Degree Students – Capstone Projects

Clinton Gaudet

James Nicholls

Kuang Yen Cheng

The YVR environmental monitoring system’s purpose is to monitor the quantity of water in the drainage channels around YVR Airport and Sea Island. The monitoring capabilities being added in Phase 2 of this project are water flows/velocities, water levels, CO2 levels, and CH4 levels. The data from all the sensors will be packaged on the local microprocessor and sent to surrounding cellular towers on licenced spectrum via NB-IoT to minimize power usage, maximize range, and assure security of transmissions. The Communication and Power Management team will focus on packaging the data from the sensors, transmitting it via NB-IoT to Amazon Web Services servers, and then optimizing all systems for maximum battery run-time and/or solar panel auxiliary power integration.

(This project is sponsored by YVR and managed by CARI at BCIT)

Gent Getz

Evan Meloche

Sam Rabano

The PSBN was founded as a way for first responders and emergency services to be able to communicate with one another quickly and securely. Our goal as a capstone team is to continue this effort in collaboration with BC Hydro by utilizing the existing LTE network infrastructure and an open-source software called open5gs.  Our project would allow communication with one another possible even under high network usage or limited network usage situations. We would configure various base station modules and an NB-IoT module to make this possible.

Andrew Chen

Harrison Yuen

Eliot Lee

We are continuing the development of Searchlight Scanner, the aerial imaging system to support search and rescue operations. The system will use a Go-Pro Camera that is attached to a helicopter and captures images where image processing techniques are used to identify missing people that the naked human eye may miss. Improvements will be made to the current prototype where hardware and software will be improved or replaced for better performance. If time permits, there will be additional features that will be added like attaching the Searchlight Scanner to a drone as an alternative option. This system will allow search-and-rescue teams to locate missing personnel faster to provide them with life-saving services.

Josh Kuwica

Ramon Vicencio

Brandon Chao

Biomass boiler systems which currently used in industrial applications such as agriculture, have little to no monitoring of fuel quality. Variability in the fuel quality leads to a reduction of overall system efficiency, and an increase in pollution, as the biomass (woodchips) is burned inefficiently. The goal of our project is to supply boiler operators with more information regarding the quality of the fuel being supplied, enabling them to adjust the boilers before the negative effects are realized. Using industrial sensors, we will capture moisture content, density, and feed rate in real-time, and allow the operators to minimize waste, reduce pollution, and maximize efficiency.

Zachary Sheppard

Faran Bahtti

Seamus Finlayson

The Remote Hydrophone System will allow for off grid collection and processing of whale sounds. The project will be built with features for general listening, research, and law enforcement regarding our world’s underwater mammals. These features will be accomplished by utilizing solar, battery, and cellular network technologies to allow the system to remain off grid for extended periods. Cloud based servers will be used to allow for the remote listening as well as for any data manipulation or computations a third party may need.

Stephen Cyr

Jimmy Bates

Sahil heer

Current electronic methods of counting fish as they swim up tribunaries and creeks are disruptive, expensive, and create instabilities in the environment in which they are deployed.  This product is designed to be a low-impact camera-based system which counts fish as they swim upstream. A power system may be developed to facilitate the ability for this product to be self-reliant and independent, which would allow for this product to be deployed in remote tribunaries where human counting is difficult. Communication of the data will be investigated later on, and ideally implemented. Mostly, this project is designed to count fish; if R&D allows, identification of fish species may be possible.

Jacob Doyle

Hearing aids are currently designed for optimal usage in pairs. The number of microphones in both hearing aids optimizes the programming for sound location and sound isolation, and therefore accurate sound amplification. For those that have a unilateral hearing loss, the number of microphones is halved, limiting the ability for sound location, isolation, and resulting accuracy in sound amplification. Our project utilizes the structural framework of glasses to strategically place an array of microphones. The input from the microphones will be processed to identify sound location. The hope is that we can also integrate a user interface in which the user’s audiogram can be imported into the processor. The sound would then be re-processed for amplification based on the individual needs of the user. The final element of this project is to integrate bone conductive speakers into the frame of the glasses. Therefore, the glasses can interpret, process, and provide sound to the wearer to replace their hearing aid(s). By using bone conduction sound transmission rather than in the ear transmission, the user can experience more comfort in sound amplification, and the device is more universal. A user interface would allow the wearer to change sound settings through their phone, including switching to Bluetooth and enabling both speakers for listening to music, etc.

