Congratulations to all CHBE students for completing their Capstone projects this year! You all should be extremely proud of the work that you produced.
The undergraduate programs culminate in a significant student design experience delivered through a Capstone Design course. Students carry out the design and economic assessment of a major, environmentally-sound process in chemical and/or biological engineering. Students work in teams under the supervision of a faculty advisor and, when possible, mentored by a practicing professional engineering from industry to ensure relevance and quality.
Annually, the department allocates capstone awards to distinguished projects. These are assigned by the CHBE Faculty, along with votes from members of the public, students and industry professionals. Here are the winners of the 2024W Capstone Awards.
The 6th International Gas Hydrate Award
This award is given to the teams of students in the Chemical Engineering program who produced an outstanding project, as assessed and evaluated by the design course faculty instructors.
Feasibility of Green Hydrogen Production and Liquefaction for Transport – Dana Brown, Carson Chorpita, Nav Gehlot, Bianca Giantomaso, Daniel Gonzalez, Grant Pausanos, Tyler Sharples.
The Paul Watkinson Design Award
This award is given to the team of students in the Chemical & Biological Engineering program who produced an outstanding project, as assessed and evaluated by the design course faculty instructors.
Stretching the Limits of Sustainable Textiles: PHB Production via Photosynthesis – Wim He, Alex Irvine, Christina Maag, Jackie McDougall, Camila Sancho Genis, Jaden Scott, Siddhant Sharma.
The Colin Oloman People’s Choice Award
This prize is awarded to the project team with the most votes from fellow students and members of the public.
Reduced Graphene Oxide Production Process Scale Up – Jacob Balagot, Ian Dow, Vincent Gatchalian, Vaishnav Harne, Stephanie Ho, Samuel Kendler, Iain Mctavish.
APSC Design and Innovation Industry Awards
This award is given to the top scoring projects in the Chemical Engineering and the Chemical & Biological Engineering programs, based on the review and evaluation of industry professionals.
Chemical Engineering
Hydrogen and Natural Gas Combined Heat and Power Plant – Dhruv Banerjee, Nicolas Bednar, Sara Bozorgzad, Jade Henzie, John Mendoza, Cameron Nagle, Harsh Singh.
Polybutylene Succinate (PBS) Polymer Production From Bio-Sources – Yuting Ji, Pachara Lobunchongsook, Ethan Markey, Umamah Mokarram, Terry Wong, Lauren Young, Ella Zhou.
Biocrude for Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass – Neha Bal, Jinghan Gao, Maahika Hans, Bella Savchenko, Gina Sengeri, Zoe So, Kuangdi Zhu.
Chemical and Biological Engineering
A Multiscale Platform for Lipid Nanoparticle Encapsulated mRNA Vaccine Production – Hannah Armour, Guneet Bhatti, Angela Garcia Valdecasas Resendiz, Ahmed Hasanin, Mariana Hofmann, Ronald Mo, Wai Yan Phyo Zaw.
