Student Project Posters
The Student Research Projects below were conducted by students across the College. The students worked on these outstanding projects through their course curriculum or as extra-curricular work. Furthermore, these projects address meeting particular needs or solving a specific problem.
Nursing B.Sc.N.
Students as a Vulnerable Research Population (pdf)
Two fourth-year students from the BScN program were placed as non-voting members on the REB, as part of their course curriculum. As REB members, the students reviewed research proposals and took part in discussions during REB meetings. Additionally, the students were given the task of performing a literature search on the topic of “Students as a Vulnerable Research Population”. Following their research, the students presented their findings to members of the REB at a board meeting.
Electronics Engineering Technology (EET)
Telecommunications Systems: Project Monarch (pdf)
To fulfill the requirements of the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) – Telecommunications Systems final year project, Team Avident set out to work on Project Monarch. Similar to GPS, Monarch can track an object in three dimensions and is a complete indoor localization solution. As GPS will not work in an indoor environment, Monarch fills this navigation gap.
This Project won 1st Prize at the 2009 IEEE Student Presentations Contest
Mechanical Systems Engineering (MSE)
I-POD Housing Automated Manufacturing Cell (AMC) (pdf)
Third-year MSE students discovered, mastered and applied the necessary knowledge and skills required to design, build and demonstrate the operation of a Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC) capable of producing an aluminum holster for the full size Apple I-pod product. Students designed and documented all tooling and controls required features that will enable the seamless change-over for a second Apple product (I-pod nano), however only the manufacturing of the full size type will be actually demonstrated. The students are required to develop, communicate and justify possible solutions to the initial problem definition.
RHARIS: Residential High-Rise Automated Refuse Separator (pdf)
The project's theme is bringing a new product to market: an automated system for identifying and separating household “garbage” collected from multiple consumers in a high-rise residence. The system allows the residents to dispose of all materials via floor-level chutes and without conducting any manual garbage sorting. The system is self contained and receives, identifies and sorts garbage as recyclable, compostable or destined for landfill. The design work includes all transfer systems, from local input to local output, as well as the sensors and controls required for the classification and sorting functions.
This Project Poster won 1st Prize at the 2008 Polytechnics Canada Showcase
Integrated Telecommunication & Computer Technology (ITCT)
The Efficiency Link System (E-Link) (pdf)
The E-Link capstone project was a semester long project revolving around the design of an active RFID efficiency improvement system. The project was designed to give the team an understanding of high speed wireless design. The design team researched RFID technology, selected chipsets and designed two separate electrical systems that form a wireless network. The prototypes are engineered to be used in an industrial setting for efficiency improvement. The team researched RF circuit design principles, selected components, designed PCBs, had them constructed, debugged the circuit designed and designed supporting enclosures for the systems.
Remote Reminder (RR) (pdf)
The idea for the RR came out of an observation of the need for the elderly to be more connected to their loved ones. The RR was designed to be as easy to use as possible, with virtually no input required for it to operate. It is easy to install and all you need is to plug it in to a monitor or television and you are set. The system is fully autonomous on the viewing side as we understand that the elderly may be somewhat technophobic and we wanted to make the system as user friendly as possible.
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