-based company FORM developed the world’s first smart swim goggles that collect real-time metrics on a swimmer’s stroke rate, distance per stroke, pace, heart rate and more. For the next generation of their swim…
Producing Hepatitis B virus-like-particle vaccines using Pichia pastoris
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Our projectWe wanted to develop an innovative process to produce a vaccine for hepatitis B, a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. Our approach is to create a virus-like particle, a molecule that resembles a virus but…
Recycling and injection moulding of aeronautical post-consumer low density polyethylene
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The challengePassengers journey to the edge of space inside a pressurized capsule that is lofted by a helium-filled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) balloon.
Designing a completely compostable diaper
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The challengeNinety percent of a disposable diaper consists of plastic, and each year, more than 30 billion disposable diapers end up in North American landfills.
Recycling an innovative material into lightweight, abrasion-resistant shin pads
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The challengeALUULA Composites is a high-performance material manufacturing company that creates composites with high tear and stretch resistance that are used in many products across a range of markets.