Michael Smithman

Due to the pandemic, there has been a large rise in new cyclists, which also leads to a rise in potential bike thefts. These thieves can target bikes even in places that seem the most secure.  For our project, we will create a GPS bike locator able to be discreetly hidden on your bike so you can track it down using the accompanying app on your phone and have it safely returned should it be stolen. Current trackers are either too obvious, short-ranged, or costly. Our goal is to design a tracker focused on high range to reliably find the lost bike and to keep it simple and compact to keep costs low and allow it to be easily hidden on the bike.

Bhupinder Thind

Brian Card

Kyle Wu

The EMA water monitoring station’s purpose is to monitor quality of water in channels that drain off the airport. Currently these measurements are being performed manually on a weekly basis. The proposed water monitoring station will collect various water parameters in an automated manor. The stations will enable high accuracy measurements and higher sampling rates reducing the labour and improving the quality of the data. The data is sent to the cloud and is combined with whether and tide data for data analytics. Our portion of the project is to evaluate and implement both LoraWAN and Cellular as possible communication technologies, then supply our recommendations.

(This project is a part of YVR project which is managed by CARI at BCIT)

Maxwell Gibson

Sahil Nathani

William Lao

Our industry sponsor, Bruno Geoffrion, is looking to jumpstart the Canadian Space industry by sending a capsule into space to capture video and sensor data from temperature, pressure, and orientation sensors. Our team will design the data acquisition system for this space capsule. This will include an embedded device to capture, process, and record data from cameras and sensors onto a storage device. An antenna system will also be designed to transmit the data from the capsule to the rocket. The main component groups will be sensors, cameras, an embedded device, and an antenna system.

Joby Matwick

Jason Zhang

Yao Li

Podiatry is the branch of medicine focusing on the health of the foot, ankle, and leg. Our team is creating a data collection insole using accelerometers and an array of pressure sensors, and an accompanying application. This data can be worked with and visualized in the app and used by health professionals to diagnose and treat problems. The aim is to provide doctors, therapists, and other health professionals with real data that a patient generates over the course of a day instead of the often error-prone data that is traditionally collected in-office. The hardware will consist of a pressure sensor array that is inserted into a patient’s shoe, and a data collection device that reads from it and supports data storage and transmission functionality.

Neiah Montero

Yanming Bu

An integral component of BCIT’s Cybersecurity program labs is its simulated factory. The factory is essential to demonstrate the consequences of cyberattacks on the system and its processes. Currently, the factories in the lab are not programmed and do not function. Our team is a consulting firm contracted by BCIT to test and commission the factories. Several improvements will be implemented, such as: redesign of I/O and PLC panels, alarms, controls, and optimized programming and algorithms. Our work on the simulated factories will improve the overall learning experience of the students enrolled in the BCIT INCS program.

Roger Gale

Brian Shin

Harbinder Munday

Nik Zaitsef

This project is an applied research project which involves characterizing an actual distribution transformer under different loading conditions. The group will initially research transformer efficiency to then determine steps and design circuits needed to measure transformer characteristics and efficiency. A testing jig will then be developed to carry out testing procedures adhering to applicable standards and codes. The transformer will be subjected to industrial types of loads. Results of all tests will be presented to industry partners to produce guidelines for a new CSA standard and support amendments to the CEC.

Kathy Manson

Kristian Nielsen

Lucas hall

Matthew Peeters

We are creating an aerial imaging system to support search and rescue operations. The system will consist of two cameras mounted in a helicopter, on-board image processing, a wireless transmission system to send images to a field station, and a terminal to display the images in real-time. If time permits, we may expand the scope to include relaying the images to a third-party image recognition system currently used by Search and Rescue. The prototype will be designed for operation in the North Shore area. Using our system, search-and-rescue teams will be able to locate lost hikers faster and reach them in time to provide their life-saving services.

David Tang

Eric Cheng

Mo Amirian

This data acquisition device (Undersea laboratory) is a self-contained unit consisting of sensors and cameras designed to operate for an indefinite period underwater. The main components are its multiple sensors (turbidity, temperature, salinity) and two cameras (IR and visible light). Data and video will be streamed live to the internet via a tethered cable to shore. This connection will enable the cameras to be controlled in real-time by the user. The device can remain under water for extended periods without the need for user intervention because it has a self-cleaning feature to address any bio-fouling. This cleaning feature is what sets this device apart from others that are currently available on the market. The idea behind the entire project is to incorporate multiple of these devices into a network where the aggregated data can be used to
identify trends over a large geographic area.

