Partner: 360 Creative Consulting

360 Creative Consulting (360 CC) is a sustainable construction company based in Montague, Prince Edward Island (PEI), founded by Harrison Olajos. Through its newest initiative, Project Earth Wave, the company’s mission is to standardize the practice of sustainable building methods on PEI, making eco-friendly housing more accessible and affordable for PEI residents and the construction industry. This project focuses on designing a portable, automated mixing system to reduce the time and labour currently required for rammed-earth construction. 

Student Team: Sierrah Laybolt, Abdulrhim Abusneena, Feras El Tayeb, Adhil Shaji, Sarah Victor

Partner: Atlantic Beef Products 

After a recent energy audit Atlantic Beef Products has identified areas of potential energy savings. ABPI has tasked the FSDE design team with finding creative solutions to reducing their energy consumption and research the possibility of installing solar array at their production facility in Albany PEI.

Student Team: Dat Le, Ahmed Sayed, Brett Curley, Caleb MacDonald

Partner: Allan Equipment

Allan Equipment has requested the design of a system that can cut potatoes to generate viable seed sets. Due to a lack of alignment in the current machine, potato ends containing the most viable 'eyes' for germination are often cut too small, leading to an eight percent waste in the generated seed sets. The design solution must reduce waste to less than four percent, while maintaining a cut rate of twenty cuts per second at an accuracy of ±10% from the pre-determined cut distance. Further, the solution must integrate with Allan’s potato planters to cut potatoes along their length.

Student Team: Ali Elshenawy, Stuart Ferguson, Wesley Seto, Ezaan Ahmad, Ashhad Mohammed

Partner: Bluefield Seeding

The Bluefield Seeding potato planter uses a pressure wheel sensor to detect seed placement, but it sometimes reports false misses. Our project, the Secondary Authentication System, cross-checks the pressure wheel sensor readings with a secondary method to verify if a reported miss is genuine or false. This improves planting accuracy and efficiency by reducing false alarms.

Student Team: Engy Eltorki, Abdelrahman Morsy, Kareem Zayed, Abdelrahman Elgendy, Jayasankar Rajendran Nair

Partner: Belfast Mini Mills

Belfast Mini Mills and Michael Glover have requested the design of an electric, battery-powered cart to assist with the weeding and harvesting of strawberries. Farming is a labour-intensive and physically straining process, and existing solutions are expensive. The proposed solution includes an adjustable seating platform for the user, allowing them to navigate the farm fields with precision. Additionally, the cart accommodates necessary tine attachments for farming.

Student Team: Spencer Blacquiere, Lauren Daigle, Christian d'Entremont, Aiden McBurney, Matthew Perry

Partner: CANSOFCOM

Research, test, modify (where applicable) and recommend appropriate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electrical, electronic, power supply, and software solutions required to collect, transmit, and track data used in support of search and rescue operations in remote northern and artic regions under austere conditions. In addition, supply chain and logistical considerations for power (support and refuelling) will be considered. 

Student Team: Khiym MacEwen, Liam MacLennan, Diego Mota, Zackary Pendleton, Colby White

Partner: Cavendish Farms

The project involves conducting a feasibility study on methane pyrolysis for Cavendish Farms and Island Gas to assess the viability of producing hydrogen and carbon from compressed natural gas (CNG). Given that Cavendish Farms generates significant volumes of CNG, the project aims to explore pyrolysis as a sustainable method to produce hydrogen as a clean energy source and carbon as a valuable by-product. The student team will evaluate suitable technologies, recommend equipment, and determine the return on investment (ROI). 

Student Team: Priya Succaram, Sandeep Kooyelas, Sami Yacoub, Michael Oppong-Ampomah

Partner: CHESS

CHESS is seeking to design a thermal energy storage (TES) unit for residential heating applications, and assess the techno-economic feasbility of this design. The goal of TES in this application is to help reduce the effects of electrification of heating on the grid loads, in particular peak loading, as well as facilitate the development of intermittent renewable resources such as  wind and solar. TES provides a low-cost energy storage solution that can allow inexpensive off-peak energy to be used to reduce grid loading, or allow renewable energy to be stored and released to better satisfy energy demands. 

Student Team: Daniel Collins, Riley Fitzpatrick, Elliott Fraser, Sophie Hayes, Brian MacDonald

Partner: Clawtech Industries

Clawtech Industries seeks to develop a system to automatically log the quantity of market and canner lobsters collected during a lobster fishing trawl. The device must be capable of transmitting the amounts from the collection device to a data storage system, and deliver a daily report after the fishing day. 

Student Team: Caleb Boswall, Abdul Basit, Jonah Keizer, Ben MacEachern, Anas Soliman

Partner: Charlottetown Metal Products

Charlottetown Metal Products is seeking a detailed design to retrofit the sanitary spiral conveyor within their existing end-to-end test loop into a hydro-chiller. The retrofitted test loop will be used to determine customers’ product cooling times for future commercialization of the design. The design must include a water recirculation loop to efficiently chill packaged food products from as high as 180℉ to as low as 40℉ and an independent control system to adjust conveyor speeds and water flow rate.

Student Team: Mikkayla Ellsworth-Reid, Clara Grant, Deanna Malone, Maddy Cronin, Nat MacLeod

Partner: Michelin

Michelin aims to convert an Internal Combustion Engine racing car into an EV to display at parades. The final design will be fully electric, have a maximum speed of 20 km/h, and a driving range of 20 km on a single charge. The modifications should ensure reliable safety features, including e-stops, and maintain the car’s original aesthetics.

Student Team: Aaron McCloskey, Amara Sánchez Cepeda, Luciana Dávila Chiriboga, Swosteeka Lamichhane, Syed Haneef Abedi

Partner: Raspberry Point Oysters

The Raspberry Point Oyster Co. seeks to design a combined weather and water quality monitoring station for their oyster holding site to supplement the data currently collected from distant stations. The system must collect real-time data on rainfall, water pH, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature, which is transmitted to an onshore receiver and displayed on a mobile app. The system will also provide alerts when conditions indicate a high risk of bacterial contamination. The design must emphasize sustainability, utilizing renewable energy sources and durable materials to minimize environmental impact and ensure long-term operational efficiency.

Student Team: Berry Genge, Matthew Hutchinson, Brittney Foster, Joshua McIsaac, Owen Stewart