Student Design Clinic Year 2
Junior Clinic - Year 2
Junior Clinic projects are completed by second year students and focus on the development or modification of a specific product for a specific audience. The products are typically simple mechanical or electrical devices that have a minimal number of required parameters.
Project: Cleaning Residential Solar Panels
Partner: Infinity Energy Co.
The objective of this project is to design, build, and test an air-based solar roof-mounted PV panel cleaning mechanism for Egypt.
Student Team: Khaled Younes, Rhea Gallant, Rutvik Kalpeshbhai Dharsandia, Swosteeka Lamichhane, Taylor Gallant.
Project: Generating Hydropower from Wastewater Outflows
Partner: Aslan Renewables
Performed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and developed a lab-scale model to establish an understanding of energy harvesting in the Charlottetown pollution control plant.
Student Team: Evan Hutchinson, Hamza Ben Driouech, Michael Oppong-Ampomah, Zahra Fatima.
Project: Mitigating Slippery Floors in a Hospital Receiving Area
Partner: Prince County Hospital
Designed, fabricated, and tested a sensor-driven infrared heating system to solve the ice formation problem causing slippery floors.
Student Team: Analiya Benny, Caleb Dawson, Kolby Waugh, Muhammed Sahaf Kanjirampara, Spencer Swaine.
Project: Low-Level Lighting on Grahams Lane
Partner: Resort Municipality PEI
The objective of this project is to design, build, and test a theft-proof mount for solar llighting for low-level lighting installations.
Student Team: Abbygale Lewis-Fox, Athul Augustine Kallumkal, Rebecca Macintyre, Syed Haneef Abedi.
Project: Design of a New Pill Crusher
Partner: Health PEI
The objective of this project is to design and test an ergonomically better design for staff nurses at long-term care facilities.
Student Team: Brett McQuaid, Soumyadeep Chowdhury, Victoria Keefe.
Project: Design of a Tow Tank Wave Absorber
Partner: Aspin Kemp & Associates (AKA)
The objective of this project is to develop a solution for wave dampening in the FSDE tow tank to reduce settling time and improve testing lead time.
Student Team: Dhruvil Sureshkumar Kanani, Iphis Fanoudh, Liam Murdoch, Rosaline Antoun.
Project: Update Bridge Building Contest Testing Components
Partner: Engineers PEI
The objective of this project is to improve the testing and data acquisition system for the annual Engineers PEI Bridge Building Competition.
Student Team: Bridget Patterson, Ellen O'Rielly, Tung Nguyen.
Project: Model a Prince Edward Island National Park Fossil
Partner: Parks Canada
The objective of this project is to design a full scale model of a prehistoric Dimetrodon found on Prince Edward Island and build a 1:5-scale educational model for Parks Canada.
Student Team: Aiden Mcburney, Mason MacDonald, Natasha MacLeod, Sierrah Laybolt.
Project: Design a Modern Manual Handcar
Partner: Elmira Railway
The objective of this project is to design and fabricate a modern low-maintenance, low speed, bidirectionally-operated manual handcar.
Student Team: Benjamin MacEachern, Ben McQuaid, Jason Nieuwhof, Omar Shaker.
Project: Design of an Improved Diver Recall
Partner: Director of Diver Safety, Royal Canadian Navy
The objective of this project is to develop and test a new reusable mechanical design to be used for recalling underwater divers.
Student Team: Andrew Williamson, Arthur Adderly, Basil Nagy, Ben Reynolds, Zainulabdeen Alzubaidi.
Project: Design of an Improved Lost Diver Marker
Partner: Director of Diver Safety, Royal Canadian Navy
The objective of this project is to prototype and test a self-leveling lost diver marker for deployment in emergency underwater situations to locate missing divers.
Student Team: Ben Keizer, Gayla Cameron, Jacob Larsen, Matthew Dreise.
Project: Design of an Amp Board
Partner: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Physical Medicine
The objective of this project is to build and test two electromechanical and mechanical designs of an amputee board (amp-board) to be deployed on wheelchairs for post-surgery recovery and long term use.
Student Team: Adiel Rutabana, Mohamed Alzohary, Katherine Abrey, Victoria Yates.