Kang Jie

Henry Wong

Aleksey Makin

Max Horie

Dmitriy Kalinov

Billal Rahimi

Andrew Fournier

Alexander Mueller

Aidilma Silva Ferreira

Igor Gasovic-Varga

Mitch Vandekeere

John Matson

Aileen Maynard

Raphael Babar

Kinseng Cheng

Bryan Tranquilino

Jonathan Dearden

Christopher Kerr

Balkaran Sidhu

Jasdeep Grewal

Dilmeet Sidhu

Arbab Ahmed

Micah Kloosterhof

Daniel Penwill

Jacob Kalina

The project objective is to design and build a battery powered, compact, remotely-operated submersible vehicle.  The design must incorporate multi-axis movement via user-input with rotational camera feedback and be versatile to incorporate mission specific tasks, such as retrieving submerged objects or conducting underwater inspection, with modularity between each task.

Andrew Miltimore

Akash Kapoor

Nikola Bebek

The project objective is to design and build a CNC router for domestic and light commercial use.  The design goal is to improve on current system precision with feedback control, at a fraction of the cost of similar commercially available devices.  The scope of the project involves the electrical and mechanical design, control system design, hardware specification and design, software, manufacturing and assembly of all components, and testing.

Greg Filek

Nathan Binner

Taylor Lee

John‐Ryan Fajalongo

The project involves the design and build a brushless direct-current (BLDC) motors motor with rim driven, contra-rotating propellers for marine craft propulsion.  The development will include the configuration of a motor controller which will be used to operate the motor. The assembly of a shaft driven BLDC motor will be used as a tool for benchmarking and to provide insight for electric motor design.

Greg Filek

Lorenc Raci

The project objective is to design, manufacture and test a 3D printer filament dehydrator.  The solution will include dehumidifying with humidity monitoring, protection of the filament from the exterior environment during long term storage and allow direct feeding into the printer without interruption.  A regenerating desiccant system will be the primary method of conditioning the filament for an optimal print quality.

Shahrzad Gilani

Lubos Miklosik

Aidan Soulsby

Design and build an affordable, medium size Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) hydroponic system prototype for growing plants at accelerated growth rates without soil and with 90% more efficient use of water.  The project team will to use commercially available sensors to monitor parameters such as humidity, temperature, PH, and nutrient levels.  The prototype will be used to optimize system performance.

Ethan Ha

Michal Jaworski

Lewis Karpiuk

Design, build and test a concept prototype of a consumer ebb and flow hydroponic growth system to allow users the accelerated growth of a variety of plants in a localised, space-efficient way.  The final design shall be a cost-effective home growth apparatus that monitors pH and temperature with three to four condition zones.  The user will control lighting and flood cycles to maximize produce yield.

Tommy Leung

Duc Manh Nguyen (Mike)

Hoang Gia Minh Le (James)

Design and build a new suspension system for the Hall sit ski to be used by beginner sit skiers in the Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports program.  The new design aims at improving shock absorption, as well as providing improved chairlift loading functionality, which requires for the skier to be elevated above the riding height, followed by an automatically reset back to the riding height upon contact with the chairlift.  An off-the-shelf shock-spring system will be used.

Dave Sauvé

Alex Sung

The project takes on the challenge of improving an already existing 3D printer prototype which was developed by a previous capstone project team.  The project will advance the prototype to final design while improving reliability and adding features such as an updated electronics housing, heated chamber and 300mm/s print speed.  Calibration and commissioning of the final design is included in the project scope.

Rehatbir Dhingra

Sahib Mann

Design and build a flow measuring system to monitor fluid discharge rates in the outflow canals on Sea Island (YVR airport).  The system must be capable to operate for extended periods of time without the need for maintenance, and should not be impacted by environmental factors such as tides, storm surges, debris, and temperature change. The flow system must integrate into the existing environmental monitoring station.

Garrett Kryt

Ryan Sinkie

Colin Yam

Avijit Gill

Yu Chieh Peng

James Brian Refuerzo

Keenan Tolmie

Jashanjot Taggar

Dana Shirriff

Amandeep Grewal

Pradhyuman Sharma

Andrew Hanna

Erik Hayden

Lael Kliewer

Adam van der Goes

Joseph Yu

Douglas Zheng

Ante Boskovic

Usman Hussain

Gary Cheng

Eric Steinhilber

Willian Austin Winata

Samuele Guglielmucci

Sokhem Uch

Trevor Wilson

Danny Huynh

Takeshi Keber

Ken Rivera

Colin Noort

Johnson Tung

Remelius Ong

Ahmad Rao

Louthella Pechangco

Riley Waldbauer

Matteo Jang

Xinlong Wang

Jordan Helewka

Cody Lan-Phavongkham

Dalton Lupul

Nicholas Dobi

Sungwoo Kim

Charles Luu

Michael Wait

Zhuoheng Li

Christian Marzan

Jingwei Xiao